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The Age of Tyrants: Sappho via Gounod's Opera
The heroine of Charles Gounod's French opera Sapho (1851) sings her last aria O My Immortal Lyre on a Greek cliff before plunging to her death. …
8 years, 3 months ago
London Merchants and Their Residences
During the Middle Ages London was home to one of the largest and richest merchant communities in the world. These men and their families invested hea…
8 years, 3 months ago
The Guitar in the Age of Charles I
The courts of James I and his son Charles I were more cosmopolitan than their Elizabethan forebears. Many courtiers had now visited the Continent in …
8 years, 3 months ago
Can We Prevent Coronary Artery Disease: Investing in your Arteries
Professor Deanfield is currently Professor of Cardiology at The Heart Hospital, as well as at Great Ormond Street Hospital and is British Heart Found…
8 years, 3 months ago
Will Bitcoin and the Block Chain Change the Way we Live and Work?
The block chain is the Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) that underlies the successful Bitcoin cybercurrency.
What is it, how does it work, and why…
8 years, 3 months ago
Maths is Coded in Your Genes
We live in an information age, with vast amounts of data constantly sent around the world. This lecture will introduce you to the mathematics of info…
8 years, 3 months ago
Happily Ever After: The Romance Story
This talk delves into one of the most powerful and omnipresent cultural storylines: Find your one true love and live happily ever after. How does thi…
8 years, 3 months ago
The Liberal Party and the Liberal Democrats
The Liberal Party was formed in the 1850s and was the dominant force in British politics for the next 30 years. But, after the First World War, it fe…
8 years, 4 months ago
House, Shop and Wardrobe in London's Merchant Community
During the Middle Ages, London was home to one of the largest and richest merchant communities in the world. These men and their families invested he…
8 years, 4 months ago
How Special Is Our Universe?
If the fundamental constants of nature differed from their measured values, life as we know it would not have emerged. Stars are witness to the force…
8 years, 4 months ago