Hardy, Littlewood, Cartwright and Ramanujan The collaboration between G.H. Hardy (1877-1947) and J.E. Littlewood (1885-1977)...
The Victorians: Religion and Science If there was any single belief that characterized the Victorian...
1665: London's Last Great Plague 350 years ago, London experienced a devastating outbreak of plague...
Brilliant-cut diamonds and other tricks of the light Simple mathematics revealed how to cut diamonds so as to...
The Phantom Cup that Comes and Goes: The Story of the Holy Grail The Holy Grail conjures up images of a romantic and...
Britain in the 20th Century: The Conservative Reaction, 1951-1965 The Conservatives recovered remarkably rapidly from the debacle of 1945...
Great Britain and the ‘Scramble for Africa’ The scramble for Africa in the 1880s saw the unclaimed...
Leadership and Change: Prime Ministers in the Post-War World - James Callaghan Continuing last year's series of lectures, delivered by distinguished guest...