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Byron and the Age of Sensation

Jonathan Bate will explore the life and work of the original celebrity poet - Lord Byron.

The Changing Impact of Infections as We Go Through Life and Age

The changing pattern of disease as we progress in life has implications for treatment and prevention.

The Cockney Romantics: John Keats and his Friends

Jonathan Bate will track Keats to Hampstead and tell of the extraordinary circle of writers – opium-eater Thomas De Quincey, essayist Charles Lamb, master-critic William Hazlitt – who wrote for The London Magazine, until its gifted editor was killed in a duel with a rival critic.

The Intertwined Impacts of Pollution and Inequality on Health

Only by changing behaviours can we tackle pollution.

Cruelty to Animals

This lecture starts by looking at early-modern understandings of the nature of ‘animal’ and ‘human’ life, before turning to the rise of ‘rights of animals’.

Are Women Animals?

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Infections of the Lung and Heart

Infections via the respiratory route are often the most difficult to combat via public health measures.

Infections and the Nerves

This lecture will cover the peripheral nervous system and how infections can interfere with it.

The Romantic Lakes from Wordsworth to Beatrix Potter

Jonathan Bate will follow in the footsteps of the 18th-century inventors of the ‘picturesque’ and show how Wordsworth shaped the vision of his native region, leading to the foundation of the National Trust and the idea of a National Park.

Dissecting the Consultation

The consultation is the focal point of medicine. A clinician and a patient, held together in a relationship of care, collaborate in identifying that patient's needs and finding a solution.

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