What have Henry VIII and Elizabeth I got to do with 21st century development policy? Development is a key term in the modernising global world. It...
Choosing a Past for the Future: Why today's environment policy is also history (but doesn't know it) It is hard to imagine an area of policy more...
Incest and Folk-Dancing: Two things to be avoided How closely are we related to each other, and how...
Is the growth in the emerging economies additional or are we growing more slowly? Speakers look at the limits to world economic growth from...
Human Livelihoods Depend on Wild Flowers: Kew’s Millennium Seed Bank explained In this talk Dr Robin Probert explains why human livelihoods...
To Wear or Not to Wear: Changing social norms with regard to eyewear Studying the history of spectacles brings together the twin themes...
Voices of the Land: Nga Reo o te Whenua In his solo presentation of traditional instruments (taonga puoro), Richard...
Percy Grainger: Australia's greatest composer? We can think of world-leading Australians in sport (Don Bradman)...