The Longford Lectures are held annually in November in the circular Assembly Hall of Church House, Westminster, London. 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 awards The Longford Prize to individuals and organisations who play a prominent role in the field of prison reform.
The broadcaster and journalist Jon Snow chairs the event.
Past Lectures
Full transcripts of all lectures and films of recent lectures 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 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 Special Debate We Cannot Build Our Way Out of the Prisons' CrisisJon 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 Nils ÖbergCracking the Code: how Sweden is closing prisons and reducing the prison population Jon Snow 2015 Michael PalinCollateral damage: The effects of prison sentences on offenders' families Jon Snow 2016 Michael GoveWhat is Really Criminal About Our Justice System Jon Snow 2017 Ken LoachCharity or Justice? Jon Snow 2018 Longford ScholarsWhy People Stop Doing Crime Jon Snow 2019 Lord BlairWhere Next For Policing and Criminal Justice Jon Snow
See also The Longford Prize Lord Longford The Longford Trust
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