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Lyme Disease "Is it safe to walk in the park?" - Professor Patricia Nuttal
"...It was lovely last weekend. Warm enough to wear shorts and sandals taking the dog for a walk in the park. How can this nasty red rash on my ank…
12 hours ago
Christian Modern Art: Ceri Richards, Graham Sutherland, John Piper and Henry Moore
After World War II, without forgetting the terrible suffering earlier in the century, there was a new confidence expressed in the artistic commission…
13 hours ago
The Scramble for Africa - Professor Richard J Evans FBA
In the early 1880s, informal imperial expansion gave way to formal imperial acquisitions. Between this point and the outbreak of the First World War,…
14 hours ago
Powell and Pressburger: The Matter of Britain
World War Two set British filmmakers a challenge: to be relevant and entertaining and to inspire without patronising. Powell and Pressburger brought …
15 hours ago
Exploring Earth from Space
In recent years, multiple space missions have been launched. Many have set out across our galaxy to explore other systems and planets, capturing peop…
16 hours ago
Birdsong and Music - David Matthews
Many composers have been influenced by birdsong. Mozart treasured the songs of his pet starling, even giving the bird a ceremonial funeral. David Mat…
16 hours ago
Home Office Mathematics - Professor Bernard Silverman
The Chief Scientific Adviser is the head of Home Office Science, which provides scientific advice and support to the whole range of the Home Office's…
17 hours ago
Energy and Matter at the Origin of Life
The origin of life is one of the biggest questions in science, but until recently it was, experimentally, a question in chemistry. Now, gene sequence…
18 hours ago
The Art of Rhetoric - Simon Lancaster
Most people fear giving speeches, almost as much as the rest of us dread listening to them. The lectern has a cruel capacity to render even the migh…
19 hours ago
Staying in Touch with Patients
Touch is central to the performance of medicine. Traditionally, doctors depended on touch to diagnose illness. Revolutions in imaging technology, mac…
20 hours ago