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This latest episode of Birkbeck Voices gives some fascinating listening for the cold winter evenings • The Calendar: Following two high-profile screenings of the latest film from Birkbeck’s Derek Jarman lab [jarmanlab.org] Professor Colin MacCabe, Chair of the research and film-making lab, talks to us about The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger [from 46 seconds] • Birkbeck People: Dr Oscar Guardiola-Rivera, Reader in Law, talks to us about the Colombian peace process, and his involvement in talks between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) during the 1990s [from 9 mins 30 secs] • Research Focus: Professor Jacqueline Barnes, who was recently made a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, talks about her research into the environmental factors that affect early childhood development, and the challenges of ensuring that successive government policies take scientific evidence of their efficacy into account [from 21 mins 40 secs]