The Guildhall Lectures were an annual series of talks on the theme of communication, organised by the British Association.

The lectures, held in the London Guildhall, were sponsored and broadcast by Granada Television

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. The first set of three lectures were held in 1959, and they continued until at least 1984. Broadly on the theme of "Communication in the Modern World", they concerned the arts

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, science

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s, politics

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 and mass media

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.

List of lectures

Year	Theme	Speakers
1959	Communication in the Modern World	Edward Appleton, Eric Ashby, Edward Murrow
1960	Communication in the Modern World	Edgar Adrian Edgar Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian Edgar Douglas Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian OM PRS was a British electrophysiologist and recipient of the 1932 Nobel Prize for Physiology, won jointly with Sir Charles Sherrington for work on the function of neurons.... , George W. Beadle, Hans Eysenck Hans Eysenck Hans Jürgen Eysenck was a German-British psychologist who spent most of his career in Britain, best remembered for his work on intelligence and personality, though he worked in a wide range of areas...
1961	Communication in the Modern World	Hermann Bondi Hermann Bondi Sir Hermann Bondi, KCB, FRS was an Anglo-Austrian mathematician and cosmologist. He is best known for developing the steady-state theory of the universe with Fred Hoyle and Thomas Gold as an alternative to the Big Bang theory, but his most lasting legacy will probably be his important... , James Gray James Gray (zoologist) - External links :*... , John Wolfenden
1962	Communication in the Modern World	J. K. Galbraith, Yoshinori Maeda, Yigael Yadin Yigael Yadin Yigael Yadin on 21 March 1917, died 28 June 1984) was an Israeli archeologist, politician, and the second Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces.-Early life and military career:...
1963	Communication in the Modern World	A. J. Ayer, Patrick Blackett Patrick Blackett, Baron Blackett Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett, Baron Blackett OM CH FRS was an English experimental physicist known for his work on cloud chambers, cosmic rays, and paleomagnetism. He also made a major contribution in World War II advising on military strategy and developing Operational Research... , J. Zacharias
1964	Communication in the Modern World	William Holford, George Miller, Stein Rokkan Stein Rokkan Stein Rokkan was a Norwegian political scientist and sociologist. He was a professor in comparative politics at the University of Bergen.-Career and influence:...
1965	Communication in the Modern World	Alistair Cooke Alistair Cooke Alfred Alistair Cooke KBE was a British/American journalist, television personality and broadcaster. Outside his journalistic output, which included Letter from America and Alistair Cooke's America, he was well known in the United States as the host of PBS Masterpiece Theater from 1971 to 1992... , J. B. Rhine, Hyman G. Rickover Hyman G. Rickover Hyman George Rickover was a four-star admiral of the United States Navy who directed the original development of naval nuclear propulsion and controlled its operations for three decades as director of Naval Reactors...
1966	Telecommunications: The Next Ten Years	Kenneth Clark Kenneth Clark Kenneth McKenzie Clark, Baron Clark, OM, CH, KCB, FBA was a British author, museum director, broadcaster, and one of the best-known art historians of his generation... , Sebastian De Ferranti, Francis McLean
1967	Only Connect	Asa Briggs, Hugh Cudlipp Hugh Cudlipp Hubert "Hugh" Kinsman Cudlipp, Baron Cudlipp, OBE , was a Welsh journalist and newspaper editor noted for his work on the Daily Mirror in the 1950s and 60s.- Life and career :... , Fred Friendly
1968	Communication in the Modern World	Lawrence Alloway Lawrence Alloway Lawrence Alloway was an English art critic and curator who worked in the United States from the 1960s. In the 1950s he was a leading member of the Independent Group in the UK and in the 1960s was an influential writer and curator in the US... , Paul Chambers, Richard Crossman Richard Crossman Richard Howard Stafford Crossman OBE was a British author and Labour Party politician who was a Cabinet Minister under Harold Wilson, and was the editor of the New Statesman. A prominent socialist intellectual, he became one of the Labour Party's leading Zionists and anti-communists...
