Sheep Across London Bridge - The Freedom of the City of London One of the oldest surviving traditional ceremonies still in existence...
Adventures of Portuguese 'Ancient Music' in Eighteenth-Century London 'Ancient music' enjoyed a vogue in eighteenth-century London, with professional...
Gresham and Defoe (underwriters): The Origins of London Marine Insurance This lecture explores the astonishing history of marine insurance underwriting...
London’s Lost Rivers: The Hackney Brook and other North West Passages Iain Sinclair takes a look at the rivers of London...
Entertainment in London in the 18th Century Using extracts from personal family collections, diaries, handbills and other...
Dyslexia and Language - Disorder or Difference? Difficulties with reading and writing have wide-ranging effects beyond academic...
A History of Barts, Britain's Oldest Hospital St Bartholomew’s is the oldest hospital in England still operating...
Endings in the Novel, from Austen and Dickens to Edward St Aubyn and Rachel Cusk More than anything else, the end matters to the novel...
London’s Air: The 70th Anniversary of the Great London Smog On the 5th of December 1952 London experienced a major...
Sir Thomas Gresham and the Tudor Court This lecture will explore Gresham’s service to the crown during the turbulent politics of mid-Tudor England.