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Gresham College has been providing free public lectures since 1597 and continues the tradition with new lectures every week. Each lecture is an hour long and is available for download as either MP3 or MP4 files. As well as the eight Gresham Professors who deliver annual lecture series, we have a stream of acclaimed visiting lecturers who talk on topics as varied as history, politics, art, astronomy, religion, mathematics and much more. Visit our website for further information: www.gresham.ac.uk
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| 1 | VideoPhilanthropy Then, Philanthropy Now - Julia Unwin, Chief Executive, The Joseph Rowntree Foundation. | This lecture outlines the challenges of modern-day society and how they affect a charity's ability to deliver its purpose, and discusses how a 'Good Society' could be built through the individual, community, market and state. | 5/2/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 2 | VideoDecolonization: The End of Empire? - Professor Richard J. Evans | A history of Empire in the 20th Century, by one of Britain's leading Modern Historians. | 4/30/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 3 | VideoMathematics and Sport: On the Waterfront - Professor John D Barrow | The mathematics behind water sports like rowing and swimming. | 4/25/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 4 | VideoTwenty-first Century Threats: Tuberculosis - Professor William Ayliffe | A cultural and medical history of TB, and an overview of the threat it poses in our own time. | 4/24/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 5 | VideoThe Lost Hospitals of London: St Luke’s - Professor Nick Black | The extraordinary story of this neglected quarter of London that in the late 19th century boasted seven major hospitals, of which only one survives today. | 4/23/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 6 | VideoTo Wear or Not to Wear: Changing social norms with regard to eyewear - Neil Handley | The fascinating story of the technical and cultural history behind spectacles. | 4/20/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 7 | VideoContemporary Christian Art - The Rt Revd Lord Harries | An overview of the work of contemporary Christian artists and the issues they face. | 4/19/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 8 | VideoProfiling a Killer - Professor Glenn D. Wilson | The psychology behind homicide investigation. | 4/19/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 9 | VideoThe End of Space and Time? - Professor Robbert Dijkgraaf | Where does string theory and particle physics leave our ideas of space and time? | 4/17/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 10 | VideoThe Opening Salvo: Beethoven String Quartet in F major - Professor Christopher Hogwood | A lecture and performance illustrating what makes Beethoven’s String Quartet in F major a masterpiece. | 4/13/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 11 | VideoThe Lost Hospitals of London: Bethlem Hospital - Colin S Gale | An overview of the 681-year history of this legendary mental health institution and London icon. | 4/12/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 12 | Video100 Essential Things You Didn't Know You Didn't Know About Sport - Professor John D Barrow | "What can maths tell us about sports?" - John Barrow offers some of the many interesting possible answers to this question. | 4/11/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 13 | VideoThe Universities: Over Regulation - Baroness Deech | The story of increasing government intervention in universities, and how it is hindering their work. | 4/4/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 14 | VideoBritain in the 20th Century: The Collapse of the Postwar Settlement, 1964-1979 - Professor Vernon Bogdanor | The history of British politics as the post-war socialist dream soured into the winter of discontent. | 4/3/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 15 | VideoLondon’s Forgotten Children: Thomas Coram and the Foundling Hospital - Dame Gillian Pugh | The history of the UK’s first children’s charity, and the orphanage it was connected to, created in central London in 1739. | 4/2/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 16 | VideoEnglish Architecture: On Top of the World, 1830 to 1914 - Dr Simon Thurley | A lecture on the history of Victorian and Edwardian architecture in England. | 3/30/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 17 | VideoClusters of Galaxies - Professor Carolin Crawford | The fascinating science behind galaxies, the largest organised structures in the Universe that appear gravitationally bound. | 3/29/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 18 | VideoThe Lost Leprosy Hospitals of London - Professor Carole Rawcliffe | The surprising history of leprosy hospitals between 1100 and 1500, when the disease was seen as either a punishment for sin or a mark of divine favour. | 3/28/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 19 | VideoValues and Value in the Marketplace - Lord Green | Can business and finance forget about values and just concentrate on (economic) value? The Minister of State for Trade and Investment discusses the role of values in the economic and business marketplace. | 3/27/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 20 | VideoProcyclicality of Financial Regulation: And how to deal with it - Professor Charles Goodhart | Boom and Bust cycles are damaging to long-term financial stability. How can we hope to lessen their effects in the future in order to achieve a form of finance that is truly sustainable. | 3/26/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 21 | VideoInvesting as if the Future Mattered - Dr Matthew Kiernan | The meeting point of finance and sustainability: Does current financial investment truly reflect the long-term? What would finance look like if it was truly concerned with the long-term? What needs to change to achieve this? | 3/26/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 22 | VideoOlympism: Fair Play - Dr Jim Parry | Fair Play is at the heart of sports ethics, and of Olympic ethics. But what does it mean, and how does it work? | 3/21/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 23 | VideoEmpire: Exploitation and Resistance - Professor Richard J Evans | A lecture on the impact of empire on the colonizers and the colonized, looking in