When was the idea of human rights invented, and do we need it? Were the inventors the ancient Stoics, the Roman lawyers, the...
The American Revolution 1763 - 1783: Separation and Divorce How, in the few years from 1763 to 1775, did...
The Beauty of Holiness and its Perils (or what is to happen to 10,000 parish churches?) This is the Sir Thomas Gresham Annual Lecture of 2007...
The Fabrication of Medieval History: Archaeology and artifice at the Office of Works The Colin Matthew Memorial Lecture for the Public Understanding of...
The New London and the Heavenly Jerusalem: Scientists and Craftsmen in Sir Christopher Wren's London The decades over which St. Paul's was re-built after the...
War and Peace in Europe from Napoleon to the Kaiser: From Balkan War to World War, 1908-1918 This lecture explores in broad terms the origins, of the...
To Wear or Not to Wear: Changing social norms with regard to eyewear Studying the history of spectacles brings together the twin themes...
Drawings in Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts Medieval drawings are frequently viewed as the poor cousins of...
Forwards and Backwards: Architecture in inter-war England The First World War brought far reaching changes to England...