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Faster than Light?

This talk will explain how the speed of light was first measured, and how an obscure but brilliant patent clerk in Bern, Switzerland by the name of Albert Einstein deduced that the speed of light is the upper speed limit for everything in the Universe.

Archers Assemble: Creating The Powell-Pressburger Partnership

This lecture explores how the partnership worked during the 1940s, drawing in collaborators from many backgrounds who also excelled, and benefiting from the extraordinary conditions of wartime Britain.

Toothpaste, Custard and Chocolate: Mathematics Gets Messy

This talk looks at mathematical modelling of real, complex fluids in flow situations – some with serious commercial applications, and some just for fun.

London Belongs to Us: Street-Life and New Wave British Cinema of the 1960s

In the 1960s, British filmmakers broke out of the studio to find new subjects among the young, fashionable and disadvantaged, seen in their natural habitats – not only in the North and Midlands, but in unfamiliar parts of London.

Cult Films of London

"We're not trying to capture reality, we're trying to find...

Taking London to the World: Robert Paul Shows his Native City in Motion

Britain’s pioneer filmmaker, born 150 years ago in North London, vividly portrayed the variety of life in ‘the imperial metropolis’ at the end of the 19th century, conscious of its historic appeal but also emphasising the modernity of which he was a part.

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Faster than Light?

Archers Assemble: Creating The Powell-Pressburger Partnership

Toothpaste, Custard and Chocolate: Mathematics Gets Messy

London Belongs to Us: Street-Life and New Wave British Cinema of the 1960s

Cult Films of London

Taking London to the World: Robert Paul Shows his Native City in Motion

London's First Filmmaker

Gothic London: Recreating the Ancient City on Screen

What Does Gothic Mean For Cinema?

Where was the First Cinema?

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