Audio from the British Library's Taking Liberties exhibition http://www.bl.uk/whatson/podcasts/exhibition/takingliberties/index.html en-gb ℗ & © The British Library Board The British Library Audio from the British Library Get audio and video from the British Library's Taking Liberties exhibition (31 Oct 2008-1 Mar 2009) free on your MP3 player or iPod British Library Podcasts Taking Liberties Audio webeditor@bl.uk http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/takingliberties/reviews/090118liberty.html The British Library Linda Colley and AC Grayling discuss Britain's constitutional conundrums Britain gave its former colonies constitutions – but hasn't got round to writing one itself. What shape are our freedoms and rights in today, 800 years after Magna Carta? Not a very good one, say Professor AC Grayling, and exhibition guest curator Professor Linda Colley. Covering every major domestic constitutional event from the Laws of Forests to the Human Rights Act, this debate is for anyone interested in liberty then and now. http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/whatson/downloads/files/liberty.mp3 Tue, 17 Feb 2009 12:10:00 GMT 01:28:35 http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/takingliberties/reviews/090127equality.html The British Library Trevor Phillips on the Human Rights Act: how well is it working to make our society fairer? Trevor Phillips, chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, asks why human rights has such a bad press when it's such a good thing – and talks about the best way to make it work for a better Britain. Listen to find out how the Human Rights Act is misunderstood and misused, and how it can be made to work for all of us – and what the Jeremy Kyle show can teach us about it. http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/whatson/downloads/files/equalitybritain.mp3 Thu, 12 Feb 2009 13:30:00 GMT 01:31:34 http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/takingliberties/reviews/090114green.html The British Library Gripping panel debate about the most serious issue facing the world today: can we tackle climate change without dictatorship? Panel debate on where the ceiling is on our freedoms and rights when we must decrease emissions of greenhouse gases. With Dr Gabrielle Walker; Simon Retallack (Institute for Public Policy Research); Andy Atkins (Friends of the Earth); David North (Tesco); and Ken Livingstone (former London mayor). http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/whatson/downloads/files/green.mp3 Tue, 20 Jan 2009 11:30:00 GMT 01:27:31 http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/takingliberties/staritems/66minutesofcommitteeabolitionaudio.html The British Library Nigel Sadler talks about the minute book of the committee for abolishing slavery 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 on what it doesn't say. http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/whatson/downloads/files/slavery.mp3 Tue, 6 Jan 2009 14:00:00 GMT 00:08:59 http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/takingliberties/reviews/081204womenwhatnow.html The British Library Debate chaired by Polly Toynbee on the state of women's rights, a century after the suffragettes This debate, led by Guardian journalist Polly Toynbee, examines the state of women's rights in the 21st century. 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/onlinegallery/whatson/downloads/files/women.mp3 Thu, 18 Dec 2008 17:00:00 GMT 01:31:47 http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/takingliberties/reviews/081112magnacarta.html The British Library Professor Nicholas Vincent gives a fascinating lecture on the icon of liberty In this fascinating lecture, Professor Nicholas Vincent – author and Professor of Medieval History at the University of East Anglia, and one of the world's leading experts on Magna Carta – talks about the great icon of liberty: its background, its significance, and its various physical incarnations http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/whatson/downloads/files/magnacarta.mp3 Thu, 4 Dec 2008 11:35:00 GMT 01:08:30 http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/takingliberties/staritems/645universaldeclarationhumanrightsaudio.html The British Library Ian Cooke talks about the Human Rights Act 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/onlinegallery/whatson/downloads/files/humanrightsact.mp3 Thu, 4 Dec 2008 11:34:00 GMTT 00:05:10 http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/takingliberties/reviews/081031shamichakrabarti.html The British Library Joan Bakewell interviews director of Liberty Shami Chakrabarti Shami Chakrabarti talks to Joan Bakewell in this interview recorded at the British Library on 31 October 2008, part of the Taking Liberties exhibition events series. Chakrabarti talks in detail about how quick-fix legislation, which has created 3000 new offences since 1997, is eroding our freedoms and rights http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/whatson/downloads/files/shamichakrabarti.mp3 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:00:00 GMT 01:29:28 http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/takingliberties/staritems/619wolfendenreportaudio.html The British Library Curator Dr Kristian Jensen discusses the 1957 Wolfenden Report Curator Dr Kristian Jensen discusses the 1957 Wolfenden Report, which caused controversy upon its appearance for recommending that homosexual acts between consenting adults in private be legalised, but which led not only to a change in law but also public attitudes http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/whatson/downloads/files/wolfendenreport.mp3 Wed, 5 Nov 2008 16:00:00 GMT 06:24 http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/takingliberties/staritems/635painerightsofmanaudio.html The British Library Curator Dr Matthew Shaw discusses Thomas Paine's radical 1791 text The Rights of Man Curator Dr Matthew Shaw discusses Thomas Paine's radical 1791 text The Rights of Man: its political background in the English and French Revolutions, the response to Burke, its remarkable reception at the time, and its pioneering vision of social welfare and justice that was many decades ahead of its time http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/whatson/downloads/files/rightsofman.mp3 Fri, 31 Oct 2008 16:00:00 GMT 08:26 http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/takingliberties/audiovideo.html The British Library A short introduction from curator Dr Matthew Shaw Curator Dr 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 2008 - 1 Mar 2009): from Magna Carta, through the Rights of Man and suffragette diaries, to today's debates about human rights, ID cards, and detention without trial. http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/whatson/downloads/files/takinglibertiesintro.mp3 Thu, 18 Sep 2008 16:00:00 GMT 04:00