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Title | BAFTA Lecture 2010 Stephen Fry talks about the future of television |
Difficulty | 5/10 |
Dialect | British (Oxbridge) English |
Description | Stephen Fry is a graduate of Cambridge University and has written and performed extensively. He is a strong supporter of the free evolution of language, the incorporation of new words and usages into English, yet his own speech is such an excellent example of the fact that traditional and historical vocabulary and usages are so vast and expressive that new coinages seem unnecessary and superfluous in comparison. |
Title | Faith and Reason. Terry Eagleton addresses an audience at the Yale University |
Difficulty | 7/10 |
Dialect | British (Oxbridge) English |
Description | Terry Eagleton is Professor of English Literature at the University of Lancaster. |
Title | Unacknowledged Legislation. Christopher Hitchens addresses an audience at Rutgers University March 29, 2001 on the influence of the written word on politics and history. |
Difficulty | 9/10 |
Dialect | British (Oxbridge) English |
Description | This is a lecture by one of the great men of letters to a highly educated audience. |
Title | Words Words Words David Crystal |
Difficulty | 4/10 |
Dialect | British (RP) English |
Description | Oxford University's David Crystal, renouned linguist and author on language discusses the creation of words. Is it acceptable to invent words casually? |
Title | The Death of Criticism Terry Eagleton |
Difficulty | 8/10 |
Dialect | British (Oxbridge) English |
Description | Professor Eagleton speaks at U.C Berkely on The Death of Criticism. Over an hour long, this lecture is a feast of perspicuity. |
Title | George Orwell: Orwell's Victory Christopher Hitchens |
Difficulty | 6/10 |
Dialect | British (Oxbridge) English |
Description | Biographer of Orwell, Christopher Hitchens, discusses the writer. |
Title | The World Turned Upside Down Melanie Phillips |
Difficulty | 7/10 |
Dialect | British (Oxbridge) English |
Description | Writer, Melanie Phillips, discusses her book. |
Title | Freedom of Speech Christopher Hitchens |
Difficulty | 6/10 |
Dialect | British (Oxbridge) English |
Description | Considered discussion of the right of free speech -- including in a crowded theater. Hitchens discourses brilliantly on the concepts and presupositions involved in freedom of speech. |
Title | The Metaphysics of Terror Terry Eagleton |
Difficulty | 9/10 |
Dialect | British (Oxbridge) English |
Description | Lecture to an educated audience -- lots of challenging vocabulry and concepts. |
Title | Darwin's Universal Impact Dame Gillian Beer |
Difficulty | 8/10 |
Dialect | British (Oxbridge) English |
Description | Criticism of the writings of Charles Darwin. |
Title | Socratic Dialogue Karen Armstrong |
Difficulty | 5/10 |
Dialect | British (Oxbridge) English |
Description | An examination and discussion of the methods of Socrates. |
Title | Mythologies of Marx Terry Eagleton |
Difficulty | 6/10 |
Dialect | British (Oxbridge) English |
Description | An examination and discussion of Marx. |
Title | Stephen Fry Interview |
Difficulty | 6/10 |
Dialect | British (Oxbridge) English |
Description | Discussion of many issues including philosophy, literature, history, and writing. |
Title | The Communist Manifesto - Terry Eagleton - Marxism 2011 |
Difficulty | 7/10 |
Dialect | British (Oxbridge) English |
Description | Lecture promoting the speaker's book, Marx Was Right. |