Ancient Reading in an Historical Context This lecture will explore the varying ways in which people...
Reading as a Reader and Reading as a Critic Does analysing a book 'spoil' its charm? Does understanding the...
Scientists Must Protect and Promote Human Rights: It is Principled and in their Interest National science academy members worldwide, concerned about dozens of unjustly...
"A Stout Heart in the Great Cesspool": Arthur Conan Doyle and London From the impressions of his first youthful visit, to his...
How the Middle Ages were Built: Exuberance to Crisis, 1300-1408 England's economic success peaked in 1300 amidst a riot of...
War and Peace in Europe from Napoleon to the Kaiser: War and Revolution in 1848 The international settlement reached at the Congress of Vienna in...
Slavery - The US perspective: From the Civil War to the Civil Rights Movement Dr Alan Sked, The London School of Economics and Political...
Confronting the terrorist mind: explaining the repeated failure of intelligence Modern police forces and governments frequently claim victories in the...
The Universities - Over regulation A century ago, British universities started to receive government funds. ...