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Wren, Hooke and Willis: Divine geometry and natural design

The status of geometry with respect to the natural world...

In the brain of the beholder? The principles of beauty and sex appeal

What constitutes human facial beauty and bodily attractiveness? How do...

Sisters-in-Law: The Irresistible Rise of Women in Wigs

This was the 2009 annual Gray's Inn Reading.

Sir Thomas Gresham and the New Learning

Sir Thomas Gresham founded his College in 1597 in order...

Schools and politics

Schools and politics do not mix. They are, as Woody...

'There's nowt so queer as folk' - Gender and sexuality

Sex and religion. Why celibacy? Is homosexuality objectively disordered? Are...

Why learn a language?

With English emerging as the main world language, studying foreign...

Addicted to love, beauty or sex?

On Valentine's Day it is appropriate to consider whether humans...

Does Britain's education system need to go into a new gear?

Sexual conflict and the emergence of sexual equality and monogamy

In many species that have adopted promiscuous reproductive strategies, competition...