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Marilyn and the Goats: Probability Paradoxes

A lecture on the “Monty Hall Problem”, one of the...

Tackling Cross Border Crime

This was the 2004 annual Gray's Inn Reading. Other Gray's...

Great Mathematical Myths

I will start by looking at the mythology that has gathered around the Golden Ratio, and also consider the fairness of cake-cutting, and changing choices in the Monty Hall problem.

Beanstalk or living instrument? How tall can the European Convention on Human Rights grow?

The pervasive scope of the European Convention of Human Rights...

Finding Stable Matches: The Mathematics of Computer Dating

Computer systems use mathematics to fly aircraft, carry out complex...

The new localism: Local government and the Constitution

Many argue that Britain has become too centralized, that Whitehall...

Engineering: Archimedes of Syracuse

In the 3rd century BCE, the Sicilian polymath Archimedes significantly advanced human understanding of mathematics, geometry and astronomy.

Britain's Relations with Korea: A Personal View

Sir Thomas Harris has a long and distinguished career in...

Opening Doors: The Untold Story of Cornelia Sorabji - Reformer, Lawyer and Champion of Women's Rights in India

Richard Sorabji throws new light on the life of the...

The Labour Party

The Labour Party was formed in 1900 as a coalition between trade unions and socialist intellectuals with the aim of securing representation for the working class in parliament.

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