Debussy - Text and Ideas: Maeterlinck's Golaud As title roles of both Maurice Maeterlinck’s play and Claude...
To Wear or Not to Wear: Changing social norms with regard to eyewear Studying the history of spectacles brings together the twin themes...
The Life and Work of Mervyn Peake Often described as the ultimate Renaissance Man, Mervyn Peake was...
Culture and Resistance: Indigenous Responses to a Globalised World This lecture looks at the place occupied by indigenous cultures...
Great Britain and the other imperial powers: Conflict over China During the nineteenth century, Great Britain fought two wars, the...
Citizen Authors and Their Heroes: Thomas Dekker, Thomas Heywood and Sir Thomas Gresham As part of the Literary Londoners series, this lecture focuses...
Shakespeare, 'The Tempest' and its City Connections This lecture focuses on Shakespeare, in particular his final solo...
Ben Jonson, 'The Alchemist' and Blackfriars As part of the Literary Londoners series, this lecture explores...