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Alternative Electoral Systems

In 1918, one commentator claimed that there were over 300...

History of Sport in London

The idea for a lecture about the history of sport...

The General Election and the Constitution

Quakers, business and morality

‘Gods of Commerce and Thieves’: Perceptions of Jews, Crime and Business in London

Some of the most nefarious anti-Semitic stereotypes are deeply embedded...

Devolution and the territorial Constitution

Devolution to Scotland and Wales is a very radical change...

At war with the French: Louis XIV and Napoleon

Both Louis XIV in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries...

Some London heroes of science and technology

GRESHAM IN THE CITY LECTURE London has been a magnet...

The celestial geometry of John Flamsteed: Mapping the heavens from 17th century Greenwich

During his 46 years as Astronomer Royal, John Flamsteed elevated...

The Human Rights Act: Cornerstone of a New Constitution

The Human Rights Act of 1998 gives us, in effect...