War Halls: Royal Houses from the Saxons to the Hundred Years' War Medieval kings were warriors and their palaces needed to reflect...
Physics: Its Birth in Greek Ionia This lecture discusses the pioneering physical theories of Thales, Anaximander, Anaximenes, Anaxagoras and Democritus.
London 1616: a snapshot of London early in James 1's reign This talk was given by Dr Ann Saunders, a leading...
Picturesque Engineering: Telford's Highland Roads and Bridges In partnership with the Fulbright Commission. In 1819, Thomas Telford...
The Troubled Brain: Ageing and Dementia Diseases such as Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s are devastating neurological conditions...
The life and legacy of Dr Edward Jenner FRS, pioneer of vaccination Known to many as “the father of immunology”, Edward Jenner...
Portraits of Queen Elizabeth II: The Artists’ Challenges Scores of painters and photographers over the last seventy years...
From Jenner to Wakefield: The long shadow of the anti-vaccination movement In 1998 a medical furore broke out when The Lancet...