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Much ado about zero

The concept of zero developed in many cultures over thousands...

Cosmology and creation

Has quantum cosmology made God redundant? Does religion have anything...

Diet and obesity: manna from the Gods or the food of destruction?

Obesity has shifted from being a rare symbol of decadence...

Maths, risk and careers in the City

This lecture gives an insight into how the mathematics we...

Two thousand years of London Bridge

The fascinating story of all the bridges that have been...

Presenting Unwanted Histories: The project to establish the British Empire and Commonwealth Museum

The once and future universe

This lecture addresses questions such as, what is the long-term...

Chopin in the hands of others

Composers and their compositions are prey to all manner of...

Here’s looking at Euclid

It is often argued that mathematics as we know it...

The old Constitution under strain

The years since 1997 have seen very radical constitutional reforms...