The Guildhall Lectures were an annual series of talks on the theme of communication, organised by the

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. The lectures, held in the

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, were sponsored and broadcast by

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. The first set of three lectures were held in 1959, and they continued until at least 1984. Broadly on the theme of "Communication in the Modern World", they concerned the

arts The arts or creative arts are a vast range of human practices involving creativity, creative expression, storytelling, and cultural participation. The arts encompass diverse and plural modes of thought, deeds, and existence in an extensive ...

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and

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.Charles Curran et al, ''Television Today and Tomorrow'', p.5

List of lectures

References

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