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Politics and the Legal Profession
Cuts to legal aid, the concept of online justice, diversity within the legal profession and the judiciary, the independence of the Judiciary from the…
7 years, 1 month ago
The Greatest Speech of all Time: Pericles' Funeral Oration
In 431 BCE the Athenian statesman Pericles delivered one of the most influential speeches of all time, his Epitaphios or Funeral Oration. The occasio…
7 years, 1 month ago
The Stewardship Role of Investors
Poor stewardship by investors has been argued to be a cause of poor corporate governance. Moreover, when investors do engage with companies, they do …
7 years, 1 month ago
How Astronomy Changed our View of the Cosmos: from Gresham to the 21st Century
Thomas Gresham lived from 1519 to 1579. The first telescope was designed in 1608 in the Netherlands, and first pointed at the heavens by Galileo a ye…
7 years, 1 month ago
Food Security: A Poisoned Chalice of Plant Adaptation
Worldwide, over 80 plant species are known to cause poisoning from nitrate accumulation. But droughts are exacerbating this for many staple crops. Ev…
7 years, 1 month ago
Gender, Marriage, Divorce and Human Sexuality
Is 'morality' principally about sex, or 'naughty vicars'? Despite Henry VIII, the Church has found divorce difficult, especially …
7 years, 2 months ago
The Myth of the Lone Heroic Surgeon
People often think that surgery is about the skill of a single surgeon. In fact operations depend on teamwork, with nurses, surgeons, anaesthetists a…
7 years, 2 months ago
Zombie Ants and Fearless Mice: Parasites and the Brain
Parasites can dramatically change the behaviour of their hosts. A parasitic worm turns a tropical ant berry-red and causes it to climb high, attracti…
7 years, 2 months ago
Taking London to the World: Robert Paul Shows his Native City in Motion
Britain's pioneer filmmaker, born 150 years ago in North London, vividly portrayed the variety of life in 'the imperial metropolis' at…
7 years, 2 months ago
Volcanoes and Society
There are an estimated 800 million people living close enough to active volcanoes to be affected when they erupt. As well as casualties from volcanic…
7 years, 2 months ago