Historical Fiction from Sir Walter Scott to Georgette Heyer and Hilary Mantel Until the 1970s, historical fiction was a scorned genre that...
Banned Books and Freedom of Expression The right to free expression is severely threatened in many...
Building the Victorian City: Splendour and Squalor By 1900 Britain had produced the world’s largest cities and...
Local or global? Network economics and the new economy Should we prefer the brittle resilience of a very nervous...
Christopher Wren’s Medical Discoveries: the ‘Architect of Human Anatomy’ ** Please note that this lecture will contain several mentions...
Carbon Offsetting: Does It Really Work? Offsets, politely called carbon credit markets, are essential to many...
Is the First Amendment the Greatest Right of All? This lecture discusses a hierarchy of rights. Is the First...
Progresses: Royal Courts on the Move in Tudor and Stuart England Most summers Tudor and Stuart monarchs took their court on...