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Finding Lost Gods in Wales
Since the late 19th century, scholars have thought the poetry and stories of medieval Wales, gathered in manuscripts such as the Red Book of Hergest …
2 years, 11 months ago
Architects and Engineers: Making Infrastructure Beautiful
Design excellence should be at the heart of all development. But what makes design good or bad? How can you build in beauty and longevity?
Professor S…
2 years, 11 months ago
British Coronations: A History
Why do we crown Kings and Queens? And why has this ancient ritual survived in Britain, uniquely among European countries? What purpose can pomp and p…
3 years ago
Reclaiming Women in the Hebrew Bible
Since the 1970s feminist bible scholars have been reclaiming the stories of biblical women.
From Eve to Esther this lecture will draw on both biblical…
3 years ago
Do We Need Criminal law?
What is the role of criminal law in society, and do we need it? How did English criminal law develop? The traditional justifications for criminalisat…
3 years ago
The Trillionth Tonne of Carbon and Why It Matters For Climate Change
When we connect our model of the global carbon cycle to the model of atmosphere-ocean temperatures we find every tonne of CO2 we dump into the atmosp…
3 years ago
What Is the Role of Nuclear Power in a Net Zero System?
The UK’s nuclear power reactors have provided a significant proportion of the UK’s low carbon electricity over their lifetimes. Most will retire in t…
3 years ago
Gene Editing: A New Legal Frontier
Gene editing technology gives us the ability to change our DNA – removing, adding and replacing parts of our genetic code. These technologies have be…
3 years ago
Endings in the Novel, from Austen and Dickens to Edward St Aubyn and Rachel Cusk
More than anything else, the end matters to the novel reader. Novelists, including Austen and Dickens, sometimes changed their minds about their endi…
3 years ago
Women Leaders in Early Christianity
Saint Paul’s letters show women playing leading roles in the earliest Christian communities. Yet, by the fourth century, women’s ministry was very li…
3 years ago