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Political Spending on the Internet
FULBRIGHT LECTURE
Government officials in the UK and the USA have struggled to find effective ways to regulate political spending on the internet. The…
6 years, 11 months ago
Infections of the Abdominal Organs
Our gut is permanently full of large numbers of bacteria and other organisms but serious infections relatively rarely occur due to its extraordinary …
6 years, 11 months ago
Shostakovich's Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk
Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk (1932) was more a personal than a political drama. All was well for the first two years after the opera's première in 19…
6 years, 11 months ago
Deep Listening: Quiet Music and Quieter Audiences
As music gets quiet, so too must listening. But what do the contexts and ideologies of quiet music and quieter listening mean? From different eras, a…
6 years, 11 months ago
Cruelty to Animals
Understanding changing relationships between human and non-human animals is central to our world today.
This lecture starts by looking at early-moder…
6 years, 11 months ago
Art and Power in the English Aristocratic House
The English Aristocracy is often seen as a rural elite concentrating its patronage of art and architecture in the countryside.
This lecture questions…
6 years, 11 months ago
Deep Learning: Miracle or Snake Oil?
Machine Learning has had several excitements over the years with machines that are modelled on the human brain. The invention of the perceptron and a…
6 years, 11 months ago
How to be a Puritan Atheist
Early 'atheism' did not always mean angry rejection of religion. The most earnest believers were often ones who wrestled most seriously wit…
6 years, 11 months ago
Brexit and the Future of Britain
At the time of writing, it appears that Britain will leave the European Union on 29th March at 11 pm British time, 12 midnight Continental time. How …
6 years, 11 months ago
How Will We Learn Maths in the Future?
Mathematics education is changing rapidly and a big driver for this is the use of new technology. In particular the widespread use of computers has t…
6 years, 11 months ago