Set Square and Stethoscope: The Architecture of London's Medical Profession In the Middle Ages, medicine was largely about a good...
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...
Blind Spots & Bad Decisions: Why We Fall for Financial Traps Why do smart people make dumb financial choices? This lecture...
Ghost of Scandals Past: A Short History of Financial Scandals The litany of great financial scandals is long, and sadly...
Restoration and Reaction: Palaces of the Restoration Charles II's court has often been portrayed as devoted to...
Endings in the Novel, from Austen and Dickens to Edward St Aubyn and Rachel Cusk More than anything else, the end matters to the novel...
Gresham and Defoe (underwriters): The Origins of London Marine Insurance This lecture explores the astonishing history of marine insurance underwriting...
Does Net Zero Mean the End of Livestock Agriculture? Diet and agriculture are borderline untouchable “third rail” issues in...
Building the Victorian City: Splendour and Squalor By 1900 Britain had produced the world’s largest cities and...