particular at the comparison between the British Empire and the Belgian Congo. | 3/19/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 24 | VideoProgress on the road to curing motor neuron disease - Professor Chris Shaw | Motor Neuron Disease is perhaps one of the cruelest diseases known. At the moment there is no known cure, but researchers are working on one all over the world. What are the latest findings? Could an answer be in sight? | 3/7/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 25 | VideoChristian Faith and Modern Art: Searching for New Ways - Richard Harries | An analysis of British Christian artists since the 1960’s, including Alfred Herbert, Norman Adams, John Reilly and Craigie Aitchison. | 3/6/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 26 | VideoMathematics and Sport: Throwing, Jumping, and Spinning - Professor John D Barrow | What knowledge does mathematics provide of the sports in the gymnasium, the velodrome, and the diving pool? Why do high jumpers use the Fosbury flop and long jumpers cycle in the air? How high can rugby players jump in the line out? | 3/2/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 27 | VideoWhatever Turns You On - Professor Glenn Wilson | Sexual fantasies: what are they, where do they come from, and should we be concerned? | 2/29/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 28 | VideoOlympism: Education - Dr Jim Parry | Education through sport is seen as the cornerstone of Olympic ideology. But should we suspicious of how this is put into practice? How, if at all, has this key aim been implemented by London 2012? | 2/27/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 29 | VideoIs it possible? - Mozart's Oboe Quartet - Professor Christopher Hogwood | Christopher Hogwood analyses Mozart’s Oboe Quartet with Mae Wade and musicians from the RCM. | 2/24/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 30 | VideoEnglish Architecture, 1760 to 1830: Engine House - Professor Simon Thurley | England’s take off as the first industrial nation created a whole new language of building underpinned by technology and by an emerging view of the rest of the world. | 2/21/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 31 | VideoOlympism: Ethics and Politics - Dr Jim Parry | What is the philosophy of life behind the Olympics? How does this with the confrontation of sport with the worlds of politics and ethics? | 2/17/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 32 | VideoRotation in Space - Professor Carolin Crawford | What the rotations of planets, stars and galaxies can tell us about the nature of the universe, from the Big Bang to the existence of Dark Matter. | 2/13/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 33 | VideoChrist and Evolution: A Drama of Wisdom - Professor Celia Deane-Drummond | Can theology make sense of Christ in the evolutionary conception of the world? | 2/13/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 34 | VideoApprenticeship in early modern London - Dr Patrick Wallis and Dr Christopher Minns | The economic origins and destinations of City apprentices in London in the 16th and 17th centuries. | 2/3/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 35 | VideoUnweaving the Anti Money Laundering and Counter Terrorist Financing System - Dr Dionysios S Demetis | An unravelling of the complexity surrounding Anti Money Laundering, with some practical advice for financial institutions. | 2/2/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 36 | VideoEmpire: From Conquest to Control - Professor Richard J Evans | How and why European empires between 1880 and the end of the First World War slowly imposed greater control on territories that in many cases existed merely on paper. | 1/31/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 37 | VideoChristian Modern Art: Post World War II Optimism - The Rt Revd Lord Harries | After World War II, without forgetting the terrible suffering earlier in the century, there was a new confidence expressed in the artistic commissions of the time. Older artists who had been active before World War I such as Epstein and Matisse received commissions as well as younger artists such as Graham Sutherland, known especially for his work in Coventry Cathedral, Ceri Richards and Henry Moore. | 1/30/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 38 | VideoMad, bad or sad? - Professor Glenn D Wilson | Personality disorders are a contentious issue in psychiatry. How many are there and how reliable is their diagnosis? Are we just medicalising bad behaviour and social inadequacy. How should medical and criminal justice sectors divide responsibility? | 1/27/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 39 | VideoMaths and Sport: Records, Medals and Drug Taking - Professor John D Barrow | We examine the striking patterns between world record performances in different sports and ask what events an ambitious nation should target as the ‘easiest’ in which to win Olympic medals. How does Olympic success correlate with a nation’s GNP? How does the location of the Olympics affect the chance of record breaking? And how can simple statistics help us understand the likelihood of winning streaks and the chance that an innocent athlete will fail a drugs test? | 1/26/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 40 | VideoModern Christian Art: Catholic Elegance and Joy - The Rt Revd Lord Harries | In the period under consideration a fair number of the artists considered have been Roman Catholics, but at one time there was a particular symbiosis between two of them, Eric Gill and David Jones, who will be discussed along with others who shared their faith. | 1/25/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 41 | VideoBritain in the 20th Century: The Conservative Reaction, 1951-1965 - Professor Vernon Bogdanor | The Conservatives recovered remarkably rapidly from the debacle of 1945. Their narrow election victory in 1951 led to 13 years of Conservative rule. How was the party able to reassert itself so quickly and what did it do with its period in power? Winston Churchill hoped to roll back the tide of socialism. Did he succeed, or did the Conservatives, by contrast, help to confirm a new consensus which, while not socialist, could also not be described as capitalist in the classical sense of the term? | 1/24/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 42 | VideoDavid and Goliath: Strength and Power in Sport - Professor John D Barrow