Historical Fiction from Sir Walter Scott to Georgette Heyer and Hilary Mantel Until the 1970s, historical fiction was a scorned genre that...
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Christopher Wren’s Medical Discoveries: the ‘Architect of Human Anatomy’ ** Please note that this lecture will contain several mentions...
Standards Markets: The free market response to regulation Michael Mainelli, Mercers' School Memorial Professor of Commerce with Paul...
To Blame or Not to Blame? The Medical Profession and Blame Culture Traditionally, medicine has been taught by imitation, apprenticeship and humiliation...
Burma and North Korea - Avoid the Law unless Convenient Conflicts in both these countries show the real limits of...
Why Doesn't Capital Flow From High To Low? Capital should flow from countries with low marginal rates of...
The Museum and Historical Collections of the Bank of England The Museum provides information about the purposes of the Bank, the...