The Tyranny of Charity: Patronage, Philanthropy and State Intervention This lecture explores the relationship between art and charity, from...
True and Impartial Observations: The Work of Robert Hooke This lecture assesses the work of Robert Hooke (who as...
Sir Thomas Gresham and The New Learning The subjects chosen by Sir Thomas Gresham for his Professors...
Sir Thomas Gresham and the Spiral of Knowledge Sir Thomas Gresham’s dream was for knowledge to be developed...
Change, Exchange and International Interchange: London and International Trade in the 16th Century 16th Century London experienced economic challenge and transformation as dramatic...
‘The Sea-Changer’: James Callaghan, 1976-79 The difficulty of inheritance; the prolonged currency crises of 1976...
‘The Somersaulting Modernisier’: Edward Heath, 1970-74 His plan for a new style of government and its...
Four Centuries of Logarithms The first Gresham Professor of Geometry was Henry Briggs, co-discoverer...
‘Country Values’: Alec Douglas-Home, 1963-1964 The consequences of his controversial ascent to the premiership; his...
“In history lie all the secrets”: Winston Churchill, 1951-55 Of all the postwar Prime Ministers, Winston Churchill was the...
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