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Tuesday, 28 May 2013 - 6:30pm

Could the expansion of the internet lead to its collapse?  Come and find out at this lecture followed by a discussion.

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Wednesday, 29 May 2013 - 6:00pm

Vision is the dominant sense through which sighted people have developed our culture.  It requires enormous computational power:...

Thursday, 30 May 2013 - 6:00pm

Basic economic accounting suggests that economic growth depends on productivity gains and changes to the workforce.  With service...

Monday, 3 June 2013 - 1:00pm

From the broadsides of the sixteenth century to the broadsheets of the 19th century, taking in the Civil War newsbooks, the gutter press...

Tuesday, 4 June 2013 - 6:00pm

‘It is not easy to see how matters could be worsened by a parley at the summit.’

Winston Churchill coined the term...

Thursday, 6 June 2013 - 6:00pm

How will the Eurozone crisis impact on the UK's relationship with the EU?
In the past, the UK has always insisted on keeping a...

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Monday, 10 June 2013 - 1:00pm

The women in the suffrage movement were modern day experts on public campaigning, infiltrating hearts and homes with messages for...

Tuesday, 11 June 2013 - 6:00pm

It is hard to imagine an area of policy more future-orientated than environmental policy. Whether deciding the destiny of forests,...

Wednesday, 12 June 2013 - 6:00pm

The historic collections have undergone some interesting developments in recent years.  We will learn of new insights that have...

Thursday, 13 June 2013 - 6:00pm

"Money just isn't what it used to be", my grandmother used to observe with a sigh...  We could add today, and soon it won't be any...

Monday, 17 June 2013 - 1:00pm

The 'Battle' of Cable Street which took place on the 4 October,1936 has become the defining myth of the East End of London and of the...

Tuesday, 18 June 2013 - 6:00pm

Development is a key term in the modernising global world. It is a target for many of the world’s economically poorer nations...