Alan Turing: The Founder of Computer Science Professor Jonathan Bowen reflects on the brilliant work and tragic...
The History of Street Performance: ‘Music by handle’ and the Silencing of Street Musicians in the Metropolis A discussion of the history of busking and street music...
Incest and Folk-Dancing: Two things to be avoided How closely are we related to each other, and how...
Shall future generations eat fish or whales? In the mid-twentieth century the Southern Ocean whaling industry was...
London’s Forgotten Children: Thomas Coram and the Foundling Hospital In 1739, Captain Thomas Coram was dismayed at the sight...
Stealing the silver: How we take from the dispossessed, the poor and our own children There are numerous cases where well-meaning people find themselves defending...
St. Paul's Cathedral at 300: The Recent Refurbishment Project A continuation of the story of St Paul's... 2011 is...
London’s Air: The 70th Anniversary of the Great London Smog On the 5th of December 1952 London experienced a major...