More Means Better: Fifty years of Higher Education Kingsley Amis famously argued that, in higher education, "More Means...
‘Is it in Pevsner?’: A Short History of the ‘Buildings of …' Series This lecture traces the history of this famous series by...
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...
Middle Class Recruits to Communism in the 1930s Why did some idealistic young people join the Communist Party...
Lord Kelvin and the French 'F' Word: The Greatest Victorian Scientist? Lord Kelvin (1824-1907) was Professor of Natural Philosophy at the...
The Gordon Riots of 1780: London in Flames, a Nation in Ruins In June 1780 the most destructive urban riots in English...
How Inequality Affects Mental Health Traditional risk factors for mental illness include genetics, perinatal factors...
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...