Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchPeacebuilding through the visual Arts - Jolyon Mitchell
How can the visual arts be used to promote peace? Professor Mitchell investigates how the visual arts can not only incite violence, but also bear wit…
2 months, 1 week ago
The Shape of Shells: She Sells Self-Similar Spiral Seashells on the Seashore - Professor Alain Goriely
This lecture was recorded by Alain Goriely on 13th February 2026 at Bernard’s Inn Hall, London
Alain Goriely is a mathematician with broad interests i…
2 months, 1 week ago
Pictures from Afghanistan: Are we making the same mistakes? - Clive Stafford Smith
This lecture was recorded by Clive Stafford Smith on the 9th of February 2026 at Bernard’s Inn Hall, London
Clive Stafford Smith JD OBE is a dual UK-U…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Death Investigation: What Do Coroners Do? - Peter Thornton
Watch the Q&A session here: https://youtu.be/9ozYDQFkfaY
When death occurs, the state has a duty to investigate. Every death must be registered locall…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Alien Earths: What Makes Us Special? - Professor Chris Lintott
Sometime in 2026, we will discover our 10000th exoplanet, a world around a distant star. This population of worlds has proved remarkably diverse, but…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Will You Be AI’s Pet? - Matt Jones
Watch the Q&A session here: https://youtu.be/fuk6LYeOCDQ
I have two pet dogs; they are happy, wagging their tails and reacting well when I come home f…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
An Ocean of Air - Helen Czerski
Watch the Q&A session here: https://youtu.be/_HJt1zjecCo
The major environmental challenge of our time is framed in terms of what happens in our atmos…
2 months, 4 weeks ago
Mithras: Master of Mystery - Ronald Hutton
The cult of Mithras was by far the most famous of the mystery religions of the Roman Empire: private societies of worshippers devoted to a particular…
3 months ago
Why Do We Grieve? - Robin May
Grieving is a uniquely human emotion – or is it? Is the apparent attachment of elephants or orcas to the bodies of dead relatives a sign of grief, or…
3 months ago
Constable's "The Cornfield": A Bicentenary Harvesting - Professor Malcolm Andrews
Constable’s painting The Cornfield celebrates its bicentenary in 2026. How has it aged? This is a landscape that has acquired iconic status – a marke…
3 months, 1 week ago