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 British Library Podcasts British Library Audio webeditor@bl.uk Equality and Human Rights in modern Britain http://www.bl.uk/whatson/podcasts/podcast92341.html The British Library "I know my rights", we're often tempted to say. But do we? There are 14 human rights in the Human Rights Act. When read out they seem perfectly sensible. Who could argue against a right to a family life? But somehow, when a case comes to court and the papers get hold of it... things can start looking very different.In this riveting talk, Trevor Phillips, chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, talks with journalist Kamal Ahmed about the problems of perception and practice. http://www.bl.uk/whatson/podcasts/podcast92341.mp3 Tue, 17 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT 92 minutes Minutes of the Committee for Abolition of the Slave Trade http://www.bl.uk/whatson/podcasts/podcast92040.html The British Library Slavery researcher Nigel Sadler talks about what this iconic document. Slavery researcher Nigel Sadler talks about what this iconic document, along with the other anti-slavery items in the Taking Liberties exhibition, says about the campaign to outlaw the vile trade in human beings – and what it doesn't say. http://www.bl.uk/whatson/podcasts/podcast92040.mp3 Mon, 09 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT 00:09:10 What now for the rights of women? http://www.bl.uk/whatson/podcasts/podcast92041.html The British Library A century since the height of the women's suffrage movement, and despite much subsequent legislation, many women feel that their rights remain under threat at the workplace and in the home. This debate, led by Guardian journalist Polly Toynbee, examined the issue with the chief executive of the Equality and Human Rights Commision Nicola Brewer; the novelist Tahmima Anam; and the chair of the British Youth Council Emily Beardsmore. http://www.bl.uk/whatson/podcasts/podcast92041.mp3 Mon, 09 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT 01:21:00 The Human Rights Act 1998 http://www.bl.uk/whatson/podcasts/podcast92042.html The British Library The landmark 1998 act, far from being an 'imposition of Europe', owes its origins to the efforts of Britain 50 years earlier. Curator Ian Cooke talks about the landmark 1998 act which, far from being an 'imposition of Europe', owes its origins to the efforts of Britain 50 years previously. http://www.bl.uk/whatson/podcasts/podcast92042.mp3 Mon, 09 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT 00:06:00 Shami Chakrabarti with Joan Bakewell http://www.bl.uk/whatson/podcasts/podcast92044.html The British Library Liberty director Shami Chakrabarti gives a fascinating interview with Joan Bakewell. Liberty director Shami Chakrabarti, a tireless advocate of human rights and campaigner against what she regards as repressive legislation, gave a fascinating interview with Joan Bakewell at the British Library.Chakrabarti had plenty to say about what she sees as the erosion of the principles espoused by many of the exhibition's key documents such as Magna Carta and the 1948 Declaration of Human Rights.Recorded in the Conference Centre on 31 October 2008 http://www.bl.uk/whatson/podcasts/podcast92044.mp3 Mon, 09 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT 01:30:00 Wolfenden Report http://www.bl.uk/whatson/podcasts/podcast92045.html The British Library The 1957 report that eventually helped legalise homosexuality set an important and unusual benchmark for our application of human rights. Curator Kristian Jensen talks about how this 1957 report that eventually helped legalise homosexuality set an important and unusual benchmark for our application of human rights. http://www.bl.uk/whatson/podcasts/podcast92045.mp3 Mon, 09 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT 00:07:00 Paine's Rights of Man: Audio transcript http://www.bl.uk/whatson/podcasts/podcast92046.html The British Library How Thomas Paine's radical 1791 book helped change the world. Curator Matthew Shaw talks about how Thomas Paine's radical 1791 book helped change the world. http://www.bl.uk/whatson/podcasts/podcast92046.mp3 Mon, 09 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT 00:09:00 Can we be green without losing our freedoms? http://www.bl.uk/whatson/podcasts/podcast92021.html The British Library Five experts debate how we can best tackle the biggest single issue facing us all – climate change and greenhouse gas emissions. Five experts debate how we can best tackle the biggest single issue facing us all – climate change and greenhouse gas emissions. How do we persuade politicians to make the changes necessary, when newspapers can persuade the public that energy-efficient lightbulbs are a threat to civil liberties? With Dr Gabrielle Walker, Simon Retallack, Andy Atkins, Ken Livingstone and David North.More details http://www.bl.uk/whatson/podcasts/podcast92021.mp3 Fri, 06 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT 01:28:00 Magna Carta http://www.bl.uk/whatson/podcasts/podcast92024.html The British Library Nicholas Vincent talks about the great icon of liberty and punctures a few myths. In this fascinating lecture to accompany the Taking Liberties exhibition, Nicholas Vincent – author, and Professor of Medieval History at the University of East Anglia – talks about the great icon of liberty: its background, its significance, and its various physical incarnations. He also punctures a few myths about this most legendary of documents.More detailsRecorded in the Conferrnce Centre on 24 November 2008 http://www.bl.uk/whatson/podcasts/podcast92024.mp3 Fri, 06 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT 01:09:00 Taking Liberties exhibition - introduction http://www.bl.uk/whatson/podcasts/podcast92027.html The British Library Matthew Shaw talks about some of the remarkable documents on show in the Library's exhibition on Britain's struggle for freedoms and rights. Curator Matthew Shaw talks about some of the remarkable documents on show in the Library's exhibition on Britain's struggle for freedoms and rights (31 Oct-1 Mar): from Magna Carta, through the Rights of Man and suffragette diaries, to today's debates about human rights, ID cards, and detention without trial.Recorded on 18 September 2008 http://www.bl.uk/whatson/podcasts/podcast92027.mp3 Fri, 06 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT 00:04:00