The birth of heritage and the fabrication of history This lecture will examine how heritage protection began and went...
The Making of Modern Celebrity: Famous for fifteen minutes - and longer This lecture will explore the 'celebrification' of contemporary popular culture...
Medieval Music: To Sing and Dance During the eighteenth century, Western Europe gradually relinquished a form...
The Hidden Face of British Gardening Gardening has been big business since the 17th century, but how can we measure its growth and economic importance?
Light from the Orkneys: Edwin Muir and George Mackay Brown The Orkneys produced two remarkable 20th century poets, for both...
1665: London's Last Great Plague 350 years ago, London experienced a devastating outbreak of plague...
A history of the dictionary: Dr Johnson, I presume? Johnson's early life was beset by ill health; his eyesight...
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