To Wear or Not to Wear: Changing social norms with regard to eyewear Studying the history of spectacles brings together the twin themes...
The Changing Body: Health, Nutrition and Development in the Western World since 1700 At the end of the eighteenth century, the average British...
The Hidden Face of British Gardening Gardening has been big business since the 17th century, but how can we measure its growth and economic importance?
The Making of Modern Celebrity: Famous for fifteen minutes - and longer This lecture will explore the 'celebrification' of contemporary popular culture...
The Making of Modern Celebrity: Famous for fifteen minutes - and longer The historian Daniel Boorstin famously defined a celebrity as "a...
Press Coverage of Mental Health and Suicide A reflection on press coverage of mental health issues and...
Diabetes, Hypertension and Vascular Diseases of the Eye The transparent tissues of the eye allow light to reach...