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A couple of good books which you might like...
Lectures
University of Chester has some interesting recorded lectures on issues pertaining to religion:
https://www1.chester.ac.uk/theology-and-religious- studies/schools-engagement/trs-chester-level- webinars?fbclid=IwAR3gM-OHjttLZysvQV6f9-bxMnNS b4zC65_qU2wDL2kX3lUF0LLDC8jcEJs
Harvard University’s Justice with Michael Sandel. A superb series of lectures on the theme of justice. Highly recommended for Philosophy and Law students.
https://justiceharvard.org/
Mr Jefferies
Book
The Night of Camp David.
Amazing 1965 “what if” novel. US President Mark Hollenbach has gone mad but who will believe the young senator Jim MacVeagh who is the only one who knows just how crazy he is?
Implausible, of course, but a rattling good yarn...
And An oral biography of Harry S Truman (US President, 1945-53).
A president who did not know how to lie and did what he thought was right (whatever anyone else thought).
Legacy by James Kerr
Champions do extra. They sweep the sheds. They follow the spearhead. They keep a blue head. They are good ancestors. In Legacy, best-selling author James Kerr goes deep into the heart of the world's most successful sporting team, the legendary All Blacks of New Zealand, to reveal 15 powerful and practical lessons for leadership and business. Legacy is a unique, inspiring handbook for leaders in all fields, and asks: What are the secrets of success - sustained success? How do you achieve world-class standards, day after day, week after week, year after year?
Little Book of Talent by Daniel Coyle
The Little Book of Talent is an easy-to-use handbook of scientifically proven, field-tested methods to improve skills – your skills, your kids' skills, your organization's skills – in sports, music, art, maths, and business. The product of five years of reporting from the world's greatest talent hotbeds and interviews with successful master coaches, it distills the daunting complexity of skill development into 52 clear, concise directives. Whether you're age 10 or 100, whether you're on the sports field or the stage, in the classroom or the corner office, this is an essential guide for anyone who ever asked, "How do I get better?"
Mrs Hodge
Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell is beautiful and devastating. It is about Shakespeare’s twins and set in Stratford – so a local link! At the end it offers a new perspective on why Shakespeare went on to write Hamlet.
Mrs Jacka
Books
Sapiens by Yuvral Noah Hurari
Natives by Akala
Prisoners of Geography by Tim Marshall Everyday Sexism by Laura Bates
The book of Joy by the Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu TV Series
Handmaid’s Tale (Amazon Prime)
Humans (Channel 4)
Westworld (Sky Atlantic)
Any documentary with Louis Theroux in (Netflix and BBC) Any documentary with Stacey Dooley in (Netflix and BBC)
Podcasts
Moral Maze
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qk11
Brilliant debates from academics on topics relating to current affairs. Cannot recommend this highly enough.
Brilliant short clips to get you thinking e.g. what would a world without prisons be like?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/ideas/videos/viewpoint-its-time- to-end-our-love-affair-with-car/p08s48hr
https://www.bbc.co.uk/ideas/videos/viewpoint-what- would-a-world-without-prisons-be-li/p08nbj02
Miller: Truman:
Miller: Turner:
Miller:
Truman:
TV series
Is it true the Ku Klux Klan were against you in 1924?
In 1924 I went to one of their meetings; it was in the daytime down in the eastern part of the country. I guess there must have been a thousand people there, and I knew every durned one of them.
They weren’t wearing their sheets?
On no. This was in the day-time. And I got up and told them exactly what I thought of them. Got down off the platform, walked right down through the centre of them, and started home.
Mr President, under the circumstances might it not have been wiser not to go out and tell off those Klanners?
If you keep your mouth shut about things you think are important, hell, I don’t see how you can expect the democratic system to work at all”.
La Révolution Française
https://youtu.be/JBR6bUCaG2k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ctxJEgLgMo
Constantly exciting and totally gripping.
Produced for French television for the bicentenary but featuring Christopher Lee as the executioner, who says very little but is amazing.
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