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Boris Ord's King's College Carols
Boris Ord composed one tiny Christmas carol - 'Adam lay ybounden'. But Ord's largest contribution to the carol genre was his work as c…
5 years, 2 months ago
Christmas Lies and Legends
Is Santa really Dutch? Were Christmas Trees introduced by Prince Albert? Was Christmas once a time of faith, rather than riotous feasting?
In this le…
5 years, 2 months ago
The Mistakes Investors Make
Sound investment decisions are critical for our long-term financial future. But psychological biases can lead investors to make costly mistakes - ove…
5 years, 2 months ago
Bowel Cancer and Digestive Cancers
Bowel cancer is the third most common cancer in both men and women. A substantial proportion of bowel cancer is preventable. The outlook depends stro…
5 years, 2 months ago
Who Investigates Sudden Death?
How do we investigate violent and unexpected deaths at the inquest? Who investigates?
When do deaths get referred to the Coroner? Are inquests non-ad…
5 years, 3 months ago
England's Unwanted Reformation
Most English people initially saw the Reformation as an unexpected catastrophe, wrenching their religious lives out of shape, and stripping their com…
5 years, 3 months ago
Seeing China Through Its Media
China’s media provide a window into the Chinese mind, as the country asserts itself in the world as a great power. What do Chinese people think is th…
5 years, 3 months ago
Making a Monkey out of Darwin
When Darwin finally published the On the Origin of Species, he tried to avoid controversy by ignoring human origins. Yet evolution was soon being att…
5 years, 3 months ago
Russian Piano Masterpieces: Rachmaninov
There is no need to introduce Rachmaninov, considered by many to be the greatest composer-pianist in history and the creator of several famous items …
5 years, 3 months ago
Plato
Plato the Athenian was the philosopher who founded the Academy and whose brilliant writings are the foundation texts of the entire western philosophi…
5 years, 3 months ago