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Twentieth-Century Divas: Shirley Bassey

The Black Welsh singer started out recording cover versions of...

From Gold to Paper and Back Again

Money was linked historically to the value of commodities such...

The Life and Work of Mervyn Peake

Often described as the ultimate Renaissance Man, Mervyn Peake was...

Joking apart: comedy, irony and the limits of accommodation

John Colet and Sir Thomas More: The Philosophers, The Archbishop and The Sultan

In 1509 John Colet and Thomas More joined the Mercers'...

Tudor Health Reform: The Form and Function of Medieval Hospitals

Professor Carole Rawcliffe offers an overview of the hospital as...

Mahler’s Heavenly Retreats

The Architect, Keith James Clarke, is to deliver this pre-concert...

Rights, Law and Religion in a Liberal Society - Lecture Two

There have been quite a few high profile legal cases...

Constable's "The Cornfield": A Bicentenary Harvesting

Constable’s painting The Cornfield celebrates its bicentenary in 2026. How...

Local or global? Network economics and the new economy

Should we prefer the brittle resilience of a very nervous...