An annual memorial lecture series once brought speakers from research, writing and public life together to talk about caring and the people who care. This page keeps a short note on each lecture's theme. The original lecture texts are no longer published here, and the speakers are not named.
Where is the vision?
A reflection by a carer-sector leader on what a shared vision for carer support should look like, and how far practice had come from it.
Stories and being heard
An author on how storytelling has always carried experience between people, and why carers' stories help the wider community understand caring.
Ageing, care and activism
A university sociologist on research and activism in the field of ageing and care, and on what that work owes to the early champions of carers.
Ethics and care
An ethics speaker on the choices and obligations that come with caring for someone, offered as an edited transcript.
A carer's view
A writer and broadcaster, and former carer, on the personal side of caring. An audio recording of the lecture was published.
Speaking up together
A journalist and community campaigner on how ordinary people organise to be heard on issues that affect them.
The lectures were the work of their authors. Nothing here reproduces them, and this guide does not speak for anyone who gave one.