FRS | Top athletes seem to get bigger and bigger. How does size affect performance? Why do some sports have weight categories while others don’t? What types of lever are employed in sports events like gymnastics and wrestling and how much force does a karate blow need to exert to break a brick? These are some of the questions that we will answer by using simple maths. | 1/23/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 43 | VideoRemember Me - Professor Christopher Hogwood | What is the role of ‘memorability’ in Pachelbel’s Canon, Purcell’s Dido's Lament and Fauré’s Violin Sonata? Can it explain why they are unquestionalble masterpieces? | 1/20/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 44 | VideoThe City Livery Companies - Tim Connell | The story of the unique history and continued relevance of the Livery Companies in the City of London, from the medieval period through to the modern day. | 1/19/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 45 | VideoThe Psychology of Politics - Professor Glenn D Wilson | Political affiliations reflect social class and upbringing but personality factors also contribute, including genetically determined traits like fear of uncertainty and novelty-seeking. Extreme positions may stem from dogmatism, hostility and intolerance of ambiguity. | 1/18/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 46 | VideoChristianity in Evolution: An Exploration - Professor Jack Mahoney | Evolution has provided a new understanding of reality, with revolutionary consequences for traditional Christian beliefs. What should a rational Christian think of issues such as Adam and Eve or Original Sin which appear to be at odds to modern thinking on evolution? | 1/17/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 47 | VideoSt Paul's Cathedral at 300: The Refurbishment Project - Martin Stancliffe | On the 300th anniversary of the completion of Christopher Wren's Cathedral, we welcome the completion of a 15-year and £40 million project to refurbish the Cathedral. The architect in charge of the project explains the amazing and fascinating work done. | 1/16/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 48 | VideoHow do we deal with rewards for failure while supporting growth? - Matthew Hancock | Bonuses in the banking sector are at an all-time high even as the system teeters on the edge of collapse. How are we to combat the culture of rewards for failure, without negatively affecting growth in the econbomy? The policy solutions are there, but are we re brave enough to take them? | 1/13/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 49 | VideoQueer Presences and Absences: Citizenship, Community, Diversity, or Death - Dr Yvette Taylor | A lecture on US and UK sexual citizenship, situating these in terms of LGBT campaigning groups' actions, institutional reactions and broader public relations evident in the course of claiming and lamenting citizenship, community and diversity. | 1/11/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 50 | VideoThe Sounds of the Universe - Professor Carolin Crawford | From black holes humming to pulsars spinning: what are the sounds of space and how can we use them? | 1/9/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 51 | VideoThe Scramble for Africa - Professor Richard J Evans | In the early 1880s, informal imperial expansion gave way to formal imperial acquisitions. This lecture offers an overview of the race of European Empires to lay claim to Africa in the midst of this period of aggressive imperialism. | 1/5/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 52 | VideoThe Future of the EU and Global Markets - Dr Robert Barnes | After the largest financial crisis in the history of the capital markets, what changes do we need to promote liquidity recovery? What insights can Equities offer Over-The-Counter markets and vice-versa? Come and learn the bold ideas shaping the new financial and economic landscape. | 1/4/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 53 | VideoThe Price of Fish: Making sense of the way the world really works - Professor Michael Mainelli and Ian Harris | A lecture on issues related to 'real' (as opposed to 'transactional') commerce: the complex ways in which people, organisations and societies communicate and deal with each other. The ultimate aim is to make sense of the way the world really works beyond economics. | 12/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 54 | VideoA Lark Arising: The Rural Past and Urban Histories, 1881 - 2011 - Professor Alun Howkins | The history of the rural/urban divide in English consciousness, where it came from and why it persists. | 12/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 55 | VideoChristian Modern Art: Distinctive Individual Visions - The Rt Revd Lord Harries | A lecture on the uncategorisable Christian vision in artists such as Marc Chagall, Stanley Spencer and Cecil Collins. | 12/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 56 | VideoThe British Attempt to Construct a Socialist Commonwealth, 1945-1951 - Professor Vernon Bogdanor | It brought about the NHS, the welfare state and widespread nationalisation, but was the post-war Labour government a success? | 12/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 57 | VideoMaths and Sport: How Fast Can Usain Bolt Run? - Professor John D Barrow | How can Usain Bolt improve his world 100 metres sprint record significantly without improving his speed? We examine the mechanics of sprinting and the effects of wind assistance, timing accuracy, and altitude on sprint times. | 12/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 58 | VideoGet Shorty: Short-Term Thinking and Financial Stability - Andy Haldane | Patience is a virtue. But does it have value? Andrew Haldane will discuss the importance of patience to growth and stability, its recent evolution and its implications for financial markets and systems. There is evidence that capital market myopia – short-termism – may be mounting. If so, what if anything should be done about it? | 12/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 59 | VideoThe History and Music of the Spanish and Portuguese Jewish Congregation in the City of London | Maurice Bitton and Chazan Eliot Alderman present the 350-year-old story of Britain’s oldest synagogue, with musical illustrations by the synagogue choir. | 12/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 60 | VideoSheep Across London Bridge - The Freedom