The Convoluted Brain: Wrinkles and Folds The human brain has a very distinct and complex appearance...
Medieval Carols Jeremy Summerly traces the early history of the world’s favourite musical genre with sung illustrations from the St Luke's Carollers of Chelsea.
Apprenticeship in early modern London: The economic origins and destinations of City apprentices in the 16th and 17th centuries The prospect of an apprenticeship attracted thousands of youths to...
Why Writing Women Back into History Matters Rediscovering remarkable historical figures such as the Birka Warrior Woman...
Much Ado About Numbers: Shakespeare’s Mathematical Life and Times Shakespeare lived in a period of exciting mathematical innovations –...
The Big Brain: Size and Intelligence For centuries, scientists have tried to identify what is special...
The Jacobean Space Programme - Wings, springs and gunpowder: flying to the moon from 17th century England An expert in the history of science, Allan Chapman is...