Events

Lectures and meetings

John Locke Society

The John Locke Society hosts a series of weekly lectures attended by pupils of the Upper School (Years 12-13). Guest speakers including politicians, journalists, authors and sports personalities are invited to talk on their chosen subject.

Past speakers include:

• Professor Peter Hennessy
• Lord Falconer
• Baroness Mallalieu (Leader of the Countryside Alliance)
• Tim Yeo MP
• Michael Trend MP
• Michael Hyam (Recorder of the Old Bailey)
• Lord Goldsmith (Attorney General)
• Charles Moore (Editor of the Daily Telegraph)
• Simon Heffer
• Gerald Scarfe
• Elizabeth Jane Howard
• Antony Gormley
• Paco Pena (Flamenco guitarist)
• Raymond Blanc
• Jane Asher
• Virginia Ironside
• Dr Pam Spurr (Newspaper agony columnist)
• Sir Tony O’Reilly (Rugby international and entrepreneur)
• Gwyneth Dunwoody MP
• Michael Crick (Journalist/biographer of Jeffrey Archer)
• Jon Ronson (Channel 4)
• Lord Tebbit

Annual Forum on Science and Religion

Past speakers include:

• The Dean of Westminster
• The Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster
• Lord Habgood
• Professor Atkins
• Baroness Warnock
• Anthony Grayling

Other events

Robert Hooke Memorial Lecture

Professor Michael Cooper
School of Engineering, City University

Brock Lecture

Sophia Cunningham and Victoria Westmacott
On the story of their journey along the Silk Road

Henry Tizard Memorial Lecture

Sir Colin Berry
Professor of Morbid Anatomy and Histopathology
Royal London Hospital

Numerous departmental societies, for example the Camden (History), Ben Jonson (Literary), Harrod (Economics) and Scientific Societies hold regular meetings that attract various visiting speakers.