In this Cumberland Lodge Lecture, Lord Finkelstein, executive editor and political columnist for The Times, talks about the idea of an arrow of history and its changing direction. In a far-reaching talk he covers economic, social and political change in the UK and the West, the spread of power and the rise of populism, the role of social media, the internet, religion, consumerism and environmental problems in shaping the new world we find ourselves in. He talks about Brexit and what led David Cameron to call an EU referendum, and he even throws in some insights from Premier League football.
This lecture was recorded at Cumberland Lodge on 31st May 2017. A video of the event will be published on cumberlandlodge.ac.uk and the lecture was live-streamed on Facebook at https://facebook.com/cumberlandlodge. The recording includes a 45-minute lecture, followed by wide-ranging questions from the invited audience.
