‘Is it in Pevsner?’: A Short History of the ‘Buildings of …' Series This lecture traces the history of this famous series by...
Houston, We Have a Problem: How the Fossil Fuel Industry is Risking Our Future and Your Pension When oil and gas industry leaders flew into Houston for...
The Queen's Commonwealth: Monarchy and the End of Empire, 1945-2011 As Glasgow prepares to host the Commonwealth Games, Professor Philip...
Prison and Why We Send People There: Does it Work? Should it? ‘They deserve to be put away’; ‘Appeal the sentence –...
Singing the Laws: Ancient Greek Lawgivers in History and Legend While Lycurgus of Sparta and Solon of Athens are now...
Envy of Kings: The Guildhall of London and the Power of the Medieval Corporation The government of the City of London is older than...
Human Rights Law: Bringing Power to the Powerless This lecture looks at the power given to advocates in...
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.