The Times of Our Lives: A history of longevity Notwithstanding Bible stories, the average human lifespan has reached "three...
The Age of Dictatorship: Europe 1918-1989 - Mussolini The first lecture set the scene by analysing the devastating...
Front line infectious disease control at Britain's borders The series ended with a lecture bringing us up-to-date with...
The Pathology of Discovery and Conquest This lecture examined the spread of diseases that accompanied European...
Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue: The true story of Gulf War Syndrome Simon Wessely is professor of psychiatry at the Institute of...
Great Britain and the other imperial powers: Conflict over China During the nineteenth century, Great Britain fought two wars, the...
Leadership and Change: Prime Ministers in the Post-War World - Winston Churchill Vernon Bogdanor CBE FBA, Gresham Professor of Law Response by...
Britain and Germany: from ally to enemy As France was the traditional enemy, Germany was the traditional...
At war with the French: Louis XIV and Napoleon Both Louis XIV in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries...