Long Commerce: Transactions across time Taking off from a 2007 Gresham lecture "Stealing the Silver...
Literature and Politics in Seventeenth Century London The contrasting, but interconnected, experiences of two writers: Sir Walter...
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...
Rare and Endangered Languages - 'Why should we protect endangered languages?' Dr Nicholas Ostler argues for the preservation of the world's...
Sickle Cell Disease: A Cultural History Please note this lecture was rescheduled from its original date...