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About the Thomas of Chobham Lecture
This well-established lecture, exploring contemporary ethical complexities, is held
in honour of Thomas of Chobham, a 12th century cleric associated with Chobham.
Thomas was a leading theologian and moral philosopher of his day and sub-
Terry Waite in 2006
Professor Stephen Watson with Andrew Body in 2010
Previous lecturers
•Jonathan Aitken
•David Puttnam
•Baroness Emma Nicholson
•Terry Waite
•Dr Jeffrey John
•Mr Justice Hedley
•Lt-
•Professor Stephen Watson
•Sir Ghillian Prance
The 2012 lecture took place on April 18th
More information about Sir Ghillean Prance
at Kew at A Rocha at the Eden Project (external links)
Thomas of Chobham Lecture
Sir Ghillean Prance at St Lawrence 2011 Lecture
“The sexualisation of childhood”
Reg Bailey, Chief Executive of the Mothers’ Union.
2011 Lecture
Sir Ghillean Prance was the latest in a line of distinguished speakers to give the Thomas of Chobham Lecture on the theme of “Are We Nearing the Environmental Tipping Point?”
A prominent botanist and ecologist, Sir Ghillean is former director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and scientific adviser to the Eden Project.
He is past president of Christians in Science. He is also a trustee of the Amazon
Charitable Trust, and a Vice-
Reg Bailey carried out the recent Government-commissioned, independent review into
the commercialisation and sexualisation of childhood and was author of the report
Letting Children Be Children
The Mothers Union has also been running it own Bye Buy Childhood campaign
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