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Microbial Master-Chemists
Microbial chemistry makes bread rise and cheese mature, and turns grapes into wine. Microbes help make engine fuel, life-saving antibiotics and nano-…
3 years, 3 months ago
Coronary Heart Disease
Coronary heart disease caused by narrowing and blockage of the heart arteries causes angina, heart attacks and heart failure. It remains one of the c…
3 years, 3 months ago
Paganism in Roman Britain
What was religion like in Roman Britain? What pre-Roman deities persisted? Which new gods came with Romans?
This lecture looks at the evidence: inscri…
3 years, 4 months ago
How To Fight Fake News
Fake news, influence operations, disinformation, misinformation and conspiracy theories are different flavours of falsehoods that have one thing in c…
3 years, 4 months ago
The Israel-Palestine Conflict: Religion, Violence and Peacebuilding
Drawing on examples from the Israel-Palestine conflict, this lecture explores contrasting approaches, theories and practices for interpreting the rel…
3 years, 4 months ago
The Israel-Palestine Conflict: Religion, Violence and Peacebuilding
Drawing on examples from the Israel-Palestine conflict, this lecture explores contrasting approaches, theories and practices for interpreting the rel…
3 years, 4 months ago
London’s Air: The 70th Anniversary of the Great London Smog
On the 5th of December 1952 London experienced a major pollution episode, the Great Smog, resulting in thousands of deaths throughout the city.
On the…
3 years, 4 months ago
Do We Need Judges?
What is the role of the judiciary in England and Wales, how did it develop, and how does it compare with other countries?
This lecture will examine ho…
3 years, 4 months ago
The Dominant Seventh Chord
The name might sound forbiddingly technical, but the chord is immediately recognisable and it has played a hugely important role in tonal music. This…
3 years, 4 months ago
Microbial Megastructures
Invisible microbes have created some of the largest structures on the planet. Mycorrhizal fungi form extraordinary subterranean networks that associa…
3 years, 5 months ago