To Wear or Not to Wear: Changing social norms with regard to eyewear Studying the history of spectacles brings together the twin themes...
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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...
Will Sustainable Investing Survive the Recession? Sustainable investing has come of age, demonstrating a combination of...
Metamorphoses – The Terrible Beauty of Change A Fusion of Benjamin Britten's "Six Metamorphoses After Ovid" (Op.49)...
John F. Kennedy, President, 1961-1963 Kennedy's brief Presidency, terminated by assassination, still has glamour attached...