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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.

Staying in Touch with Patients

This lecture considers how ‘gnostic’ touch (identifying disease) and ‘pathic’ touch (conveying care) are becoming separated by technological developments.

Jesus, Hitler and the Abolition of God

This series has argued that the origins of modern secularism lie in the age of the Renaissance. This last lecture will track that legacy down to the present.

Gresham's Exchange

Why did Gresham finance and build it? What did Londoners (and others) do there? And what does the Exchange tell us about Gresham's ambitions both for himself and for London?

500 Years of Mathematics: Are We Living in a New Golden Age?

The last 500 years of progress in maths will be reviewed, to see where it is going next and ask whether we are truly living in a mathematical Golden Age.

Text Mining: How Do Computers Understand Language?

In this lecture, we provide a brief history of text processing and look towards the future when the computer sonnet or love poem might become a reality.

The Natural Environment of Tudor London

Drawing on evidence from contemporary maps, paintings and writings, and modern environmental science, the lecture will offer a 'virtual' walk around the City with Sir Thomas Gresham.

London Belongs to Us: Street-Life and New Wave British Cinema of the 1960s

In the 1960s, British filmmakers broke out of the studio to find new subjects among the young, fashionable and disadvantaged, seen in their natural habitats – not only in the North and Midlands, but in unfamiliar parts of London.

The Spiritual Quest Against Religion

The Protestant Reformation set out to purge Christianity of error. But once you have started, how do you know when to stop? Some radicals tore up layer upon layer of tradition in the tireless search for deeper truths, proving their faith by their refusal to believe.

Crown, Country and the Struggle for Cultural Supremacy

The changing balance of power and wealth between the aristocracy and the monarchy from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century has fundamentally influenced today’s national cultural landscape of art and architecture.

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Prokofiev's War and Peace

Staying in Touch with Patients

Jesus, Hitler and the Abolition of God

Gresham's Exchange

500 Years of Mathematics: Are We Living in a New Golden Age?

Text Mining: How Do Computers Understand Language?

The Natural Environment of Tudor London

London Belongs to Us: Street-Life and New Wave British Cinema of the 1960s

The Spiritual Quest Against Religion

Crown, Country and the Struggle for Cultural Supremacy

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