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)...
Emerging Markets and Climate Change This lecture considers the economic impact of climate change on...
The Changing Body: Health, Nutrition and Development in the Western World since 1700 BOOK LAUNCH At the end of the eighteenth century, the...
Sir Hans Sloane: 350 years of preserving history An overview of the history of botanical collecting: the characters...
Green Revolution or Green Wash? Cutting through the corporate spin Barely a day passes without a major company or brand...