Music of the Last Century: Did Schoenberg get it right? The composers least noticed by writers on music history seem...
Engineering: Archimedes of Syracuse In the 3rd century BCE, the Sicilian polymath Archimedes significantly advanced human understanding of mathematics, geometry and astronomy.
Darkness Audible: Benjamin Britten at 100 - Middle, 1945-1970 The success of Peter Grimes caught Britten by surprise. It...
Vienna and Schubert: The ‘Trout’ Quintet Schubert Quintet in A, D.667 'Trout' Eleanor Corr violin Xin...
Outsmart the System: How Psychology Hacks Your Money Decisions Ever feel like the financial world works against you? This...
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas: Anatomy of a Christmas Classic This lecture investigates how and why the song ‘Have Yourself...
Carbon Takeback: How We Will Stop Fossil Fuels from Causing Global Warming We have to stop fossil fuels from causing global warming...
Lawgivers in Modern Revolutions How have lawgivers featured in modern revolutions? This lecture considers...
Capitalism’s Transparent Failures: Exchanges as the epicentre of markets – a contradiction in terms? Author Patrick L. Young reviews the exchange landscape over 2,000...
Blind Spots & Bad Decisions: Why We Fall for Financial Traps Why do smart people make dumb financial choices? This lecture...