Historical Fiction from Sir Walter Scott to Georgette Heyer and Hilary Mantel Until the 1970s, historical fiction was a scorned genre that...
Crime in Fiction: Defoe and Dickens to Spark, Highsmith and McEwan Why did stories of criminals become irresistible for novelists? Starting...
Miracle Cures: Spas, Shrines and Spirits Professor John Pick outlines an 'industry' of relics, religious or...
Constable's "The Cornfield": A Bicentenary Harvesting Constable’s painting The Cornfield celebrates its bicentenary in 2026. How...
The Arts Industry: Culture and the 'Real World' This lecture takes a look at how the relationship between...
Science and Theology: Traffic Across the Frontier Both science and theology explore aspects of one world: they...
The Media and Religion: Religious Broadcasting - Defender of Faiths A lecture that sets out the argument for: 1) That...
Science Fiction as a Literary Genre: Science Fiction versus Mundane Culture This part of the symposium included the following talks: Introduction...