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School and College Bookings
If you are from a UK school or sixth form college and want to bring a school group to one of our free, public lectures, please get in touch by emailing schools@gresham.ac.uk When there is room, we can usually reserve up to 20 spaces, but occasionally we can do more. Please note tickets are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. We also live-stream all our lectures and leave them online so that you can show them again in the classroom, or your students can watch them in their own time
You may be able to recieve a grant towards travel from the City of London. Find out more
Schools-only Lectures
We also broadcast ‘schools-only’ talks on a variety of subjects, mostly in the early afternoon. Below you can read about this term's schools' lectures. To sign up to watch a schools' lecture on live-stream, please email schools@gresham.ac.uk and indicate which lecture(s) you would like – and a link will be sent to you in advance.
You can also learn about future events by joining our schools newsletter.
Autumn 2025
Much Ado About Numbers: Shakespeare’s Mathematical Life and Times with Rob Eastaway
Weds 26 November • 2.00 – 3.00 pm
In this engaging and interactive talk, author Rob Eastaway reveals the surprising mathematical connections between Shakespeare and the world he lived in. Find out how Tudors multiplied, why 7 was such an important number, and why Shakespeare really did make much ado about 'nothing'. With historical asides about calendars, optics, music, and magic thrown in, this is a fascinating insight into a Renaissance world in which every subject was connected.
Spring 2026
Its Murder! Using Environmental Science to Help the Police with car/node/9756
14 January 2026 • 2.00 – 3.00 pm
Environmental science meets forensic investigation — discover how rivers, canals and ecosystems can help solve murder cases. Professor Roberts, an environmental scientist, and police expert witness, shares fascinating insights from real cases and her work challenging water pollution by major UK companies.
Making Sense of Conspiracy Theories with Professor Peter Knight
21 January 2026 • 2.00 – 3.00 pm
From climate change denial, or the pandemic as planned, to election fraud claims — what drives conspiracy theories? Professor Knight explores who believes them, how they spread, and what they reveal about our society.
Why Did Taylor Swift Re-Record Her Songs? with Dr Hayleigh Bosher
22 April 2026 • 2.00 – 3.00 pm
When Taylor Swifts record company sold her songs without her consent, she decided to do what has never been done before and re-record all her albums. As a result, Taylor is now in control of her own music and collects the income for herself. This is a story of a woman utilising her copyright to its full potential to make music industry history and a record-breaking legacy.
Banned Books and Free Speech with Professor Rachel Potter
6 May 2026 • 2.00 – 3.00 pm
The right to free speech is rarely out of the headlines. It is seriously threatened in many places in the world and has never been so passionately defended and disputed. Novels, poems, and plays have often been banned on the grounds of political sedition, obscenity, and blasphemy. Such cases have shifted and shaped understandings of free expression and its limits. In this lecture Professor Potter will discuss the relationship between literature and free expression and explore whether there should ever be limits to literary free speech.