of the City of London - Murray D Craig | The 774-year-old history of what it is to be granted the Freedom of the City of London. | 12/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 61 | VideoThe Joy of Six - Professor Christopher Hogwood CBE | A lecture and performance of string sextets by Brahms and Strauss, investigating what makes them masterpieces. Professor Christopher Hogwood with players from the Royal Academy. | 12/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 62 | VideoDoes Bursting One Bubble Lead to Another? - John Redwood MP | John Redwood delivers the keynote speech for the Long Finance 2011 Autumn conference, which focussed on market bubbles and their effects on efforts to ensure sustainability. | 11/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 63 | VideoThe memoirs and legacy of Évariste Galois - Dr Peter Neumann | The story of Évariste Galois, killed in a duel at the age of twenty, but who left behind papers that would change the face of mathematics. | 11/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 64 | VideoEnglish Architecture, 1650 to 1760: The Rise of Consensus - Professor Simon Thurley | Opened up to the world once more in 1650, England drank in influences and ideas from abroad which were to infuse English building with widely held ideas and values. | 11/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 65 | VideoA voyage round Saturn, its rings and moons - Professor Carolin Crawford | Saturn is the most beautiful planet in our Solar System. Famous for its bright yet ethereal rings, the gas giant has over sixty natural satellites in orbit around it – and one artificial satellite: NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, which provides many of the results and images that will be showcased in this talk. We shall explore the weather observed in the atmosphere of Saturn, the curious structures that develop within the rings, and its wide variety of moons – from smog-shrouded Titan, two-sided Iapetus, to busy Prometheus, and the icy plumes erupting from frozen Enceladus. | 11/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 66 | VideoThe Pursuit of Happiness - Professor Glenn D Wilson | What makes us happy? Is it a genetic trait that we are stuck with, or a product of events unfolding in our living? Does it help to be rich? What can be done to overcome set-backs and and improve our sense of well being? | 11/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 67 | VideoWhat Makes A Good Regulator? - Dame Suzi Leather | Regulation is central to discussions of the banking crisis at the moment, but what is a regulator and what should we expect of them? | 11/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 68 | VideoThe Cold Rules for National Security: History and the Defence of the Realm - Professor The Lord Hennessy | Notions of national security past and present. How Whitehall has dealt with it. How we might do it better in the future. | 11/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 69 | VideoModern Day Slavery - Nancy Kelley | Thousands of people are estimated to be working as slaves within the UK, in highly exploitative conditions, with no rights, and under threat of violence. This lecture will discuss some of the issues. | 11/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 70 | VideoSlavery, Ships and Sickness - Professor Stuart Anderson | The history of the ships and shipping that are a central but often-overlooked part of the British involvement in the slave trade. | 11/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 71 | VideoThe Great Mathematicians - Professor Robin Wilson and Dr Raymond Flood | A lecture on some of the greatest mathematicians in history, their work and their influence on the world around us - including Pythagoras, Newton, Einstein, Hilbert and many more. | 11/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 72 | VideoThe Explosion of Modernism - The Rt Revd Lord Harries | An exploration of Christian themes in modernist art at the start of the 20th century, looking in particular at Nolde, Jacob Epstein and Roualt. | 11/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 73 | VideoFormal and Informal Empire in the 19th Century - Professor Richard J Evans | A lecture on the global shift from informal economic and trading empires to the formal imperial empires that still casts its shadow over the world today. | 11/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 74 | VideoKeep it Short: J.S. Bach's Magnificat - Professor Christopher Hogwood | A lecture on what makes J. S. Bach’s Magnificat a masterpiece. | 11/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 75 | VideoThe Historical Function of Town Halls - Dr Tristram Hunt MP | The deep history behind the great Victorian Town Halls of Northern England, created on the back of new Industrial wealth and great civic aspirations. | 11/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 76 | VideoWhy Conserve the Cutty Sark? - Richard Doughty | From mutiny and murder to trade and glory, the world’s last tea clipper has seen it all, including a fire in 2007. The Chief Executive of The Cutty Sark Trust looks back on the restoration of the ship that is due to be finished in Spring 2012. | 11/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 77 | VideoThe History of the Lord Mayor's Show - Dominic Reid OBE | The Lord Mayor’s Show is one of the longest established and best known annual events in the City of London, dating back to 1215. This lecture will reveal the fascinating history of the show. | 10/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 78 | VideoArthur Sullivan Masterclass - Professor David Owen Norris | A masterclass on Sullivan's Songs with young artists: Mark Austin, Harry Bennett, Laura Crowther, David Jones, Frederick Long, Ashley Riches, Belinda Williams and Darcey Wynter. | 10/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 79 | VideoArthur Sullivan's Song-writing Technique - Professor David Owen Norris | A lecture (from the piano) on Arthur Sullivan's approach to writing his songs, by Professor David Owen Norris. | 10/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 80 | VideoThe End of the Old World Order, 1530 to 1650 - Dr Simon Thurley | The Reformation and the Civil War, two events a century apart, created an astonishing originality and independence in English Building. | 10/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 81 | VideoBritain in the 20th Century: The Character of