Two Losses Make a Win: How a Physicist Surprised Mathematicians One of the most extraordinary pieces of new mathematics was...
Ghost of Scandals Past: A Short History of Financial Scandals The litany of great financial scandals is long, and sadly...
Endings in the Novel, from Austen and Dickens to Edward St Aubyn and Rachel Cusk More than anything else, the end matters to the novel...
Gresham and Defoe (underwriters): The Origins of London Marine Insurance This lecture explores the astonishing history of marine insurance underwriting...
How To Choose a Doctor or Surgeon Various governments have promoted ‘patient choice’ as part of NHS...
How to get ahead in commerce: The sure-fire ways to make money One school of thought says that markets are just casinos...
Christopher Wren’s Medical Discoveries: the ‘Architect of Human Anatomy’ ** Please note that this lecture will contain several mentions...
Local or global? Network economics and the new economy Should we prefer the brittle resilience of a very nervous...