The Tyranny of Charity: Patronage, Philanthropy and State Intervention This lecture explores the relationship between art and charity, from...
Sir Thomas Gresham and The New Learning The subjects chosen by Sir Thomas Gresham for his Professors...
Change, Exchange and International Interchange: London and International Trade in the 16th Century 16th Century London experienced economic challenge and transformation as dramatic...
‘The Sea-Changer’: James Callaghan, 1976-79 The difficulty of inheritance; the prolonged currency crises of 1976...
‘The Somersaulting Modernisier’: Edward Heath, 1970-74 His plan for a new style of government and its...
‘Country Values’: Alec Douglas-Home, 1963-1964 The consequences of his controversial ascent to the premiership; his...
'The Colonel and The Drawing Room': Anthony Eden, 1955-57 Lord Hennessy outlines Anthony Eden's premiership as Prime Minister between...
“In history lie all the secrets”: Winston Churchill, 1951-55 Of all the postwar Prime Ministers, Winston Churchill was the...
‘Shadow and Substance’: Premiership for the Twenty-first Century "In politics of all callings, the test of success or...
‘The Tigress Surrounded by Hamsters’: Margaret Thatcher, 1979-90 A lecture on the style and effectiveness of Margaret Thatcher's...
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