London’s Forgotten Children: Thomas Coram and the Foundling Hospital In 1739, Captain Thomas Coram was dismayed at the sight...
The Reform Club: Architecture and the birth of popular government Professor Peter Marsh, Honorary Professor of History at the University...
How Folktales Contributed to the Confucianisation of Korea: Mother Green Tree Frog and her Children Through an examination of selected Korean folktales, the lecture will...
The Lost Hospitals of London: Bethlem Hospital - Worth a Visit? Bethlem Hospital was an integral part of London’s charitable provision...
Feliks Topolski: Eye witness to the 20th Century Between 1975 and 1989, the Polish-born expressionist artist, Feliks Topolski...
Great Britain and the other imperial powers: Conflict over China During the nineteenth century, Great Britain fought two wars, the...
Imperial Rivalry with the Russian Empire During the nineteenth century, Great Britain and Russia engaged in...
The Londonderry Plantation from 1641 until the Disengagement at the end of the Nineteenth Century The events that led to the Londonderry Plantation had momentous...