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Mental and Physical Wellness
Exercise, diet, rest, and sleep are sometimes seen as optional extras that are desirable if you have the time. They are also topics about which many …
1 day, 13 hours ago
Clara Schumann (1819-1896): The Unsung Heroine of Romanticism
This lecture-recital will explore the life of Clara Schumann (1819-1896) through her music and surroundings, her achievements and influencers.
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1 day, 14 hours ago
The Challenge of the Solo: The Baroque Violin - Christopher Hogwood and Pavlo Beznosiuk
Pavlo Beznosiuk, one of the world's leading baroque violinists, explains and demonstrates the challenge of music for solo violin; works by Nicola Mat…
1 day, 15 hours ago
The Cockney Romantics: John Keats and his Friends
The word Romanticism makes us think of mountain tops and stormy seas, but the younger generation of English Romantics (above all, John Keats) were Lo…
1 day, 16 hours ago
Innovation in the Social Sciences - Professor Sir Roderick Floud
Innovation is seen as the key to economic growth. But is this true of innovation in services, which now employ 75% of us, as well as in manufacturing…
1 day, 17 hours ago
Percy Grainger: Australia's greatest composer? - Professor Malcolm Gilles
We can think of world-leading Australians in sport (Don Bradman), media ownership (Rupert Murdoch) and film (Nicole Kidman). In music, some great per…
1 day, 17 hours ago
The Cashless Society
Money may well make world go round but cash is surely an encumbrance we can do without. What does a cashless society look like? What is the technolog…
1 day, 18 hours ago
Is There Danger Ahead With AI: Superintelligence, Ethics, Work, Leisure and Automation
Professor Wilks will discuss the argument that 'superintelligent' AI may turn against us, as Hawking and Bostrom have warned. It will be argued that …
1 day, 19 hours ago
St. Paul's Cathedral at 300: The recent refurbishment project - Martin Stancliffe
2011 is the 300th anniversary of the completion of Christopher Wren's Cathedral. This coincides with the completion of an historic £40 million progra…
1 day, 20 hours ago
Britain in the 20th Century: A new consensus? 1990-2001 - Professor Vernon Bogdanor
The fall of Margaret Thatcher left a legacy that was both contested and divisive. During the 1990s, the Conservative Party, under the impact of divis…
1 day, 21 hours ago