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I am delighted to have been elected an Honorary Fellow of Pembroke College at the University of Oxford, especially in…

Addressing the Liberal Democrat Friends of Palestine at a meeting last night at the Spring Conference of the Party in…

When reading Exodus 20 v 1-17 (the Ten Commandments) and John 2 v 13-22 (Jesus clears the Temple Courts), which…

My Lords, how should one wind up a debate of such passion and complexity? Jesus summed up the whole of…

For some years I have been warning publicly that we are heading into a third global conflict, and this, at times, led me to feel quite down about the prospects for humanity. This third global conflict is not simply a rerun of the disasters of the twentieth century, for before 1945, however terrible a war was and however many people died, the world would repair itself and in time the population of the world could be restored. With the threat of nuclear war and the reality of climate change, humankind has brought about the very real danger of our own demise.

Lord Alderdice spoke in the House of Lords debate on the Israel/Gaza Conflict on 24 October 2023. Here is the script of that speech –

My Lords, I start by declaring my interests in the register, particularly as Executive Chairman and Director of The Changing Character of War Centre at Pembroke College, Oxford.

At this Advent Season we focus a great deal on the story of the birth of Jesus, however, it does not seem that this was the main focus of the Gospel writers.  

The 20th Anniversary of the publication of the Truth and & Reconciliation Report in Peru was on the 28th August 2023 and this anniversary saw the release of an important monitoring report by the UK’s Peru Support Group.

The recent Local Government Election in Northern Ireland may be judged by history to be one of the most consequential in the history of Northern Ireland.

The former Taoiseach, Bertie Aherne, who played a key role in the negotiation of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement in 1998, interviews some of the other players in that historic process.