Gresham and Defoe (underwriters): The Origins of London Marine Insurance This lecture explores the astonishing history of marine insurance underwriting...
The Legal Quays: Sir William Paulet, First Marquis of Winchester Sir William Paulet (c.1483-1572) is perhaps unique in his long...
Forwards and Backwards: Architecture in inter-war England The First World War brought far reaching changes to England...
Reclaiming Women in the Hebrew Bible Since the 1970s feminist bible scholars have been reclaiming the...
London’s Forgotten Children: Thomas Coram and the Foundling Hospital In 1739, Captain Thomas Coram was dismayed at the sight...
Who invented the equals sign? With the invention of printing, mathematical writings became widely available...
Quakers Living Adventurously: The Library and Archives of the Society of Friends Since the seventeenth century, members of the Religious Society of...
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