Darwin, Evolution and God: The Present Debates This lecture sets the scientific and religious context for Darwin’s...
Debussy - Text and Ideas: Maeterlinck's Golaud As title roles of both Maurice Maeterlinck’s play and Claude...
To Wear or Not to Wear: Changing social norms with regard to eyewear Studying the history of spectacles brings together the twin themes...
The Life and Work of Mervyn Peake Often described as the ultimate Renaissance Man, Mervyn Peake was...
“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...
Citizen Authors and Their Heroes: Thomas Dekker, Thomas Heywood and Sir Thomas Gresham As part of the Literary Londoners series, this lecture focuses...