Recommended readings for Lunch Hour Events
Empire of Regulation or Lawless World?
- Brian Brivati We must not give up on intervention Guardian 25 May 2006
- Richard Dicker and Elise Keppler Beyond The Hague: Challenges of International Justice Human Rights Watch January 2004
- David Chandler International Justice New Left Review November-December 2000
- Philippe Sands Lawless World: America and the Making and Breaking of Global Rules Penguin 2006
- Philippe Sands The facts speak for themselves, Mr Clarke Guardian 25 April 2006
- David Chandler From Kosovo to Kabul and Beyond Pluto Press 2005
- Michael Byers War Law
- Jonathan Power Dictators Beware! International Herald Tribune 13 January 2005
WORLDwrite film: Damned By Debt Relief
- Gabriel Rozenberg Africa is not going to rock to Bono's tune The Times 04 July 2006
- Orla Ryan Proud Ghana still depends on aid BBC News 15 June 2006
- John Pender Less Interests, More Influence: The Paradox of Poverty Reduction and the Redefinition of Development Sovereignty and its Discontents (SAID) 29 October 2005
Further Readings:
- Eliminating poverty: making governance work for the poor Department for International Development (
- G8 Gleneagles One Year On: Turning Talk into Action Department for International Development (
- Oxfam Briefing Note: The View from the Summit – Gleneagles G8 One Year On Oxfam 09 June 2006
- Todd Moss Will Debt Relief Make a Difference? Impact and Expectations of the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative
- Vanessa Pupavac Human security and the rise of global therapeutic governance Conflict, Security & Development August 2005
- Thomas Callaghy Innovation in the Sovereign Debt Regime: From the Paris Club to Enhanced HIPC and Beyond World Bank OED 2004 (pdf)
Putting design and technology to good use
- 25 Entrepreneurs Who Are Changing The World Fast Company 2006
- Michael Cross Grand digital designs for connected communities Guardian 20 July 2006
- John Thackara Power Laws Of Innovation Doors of Perception weblog 18 July 2006
Further Readings:
- RED reports on the RED - Design Council website
- Dott: Designs of the time Dott 07 website
Debating Matters showcase debate on poetry
- Poetry Slam Incorporated
- W.N. Herbert & Matthew Hollis (eds.) Strong Words: Modern Poets on Modern Poetry ed. Bloodaxe 2000
- Sean O'Brien The Deregulated Muse Bloodaxe 1998
Pupils taking over the classroom
- Becky Holloway Call for Nappy Change Classes Times Educational Supplement 28 July 2006
- Henry Porter Teachers Must be Allowed to Teach Observer 12 February 2006
Further Readings:
Save the planet, don’t see the world?
- Air tax hike 'would hit poorest' BBC August 2006
- George Monbiot For the sake of the world's poor, we must keep the wealthy at home Guardian 28 February 2006
Further:
- Aviation and Global Climate Change Friends of the Earth 2006 (pdf)
- White Paper and the Civil Aviation Bill Department for Transport (
- Brendon Sewill Fly now, grieve later: How to reduce the impact of air travel on climate change June 2005 (pdf)
Is the rise of religious-based politics a problem?
- Madeleine Bunting Faith can make a vital contribution to both democracy and scientific ethics Guardian 19 June 2006
- Philip Blond & Adrian Pabst Pope Benedict's challenge to the status quo International Herald Tribune 19 August 2005
- Philip Blond & Adrian Pabst Why the West gets religion wrong International
Lunchtime Film: Cult of the Suicide Bomber
- Karl Sharro SyrianaCulture Wars 23 March 2006
- Theodore Dalrymple The Suicide Bombers Amongst Us City Journal Autumn 2005
- Kevin Toolis What Yesterday Told Us About Terror The Times 22 July 2005
Further Readings:
- The Cult of the Suicide Bomber Channel 4 August 2005
- Many Rivers Film home page Many Rivers Film
- Robert Baer This Deadly Virus Guardian 07 August 2005
- Stephen Moss I Was Living Fiction Guardian 03 August 2005
- Brian Handwerk Female Suicide Bombers: Dying to Kill National Geographic 13 December 2004
- Yoram Schweitzer Suicide Terrorism: Historical Background and Risks for the Future Wide Angle 18 June 2004