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Plato

Plato the Athenian was the philosopher who founded the Academy and whose brilliant writings are the foundation texts of the entire western philosophical tradition.

The Invention of Mathematical Proof in the Renaissance

Joint lectures with the British Society for the History of...

Free Speech and the Study of History

A growing number of countries have so-called memory laws, ranging...

London’s Ecology - Disappearing London

Dr Justin Dillon, Chair of Council, London Wildlife Trust/King's College...

Apprenticeship in early modern London: The economic origins and destinations of City apprentices in the 16th and 17th centuries

The prospect of an apprenticeship attracted thousands of youths to...

The Value of Heritage and the Heritage of Value

There was a time when old places were valued simply for their beauty and interest, but now this is not enough. Are calculations of the financial contribution of our history adding to the value of our heritage or have they fundamentally devalued it?