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The Legal Profession: Regulating for independence - Baroness Ruth Deech
Britain's legal profession is renowned the world over for its skill and independence. The cab rank rule governs barristers, ie they are obliged to ac…
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Spitalfields: Opportunity Through Regeneration - Michael Bear, The Lord Mayor of London
The Lord Mayor of London, Michael Bear, speaks about the regeneration and development of Spitalfields Market and Bishop's Square. This project illus…
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The City Livery Companies - Professor Tim Connell
Trade and craft associations have flourished all over Europe for many centuries, but the City of London companies, now collectively known as the Live…
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Christianity in Evolution: An Exploration - The Rev Jack Mahoney
Evolution has provided a new understanding of reality, with revolutionary consequences for traditional Christian beliefs. What should a rational Chri…
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Dying in Today's World
In the 50 years since the hospice movement started, lessons from research have revolutionised care of the dying in the UK and in many places around t…
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Privacy and Publicity in Family Law - Their Eternal Tension - The Rt Hon Sir Nicholas Wall
There is general agreement among non-family lawyers that family procedures should be more transparent. But exactly what role should the media play in…
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Perspectives on Regulation - Sarah Veale CBE
In the midst of the current economic depression, "regulation" has become of buzz-word. But what is regulation and what makes a good regulator?
Uploade…
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Engels and Marx: Revolutionaries in London
On the 200th anniversary of the birth of Friedrich Engels, his biographer Tristram Hunt looks at how both Engels and Karl Marx were deeply affected b…
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Leonardo's Salvator Mundi: Scholarship, Science and Skulduggery
The newly discovered Salvator by Leonardo, the world's most costly picture, is one of his most notable creations, in which he used his 'science of ar…
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Mathematics and Sport: Let's Twist Again - Professor John D. Barrow
Throwing things, and jumping up and down or along, lies at the root of many Olympic events. In the gymnasium, the velodrome, and the diving pool we a…
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