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...
Blind Spots & Bad Decisions: Why We Fall for Financial Traps Why do smart people make dumb financial choices? This lecture...
Why Are Cities Going Bankrupt? In the late nineteenth century, Joseph Chamberlain transformed Birmingham with...
Why Does Britain Have a Water and Sewage Crisis? The discharge of raw sewage into rivers, as well as...