the Post-war Period - Professor Vernon Bogdanor | The post war period saw the decline in British national self-confidence. – Why? | 10/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 82 | VideoBritain's global trade in the Great Days of Sail - Dr John McAleer | Retracing the history of British merchant shipping – one of the richest and most important strands of British history. | 10/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 83 | VideoThe Life and Work of Mervyn Peake - Sebastian Peake | A celebration of the Mervyn Peake centenary, looking at the biographical context of the man's art and writing | 10/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 84 | VideoSoothing the Savage Breast - Professor Glenn D Wilson | Is there a link between music and psychological wellbeing? | 10/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 85 | VideoThe Greenlanders: Arctic whaleships and whalers - Dr Bernard Stonehouse | Dr Stonehouse charts the historical expeditions made to the Arctic by British whaling ships. | 10/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 86 | VideoFrom Jenner to Wakefield: The long shadow of the anti-vaccination movement - Professor Gareth Williams | Professor Gareth Williams examines the legacy of Dr Edward Jenner and the rise of the anti-vaccination movement. | 10/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 87 | VideoVision and Values in a Time of Volatility: Lecture One - Professor Kenneth Costa | A lecture on ethical approaches in business, delivered by Professor Michael Mainelli. | 10/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 88 | VideoAncient and Modern: Ongoing Translations of the Bible - Professor David Ford | Professor David Ford presents his research into the hermeneutics of Bible translation. | 10/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 89 | VideoDumbing down or sharpening up? The Church's abandonment of the King James Version - Revd Colin Sedgwick | A critical reconsideration of the place of the King James Bible within modern Christianity. | 10/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 90 | VideoThe Language of the King James Bible: Introduction - Professor Tim Connell | An overview of historical translations of the Bible and the impact of the King James Version. | 10/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 91 | VideoThe Life and Legacy of Dr Edward Jenner, Pioneer of Vaccination - Dr Tim Wallington | The story of the “father of immunology”, the discoverer of vaccination, Dr Edward Jenner. | 10/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 92 | VideoEmpire in the Pre-Industrial World - Professor Richard J Evans | The early history of the empires established the great European powers: their origins, their growth, and the reasons why some flourished and some faltered. | 9/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 93 | VideoLeadership at a Time of Transition and Change - Peter Sutherland | Peter Sutherland, Chairman of Goldman Sachs International, reflects on the marks of great leadership that he has met throughout his career. | 9/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 94 | VideoSpitalfields: Opportunity Through Regeneration - Michael Bear, Lord Mayor of London | The Lord Mayor of London discusses the long and eventful regeneration of Spitalfields Market in London. | 8/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 95 | VideoVoices Of The Land: Maori Music and Instruments - Dr Richard Nunns | An introduction to the traditional Maori music and instruments of New Zealand, putting them in their cultural and spiritual context. | 8/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 96 | VideoPercy Grainger: Australia's greatest composer? - Professor Malcolm Gillies | What is it to be a great composer? Does Percy Grainger (1882-1961) have it, and if so, why do so few people know of him? | 8/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 97 | VideoEmerging Markets and Climate Change - Dr Cameron Hepburn | Climate change means that the future will become "low-carbon" sooner or later. What will this mean for global markets? Who is in the best position for this economic shift? Why and how is China leaving the West behind? | 8/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 98 | VideoBirdsong and Music - David Matthews | A reflection on the relations between music and the natural world and how a composer can be brought closer to one through the other and vice versa. From both a European and Australian perspective. | 7/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 99 | VideoThe Changing Body: Health, Nutrition and Development in the Western World since 1700 - Professor Bernard Harris | The causes and consequences of changes in human height, weight and longevity within human recent history for health. | 7/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 100 | VideoHow tall can the Eurpopean Convention on Human Rights grow? - The Rt Hon Baroness Hale | Is the European Convention on Human Rights an uncontrollable beast, or does it have its own natural limits? Need we prune it, or be wary of it? | 7/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 101 | VideoCulture and Resistance: Indigenous Responses to a Globalised World - Michael Walling | Globalisation is a threat not only to other economies, but also to other cultures. This lecture takes a look at how indigenous cultures are under threat, what they stand to lose, and how they are putting up a fight - not least in the arts. | 7/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 102 | VideoThe Politics of Health Reform from a Medieval Perspective - Professor William Ayliffe | Is the NHS medieval? Would this be an insulting claim, to modern hospitals or those of the Middle Ages? Professor William Ayliffe considers modern health reform from the perspective of Tudor medical practice. He provides an overview of some of London's most important mediveval hospitals, including St Bartholomew's, St Thomas' and St Mary's Bethlem. | 7/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 103 | VideoThe Form and Function of Medieval Hospitals - Professor Carole Rawcliffe | An overview of the hospital as it existed in the Middle Ages, with an outlining the place of women and religion in the medical practice of the time and a dispelling the myth that the Tudors lived in unhygienic squalor. | 7/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 104 | VideoMedical and Surgical Therapeutics: