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Understanding Net Present Value
In finance, everything comes down to promises. When you invest money, questions arise: how profitable will it be down the line, and is it worth inves…
2 years, 4 months ago
The Death Penalty: A Colonial Relic?
This lecture explores the death penalty's roots, its abolition in England and Wales, and its continuation in the Commonwealth Caribbean. Analysing th…
2 years, 5 months ago
When Net Zero? The Climate Braking Distance
The accumulation of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere determines what global temperature is reached. So, just like a braking distance, future warming …
2 years, 5 months ago
Microplastics, Public Health Myth or Menace
Microplastics - tiny plastic particles less than 5mm long - were first identified in the ocean but are now known to be ubiquitous throughout the envi…
2 years, 5 months ago
Ancient Goddesses of Sex and War
This lecture looks at a series of divine female figures in the ancient world from the Middle East to Western Europe: Inanna, Ishtar, Astarte, Aphrodi…
2 years, 5 months ago
Meet the Cybercriminals
Portrayals of hackers in the movies lead us to believe that cybercriminals are young white males who wear hoodies. The cybercriminal population is ac…
2 years, 5 months ago
Why Music Moves Us
How is music able to convey and trigger such range and depth of emotion? Why does it elicit joy, sorrow, consolation and the chills?
Employing resear…
2 years, 5 months ago
Island Universes: Discovering Galaxies Beyond the Milky Way
The discovery that we live in an ordinary galaxy, one of several hundred billion in the observable Universe, instigated a profound change in thinking…
2 years, 5 months ago
Where are we with freedom of expression?
In the Annual Gray's Inn Reading, Dame Siobhan Keegan will present a lecture on the legal topic of freedom of expression.
A lecture by The Right Hon …
2 years, 8 months ago
Sir Christopher Wren: Architect & Courtier
Sir Christopher Wren’s success was underpinned by his consummate skill as a courtier, retaining the confidence of four monarchs through social and ec…
2 years, 8 months ago