Mortality Past and Present: John Graunt's Bills of Mortality - Introduction An introduction to the conference marking the 350th anniversary of the...
Twenty-first Century Threats: Malaria In 1955, the World Health Organization announced an ambitious plan...
Twenty-first Century Threats: Tuberculosis This lecture is a part of the series Twenty-First Century...
To Wear or Not to Wear: Changing social norms with regard to eyewear Studying the history of spectacles brings together the twin themes...
Laurence Sterne and Joseph Haydn An exploration of the connections between Laurence Sterne, the 18th...
Finishing the Unfinished: Completing Mozart's Zaide In November 2003, at the newly restored Hackney Empire, 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...
Literary Londoners: Charles Dickens Continuing the Literary Londoners series, this lecture centres on Charles...