2019

A SELECTION OF ANGIE’S MEDIA APPEARANCES
AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT

(INCLUDES: TELEVISION, RADIO, PODCASTS, PRESS, LIVE)

- 2019 -


November 2019
Guested on the Prix Pictet podcast, in a discussion about hope.

November 23rd 2019
Moving Heaven and Earth, an immersive recreation of a Jacobean royal banquet and entertainment in Sheffield. Part of the Being Human Festival.


November 19th 2019
Organised and hosted with Dr Josh Forstenzer a major cross-party event on philosophy in schools at the Royal Society of Arts in London.
Centre for Engaged Philosophy event booklet.
Mentioned in the Yorkshire Post (page 8) on November 19th 2019.


November 18th 2019
Interviewed on BBC Radio Sheffield about the Philosophy in Schools event at the Royal Society of Arts in London. 1:18:42 - 1:25:55.


October 27th 2019
13 Questions in the “Change” issue of New Philosopher:


October 22nd 2019
An article in ARGO, A Hellenic Review (#10, Autumn/Winter 2019) about writing Plato’s Republic: a Ladybird Expert Book:


October 22nd 2019
Gave a talk on Plato's Republic: a Ladybird Expert Book, followed by a book-signing, as part of the Off the Shelf Festival.

October 12th 2019
Spoke at the Spirituality and Democracy Weekend, part of the Athens Democracy Forum at Costa Navarino.
12pm: Gave a book reading and talk about Plato's Republic: a Ladybird Expert Book:

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6:50pm: Took part in the Socrates-Confucius Dialogue:

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October 11th 2019
Took part in a panel discussion in Athens at the Athens Democracy Forum on the Collapse of the Traditional Party:

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October 9th 2019
Discussed Plato's Republic: a Ladybird Expert Book at the British School at Athens, followed by a book-signing.

September 17th 2019
Spoke at the Liberal Democrats conference about the dangers of the current prorogation of Parliament:


September 7th 2019
Took part in a panel discussion, “Philosophy in the Bookshop - Bryan Magee: Reflections of a Philosopher”, at Blackwell’s Bookshop, Oxford.



New publication:

“The Erotic Magus: Ficino’s De amore as a Guide to Plato’s Symposium” in Platonism and its Legacy, edited by John F Finamore and Tomáš Nejeschleba. The Prometheus Trust in association with the International Society for Neoplatonic Studies.


July 25th 2019
Discussed the Spartans on The Forum, BBC World Service.

July 18th 2019
At A Future Fantastic Festival in Sheffield, in conversation with Charles Seaford, discussing his recent book Why Capitalists Need Communists.

July 4th 2019
Took part in a panel discussion on ‘Classics in the 21st century’ at Senate House in London.

June 21st 2019
Gave a talk on ‘Ethical Agency and Indefinite Detention’ at the Migration Matters Festival in Sheffield.


June 20th 2019
Discussed the Mytilenaean Debate on BBC Radio 4 In Our Time:

CLICK HERE to listen on the BBC website.

CLICK HERE to listen on the BBC website.


June/July 2019
Philosophy Now:


May 30th 2019
Discussed Plato’s Republic: a Ladybird Expert Book at the Hay Literary Festival:

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May 25th 2019
Interviewed about judging the Man Booker International Prize for Egyptian website ida2at.com.


May 21st 2019
Man Booker International Presentation:

Man Booker International Judges Elnathan John and Angie Hobbs

Man Booker International Judges Elnathan John and Angie Hobbs


April 29th 2019
Interviewed by Christy O’Brien, a trainee journalist at Sheffield University, for ‘Sheffield taking the lead in welcoming refugees’:


April 5th 2019
Discussed Leonard Cohen (and recited a poem by Lorca) on BBC Radio 3 The Verb. Recorded live for the BBC Free Thinking festival at Sage Gateshead on March 30th 2019.

CLICK HERE to listen on the BBC website.

CLICK HERE to listen on the BBC website.


March 21st 2019
Discussed Plato’s Republic: a Ladybird Expert Book at Warwick Books.



March 2nd 2019
Discussed Plato’s Republic: a Ladybird Expert Book with Nigel Warburton at Blackwell’s Bookshop in Oxford.


January 15th - February 26th 2019
Appeared in six episodes of a new Cosmote TV series on Ancient Greek Philosophers (interviews in English):

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Episode 4 – Knowledge & Ideas
Episode 5 – Justice
Episode 6 – The Good Life
Episode 8 – The Soul
Episode 9 – Friendship
Episode 10 – The Legacy


February 22nd 2019
Discussed moral luck on BBC Radio 4 in Archive on 4: Good Luck Professor Spiegelhalter. (Originally broadcast on January 6th 2018.)

CLICK HERE to listen on the BBC website.

CLICK HERE to listen on the BBC website.


February 7th 2019
Plato's Republic: A Ladybird Expert Book
(Discussed in the Economist.)