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.
Elizabeth's Ghost: The Afterlife of the Queen in the Stuart Era During the reigns of the Stuart monarchs, the image of...
The future biology of happiness: lifestyle changes or recreational drugs? We find the achievement of an inner state of happiness...
The Fabrication of Medieval History: Archaeology and artifice at the Office of Works The Colin Matthew Memorial Lecture for the Public Understanding of...
Let’s Decolonise the History of Mathematical Proofs! Joint lectures with the British Society for the History of...
The Grande Messe des Morts and the Absence of God David Cairns delivers this lecture ahead of the City 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.