- Speech to the Traditional Britain Group Conference 2018 – The Left and Education
- Talk to the National Liberal Club, 2015 – Music in education
- Speech to the Traditional Britain Group Conference 2015 – Education: reasserting our culture and values
- Speech to the Traditional Britain Group Conference 2014 – Music and Culture
- Talk in the Cafe Philo series at the Institut Français, London, 2007 – Deserting the muse – what happened to music education?