The Gordon Riots of 1780: London in Flames, a Nation in Ruins In June 1780 the most destructive urban riots in English...
The Economics of the Very Long Run: From Fire to Finance in Two Million Years An economist's view of two million years of human history...
Quakers Living Adventurously: The Library and Archives of the Society of Friends Since the seventeenth century, members of the Religious Society of...
The permanent International Criminal Court – the ICC - and Africa The permanent International criminal Court – the ICC – was...
The Roman Denarius and the Euro: A precedent for monetary union? A look at the way the Roman Empire has sometimes...
The Cold Rules for National Security: History and the Defence of the Realm Notions of national security past and present. How Whitehall has...
Culture and Resistance: Indigenous Responses to a Globalised World This lecture looks at the place occupied by indigenous cultures...
The Hidden Face of British Gardening Gardening has been big business since the 17th century, but how can we measure its growth and economic importance?