European Security: Building for the Long Term With the ongoing war in Ukraine, long-term planning for security...
Magical Mystery Tour: The Invention of The Beatles This lecture analyses the ‘psychedelic era’ of the Beatles, from...
Musical Consonance and Dissonance: The Good, Bad and Beautifully Ugly What makes a piece of music challenging, bland, intriguing, beautiful...
Twentieth-Century Divas: Shirley Bassey The Black Welsh singer started out recording cover versions of...
The Colour Spectrum of Scales and Modes A musical scale – a hierarchical collection of pitches spread...
Dyslexia and Language - Disorder or Difference? Difficulties with reading and writing have wide-ranging effects beyond academic...
The Art and Science of Tuning This lecture presents the rich history of musicians’ engagement with...
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas: Anatomy of a Christmas Classic This lecture investigates how and why the song ‘Have Yourself...