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NOW That's What I Call Carols: 1582!
Some of the world's most influential carol tunes were published in 1582. These Pious Songs' were collected by a student of Danish parentage…
8 years, 4 months ago
What Do Judges Do In The Family Court?
What do judges do in the Family Court? Follow me through a virtual week as a Roving Judge. Learn what goes on behind the scenes: how the family court…
8 years, 5 months ago
Half a Century of Heart Transplantation
This week marks the 50th anniversary of the first human heart transplant. This talk will celebrate that achievement and consider what we have learned…
8 years, 5 months ago
Shakespeare's Heroes
What do we mean by a hero and where does our understanding of the 'heroic' idiom come from?
In this lecture, Jonathan Bate will show how Sh…
8 years, 5 months ago
Homer's Iliad via the Movie Troy (2004)
Homer's Iliad, the earliest Greek poem, narrates the archetypal war between 'Europeans' and 'Asiatics' divided by the Helles…
8 years, 5 months ago
A Global History of Sexual Violence
In England and Wales today, 11 people are raped every hour. 85,000 women and 12,000 men are affected annually. Another half a million adults are sexu…
8 years, 5 months ago
Watching the Heavens: Astronomy and the Meaning of Life
What did the sky-watchers of the ancient world think about the night sky, and its implications for human existence? Moving on to the great discoverie…
8 years, 5 months ago
China: New Nation, New Art, 1911-1932
As the imperial system collapsed in China, the 'New Culture Movement' focused debate on new categories of 'modernity' and 't…
8 years, 5 months ago
Diabetes: A Rising Tide
Diabetes is an increasingly common disease causing raised blood sugar with serious long-term consequences. Type 1 diabetes was almost always fatal un…
8 years, 5 months ago
Buying, Selling and Owning Guitars in Elizabethan England
What kind of people owned a guitar in the London of Elizabeth I and where did they go shopping for one? It is possible to assemble a remarkably full …
8 years, 5 months ago