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A daily text of a topical speech or address given by a public figure

Bhikhu Parekh: We're all British, but we speak in different accents
11 June 2004
From the Labour peer's speech at the launch of the Centre for Research on Nationalism, Ethnicity and Multiculturalism

Andrew Pendleton: 'How to restrain the juggernauts of globalisation'
10 June 2004
From a speech by Christian Aid's senior policy officer, given at a Just Share meeting in London

Lyn Quine: 'The depressing statistics behind workplace bullying'
09 June 2004
From a speech by the Professor of Health Psychology, given at the University of Kent

A P J Abdul Kalam: 'The 21st century is destined to belong to India'
08 June 2004
From a speech by the Indian President in his first address to the new parliament in New Delhi

Robert Hughes: 'We are losing the skills on which true art is built'
07 June 2004
From the address by the art critic to the Annual Dinner of the Royal Academy of Arts, in London

Niall Ferguson: What the British Empire did for the world
04 June 2004
From a speech by the historian, given at the Intelligence Squared debate at the Royal Geographical Society

Begum Khaleda Zia: The developing world's best hope is its people
03 June 2004
From a speech by the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, at a conference on poverty in Shanghai

Richard Haass: The uneasy future of US and European co-operation
02 June 2004
From a speech by the President of the Council on Foreign Relations, New York, at Chatham House, London

George Bush: 'Victory in WWII was not a foregone conclusion'
01 June 2004
From a speech by the President of the United States, at the National World War II memorial in Washington DC

John Kerry: 'America must now rebuild its shredded alliances'
31 May 2004
From the weekly radio address of the leading Democratic contender for US President

Tim Collins: Why Nicolo Machiavelli is one of my heroes
28 May 2004
From a speech by the British Army colonel at the Royal Society of Arts Time Europe debate in London

Wendy Tyndale: Muslim women are standing up for their rights
27 May 2004
From a speech by the research consultant for the World Bank, given to the UK One World Linking Association

Simon Callow: The purpose of theatre is to melt the ice within
26 May 2004
From a speech by the actor and director at the launch of London's University of the Arts, in the Banqueting Hall

Spencer Abraham: More science can solve the world's energy problems
25 May 2004
From a speech at Chatham House, in London, by the United States' Secretary of Energy

Susan Greenfield: One thing science can't change: human individuality
24 May 2004
From the annual Jacob Bronowski lecture at Queen Mary, University of London, by the director of the Royal Institution

Pat Cox: How a failure became a player on the world stage
21 May 2004
From a speech by the President of the European Parliament, given in Aachen, on receiving the Charlemagne Prize

Jane Gregory: Subtle signs that divide the public from the private
20 May 2004
From a speech at the Royal Society of Arts, in London, by the University College, London lecturer in science and technology

James Wolfensohn: The missing ethical values in economic development
19 May 2004
From a speech given at the Greenpeace Business Forum, in London, by the President of the World Bank

Otmar Issing: How to make one currency work for 12 countries
18 May 2004
From a speech at Cass Business School, in London, by an executive board member of the European Central Bank

Hubert Védrine: French and British views of Europe can converge
17 May 2004
From a speech at the Royal Institute of International Affairs by the former French Foreign Minister

Carlo De Benedetti: Migration pressures can best be solved by Europe
14 May 2004
From a speech by the Italian industrialist to the Royal Institute of International Affairs, in London

George Carey: A challenge for both Muslim and Western societies
13 May 2004
From the Sternberg Lecture, given by the former Archbishop of Canterbury, at the University of Leicester

Helen Clark: A threat to tourists in the Pacific tropical paradise
12 May 2004
From a speech at the Pacific Round Table on Counter-Terrorism, in Wellington, by the Prime Minister of New Zealand

Nelson Mandela: South Africa is proof that there is reason for optimism
11 May 2004
From a speech to a joint sitting of Parliament in Cape Town, by the former President of South Africa

Christine Loh: Hong Kong must be given the democracy it desires
10 May 2004
From a speech by the head of Hong Kong's Civic Exchange at the Institute for Public Policy Research in London