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War Games at the Field of the Cloth of Gold
2020 marks the 500th anniversary of the Field of the Cloth of Gold, one of the most extraordinary diplomatic events of the late medieval period. Alth…
5 years, 9 months ago
Forgotten Victims from the Age of Atrocity
Some of the atrocities of the age of Europe's religious wars immediately became notorious. The execution of tens of thousands of women and men f…
5 years, 9 months ago
Is Robocop Now A Reality?
Robocop (1987) embodied a particular vision of an electronic crime fighter but what is the reality of electronic crime fighting? How are the police a…
5 years, 9 months ago
COVID-19
At the time of writing, the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has killed many thousands worldwide, infected many more - and changed lives around the wo…
5 years, 10 months ago
The Future of Our Oceans
Recent evidence about the extent of plastics and litter in our oceans has led to grassroots rejection of single-use plastics.
This lecture will draw …
5 years, 10 months ago
Equations That Have Changed The World
This final lecture will celebrate some of the great mathematical equations, and related algorithms, which have both changed the world as we know it a…
5 years, 10 months ago
Mysteries of the Dark Cosmos
Dark matter and dark energy together make up 95% of our Universe. Yet, very little is known about them.
This lecture will present the endeavours of c…
5 years, 10 months ago
Critical Thinking
One of the most dangerous phrases is "evidence shows that …", because you can almost always find evidence to support any viewpoint. Experts…
5 years, 10 months ago
The Ballets Russes: Turning French
Modernity kept seeping into ballet, a genre that had traditionally looked to a distant, mythical or magical past. First, the tutu gave way to an ever…
5 years, 10 months ago
Musical Endings
Should a composer leave the listener wanting more, or must a musical ending be definitive? Is a 'fade out' actually a cop-out, and is a dec…
5 years, 11 months ago