War Halls: Royal Houses from the Saxons to the Hundred Years' War Medieval kings were warriors and their palaces needed to reflect...
Welcome Address for the Middle Class Recruits to Communism Seminar Professor Sir Roderick Floud, the Provost of Gresham College welcomes...
Music of the Last Century: Did Schoenberg get it right? The composers least noticed by writers on music history seem...
Physics: Its Birth in Greek Ionia This lecture discusses the pioneering physical theories of Thales, Anaximander, Anaximenes, Anaxagoras and Democritus.
The Theatre of Dionysus This lecture outlines the origins of Greek drama in this historic setting, its architectural development and some of the greatest masterpieces.
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas: Anatomy of a Christmas Classic This lecture investigates how and why the song ‘Have Yourself...
Capitalism’s Transparent Failures: Exchanges as the epicentre of markets – a contradiction in terms? Author Patrick L. Young reviews the exchange landscape over 2,000...
The Carry Trade and Uncovered Interest Rate Parity Basic economic theory tells us that borrowing money in a...