A New Jerusalem: Reaching for Heaven, 1130-1300 During the thirteenth century Jerusalem surplanted Rome as the inspiration...
Playing Catch-up: Palaces from the Hundred Years' War to the Wars of the Roses What was the difference between the fortress of a great...
Inigo Jones and the Architecture of Necessity Inigo Jones is the architect best-known for the Banqueting House on Whitehall, one of the icons of British state architecture.
What went wrong in Latin America? The failures of import-substituting industrialisation In the Great Depression, producers of food and raw materials...
Democracy: Ancient Models, Modern Challenges Demokratia is the power (kratos) of the people (demos). But...
The Last Stuarts and the Death of the Royal Powerhouse In his short reign James II built a surprising amount...
Ancient Greek Ideas of Equality under the Law The Nobel Laureate economist Amartya Sen has posed the question...
Music and Architecture: Confronting the Boundaries between Space and Sound The architect/mathematician turned composer, Iannis Xenakis, was Gresham Professor of...