Reith lectures

[Dickie]

I heard it mentioned on the radio this morning that the BBC's 2016 Reith Lectures will be broadcast today at 0900GMT on BBC Radio 4 and available afterwards as a podcast or through iPlayer. This years speaker is Stephen Hawking and the topic is black holes so thought it was worth mentioning here.

I realise this may be common knowledge but I'd never heard of these lectures before.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00729d9

 

[Notebook]

Beat me to it Dickie! Reith Lectures an old BBC tradition, not as well known as the Royal Institution's, but aimed at an older audience. Been a bit boring lately, sure Hawking will liven it up.

N.

 

[Ravenous]

If anyone's interested, there's a transcript of the first lecture here (presumable the rest will follow):

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-35354313