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Intergenerational Justice and Climate Change
Climate change and the over-exploitation of resources now may mean that unless the current generation modifies its behaviour, generations ahead may e…
5 years ago
How I Became A Barrister
Emeritus Law Professor Jo Delahunty QC and guests will explore what the future holds for the next generation of barristers: will they better reflect …
5 years, 1 month ago
Food Oppression
Food-related conditions - cancer, heart disease, and strokes - are the leading causes of preventable deaths in the UK. Common wisdom is that health r…
5 years, 1 month ago
Cyber War Crimes
Cyberwar is not waged on physical battlefields following rules of engagement. Aggressors worry less about collateral damage, in part because they are…
5 years, 1 month ago
The South Sea Bubble of 1720
The London stock market boomed and crashed in 1720. The financial bubble is known to posterity as the South Sea Bubble.
In the three hundred years si…
5 years, 1 month ago
The Politics of Judging
In the wake of the decision in the parliamentary prorogation case Miller (No.2), the question of the politics of the judiciary has been thrust into t…
5 years, 1 month ago
Russian Piano Masterpieces: Prokofiev
Prokofiev followed in the footsteps of Rachmaninov and Scriabin as a joint graduate in piano and composition, but his final graduation performance ma…
5 years, 1 month ago
What Can We Do About Rising Obesity?
The rising prevalence of obesity is a major threat to current and future health of individuals, the public, and the NHS. It is sometimes seen as too …
5 years, 1 month ago
Spying for Queen and Country
Spying for Queen Elizabeth I was very different from modern-day intelligence services - or was it? This lecture brings together historian Stephen Alf…
5 years, 1 month ago
Darwin‘s Troubled Legacy
Darwin’s Descent of Man was dominated by the theory of sexual selection, which Darwin used to explain peacock’s tails, but also to argue that white p…
5 years, 1 month ago