Much Ado About Numbers: Shakespeare’s Mathematical Life and Times Shakespeare lived in a period of exciting mathematical innovations –...
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.
Human Rights Law: Bringing Power to the Powerless This lecture looks at the power given to advocates in...
The Big Brain: Size and Intelligence For centuries, scientists have tried to identify what is special...
The Last Stuarts and the Death of the Royal Powerhouse In his short reign James II built a surprising amount...
Music and Architecture: Confronting the Boundaries between Space and Sound The architect/mathematician turned composer, Iannis Xenakis, was Gresham Professor of...
Saving the Twentieth Century How far can experimental buildings of the 1960s and '70s be altered for new uses? Should there be new rules for a new era of conservation?
The permanent International Criminal Court – the ICC - and Africa The permanent International criminal Court – the ICC – was...
In the brain of the beholder? The principles of beauty and sex appeal What constitutes human facial beauty and bodily attractiveness? How do...