To Wear or Not to Wear: Changing social norms with regard to eyewear Studying the history of spectacles brings together the twin themes...
The Changing Body: Health, Nutrition and Development in the Western World since 1700 BOOK LAUNCH At the end of the eighteenth century, the...
Rare and Endangered Languages: Panel Discussion Professor Michael Mainelli chairs a panel discussion with Dr Nicholas...
Rare and Endangered Languages: Language Documentation and Revitalisation Professor Peter Austin outlines a number of projects aimed at...
Rare and Endangered Languages - 'Why should we protect endangered languages?' Dr Nicholas Ostler argues for the preservation of the world's...
An Introduction to Rare and Endangered Languages Professor Tim Connell provides an introduction to the field, with...
Your night is my day: London’s Underground never sleeps As the commuters of London leave and the last tubes...
Sir Hans Sloane: 350 years of preserving history An overview of the history of botanical collecting: the characters...
Why is Africa still the poorest continent? Among 29 countries where human life expectancy is still 50...