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Building a Brain

The question of 'how the brain works' is far too...

Livery Companies: A Retrospective

Speaking as part of a series on 'City Institutions', George...

‘Quiet, Calm Deliberation’: Harold Macmillan, 1957-63

An assessment of Harold Macmillan's six years as Prime Minister...

How Big is Space?

When you’re out at night with an astronomer, you’ll hear...

‘A Sense of Architectonics’: Clement Attlee, 1945-51

Factorials, Fortunes and Fallacies

“How to win the Lottery (or at least not lose...

‘Organised by History’: The Office of Prime Minister

Everyone who steps through the door of 10 Downing Street...

Exploring the Milky Way

Ever since Galileo first turned a telescope to the sky...

Faggot’s Fretful Fiasco: The Unsung Geometry of Musical Scales

A lecture beginning with the question of why the frets...

VE Day: Fifty Years After

This is the 1995 Gresham Special Lecture.