Historical Fiction from Sir Walter Scott to Georgette Heyer and Hilary Mantel Until the 1970s, historical fiction was a scorned genre that...
What Rights and Duties are Missing from the U.S. Constitution? Regarding the US Constitution, there is a major split between...
Gresham and Defoe (underwriters): The Origins of London Marine Insurance This lecture explores the astonishing history of marine insurance underwriting...
Why Are Cities Going Bankrupt? In the late nineteenth century, Joseph Chamberlain transformed Birmingham with...
Building the Victorian City: Splendour and Squalor By 1900 Britain had produced the world’s largest cities and...