The Convoluted Brain: Wrinkles and Folds The human brain has a very distinct and complex appearance...
The Rule of Law and its Enemies: The Landscape of Law The historian Niall Ferguson delivers a lecture, recorded at Gresham...
Is Your Money Safe? Unveiling Hidden Conflicts in Finance Think financial decisions are made by cool-headed robots? Think again...
Charismatic Leadership: Nature, Causes, and Consequences How did politicians as diverse as Thatcher, Charles de Gaulle...
Singing the Laws: Ancient Greek Lawgivers in History and Legend While Lycurgus of Sparta and Solon of Athens are now...
The Big Brain: Size and Intelligence For centuries, scientists have tried to identify what is special...
The Spanish Culture of Charles I's Court Heir to the throne Charles I made a secret trip to win the hand of a princess. For eight months he was the guest of the Spanish king in Madrid.
Plato's Cave: Thinking about Climate Change In The Republic, Plato explores the predicament of the Cave...
Experts in politics: Lessons from Socrates and Aristotle Socrates sought to test the expertise of everyone around him...
The Last Stuarts and the Death of the Royal Powerhouse In his short reign James II built a surprising amount...