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Sir Joseph Bazalgette (1819-1891) And the Cleansing of the Victorian Metropolis

The illustrated lecture will examine Bazalgette’s achievement and the work involved in building this latest addition to it.

Experimental Gardens from Francis Bacon to Today

This lecture will begin with Bacon’s imagined garden, then consider the long-term promise of the experimental or scientific garden, which would eventually lead to today’s biotechnologies.

Food Security: A Poisoned Chalice of Plant Adaptation

We will need an aggressive strategy to ensure the safety of agricultural yields and food in the future especially in drought- prone and even temperate zones.

Climate Change and Deadly Plants

"We've all heard about climate change... but what is happening...

Gothic London: Recreating the Ancient City on Screen

The earliest London-made films showed the Victorian city doing everyday business, before its fictional screen image became increasingly shadowy and sinister.

Votes for Women: A Centenary Celebration

The campaign to achieve the parliamentary vote for women (6 February 1918) took 52 years, from 1866 to 1918. During that time women and their male supporters employed both parliamentary and extra-parliamentary tactics, ranging from the presentation of petitions to the detonation of bombs.

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Sir Joseph Bazalgette (1819-1891) And the Cleansing of the Victorian Metropolis

Experimental Gardens from Francis Bacon to Today

Food Security: A Poisoned Chalice of Plant Adaptation

Climate Change and Deadly Plants

Gothic London: Recreating the Ancient City on Screen

Votes for Women: A Centenary Celebration

From Mr Pickwick to Tiny Tim - Charles Dickens and Medicine

Charles Dickens, 'Hard Times' and Hyperbole

What Part Did The Commercial Companies Play In Stimulating Engineering Design?

Queen Victoria's Views On The Appointments of Ecclesiastics

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