‘Is it in Pevsner?’: A Short History of the ‘Buildings of …' Series This lecture traces the history of this famous series by...
More Means Better: Fifty years of Higher Education Kingsley Amis famously argued that, in higher education, "More Means...
The Great Depression and ‘Embedded Liberalism’ The Great Depression posed a serious threat to capitalism as economic nationalism flourished and Communism and Fascism offered alternative models.
London - The Forgotten Hanseatic City: The Hanseatic League The first part of the symposium included the following talks...
Who's Minding the Store? Corporate Rules to Align Interests Are CEOs focused on short-term bonuses, not your company's future...
Middle Class Recruits to Communism in the 1930s Why did some idealistic young people join the Communist Party...
The Gordon Riots of 1780: London in Flames, a Nation in Ruins In June 1780 the most destructive urban riots in English...
Saints and Liars: The Untold Stories of Americans Who Saved Endangered People from the Nazis This lecture unearths the hidden history of Americans who risked...
Lord Kelvin and the French 'F' Word: The Greatest Victorian Scientist? Lord Kelvin (1824-1907) was Professor of Natural Philosophy at the...
The New Art of Central Banking Following the Long Expansion and the global financial crisis, money...