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Witness Anonymity: "I Want to Look Into The Eyes Of My Son’s Killer And Know His Name"
The screening of witnesses for anonymity in the context of inquests and public inquiries is hugely contentious. Why does putting witnesses behind a s…
4 years, 11 months ago
Theatres of War: Crusade, Colonialism and Chivalry in the Middle Ages
Were the Crusades an early example of European colonialism? What value did the crusading frontier hold for the knights who fought to defend it? What …
4 years, 11 months ago
Caroline Herschel: Discoverer of Comets
Caroline Lucretia Herschel (1750-1848) was the first woman professional astronomer, and by the time of her death she had been awarded the Royal Astro…
4 years, 11 months ago
The Astronomer and the Witch: Kepler’s Mother
In 1615 Katharina Kepler, illiterate mother of the astronomer Johannes Kepler, was accused of being a witch.
At that time in Germany, there was a wit…
4 years, 11 months ago
Maths vs. Covid-19
Mathematics has been used as a tool to understand and control infectious disease for over a century, but Covid-19 brought along a whole epidemic of n…
4 years, 11 months ago
Cynics, Stoics, Epicureans
Several different schools of philosophy emerged at the same time and shortly after the famous traditions of Platonism and Aristotelianism in ancient …
4 years, 11 months ago
Performing with Toy Pianos
Toy pianos were first made in the 19th century.
This lecture/recital tells the story of an instrument originally marketed at children, that subsequen…
4 years, 11 months ago
The Future of Computer Security
It is now easier to breach the security of people’s personal and business lives than perhaps at any time in recent human history. Technology has brou…
4 years, 11 months ago
Russian Piano Masterpieces: Shostakovich
At one point in his life, Shostakovich considered the career of a concert pianist. He was talented enough to become a Soviet competitor at the intern…
4 years, 11 months ago
Trends in Health in the UK: The Implications for the NHS
What the NHS has provided and had to treat over its existence has changed much more radically than most people realise. Some of this change is rightl…
4 years, 11 months ago