Scientific Advances in the Tudor Era - Professor Allan Chapman | A detailed overview of the developments and innovations in Tudor medicine and surgery, and the legacy that they have established. | 7/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 105 | VideoTudor Health Reform: An Introduction - Professor Tim Connell | A short introduction to a conference on Tudor Health, discussing childbirth, medicine in print, disease and accidents in the Tudor era. | 7/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 106 | VideoLanguage Documentation and Revitalisation: Where are we now? - Professor Peter Austin | Professor Peter Austin outlines a number of projects aimed at documenting the world's endangered languages. | 7/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 107 | VideoWhy should we protect endangered languages? - Dr Nicholas Ostler | An argument for the preservation of the world's endangered languages, with consideration of historical examples of threatened languages that have been wiped out (like Gaulish) and those that have been rescued from extinction (such as Basque). | 7/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 108 | VideoCollect, Protect, Connect: Documenting the Voices of Vanishing Worlds - Dr Mark Turin | An impassioned call for the preservation of endangered languages and their cultures, through Dr Mark Turin's own experience of preserving and revitalising the Thangmi language in Nepal. | 7/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 109 | VideoAn Introduction to Rare and Endangered Languages - Professor Tim Connell | An introduction to the field of endangered languages, with special focus on language policy, language ecology and language revival. | 6/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 110 | VideoA is for Autism - Dame Stephanie Shirley | A personal talk on autism and its medical and social consequences, on the sufferers and the carers. | 6/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 111 | VideoFrom Trocadero to Troxy: A tradition returns - John Abson and Richard Hills | Wurlitzer organs and the history of London music halls: the story of the Britain's largest cinema organ from 1930 through to the present day. | 6/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 112 | VideoThe Cost of Neglecting International History - Professor Sir Adam Roberts | Sir Adam Roberts presents a compelling case for the reintroduction of history to the centre of international relations, drawing on examples from contemporary world conflicts. | 6/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 113 | VideoMahler: My Time Will Come - Chamber Domaine | A concert proceeded by a talk investigating the influence of Mahler on contemporary composers such as Henryk Gorecki. | 6/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 114 | VideoMahler's London - Keith James Clarke | The story of Gustav Mahler’s one and only visit to London in 1892. | 6/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 115 | VideoFinancing Retirement: History and Policy Changes - Malcolm Small | Trying to balance the books on retirement: was it ever going to be possible? | 6/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 116 | VideoUndecidable and Decidable Problems in Mathematics - Professor Angus MacIntyre | A survey of the important mathematical work done by Alan Turing, now nearly 100 years since his birth. | 6/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 117 | VideoMahler's Heavenly Retreats - Keith James Clarke | Exactly 100 years from the day of his death, this lecture looks at the summer houses where Mahler composed his greatest works. | 6/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 118 | VideoThe Hidden Face of British Gardening - Professor Sir Roderick Floud | From the 17th Century to the present day, a fresh and unique look at Britain’s favourite pastime. | 5/31/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 119 | VideoUncovering the Truth about Vedic Mathematics - Alex Bellos | A mystical knowledge revealed only through initiates or a simple mathematical trick? - Alex Bellos went to India to try and get to the bottom of Vedic mathematics. | 5/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 120 | VideoDecoding the Heavens: Solving the Mystery of the World's First Computer - Jo Marchant | The amazing story of the discovery of the Antikythera mechanism, perhaps the most staggering and yet puzzling achievement of the ancient Greeks. | 5/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 121 | VideoExploring Ancient Greek and Roman Numeracy - Dr Serafina Cuomo | How does our idea and understanding of numbers and numeracy differ to that held by the ancient Greeks? | 5/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 122 | VideoThe MacPlatonic Solids: Mathematics in Neolithic Scotland - Tony Mann | The story of the unexplained neolithic objects common to Northern Scotland that echo the Platonic solids, a cornerstone of Greek mathematical thinking. | 5/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 123 | VideoIntroduction to Early Mathematics - Professor Robin Wilson | From Egypt to China and back via India to Greece: a quick tour of ancient mathematics and some of the problems they were interested in. | 5/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 124 | VideoScience's First Mistake: Delusions in Pursuit of Theory - Professor Ian Angell | How much truth should we expect from science? Do scientists understand their search for truth correctly? | 5/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 125 | VideoLovesickness - Professor Glenn Wilson | When love goes wrong: the story of heartbreak, obsession, jealousy and erotomania. | 5/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 126 | VideoFrom Printed Page to Performance - Professor Christopher Hogwood, Dame Emma Kirkby and Jakob Lindberg | A discussion with musical examples, on the importance of musical ‘tradition’ and the idea of ‘authentic’ performance, between Christopher Hogwood, Dame Emma Kirkby and lutenist Jakob Linberg. | 5/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 127 | VideoThe Coalition and the Constitution - Professor Vernon Bogdanor | An objective analysis of the significance of the current coalition government for Britain and of the momentous constitutional reforms which the coalition is proposing. | 5/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 128 | VideoEnglish Architecture: Coming of Age, 1408-1530 - Professor Simon Thurley | An investigation of the period which saw the perfection of a distinctive English architecture, before it was destroyed by Henry VIII and the Reformation. | 5/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 129 | VideoTo Infinity and Beyond - Professor Ian Morison | An overview of the development of cosmology over the last 100 years, from the Big Bang models to the discovery of Dark Energy. | 5/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 130 | VideoThe Victorians: Empire and Race - Professor Richard Evans | What was the Victorian attitude towards other cultures? Where did it spring from and what did it result in? | 4/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 131 | VideoMahler, The Prodigy And Hollywood - Chamber Domaine | A concert proceeded by a talk investigating the influence of Mahler on Korngold and others. | 4/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 132 | VideoCelebrating the Past: Treasures from the RCM Collection - Dr Ingrid Pearson | A talk on one of the world’s most important historical musical collections, housed at the Royal College of Music, London. | 4/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 133 | VideoMoral Leadership in a Wikiworld - Professor Kenneth J Costa | Is leadership still needed in this modern age of digital online communities? What would it look like? | 4/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 134 | VideoColour - Professor William Ayliffe | What is colour and how do we see it? – Professor Ayliffe explains the history and the science. | 4/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 135 | VideoWhat is this thing called "love"? - Professor Glenn D Wilson | What is the evolutionary explanation of ‘love’ and how does it work in the brain? | 4/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 136 | VideoLondon at Night: Spirituality and the Dark Side - Revd Nicholas Holtam | The Vicar of St. Martin-in-the-Fields explains the work of, and the challenges for, a central London church at night. | 4/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 137 | VideoResource Scarcity, Resource Productivity and Economic Growth: The Role of Innovation - Professor Paul Ekins | What is the role of innovation in a world where business and finance is becoming increasingly influenced by the demands of climate change, sustainability and the problems of resource scarcity? | 4/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 138 | VideoHow the Middle Ages were Built: Exuberance to Crisis, 1300-1408 - Professor Simon Thurley | A look at the flourishing of distinctive English architecture in the 14th Century, against the backdrop of perhaps the most catastrophic period of history. | 4/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 139 | VideoBritain in the 20th Century: The Road to War - Professor Vernon Bogdanor | In underestimating Hitler, was Chamberlain personally culpable for war? Did Britain consider suing for peace in 1940? | 4/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 140 | VideoFrom Composer to Printed Page - Professor Christopher Hogwood | When even the language of musical notation is both inexact and changeable, what are the challenges that face musical understanding across time? | 4/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 141 | VideoBritain in the 20th Century: "Appeasement" - Professor Vernon Bogdanor | How should history judge Neville Chamberlain’s 1930’s government that was completely unmatched to the storm that would become World War II? | 4/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 142 | VideoBritain in the 20th Century: The Economic Crisis and its Consequences - Professor Vernon Bogdanor | The economic crisis of 1931 marked the downfall of the labour party's government as it lost the support of the unions, the cabinet and eventually the British people. | 4/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 143 | VideoAt the End of the Line: Students helping students - Dr Ann Conlon | Nightline: The story behind the student-ran volunteer helpline that runs through the night and helps thousands of Londoners every year. | 4/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 144 | VideoFuture Brain - Professor Keith Kendrick | From improving our own brains to creating artificial ones – Professor Kendrick describes what the future of the brain might look like. | 3/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 145 | VideoUnderstanding Faith Through the Eyes of Stanley Spencer - The Rt Revd Lord Harries | A look at the unique vision and Christian love of Stanley Spencer. | 3/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 146 | VideoYour night is my day: London's Underground never sleeps - Oliver Green | What goes in the underground when it closes down for the night? | 3/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 147 | VideoThe Importance of Proving Things - Professor Mark Ronan | Why proofs are important not just for avoiding errors, but for progress in mathematics itself. | 3/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 148 | VideoThe Making of Modern Celebrity, Part 2 - Professor Christopher Cook | Exploring the nature of contemporary celebrity and how it is tied into the success of the press and media. | 3/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 149 | VideoLondon After Dark: Saving Londoners' Lives - Peter Bradley | A lecture on the work of the London Ambulance Service through the night. | 3/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 150 | VideoThe Tragedy of Easy Problems - Dr Prajwal Ciryam | How can we have proven solutions to the problems of development or global health and yet not sufficiently act on them? | 3/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 151 | VideoThe Book Of Universes - Professor John Barrow | A lecture about universes: theories, realities and possibilities, from Newton to Einstein and beyond. | 3/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 152 | VideoDoing Business In Interstellar Space - Professor John Barrow | What do the discoveries of Einstein tell us about what life would be like if travel at the speed of light were possible? | 3/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 153 | VideoHubble's Heritage - Professor Ian Morison | A lecture on the legacy of both Edwin Hubble and the Space Telescope that bears his name. | 3/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 154 | VideoSex Wars - Professor Glenn