Artificial Selection: How Humans Have Shaped Evolution We often think of evolution as ‘something that happened’ in...
Misusing Darwin: The Materialist Conspiracy in Evolutionary Biology Scientists sometimes complain about the introduction of religious ideas into...
Darwin, Evolution and God: The Present Debates This lecture sets the scientific and religious context for Darwin’s...
Theatre and Love: Tom Stoppard, 'The Real Thing' It would be churlish to finish a series of lectures...
Religion, ethics and evolutionary psychology Does evolutionary psychology (socio-biology) explain the basis of morality, or...
Theatre and The Family: Anton Chekhov, 'The Cherry Orchard' Like Plath, trees were of great importance to Chekhov. Some...
In the brain of the beholder? The principles of beauty and sex appeal What constitutes human facial beauty and bodily attractiveness? How do...
Poetry and Exile: T. S. Eliot, 'Four Quartets' These poems retain a stubborn opacity and no interpretation is...