Longford Lecture

The Longford Lectures are held annually in November at Church House, Westminster. They aim to provide a national platform for a serious contribution to questions of social and penal reform, to make significant recommendations to policy makers and are delivered to engage wide public interest.

The Lectures are organised by The Longford Trust which celebrates the achievements and continues the work of Lord Longford. It was established in 2002 by friends and admirers to further the goals he pursued, particularly in the field of social and prison reform. In addition to the Lectures, the Trust bestows The Longford Prize to individuals and organisations who play a prominent role in the world of prison reform.

Past Lectures

Year	Speaker	Title of the Lecture	Chaired by
2002	Cheri Booth
2003	John Sentamu
2004	Desmond Tutu
2005	Brenda Hale
2006	Clive Stafford Smith
2007	Mary McAleese
2008	Debate on Prisons	We Cannot Build Our Way Out of the Prisons' Crisis	Jon Snow
2009	Sir Hugh Orde	War is easy. Peace is the difficult prize	Gyles Brandreth	2010	Martha Lane Fox	Digital Disruption	Jon Snow
2011	Jon Snow	Punishment and the Media	Shami Chakrabarti
2012	Will Self	Drug use in British Prisons	Jon Snow
2013	Bianca Jagger	Ending violence against women and girls	Jon Snow
2014