Creativity and mental illness - do you have to be mad to be creative? Using Robert Schumann as an example - a composer thought...
Set Square and Stethoscope: The Architecture of London's Medical Profession In the Middle Ages, medicine was largely about a good...
Blind Spots & Bad Decisions: Why We Fall for Financial Traps Why do smart people make dumb financial choices? This lecture...
Medieval Carols Jeremy Summerly traces the early history of the world’s favourite musical genre with sung illustrations from the St Luke's Carollers of Chelsea.
Atlantic Navigators: The Brendan Voyage A first-hand account of a harrowing voyage from the south-west...
Why Writing Women Back into History Matters Rediscovering remarkable historical figures such as the Birka Warrior Woman...
The Psychology of Seduction - Is life a seduction? Some people seem to be 'simply irresistible' - the title...
London - The Forgotten Hanseatic City: The Material Culture The second part of the symposium included the following talks...
The Big Brain: Size and Intelligence For centuries, scientists have tried to identify what is special...