Gresham and Defoe (underwriters): The Origins of London Marine Insurance This lecture explores the astonishing history of marine insurance underwriting...
Building the Victorian City: Splendour and Squalor By 1900 Britain had produced the world’s largest cities and...
Standards Markets: The free market response to regulation Michael Mainelli, Mercers' School Memorial Professor of Commerce with Paul...
Christopher Wren’s Medical Discoveries: the ‘Architect of Human Anatomy’ ** Please note that this lecture will contain several mentions...
The face of Charles Dickens - portraits of the great author Charles Dickens was drawn, painted and photographed more than most...
To Blame or Not to Blame? The Medical Profession and Blame Culture Traditionally, medicine has been taught by imitation, apprenticeship and humiliation...
Burma and North Korea - Avoid the Law unless Convenient Conflicts in both these countries show the real limits of...
"The fangs of the serpent are hid in the bowl": The Temperance Movement How did what started as a temperance movement become a...