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A Sense Of The Sacred: Art and Architecture - Professor Frances Spalding
By exploring the architecture, stained glass windows and art installations of a variety of religious buildings, Frances Spalding shows the numerous w…
2 hours ago
The Making Of Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts - Dr Sally Dormer
Illuminated manuscripts are some of the most beautiful artefacts to survive from the Middle Ages. Their production involved transforming animal skin…
3 hours ago
Hippocrates and Ancient Greek Medicine
The birth of rational medicine contributed to the scientific revolution which occurred amongst eastern Greek communities in the 7th-to-5th centuries …
4 hours ago
Silence, and the Dynamising of African Creative Resistance
In the face of enslavement, colonialism and cultural suppression, peoples of African descent have fought to maintain cherished cultural practices.
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5 hours ago
Mergers and Acquisitions: Do They Create or Destroy Value?
Mergers and acquisitions (M and A) are perhaps the most important decisions that a company ever faces, yet very many deals destroy substantial value.…
5 hours ago
The Art of Maths
Mathematics and art are more similar than is commonly thought. Each is concerned with the process of being highly creative with abstract objects and …
6 hours ago
1667 and The Royal Society: A Manifesto for the Future
When Thomas Sprat's The History of the Royal-Society of London appeared in 1667, it was less a history than a manifesto for the future, designed to c…
7 hours ago
Large Telescopes And Why We Need Them - Professor Carolin Crawford
Beyond the Solar System, all astronomers have to work with is the light that falls to the Earth from distant cosmic objects. Newer, larger telescopes…
8 hours ago
Marching to an Antique Drum? - Contemporary Christian Art - Roger Wagner
Artist Roger Wagner offers an overview of his own career and perspectives on the pressures faced by a modern Christian artist. He details the influen…
9 hours ago
The Politics of Health Reform from a Medieval Perspective - Professor William Ayliffe
Is the NHS medieval? Is this an insulting claim to make? Insulting to modern hospitals or those of the Middle Ages?
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