Cary Grant: Hollywood's exquisite, charming enigma To millions of moviegoers around the world Cary Grant epitomises...
The BBC - Defending the public interest From 2007 the Governors were replaced by Trustees; but there...
The BBC - Protecting it from the Government For 80 years the BBC Governors were charged with regulating...
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...