Whither the Public Lecture? Gresham College has been delivering public lectures since 1597 through...
Sheep Across London Bridge - The Freedom of the City of London One of the oldest surviving traditional ceremonies still in existence...
Adventures of Portuguese 'Ancient Music' in Eighteenth-Century London 'Ancient music' enjoyed a vogue in eighteenth-century London, with professional...
Gresham and Defoe (underwriters): The Origins of London Marine Insurance This lecture explores the astonishing history of marine insurance underwriting...
London’s Lost Rivers: The Hackney Brook and other North West Passages Iain Sinclair takes a look at the rivers of London...
Entertainment in London in the 18th Century Using extracts from personal family collections, diaries, handbills and other...
To Blame or Not to Blame? The Medical Profession and Blame Culture Traditionally, medicine has been taught by imitation, apprenticeship and humiliation...
Constable's "The Cornfield": A Bicentenary Harvesting Constable’s painting The Cornfield celebrates its bicentenary in 2026. How...
Life, Death and Judgement in the Art and Times of Hieronymus Bosch (d. 1516) This lecture at looks the 'surreal' art of the Early...
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