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The Annual Sir Thomas Gresham Lecture 2026

This is the Annual Sir Thomas Gresham Lecture.

Portrait of Sir Thomas Gresham

The Shape of Knots: From DNA to Shoestrings and Solar Flares

Knots are ubiquitous in the world around us, appearing as...

A close-up of a thick, white, coiled rope with a blue stripe

Forging Better Futures for You and AI

In this last lecture, I will work to wake us...

A robotic hand holding a silver cloche and tray

Education – And Its Limits

The most popular response to the challenge of automation is...

A child and an adult sit at desks reading books

Taming AI

In this lecture, we look at proposals to limit AI...

A robotic hand with a microphone attached to its forearm plays a piano

A World Without Work

In the future, we may face ‘structural’ technological unemployment in...

Robot holding various tools and a laptop

The Universe’s 100th Birthday: Galactic Fireworks and Little Red Dots

100 years ago this year, Edwin Hubble published the first...

Interacting spiral galaxies Arp 273, with the larger galaxy tidally distorted into a rose-like shape by its companion

Born Supremacy – AI as a Pale Shadow of Real Humanity

In this lecture, we glimpse our best selves and compare...

robot hand holding paintbrush

Work, Out of Reach

Right now, the technological challenge we are most likely to...

A robot and a man stand in front of a complex, grid-like structure

Will You Be AI’s Pet?

I have two pet dogs; they are happy, wagging their...