King Henry III and the Communication of Power This lecture considers how Henry III of England used art to justify monarchy at the dawn of what is commonly termed the ‘parliamentary state’.
Michelangelo, Copernicus and the Sistine Chapel It is argued that Copernicus’ theory of the sun-centred universe...
Modern Art - Enemy or Friend of Religious Art? The last century has seen changes in artistic style that...
God's Good Order and the Artist's Patterns For centuries of western history, the beauty of art was...
The Grande Messe des Morts and the Absence of God David Cairns delivers this lecture ahead of the City of...
The BBC - Defending the public interest From 2007 the Governors were replaced by Trustees; but there...
Debussy - Text and Ideas: The 'Song Triptych', and fin-de-siecle Visual Culture Debussy composed eight sets of three songs between 1891 and...
The BBC - Protecting it from the Government For 80 years the BBC Governors were charged with regulating...