{"id":9932,"date":"2012-11-08T21:06:11","date_gmt":"2012-11-08T20:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rogerdarlington.me.uk\/nighthawk\/?p=9932"},"modified":"2012-11-08T21:14:32","modified_gmt":"2012-11-08T20:14:32","slug":"three-speaking-engagements-on-three-consecutive-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.rogerdarlington.me.uk\/nighthawk\/?p=9932","title":{"rendered":"Three speaking engagements on three consecutive days"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s been a busy week which has involved me speaking at three different events on three different subjects.<\/p>\n

On Monday I was at the BBC’s New Broadcasting House<\/a> to attend an all-day event on digital radio in cars and I was a member of a panel discussion on the stage hosted by BBC correspondent Nick Higham. You can see my note on the event here<\/a> and my brief on digital radio here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday evening, I was at the London School of Economics to speak at a seminar organised by the LSE Media Policy Project<\/a>. The subject of the event was the regulation of convergence, that is the coming together of broadcasting and the Internet. I was the principal speaker with responses from Chris Woolard of Ofcom and Lord Inglewood who is chairing a House of Lords inquiry into this subject. You can read the argument I advanced here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

After these two events in London, on Wednesday I took the train to my home city of Manchester, primarily to visit my old school, Xaverian College<\/a>, which this year celebrates its 150th anniversary. At the invitation of the Curriculum Leader for Politcs & Government Catherine Hennelly, I gave a guest lecture on comparisons between the political systems of the UK and the USA which was attended by around 50 sixth form students. I had deliberately timed my lecture to coincide with the Presidential election which hightened the interest in the event.<\/p>\n

For my material, I drew heavily on three essays on my web site: a guide to the British political system<\/a>, a guide to the American political system<\/a>. and a comparison of the two systems<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Then I stayed overnight in Manchester so that I could spend time with my brother Ralph, his partner Carol and their wonderful nine year old daughter Saskia.<\/p>\n

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\nI receive a lovely hug from my niece Saskia<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"