Why Are Cities Going Bankrupt? In the late nineteenth century, Joseph Chamberlain transformed Birmingham with...
Wealth Inequality: English Law's Unintended Legacy? Today, the UK is a deeply unequal society. This lecture...
Should we take our leaders as seriously as they take themselves? Political leaders invest time and energy in cultivating their public...
The face of Charles Dickens - portraits of the great author Charles Dickens was drawn, painted and photographed more than most...
Banned Books and Freedom of Expression The right to free expression is severely threatened in many...
To Blame or Not to Blame? The Medical Profession and Blame Culture Traditionally, medicine has been taught by imitation, apprenticeship and humiliation...
Is the First Amendment the Greatest Right of All? This lecture discusses a hierarchy of rights. Is the First...
Unwritten Laws? Legacies from Antigone and Lycurgus Sophocles’ Antigone refers to “unwritten laws”, as does Thucydides’ Pericles...