Longford Lecture
The Longford Lectures are held annually in November at Church House, Westminster. They aim to provide a national platform for a serious contribution to questions of social and penal reform.
The Lectures are organised by The Longford Trust which celebrates the achievements and continues the work of Lord Longford. It was established in 2002 by friends and admirers to further the goals he pursued, particularly in the field of social and prison reform.
The Longford Lectures were sponsored originally by The Independent and more recently by the Daily Telegraph.
In addition to the Lectures, the Trust bestows The Longford Prize on individuals and organisations who play a prominent role in the field of prison reform.
Past Lectures
Full transcripts and films of each Lecture is available on the Longford Trust website.
| Year | Speaker | Title of the Lecture | Chaired by |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Cherie Booth QC | The Law, the Victims and the Vulnerable | Jon Snow |
| 2003 | John Sentamu | Towards a Global Paradigm of Justice | Jon Snow |
| 2004 | Desmond Tutu | Restorative Justice | Jon Snow |
| 2005 | Brenda Hale | [http://www.longfordtrust.org/lecture_details.php?id=10
Women in the Criminal Justice System] || Jon Snow | |
| 2006 | Clive Stafford Smith | Lessons politicians learn from America | Jon Snow |
| 2007 | Mary McAleese | Changing History | Jon Snow |
| 2008 | Debate on Prisons | We Cannot Build Our Way Out of the Prisons' Crisis | Jon Snow |
| 2009 | Sir Hugh Orde | War is easy. Peace is the difficult prize | Rachel Billington |
| 2010 | Martha Lane Fox | Views from a dot.com dinosaur | Jon Snow |
| 2011 | Jon Snow | Crime, Punishment and the Media | Shami Chakrabarti |
| 2012 | Will Self | Drug use in British Prisons | Rachel Billington |
| 2013 | Bianca Jagger | Ending violence against women and girls | Jon Snow |
| 2014 | To be announced |