St Edmund Hall

A Conversation about Bipolar Disorder and Creative Process: Lucy Newlyn and Richard Lawes. This followed the publication, earlier this year, of Lucy's 15-year memoir, Diary of a Bipolar Explorer. Professor Lucy Newly, Emeritus Fellow and tutor in English at St Edmund Hall from 1984-2016.

Dr Richard Lawe, Lecturer in English at Regent's Park College and Consultant Psychiatrist to the University's Counselling Service.

Will Donaldson, St Edmund Hall Chaplain and Co-Senior Welfare Officer.

Professor Peter Mandler gives the 2014 Emden Lecture at St Edmund Hall.

Professor Devine, of the University of Edinburgh, gave the Emden Lecture at St Edmund Hall on 11 June 2013. He is introduced by St Edmund Hall Principal, Professor Keith Gull.

Comic book writer and novelist Dan Abnett (an alumnus of St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford) talks about how comics are constructed and the rules for storytelling within them.

Stand-up comedian Stewart Lee (Honorary Fellow and alumnus of St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford) discusses the fantasy that stand-up comedy is spontaneous rather than written, and describes the evolution of stand-up over the last few decades. Stand-up comedian Stewart Lee (Honorary Fellow and alumnus of St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford) delivers a talk to students that he originally gave at 'A Celebration of Writing at the Hall', a day of talks, discussions and readings by alumni, current students and tutors at St Edmund Hall. Stewart discusses the fantasy that stand-up comedy is spontaneous rather than written, and describes the evolution of stand-up over the last few decades. His talk takes in a wide range of subjects from the first app he ever came across to a discussion of the value of culture in society.

In this podcast the experts discuss whether the 'casino' banks that are considered too big to fail are simply too big, and explain the arguments for and against splitting them up.

In the first podcast of 2010, the experts discuss bank bonuses, proposed break-ups and tighter regulation of the banking and financial sectors.

In part 6, our experts examine new models for monetary and fiscal policy, global financial markets and a world economy characterised by global imbalances.

In Part 5, our experts examine the British economy in light of the recent Budget, and assess whether a global recovery may be on the horizon.

In this fourth podcast Linda Yueh and Jonathan Michie discuss the G20 debates over co-ordinated fiscal expansion, global regulation, and the role of the IMF.