Endings in the Novel, from Austen and Dickens to Edward St Aubyn and Rachel Cusk More than anything else, the end matters to the novel...
Gresham and Defoe (underwriters): The Origins of London Marine Insurance This lecture explores the astonishing history of marine insurance underwriting...
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...
Why Are Cities Going Bankrupt? In the late nineteenth century, Joseph Chamberlain transformed Birmingham with...
Why Doesn't Capital Flow From High To Low? Capital should flow from countries with low marginal rates of...
Why Does Britain Have a Water and Sewage Crisis? The discharge of raw sewage into rivers, as well as...
The Museum and Historical Collections of the Bank of England The Museum provides information about the purposes of the Bank, the...