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Apes in Science Fiction
Because apes seem most like humans, science fiction has used them as a mirror in which to view ourselves. The philosopher Jean Jacques Rousseau saw i…
4 years, 5 months ago
Modernism Rampant: Shostakovich and Mosolov
The most outrageous Russian modernist composers of the 1920s were Dmitry Shostakovich in Leningrad, and Alexander Mosolov in Moscow. They were not me…
4 years, 5 months ago
The Failure of the First Protestant Missionaries
It’s usually said that Protestant and evangelical Christians made very little missionary effort in the 16th-18th centuries. In fact, there was much m…
4 years, 5 months ago
How to Save and Invest
This lecture will explore the essentials of financial planning.
What are the different ways to save and invest, such as bank accounts, bonds, shares,…
4 years, 5 months ago
Mars Missions 2021: Early Discoveries
Three new missions arrived at Mars in February 2021, to look at weather, water and life.
This lecture looks at new results from the UAE’s Hope missio…
4 years, 5 months ago
Nostalgia and Music
The music we listened to when we were young makes us feel emotional and often nostalgic, transporting us to a particular time and place. Composers ov…
4 years, 5 months ago
The Spanish Culture of Charles I's Court
In 1623, Charles I (as heir to the throne) made a secret and hazardous trip to Madrid to win the hand of a Spanish princess. For eight months he was …
4 years, 5 months ago
Complexity and the Law
The Common Law was conceived as a thing comprising beautiful and simple principles.
Has English law and procedure lost its way? Where are we to go in…
4 years, 8 months ago
Private Palaces: The Mansions of the Marlboroughs
Due to the Duke of Marlborough‘s military genius and the crush that Queen Anne had on his wife, the duchess, the Marlboroughs were presented with two…
4 years, 8 months ago
The Barbican Centre at 40 - Past, Present and Future
Nicholas Kenyon looks back at the development of one of the most distinctive buildings of our time, shedding new light on its origins, looking at the…
4 years, 9 months ago