Set Square and Stethoscope: The Architecture of London's Medical Profession In the Middle Ages, medicine was largely about a good...
The End of the Old World Order, 1530 to 1650 The Reformation and the Civil War, two events a century...
Restoration and Reaction: Palaces of the Restoration Charles II's court has often been portrayed as devoted to...
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...
Building the Victorian City: Splendour and Squalor By 1900 Britain had produced the world’s largest cities and...
Christopher Wren’s Medical Discoveries: the ‘Architect of Human Anatomy’ ** Please note that this lecture will contain several mentions...
Burma and North Korea - Avoid the Law unless Convenient Conflicts in both these countries show the real limits of...
Green Immunity – How Do Plants Fight Infection? Most of us rarely think about plant immunity. But, like...
The Hidden Face of British Gardening Gardening has been big business since the 17th century, but how can we measure its growth and economic importance?