November 29th 2014
Took part in a conference on Stoicism Today at Queen Mary, University of London.

November 20th 2014
To mark World Philosophy Day, spoke on identity and change on the Philosophy Bus in a Philosophy Foundation event, and took the part of Plato in a recreation of Raphael's The School of Athens on the steps of St. Paul's Cathedral (organised by The Idler Academy):

November 13th 2014
Spoke on Women and Heroism at the Women and War Symposium at Murray Edwards College, Cambridge. Angie's talk was filmed by Korean state television, who also interviewed her for a forthcoming programme on the current state of the Humanities in Western Europe.

September 9th 2014
Keynote address to the British Postgraduate Philosophy Society in Leeds: The Uses and Abuses of Philosophy.

June 28th 2014
Spoke on erotic power at the Opening Weekend (June 28-29) of the Festival of Love at Southbank Centre:

June 7th 2014
Appeared on Radio 4 Today discussing heroism in warfare (starts at 1m 53s).

May 24th 2014
Philosophy Bites Back : Panel discussion of whether science has made philosophy redundant.

May 26th 2014
Fantasies and Lies: Panel discussion of myth and fantasy.

May 14th 2014
Was interviewed for an article on Plato and the Atlantis legend for Lithuanian journal Prie Kavos:

May 10th 2014
Gave a couple of talks on Plato on Fame and Status at the Royal Court Theatre in London in conjunction with the new production of Birdland:

April 9th 2014
Spoke on Who Lied? Classical Heroism and World War 1 at the Classics and Classicists in World War 1 Conference in Leeds (8th-10th April):

April 2014
Interviewed for “Why should we care about philosophy?” (Toronto Star), about being Professor of the Public Understanding of Philosophy.
Archived here.

March 8th 2014
Gave a talk on how ancient Greek philosophy can help bridge any faith/secularism divide at Malvern Science and Faith  weekend.

December 28th 2013
Guest on Radio 4 Saturday Live.

November 25th 2013
Took part in a Radio 4 Today programme discussion of the 'Live Like a Stoic Week' project being led by Professor Chris Gill.

November 20th 2013
To mark the UNESCO-led World Philosophy Day, introduced the Philosophy Foundation teaching session in the House of Commons. (Read a summary of the event on the Air Force Amazons blog.)

October 30th 2013
Tolerating Intolerance - Public debate: Sheffield Salon in association with Off The Shelf.

October 4th 2013
Gave the Archdeacon Johnson Lecture at Oakham School (Uppingham and Oundle Schools also attended). 

September 16th 2013
Spoke on The Ethics of Money  for the Winchester Kitchen Dancers WI.

September 8th 2013
BBC Radio 3 Private Passions  interview with Michael Berkeley. Excerpt listed for Pick of the Week on Radio 4 (Sunday 8th). RIGHT-CLICK HERE to download, or listen below.

August 2013

'Revealing the World Afresh'

New Philosopher #1 - Freedom

Article for the first edition of the New Philosopher  magazine in Australia and New Zealand.

Magazine launched August 3rd at the Byron Bay Writers' Festival.

July 21st 2013
Gave lecture on Nature, convention and society in Plato's Republic for the Academy of the Institute of Ideas Summer School.

July 13th 2013
Solo talk on The Erotic Magus: Socrates, Eros, and Magic  for The Wapping Project.

June 15th 2013
Solo talk on The Erotic Magus: Socrates, Eros, and Magic at the University of Warwick Book Festival.

April 19th 2013
Talk to the Philosophy Society at Marlborough College.

March 21st 2013
Introduced a dramatisation of Socrates' trial - Socrates Now: What defines a citizen of the 21st Century? - at the HUB Westminster, plus a post-performance debate.

March 20th 2013
Interview with Sheffield University's Your University alumni magazine:

March 14th 2013
Introductory talk on Socrates before a dramatisation of Socrates’ Trial (based on Plato’s Apology) staged by the Elliniko Theatro Company from Athens at the Mossbourne Academy, Hackney (part of the Socrates Now project).

04/02/2013

January 11th 2013
BBC Radio 4 Today programme discussion of food waste.

December 21st 2012
BBC Two Westminster Abbey programme (filmed November 14th - see below).

December 8th 2012
BBC Radio 4 Today programme discussion of the ethics of photojournalism.

December 4th 2012
Talk to the London Philosophy Club on the Future of Philosophy and the Ethics of Flourishing.

November 26th 2012
Talk on 'Plato and Atlantis' for the Leicester Literary and Philosophical Society.

15/11/2012

Philosophers in the Marketplace

A public debate to mark World Philosophy Day and the launch of The Philosophy Shop.

November 14th 2012
Faith and Secularism: the Moral Resourcing of the Nation, a public debate in Westminster Abbey on virtue ethics and celebrity culture (with the Abbey’s Canon Theologian Vernon White, and Professor John Milbank).

October 25th 2012
Introduced Peter Worley's The If Odyssey at the British Museum.