1969	Universities: Boundaries of Change	Paul Doty, Jack Straw Jack Straw Jack Straw , British politician.Jack Straw may also refer to:* Jack Straw , English* "Jack Straw" , 1971 song by the Grateful Dead* Jack Straw by W... , Albert Sloman
1970
1971
1972	The Future of Broadcasting in Britain	Hugh Greene Hugh Greene Sir Hugh Carleton Greene KCMG, OBE was a British journalist and television executive. He was the Director-General of the BBC from 1960―1969, and is generally credited with modernising an organisation that had fallen behind in the wake of the launch of ITV in 1955.-Early life and work:Hugh was born...
1973
1974	The Freedom of the Press	Harold Evans Harold Evans Sir Harold Matthew Evans is a British-born journalist and writer who was editor of The Sunday Times from 1967 to 1981. He has written various books on history and journalism... , Katherine Graham, David Windlesham David Hennessy, 3rd Baron Windlesham David James George Hennessy, 3rd Baron Windlesham and Baron Hennessy, CVO, PC, FBA was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom who held visiting professorships at various universities....
1975	Government, Broadcasting and the Press	Roy Jenkins Roy Jenkins Roy Harris Jenkins, Baron Jenkins of Hillhead OM, PC was a British politician.The son of a Welsh coal miner who later became a union official and Labour MP, Roy Jenkins served with distinction in World War II. Elected to Parliament as a Labour member in 1948, he served in several major posts in...
1976
1977	Television Today and Tomorrow	Noel Annan, Charles Curran Charles Curran (broadcaster) Sir Charles John Curran , was a British television executive.Charles Curran was born in Dublin. He served in the Indian army from 1942-45, but left to work in the BBC Talks department. He resigned following a dispute to edit the "Canadian Fishing News", but he returned in 1951 to join BBC Monitoring... , Brian Young
1978
1979
1980	The Role of the Trade Unions	Tony Benn Tony Benn Anthony Neil Wedgwood "Tony" Benn, PC is a British Labour Party politician and a former MP and Cabinet Minister.His successful campaign to renounce his hereditary peerage was instrumental in the creation of the Peerage Act 1963... , Len Murray Len Murray Lionel Murray, Baron Murray of Epping Forest, OBE PC, known as Len Murray was a British Labour politician and union leader.-Early life:... , Jim Prior James Prior, Baron Prior James Michael Leathes Prior, Baron Prior, PC, known as "Jim Prior" , is a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he was a Member of Parliament from 1959 to 1987, representing the constituency of Lowestoft from 1959 to 1983 and the renamed constituency of Waveney from 1983 to 1987...
1981
1982	The Liberty of the Citizen	John Hunt John Hunt, Baron Hunt Brigadier Henry Cecil John Hunt, Baron Hunt KG, PC, CBE, DSO, was a British army officer who is best known as the leader of the successful 1953 British Expedition to Mount Everest.-Early life and career:... , John Mortimer John Mortimer Sir John Clifford Mortimer, CBE, QC was a British barrister, dramatist, screenwriter and author.-Early life:... , Franklin A. Thomas Franklin A. Thomas Franklin Augustine Thomas is the head of the TFF Study Group, a nonprofit institution assisting development in South Africa, since 1996; Chairman, September 11 Fund since 2001....
1983
1984	The Right to Know	Floyd Abrams Floyd Abrams Floyd Abrams is an American attorney at Cahill Gordon & Reindel. He is an expert on constitutional law, and many arguments in the briefs he has written before the United States Supreme Court have been adopted as United States Constitutional interpretative law as it relates to the First Amendment... , Michael Kirby, Leslie Scarman
1985
1986
1987	Will Cabinet Government Survive?	Quintin Hogg Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone For the businessman and philanthropist, see Quintin Hogg Quintin McGarel Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone, KG, CH, PC, QC, FRS , formerly 2nd Viscount Hailsham , was a British politician who was known for the longevity of his career, the vigour with which he campaigned for the Conservative...
1988
1989	Europe: Our Sort of Community	Leon Brittan