Painting, Patronage and Politics under the Tudors Tudor England was a dangerous place for the wealthy and powerful. Art and architecture was a sign of connoisseurship but also political ambition.
Conflict and Consensus in the Age of the New Genetics: Mad, Bad or Sad Mad, bad, sad. Categories like this are never fixed; they...
The Fabrication of Medieval History: Archaeology and artifice at the Office of Works The Colin Matthew Memorial Lecture for the Public Understanding of...
The Spanish Culture of Charles I's Court Heir to the throne Charles I made a secret trip to win the hand of a princess. For eight months he was the guest of the Spanish king in Madrid.
Toussaint Louverture and the Haitian Revolution Toussaint Louverture (the “Black Spartacus”), was one of the main...
Globalisation and Children's Diets: The Case of the Maya of Mexico and Central America Globalisation has resulted in powerful multinational corporations imposing their products...
Sir Christopher Wren and the Rebuilding of the City Churches after the Great Fire of London In this lecture, Anthony Geraghty will reveal how Sir Christopher...
The Victorians: Gender and Sexuality 'Victorian' came in the twentieth century to stand for sexual...