The Curse of the poke bonnet: Television's version of history The Colin Matthew lecture for the public understanding of history.
Confronting the terrorist mind: explaining the repeated failure of intelligence Modern police forces and governments frequently claim victories in the...
Goethe the Musician and his influence on German Song Germany's greatest poet, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), seemed to...
Musical Morals and Moral Music: The artist and the environment What can we expect from our artists, and what should...
Ideological weddings: something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue New rights and new lefts in Britain as both the...
The rich man in his castle, the poor man at his gate Why was it argued that the poor could not vote...
The Rule of Law and its Enemies: The Landscape of Law The historian Niall Ferguson delivers a lecture, recorded at Gresham...
The Making of Modern Celebrity: Famous for fifteen minutes - and longer This lecture will explore the 'celebrification' of contemporary popular culture...