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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 …
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The Meaning, Value and Sanctity of Human Life
Recent advances in medical science have brought complex ethical dilemmas, particularly around the beginning of human lives (abortion, embryo research…
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Whatever Turns You On - Professor Glenn D. Wilson
The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College website:
http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/c…
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Does The State Really Care When It Kills You?
This lecture will focus on human rights and the wrongs of unexpected and/or sudden deaths in which the state is implicated.
Uploaded 11-06-26
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Maeterlinck's Golaud: Between Shakespearean 'Sadism' and Emersonian Disquiet - François de Médicis
As title roles of both Maurice Maeterlinck's play and Claude Debussy's opera, Pelléas and Mélisande tend to monopolize the spotlight in most commenta…
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What Makes a Good Regulator? - Dame Suzi Leather
In the popular press, regulators tend to be portrayed as either hopelessly weak or as having assumed too much power. This is a natural outcome of the…
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Remember Me: Pachelbel, Purcell and Fauré - Professor Christopher Hogwood
An analysis of what makes the following music masterpieces: Pachelbel's Canon, Purcell's Dido's Lament, and Fauré's Violin Sonata.
Uploaded 17-01-12
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The Psychology of Politics - Professor Glenn D Wilson
Political affiliations reflect social class and upbringing but personality factors also contribute, including genetically determined traits like fear…
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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 1934, b…
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Dumbing down or sharpening up? The Church's abandonment of the King James Version
Revd Colin Sedgwick urges a critical reconsideration of the place of the King James Bible within modern Christianity. Is its stylistic or literary me…
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