Musical Morals and Moral Music: The artist and the environment What can we expect from our artists, and what should...
Great Britain and the ‘Scramble for Africa’ The scramble for Africa in the 1880s saw the unclaimed...
Reflections on Secret Intelligence Sir David Omand KCB, Former Security and Intelligence Co-ordinator, The...
The Making of Modern Celebrity: Famous for fifteen minutes - and longer The historian Daniel Boorstin famously defined a celebrity as "a...
Catholics versus Protestants: How liturgy affected the development of the organ This lecture explores the history of the organ, from its...
Clara Schumann (1819-1896): The Unsung Heroine of Romanticism This lecture-recital will explore the life of Clara Schumann (1819-1896) through her music and surroundings, her achievements and influencers.
Psychologising and Neurologising about Religion: Facts, Fallacies and the Future The original Boyle Lectures took place annually between 1692 and...
The Unacclaimed Accompanist Graham Johnson examines a problematic profession that continues to attract many gifted young pianists to its ranks and asks why.