The BBC - Protecting it from the Government For 80 years the BBC Governors were charged with regulating...
How the Middle Ages were Built: Exuberance to Crisis, 1300-1408 England's economic success peaked in 1300 amidst a riot of...
The Curse of the poke bonnet: Television's version of history The Colin Matthew lecture for the public understanding of history.
The Politics of Architecture in Tudor and Stuart London How the Tudor and Stuart monarchs used the buildings of...
'When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I thought as a child and I acted as a child...' But are modern children growing up too fast? There is...
The Making of Modern Celebrity: Famous for fifteen minutes - and longer This lecture will explore the 'celebrification' of contemporary popular culture...
Richard Hakluyt: London’s role in navigation and history Richard Hakluyt (1552-1616) is famous for his Principal Navigations, intended...
The Origin of the Constellations Who invented the constellations? The constellations that we use to...
Creating new species: the future of man and his dominion over other animals My lectures have shown that while most human behaviours are...
The Legal Quays: Sir William Paulet, First Marquis of Winchester Sir William Paulet (c.1483-1572) is perhaps unique in his long...