War and Peace in Europe from Napoleon to the Kaiser: The defeat of Napoleon, 1806-1815 In 1810 Napoleon's France ruled or controlled the greater part...
Debussy and Mallarme: Symbolism and Les Mardistes Les Mardistes was a group of intellectuals who met every...
After Iraq - Shall we ever intervene again? The former leader of the Liberal Democrats, the Rt Hon...
Brazilian Perceptions of Brazil, Past and Present The symposium will look at the country's rapidly developing economy...
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 19th-century Taming of the Christmas Carol, from St Erth to Truro At the end of the Georgian era, a revivalist collection...
Rare and Endangered Languages - 'Why should we protect endangered languages?' Dr Nicholas Ostler argues for the preservation of the world's...