London-Derry Connections: The early years, 1613-1640 How did the City of London come to be involved...
Free Speech, Idiocy and the Challenge of Citizenship What use are rights we do not exercise? Peter Bradley...
Faces in Court 1893-1918: Drawings of William Hartley from New Scotland Yard's Crime Museum William Hartley (1862-1937) was an early Fleet Street photographer whose...
What’s it Worth? Values, Choice and Commodification In this lecture I shall look more directly at the...
"The fangs of the serpent are hid in the bowl": The Temperance Movement How did what started as a temperance movement become a...
Cannabis Britannica: The rise and demise of a Victorian wonder-drug In 1800 cannabis preparations were almost entirely unknown in Britain...
The Gordon Riots of 1780: London in Flames, a Nation in Ruins In June 1780 the most destructive urban riots in English...