Poetry and Exile: T. S. Eliot, 'Four Quartets' These poems retain a stubborn opacity and no interpretation is...
Slavery - The US perspective: From the Civil War to the Civil Rights Movement Dr Alan Sked, The London School of Economics and Political...
The Curse of the poke bonnet: Television's version of history The Colin Matthew lecture for the public understanding of history.
The Novel & Idealism: George Sand's 'Francois le champi' (The Country Waif) The eighteenth and nineteenth centuries saw the rapid ascendancy of...
Confronting the terrorist mind: explaining the repeated failure of intelligence Modern police forces and governments frequently claim victories in the...
How to Place Slavery into British Identity This lecture will revisit the determinants of British identity by...
The Universities - Over regulation A century ago, British universities started to receive government funds. ...
London’s Forgotten Children: Thomas Coram and the Foundling Hospital In 1739, Captain Thomas Coram was dismayed at the sight...