October 21st 2012
Keynote speaker at the Centenary Meeting of the Philosophy Society of England, discussing the current state of philosophy, both within and without the academy (took place in Malmesbury in conjunction with the Hobbes Philosophy Festival, the main festival of Malmesbury'sPhilosophyTown project):

October 17th 2012
Spoke on Aristotle's Politics at Off the Shelf Festival, Sheffield.

October 11th-12th 2012
Gave the annual Joseph A. Reich, Sr., Distinguished Lecture on War, Morality and the Military Profession, at the US Air Force Academy (USAFA), Colorado Springs; I spoke on ‘Courage and Risk’.

September 28th 2012
Discussed my research and public engagement work at the Festival of the Mind in Sheffield:

September 19th 2012
At the invitation of the Mayor of Newham, took part in the closing debate of the Cultural Olympiad at Stratford Picturehouse: Is Religion Redundant in Modern Society? (with the Rev. Lucy Winkett and Claire Fox).

September 8th 2012
BBC Radio 4 Today programme discussion of French education minister's proposal for secular morality lessons in schools (starts 8.46).

August 18th 2012
BBC Radio 4 Today programme discussion of genetic screening with Professor Julian Savanescu.

July 28th 2012
BBC Radio 4 Today programme discussion of the morality of taxation.

July 27th 2012
A podcast for Warwick Knowledge on whether sportspeople can be heroes: The philosophy of sporting enhancement.

June 22nd 2012
Recorded video for the new Institute of Education MA in Independent Student Enquiry.

June 8th 2012
Took part in discussion of Plato’s Republic and Symposium at the Hay Literary Festival (with Bettany Hughes and Paul Cartledge).

June 7th 2012
Took part in a discussion of The Greek Idea at the Hay Literary Festival (with Bettany Hughes, Tom Holland and Paul Cartledge).

02/06/2012 - How the Light Gets In

Hay Philosophy Festival

Took part in a discussion of time at the Hay Philosophy Festival HowTheLightGetsIn (with Jim Al-Khalili, Raymond Tallis and Craig Bourne) and also chaired a debate on The Philosopher’s Dream (with Robert Rowland Smith, Barry C. Smith and Adrian Moore).

May 31st 2012
Spoke on Plato and Atlantis at the Leamington Looks Back Festival.

May 17th 2012
BBC Radio 3 Nightwaves discussion of sport and human enhancement.

May 11th 2012
Interview with the Yorkshire Post on my appointment as Professor of the Public Understanding of Philosophy at Sheffield University.

May 8th 2012
Keynote speaker at the Philosophy and Education conference at Rugby School (talks put online on July 5th 2012).

19/04/2012 - Neoplatonism

In Our Time (BBC Radio 4)

BBC Radio 4 In Our Time with Melvyn Bragg on Neoplatonism (with Peter Adamson and Anne Sheppard).

29/12/2011 - Serious New Year Resolutions

Woman's Hour (BBC Radio 4)

BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour (10.00-10.45) with Jenni Murray (discussion of New Year's resolutions with Merryn Somerset Webb).

15/10/2011 - Plato on Fame

Warwick Knowledge

26/06/2011 - Finding Atlantis

National Geographic

20.00 on-screen contributor in 'Finding Atlantis' on National Geographic International.

28/05/2011 - Blinded by the Light

HowTheLightGetsIn

Panel discussion of metaphor with Simon Armitage and Don Cupitt at Hay-on-Wye Philosophy festival, HowTheLightGetsIn.

03/01/2011 - The Philosophy of Fairness

The Guardian

Filmed interview on the philosophy of fairness for the Guardian for their "People and power" strand, in which they get thinkers to talk about issues of ethics, politics and society. The video received praise from Charlotte Holloway of the LSE and organiser of the Rerum Causae Philosophy Conference, and a student who emailed Angie with:

'I very much enjoyed your video on the Guardian website on the importance of the study of philosophy. It actually made me think more about the relevance of my philosophical studies to my future career.'

06/10/2010 - The Utopian Conundrum

Thinking Aloud (University of Warwick)

Recorded podcast on utopianism with Warwick Doctoral researcher Nazry Bahrawi for the Warwick 'Thinking Aloud' series.

09/05/2010 - Philosophers' football

Took part in a (loosely interpreted!) re-enactment of Monty Python’s Philosophers’ Football Match in North London, organised by the Philosophy Shop (now the Philosophy Foundation), and filmed by Sky, including interviews and podcasts for Sky and the Philosophers’ Magazine.

'In the second half we put her up front, and she didn't seem to realise what 'up front' means. But that's Angie.'

06/03/2010 - Censorship in Utopia

Warwick TEDx

Warwick TEDx filmed talk on 'Censorship in Utopia'.

15/10/2009 - Philosophy Matters

Woman's Hour (BBC Radio 4)

06/10/2009 - Senior Fellow in the Public Understanding of Philosophy

University of Warwick podcasts