Historical Fiction from Sir Walter Scott to Georgette Heyer and Hilary Mantel Until the 1970s, historical fiction was a scorned genre that...
Why Are Cities Going Bankrupt? In the late nineteenth century, Joseph Chamberlain transformed Birmingham with...
Gresham and Defoe (underwriters): The Origins of London Marine Insurance This lecture explores the astonishing history of marine insurance underwriting...
How To Choose a Doctor or Surgeon Various governments have promoted ‘patient choice’ as part of NHS...
Documentary Photography in Apartheid South Africa This lecture looks at debates and dialogues that characterise realist...
Building the Victorian City: Splendour and Squalor By 1900 Britain had produced the world’s largest cities and...