War Halls: Royal Houses from the Saxons to the Hundred Years' War Medieval kings were warriors and their palaces needed to reflect...
The Carry Trade and Uncovered Interest Rate Parity Basic economic theory tells us that borrowing money in a...
Endings in the Novel, from Austen and Dickens to Edward St Aubyn and Rachel Cusk More than anything else, the end matters to the novel...
Gresham and Defoe (underwriters): The Origins of London Marine Insurance This lecture explores the astonishing history of marine insurance underwriting...
Christopher Wren’s Medical Discoveries: the ‘Architect of Human Anatomy’ ** Please note that this lecture will contain several mentions...
Portraits of Queen Elizabeth II: The Artists’ Challenges Scores of painters and photographers over the last seventy years...