Pikey
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 Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2007 12:05 pm Post subject: Oct 18 Lancaster "Reflections on war, peace and politic |
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Press release published in a freebie newspaper delivered locally weekly “The Reporter” 20/9/07:-
| Quote: | “Views on war and peace”
Distinguished former BBC Foreign Affairs correspondent Martin Bell OBE is to give a public lecture at Lancaster University.
Mr Bell will speak about his long career as war correspondent and the MP for Tatton in a lecture entitled “Reflections on war, peace and politics” on October 18.
The event is being organised by the Dept of Politics and International Relations in association with the Richardson Institute for Peace & Conflict Resolution- which is based within the department – and the United Nations Association.
The Institutes Director, Dr Feargal Cochrane said “Martin’s focus on the role of the media in the sanitising conflict and the futility of the war in the in the modern world are central issues for the Richardson Institute’s research and teaching priorities and for everyone who is interested in the dynamics of armed conflict”
“Martin Bell has been a witness to conflicts around the world many of which remain the focus of interest for researchers and students at Lancaster today.”
In his 30 year career with the BBC Martin Bell covered 11 conflicts and reported from 80 countries.
Whilst covering the war in Bosnia he was seriously wounded by shrapnel while recording a report. He was noted for often wearing a white suit.
He won the Royal Televisions Society’s Reporter of the year award in 1977 and 1993 and awarded the OBE in 1992.
In 1997 , Martin Bell left the BBC to stand as an independent candidate in the Tatton constituency in Cheshire, where the sitting MP Neil Hamilton was embroiled in allegations of “sleaze”.
He was confronted by an irate Christine Hamilton in public but this did not deter voters from electing him MP with a 11,000 majority, overturning a Conservatory majority of 20,000.
In 2001 he was appointed UNICEF UK Ambassador for Humanitarian Emergencies where he was given the organisation’s 60th anniversary award for his significant contribution to UNICEF UK in the world of media and journalism.
This is the second lecture at the Richardson Institute which was established in 1959 as the first peace centre in Britain..
The inaugural lecture was given in October last year by Robert Fisk Middle East correspondent of The Independent.
The lecture is from 6-30pm to 8pm in the George Fox lecture theatre one. Admission is free and a ticket is not required. |
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