The Origins of Modern Paganism This lecture provides a deeper exploration of Paganism, beginning with...
Artificial Selection: How Humans Have Shaped Evolution We often think of evolution as ‘something that happened’ in...
Dyslexia and Language - Disorder or Difference? Difficulties with reading and writing have wide-ranging effects beyond academic...
A 300,000-Year History of Human Evolution The species we recognise as our own - anatomically modern...
Endings in the Novel, from Austen and Dickens to Edward St Aubyn and Rachel Cusk More than anything else, the end matters to the novel...
Queen Victoria: Images of Power and Empire This lecture will examine the images of power and empire...
Sanskrit Mathematics in the Language of Poetry This event will focus upon mathematics as expressed in different languages and cultures.
Dickens's Public Readings: A Tale of Two Desks This illustrated lecture marks 150 years since Dickens’s death by reflecting on the nature of his creative genius and his legacy.