October Highlights. Clovelly Lectures "Smart People have too much Power" - Understanding Political disaffection in the West'' with speaker David Goodhart

Clovelly Lectures have been held annually since 2011 both in Clovelly and in London. These Lectures have become an established event in the calendar for individuals wishing to hear first-hand from those who influence our lives and world affairs.

The next Clovelly Lecture will be on the theme "Smart People have too much Power"- "Democracy in Crisis - Understanding Political disaffection in the West'' with Speaker, David Goodhart on the 12th October

David Goodhart is a journalist. He founded Prospect, a British current affairs magazine in 1995 and was the editor until 2010, when he became editor-at-large. In December 2011, he was appointed Director of the London-based think tank Demos. As of 2017, he is Head of the Demography, Immigration and Integration Unit at the think tank Policy Exchange. He was a correspondent for the Financial Times for 12 years; for part of the period he was stationed in Germany. He has written for The Times, The Independent and The Guardian, he has presented documentaries for BBC Radio 4's Analysis programme on immigration and on Blue Labour. He has written of the influence on his thinking of people like Maurice Glasman, who coined the term "Blue Labour."

Publications:
The Road to Somewhere: The Populist Revolt and the Future of Politics (2017). Goodhart identifies the value divisions in British society that help to explain the Brexit vote and the rise of populism.
The British Dream: Successes and Failures of Post-war Immigration (2013). Runner up for the Orwell book prize.

Goodhart is one of seven children born to Valerie Forbes Winant (the niece of John Gilbert Winant) and Conservative MP Sir Philip Goodhart. He is a great-great-grandson of Mayer Lehman, co-founder of Lehman Brothers. He was educated at Eton College, and the University of York, where he gained a degree in History and Politics. He has written of being an "old Etonian Marxist" in his late teens and early twenties.

CLOVELLY LECTURES
Chairman: Sir Michael Burton K.C.V.O., C.M.G.
Director: The Honourable Mrs. Rous
RECEPTION-LECTURE-DEBATE-DINNER
Saturday 12th October 2019

Speaker:  David Goodhart

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Clovelly Visitor Centre, near Bideford, Devon
EX39 5TA