Prokofiev's War and Peace Sergei Prokofiev’s War and Peace (1953) was an adaptation of Tolstoy’s novel begun during WWII. He saw it as a personal interpretation of the novel.
Singing the Laws: Ancient Greek Lawgivers in History and Legend While Lycurgus of Sparta and Solon of Athens are now...
Much Ado About Numbers: Shakespeare’s Mathematical Life and Times Shakespeare lived in a period of exciting mathematical innovations –...
Charles Chaplin: Bridging Three Centuries This lecture explores the phenomenon of Chaplin's mythical status not...
Entertainment in London in the 18th Century Using extracts from personal family collections, diaries, handbills and other...
Galileo’s Journey to the Underworld: The Case for Interdisciplinary Thinking In 1588, the young Galileo delivered some lectures that were...