House of Lords Podcast: Lord Speaker's Corner

‘I'd heard bombs before, so I knew it was a bomb.’Forty years ago this month, Robin Butler - Principle Private Secretary to Margaret Thatcher - was in the room with the prime minister when the Brighto...

23 Okt 202447min

‘This morning, even this morning, I was in my prayer saying to God, "What am I doing here?”’Justin Welby, the 105th Archbishop of Canterbury, senior bishop in the Church of England and leader of the b...

2 Okt 20241h

Lord Speaker’s Corner returns for a new Parliament and Lord McFall of Alcluith’s first guest is former Director General of MI5 and Chair of the Committee on Standards in Public Life, Jonathan Evans, L...

11 Sep 202444min

Sovereignty, tackling terrorism and even Macbeth are on the agenda in the latest Lord Speaker’s Corner as David Anderson, Lord Anderson of Ipswich KC, speaks to Lord McFall of Alcluith.‘You were inven...

8 Maj 202443min

Lola Young, Baroness Young of Hornsey, is the latest guest on Lord Speaker’s Corner.In this episode, Baroness Young speaks to Lord McFall of Alcluith about her work tackling modern slavery, race and i...

17 Apr 202445min

Should Mars be our plan(et) B?Should we continue with manned spaceflight?Hear from the Astronomer Royal, Lord Rees of Ludlow, in the latest episode of Lord Speaker’s Corner.‘Now that robots can do the...

26 Mars 202449min

Peter Mandelson - former Cabinet minister, leading figure in New Labour and now Lord Mandelson - speaks to Lord McFall of Alcluith about his life in politics.‘Born into the Labour Party’, Lord Mandels...

5 Mars 202455min

Former top diplomat Lord Ricketts speaks to Lord McFall of Alcluith about the conflicts in Israel/Gaza and Ukraine, the impact of Brexit and more in this episode of Lord Speaker’s Corner.Peter Rickett...

16 Feb 202446min