Who Benefited from the British Empire? Who benefited from the British Empire? In the metropole, did...
Discovering Australia: The legend and the reality of the navigator-explorer Matthew Flinders Matthew Flinders is remembered as one of Britain’s greatest navigator-explorers...
Queen Victoria: Images of Power and Empire This lecture will examine the images of power and empire...
Science Fiction as a Literary Genre: Science Fiction versus Mundane Culture This part of the symposium included the following talks: Introduction...
Town and Crown: Why London never became an imperial capital How London developed differently from the other great capitals of...
Richard Hakluyt: London’s role in navigation and history Richard Hakluyt (1552-1616) is famous for his Principal Navigations, intended...
War Games at the Field of the Cloth of Gold 2020 marks the 500th anniversary of the Field of the Cloth of Gold, one of the most extraordinary diplomatic events of the late medieval period.