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The Annual Sir Thomas Gresham Lecture 2026

This is the Annual Sir Thomas Gresham Lecture.

Portrait of Sir Thomas Gresham

The Death of the Roman Republic?

Did the Roman republic die with Julius Caesar? With Cicero...

A broken classical column with its top section leaning against the base, surrounded by rubble on a white background

The Morrigan: The Nightmare Queen

The Morrigan functions today largely as the supreme dark Celtic...

A woman in dark attire with a feathered collar holds a skull, while a large black bird flies above her

The Annual Gray's Inn Reading 2026

This is the Annual Gray's Inn Reading.

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Cicero In and On Political Crises

An enthusiast of the Roman mixed constitution, Cicero was elected...

Statue of Cicero

Music of Sleep and Dreams

Sleep and music share a strange, elusive magic—both shape our...

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The Shape of Knots: From DNA to Shoestrings and Solar Flares

Knots are ubiquitous in the world around us, appearing as...

A close-up of a thick, white, coiled rope with a blue stripe

Pluto Isn’t a Planet

In 2006, the International Astronomical Union adopted a definition of...

A detailed image of the dwarf planet Pluto

Forging Better Futures for You and AI

In this last lecture, I will work to wake us...

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Plato to Polybius on Constitutional Change

Plato in the fourth century BCE penned an indelible sequence...

Roman marble relief depicting figures in Classical antiquity