Ancient Reading in an Historical Context This lecture will explore the varying ways in which people...
The Meaning of Everything: The history of the Oxford English Dictionary The legendary Oxford English Dictionary today contains over 600,000 words...
The Ascent of Money: An evolutionary approach to financial history Professor Niall Ferguson offers an evolutionary approach to financial history...
Danish Fairy Tales? From Andersen and the Copenhagen consensus towards a theory of commerce What are markets and why do they matter? What would...
Humanity and a Million Years of Sea Level Change Homo sapiens evolved over the last million years during which...
Metamorphoses – The Terrible Beauty of Change A Fusion of Benjamin Britten's "Six Metamorphoses After Ovid" (Op.49)...
Locally 'Green': Does it Make a Difference? Are local environmental organisations merely groups of white, middle class...
Sir Robert Moray - Soldier, scientist, spy, freemason and founder of The Royal Society Sir Robert Moray brought together members of Gresham College, rich...
Artefacts and the Study of Life in Roman London From jewellery and domestic utensils to weaponry and religious objects...