I love attending lectures. Between the Policy Exchange, The Royal Institution, mailing lists from institutions like the South Bank Centre and Time Out, I can usually keep abreast of who is speaking in London. Now a fine new tool has been added to my armoury: Lecturelist.org.
This website has extensive and searchable lists of lectures across the UK on every subject.
Until now it has been surprisingly difficult to keep up to date with the huge number of challenging and stimulating discussions and debates that take place in this part of the world every day. The Lecture List is designed to make it much easier to keep track of all of this activity.The Lecture List provides a moderated listing service for lectures around the UK, and enables registered users to keep up to date with talks by their favourite speakers, on their favourite subjects, in their favourite venues, and in their geographical area.
Organisers pass on information using online forms, which is then made available for the public to search through.
Members of the public can browse the site or register for a superior, customised service which makes it easier to pick out the talks that best match their interests. Registered users also receive regular emails keeping them informed abut relevant talks in their area.
Also see:
How the chattering classes turned to talk - The Guardian
All over Britain people are flocking to lectures. They queue in the rain for the brainiest of topics. Accused of dumbing down, how is it that we have become a nation of talkers?
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