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Breast, Uterine and Ovarian Cancers
This lecture will consider the treatment and prevention of common cancers in women. The outlook for those with breast cancer and uterine cancer have …
6 years, 3 months ago
Taming the Trolls of Social Media
Barely a day goes by without some lunatic assertion on social media. Thinking-people shake their heads, but what can be done about this?
It turns ou…
6 years, 3 months ago
George Eliot and Relationships
Mary Ann Evans experienced difficult relationships with her family while growing up in Warwickshire, and with nineteenth-century London society more …
6 years, 3 months ago
A History of the Eye
From ancient times to popular self-help books today, eyes have been viewed as 'windows to the soul'. The interpretation of eye shape and co…
6 years, 3 months ago
How the English Learned to Hate Catholics
Medieval England was proudly Catholic and ostentatiously loyal to Rome. But from the late sixteenth century until recent times - and even now - anti-…
6 years, 3 months ago
The End of Matter?
Black holes give rise to some of the most spectacular phenomena we see in the cosmos. They significantly distort space-time and they grow by stealing…
6 years, 3 months ago
Sir Thomas Gresham and the Tudor Court
This lecture will explore Gresham's service to the crown during the turbulent politics of mid-Tudor England.
Gresham served three Tudor monarchs…
6 years, 3 months ago
Keyhole Surgery Pioneers
This lecture examines how minimal access ('keyhole') surgery has revolutionised medicine in just a few decades. By re-assembling teams of l…
6 years, 3 months ago
Unlocking the Health Benefits of Nature
Nature's benefits to human health are so well-attested, that the medical profession is now actively engaged in fighting for a clean, healthy env…
6 years, 3 months ago
Maths and Voting
We live in a democracy in which we all have a chance to vote. But does voting mean that the views of the majority are truly represented when it can b…
6 years, 3 months ago