To Wear or Not to Wear: Changing social norms with regard to eyewear Studying the history of spectacles brings together the twin themes...
Culture and Resistance: Indigenous Responses to a Globalised World This lecture looks at the place occupied by indigenous cultures...
Press Coverage of Mental Health and Suicide A reflection on press coverage of mental health issues and...
Why is Africa still the poorest continent? Among 29 countries where human life expectancy is still 50...
Great Britain and the other imperial powers: Conflict over China During the nineteenth century, Great Britain fought two wars, the...
“Getting to know you”: how do animals recognise each other and us? For social animals one of the major skills that must...
Animal senses: how do they perceive the world and what important things can they sense that we cannot? The way the world is perceived by any species is...
Would it be Right to Make Vaccination Mandatory? Vaccination against disease has saved countless lives, yet it remains...