A New Jerusalem: Reaching for Heaven, 1130-1300 During the thirteenth century Jerusalem surplanted Rome as the inspiration...
Playing Catch-up: Palaces from the Hundred Years' War to the Wars of the Roses What was the difference between the fortress of a great...
Inigo Jones and the Architecture of Necessity Inigo Jones is the architect best-known for the Banqueting House on Whitehall, one of the icons of British state architecture.
Parliament and the Public: Strangers or Friends? How can the House of Commons engage more effectively with...
Artificial Selection: How Humans Have Shaped Evolution We often think of evolution as ‘something that happened’ in...
The Last Stuarts and the Death of the Royal Powerhouse In his short reign James II built a surprising amount...
Democracy: Ancient Models, Modern Challenges Demokratia is the power (kratos) of the people (demos). But...
Ancient Greek Ideas of Equality under the Law The Nobel Laureate economist Amartya Sen has posed the question...