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Debussy and Mallarme: Symbolism and Les Mardistes Les Mardistes was a group of intellectuals who met every...
Portugal and England, 1386-2010 Portugal and England, 1386-2010: A complex web of political, economic...
Britten and Auden: Inventive Days, inebriated nights at 7 Middagh Street, Brooklyn In 1936, Britten and Auden established a friendship and creative...
The Psychology of Performing Arts: Theatre and human expression What benefits do we derive from theatre (including film and...
The Question of Beauty in Architecture Alain de Botton, writer, broadcaster and producer, ponders the question...
The Age of Dictatorship: Europe 1918-1989 - The little dictators The third lecture in the series asked why so many...
The 19th-century Taming of the Christmas Carol, from St Erth to Truro At the end of the Georgian era, a revivalist collection...