The summer programme for the public lecture series at the LSE has just been published and can be found here. Two speakers in particular caught my eye.

Monday 28 April, 6.30-8pm
Old Theatre, Old Building
FT Business – LSE European Institute The Future of Europe lecture series
Britain and the EU: are we truly bad or just the misunderst‘hoodies of Europe?
Speaker: Sir Stephen Wall

Friday 2 May, 6-7.30pm
Old Theatre, Old Building
Centre for the Study of Global Governance public lecture
Common Wealth: economics for a crowded planet
Speaker: Professor Jeffrey D Sachs

This event marks launch of Professor Sachs’ new book Common Wealth: economics for a crowded planet (Allen Lane, March 2008).

Jeffrey D Sachs is director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University. He served as special adviser to former United Nations secretary general Kofi Annan on the Millennium Development Goals. This event is free and open to all, but a ticket is required. One ticket per person can be requested from 10am on Thursday 24 April at www.lse.ac.uk/events or by calling 020 7955 6100.