Mathematical Structure in Fiction Mathematical concepts have often been used to create new structural forms in fiction, as in the works of Raymond Queneau and Jorge Luis Borges.
Cleaning Up The Thames: Success or Failure? Will the Thames Tideway tunnel solve flooding and pollution? This event is part of Totally Thames 2017 that runs from 1-30 September.
Slavery and the City of London Freedom has been central to the identity of the City of London for centuries.
The World of Isaac Newton This illustrated lecture will cover Newton's life and his mathematical and scientific labours in the context of 17th-century England.
Literary London Crime: The Dark Eyes of London London is a city of secrets, a shifting, seething mass...
London’s Ecology - How clean is the Thames? Martin Attrill, Professor of Marine Ecology, Plymouth University. Next lecture...
London’s Lost Rivers: The Hackney Brook and other North West Passages Iain Sinclair takes a look at the rivers of London...
A New Jerusalem: Reaching for Heaven, 1130-1300 During the thirteenth century Jerusalem surplanted Rome as the inspiration...
Charles Chaplin: Bridging Three Centuries This lecture explores the phenomenon of Chaplin's mythical status not...