The New London and the Heavenly Jerusalem: Scientists and Craftsmen in Sir Christopher Wren's London The decades over which St. Paul's was re-built after the...
Why Is Sir Walter Scott Not In Popular Culture Today? A question from the lecture 'Did Sir Walter Scott Invent...
Historical Fiction from Sir Walter Scott to Georgette Heyer and Hilary Mantel Until the 1970s, historical fiction was a scorned genre that...
Commerce and Culture in the Late Twentieth Century This is the 2001 'Sir Thomas Gresham Annual Lecture'
Medieval Music: To Sing and Dance During the eighteenth century, Western Europe gradually relinquished a form...
Medieval Music: To Chant in a Vale of Tears According to one early-medieval author, ‘there are many who are...
How to be a Shakespearean Atheist This lecture will explore how the sixteenth century found ways of distancing itself from religion.