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Making New Plants: A History

This lecture examines the work of Hugo de Vries, a Dutch botanist who was one of the first to claim that science would allow plants and animals to be designed to order.

Gardens of Empire: The Role of Kew and Colonial Botanic Gardens

Sydney’s botanic garden, founded in the early nineteenth century, was expected to ship new plants 'home' to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, from where they could be transplanted to other colonial gardens, to see if they could become valuable new crops to enrich the British Empire.

Experimental Gardens from Francis Bacon to Today

This lecture will begin with Bacon’s imagined garden, then consider the long-term promise of the experimental or scientific garden, which would eventually lead to today’s biotechnologies.

Food Security: A Poisoned Chalice of Plant Adaptation

We will need an aggressive strategy to ensure the safety of agricultural yields and food in the future especially in drought- prone and even temperate zones.

Climate Change and Deadly Plants

"We've all heard about climate change... but what is happening...

The Movement of Ponytails, Ships and the Millennium Bridge

A question from the lecture 'Leonardo, Rapunzel and the Mathematics...

What Part Did The Commercial Companies Play In Stimulating Engineering Design?

A question from the lecture 'From Sail to Steam: London's...

From Sail to Steam: London's Role in a Shipbuilding Revolution

The lecture will look at the industrial river Thames and consider the changing needs of shipping with the transition from sail to steam and the impact on London as a port.

Sir Christopher Wren: Buildings, Place and Genius

Who makes great buildings patrons, architects and builders? Are successful...

Britain's Damaged Rivers

From the nineteenth century onwards, growth in the UK's towns...

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