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Choosing Religious Atrocities in Ireland
Nowhere in Europe have the wars of religion lasted longer than in Ireland. At the heart of this are two rival sets of memories of atrocities: above a…
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How Great Companies Deliver Both Purpose and Profit
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Business has lost the public's trust. Concerns that capitalism only serves the elites has led to major unrest throughout the world an…
5 years, 11 months ago
Good Gardeners of Planet Earth? The Vision of Silent Running (1972)
Are humans fit to be gardeners of this planet? Today's biotechnology companies promote themselves in distinctly utopian ways, but increasing num…
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A History of the Stomach
Vertical banded gastroplasty surgery (or stomach stapling) has drawn attention in recent decades to the hidden, but unruly, stomach. This organ has b…
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Charles II: The Court in Exile
For a decade after the execution of Charles I the Stuart courts were based in the Low Countries and France. Always short of money, but determined to …
5 years, 11 months ago
Corpse Roads: Digital Landscape Archaeology
This lecture explores how digital landscape modelling can help unlock the secrets of Britain’s ancient pathways. Focusing on “corpse roads”, pathways…
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The Japanese Martyrs
In the age of exploration, Catholic missionaries fanned out across the world, meeting with extraordinary success but also extraordinary opposition: n…
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The Art of Maths
Mathematics and art are more similar than is commonly thought. Each is concerned with the process of being highly creative with abstract objects and …
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The Insider's Guide to Becoming a Barrister
This lecture provides an insider’s brutally honest guide to what it's like to be a self-employed barrister - the highs and lows of the career, t…
5 years, 11 months ago
Engineering: Archimedes of Syracuse
In the 3rd century BCE, the Sicilian polymath Archimedes significantly advanced human understanding of mathematics, geometry and astronomy.
By applyi…
5 years, 11 months ago