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Prohibition: A Battle in America's Last Culture War
The extraordinary effort to ban drink must be understood as part of an American culture war, one framed between the country and the city, between the…
6 years, 1 month ago
Powell and Pressburger's Island Stories
Stories about islands punctuate the careers of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, from Powell's breakthrough with Edge of the World (1936) t…
6 years, 1 month ago
Clara Schumann (1819-1896): The Unsung Heroine of Romanticism
This lecture-recital will explore the life of Clara Schumann (1819-1896) through her music and surroundings, her achievements and influencers.
Deserv…
6 years, 1 month ago
Public Speaking Without Fear
Surveys about people's fears commonly feature public speaking at the very top of the list. Many people believe that public speaking is either so…
6 years, 1 month ago
The Rite of Spring: A Failure and A Triumph
The Rite of Spring was the startling result of a collaboration between Stravinsky, Nijinsky (choreography) and Roerich (sets and costumes). In the im…
6 years, 1 month ago
Can Machines Be Conscious, and Would It Matter If They Were?
The question "Will AI artefacts ever be conscious?" was raised by Turing seventy years ago, and will not go away even though no one quite k…
6 years, 1 month ago
George IV: Radical or Reactionary?
On the 200th anniversary of George IV's accession to the throne, this lecture considers whether or not he had any real impact on the fast-indust…
6 years, 1 month ago
A History of the Breast
There has been a great deal of research on breast cancer, surgery, and implants. This lecture looks at changing ideas about the healthy breast. It ex…
6 years, 1 month ago
Prostate and Testicular Cancer
The most common cancer in men in the UK is prostate cancer, around a quarter of all male cancer diagnoses. Testicular cancer, the other male-specific…
6 years, 1 month ago
Ending Our Consumer Addiction
How can we end our intense consumer addiction and change our habits and values to be more sustainable?
In this lecture Environment Professor Jacqueli…
6 years, 1 month ago