Wilson | How the "selfish genes" of men and women sometimes create conflict. | 3/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 155 | VideoWhy We See What We Do - Professor William Ayliffe | How has animal life developed the nature of vision? What are the pros and what are the cons? | 3/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 156 | VideoThe Resurrection In Art - Rt Revd Lord Harries | The story of the most difficult of all Christian themes to convey in visible form. | 3/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 157 | VideoThe Authenticity of Genius - Professor Christopher Hogwood | A lecture and performance demonstrating the unique genius of Felix Mendelssohn. | 3/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 158 | VideoThe Victorians: Gender and Sex - by Professor Richard J Evans | Were the Victorians as sexually repressed and strangled by convention as we assume? | 3/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 159 | VideoThe Making of Modern Celebrity, Part 1 - Professor Christopher Cook | A lecture to explore the nature of contemporary celebrity, how it is 'manufactured' by the media and where it originated. | 3/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 160 | VideoMahler and Strauss - by Chamber Domaine | A performance proceeded by a talk, on the music and freindship of Mahler and Strauss. | 3/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 161 | VideoWhen a Parent has a Mental Illness - Dr Alan Cooklin | Young, vulnerable, but often the wisest carer of all: what are the experience of the children of adults with mental illness and how should we support them? | 3/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 162 | VideoLeadership at a Time of Transition and Change - General Sir Richard Dannatt and Professor Ken Costa | A conversation with General Sir Richard Dannatt, Former Chief of the General Staff, on leadership in our time of financial and geo-political dislocation. | 3/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 163 | VideoBenford's Very Strange Law - Professor John D Barrow | How random can any three randomly chosen numbers can be? - Codes, credit cards and more. | 3/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 164 | VideoRepairing and treating damaged or dysfunctional brains - Professor Keith Kendrick | What progress are we making towards repairing damaged brains and treating mental disorders? | 3/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 165 | VideoFakes, Completions and the Art of Borrowing - Professor Christopher Hogwood | The surprising stories of the ‘borrowing’ behind the music of Handel, and the 'completions' behind Mozart. | 3/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 166 | VideoThe Violent Universe - Professor Ian Morison | A look at the most violent events that occur in our Universe, from supernovae to the Big Bang. | 3/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 167 | VideoCharles Chaplin: Bridging Three Centuries - David Robinson | The journey of Charlie Chaplin: from poverty and East End music halls to Hollywood and global fame. | 3/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 168 | VideoBlindness in Children: The Global Perspective - Professor Clare Gilbert | Why do children become blind and what worldwide treatment programs are there to prevent it? | 3/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 169 | VideoLeadership at a Time of Transition and Change - Professor Ken Costa | A lecture on how we are to understand leadership in our current turbulent times. | 2/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 170 | VideoThe Uses of Irrationality: Paper Sizes and the Golden Ratio - Professor John D. Barrow | Random or design? The unexpectedly fascinating maths behind paper sizes. | 2/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 171 | VideoUnsolved Mysteries of the Universe - Professor Ian Morison | A look at some of the great unknowns of the universe and how we are looking to answer them. | 2/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 172 | VideoPress Coverage of Mental Health and Suicide - Mary O'Hara | An analysis of the press coverage of mental health issues in Britain and the USA. | 2/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 173 | VideoThe Victorians: Life and Death - Professor Richard J Evans | The Victorian obcession with death: where it came from and why it dissolved. | 2/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 174 | VideoDiabetes, Hypertension and Vascular Diseases of the Eye - Professor William Ayliffe | What and how our eyes can tell us a lot about our general state of health. | 2/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 175 | VideoThe Nativity in Art - Professor Lord Harries | Lord Harries surveys the rich artistic history of depicting the nativity. | 2/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 176 | VideoThe Great War and its Consequences - Professor Vernon Bogdanor | The changes in British Politics that came about as a result of WWI. | 2/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 177 | VideoThe Bounce of the Superball - Professor John D Barrow | What can we learn from a hard rough rubber ball? – Professor of mathematics, John Barrow explains all. | 2/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 178 | VideoSelf and Consciousness in Hindu Thought - Professor Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad | Who am I? - Some possible philosophical answers to be found in Hindu thought. | 2/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 179 | VideoEnglish Architecture, 1130-1300 - Professor Simon Thurley | The story of some of Europe’s most remarkable buildings, built during the new gothic period of 13th century England. | 2/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 180 | VideoA New Economic Model for Europe: Building sustainable growth - Dr Chris Gibson-Smith | The Chairman of the London Stock Exchange assesses the future of financial centres. | 2/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 181 | VideoThe Setting up of The Royal Society - Professor Michael Hunter | An overview of early science, through the setting up of The Royal Society. | 2/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 182 | VideoVoyages to the Outer Solar System - Professor Ian Morison | A tour with three spacecraft, looking at planets previously unseen in such detail. | 2/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 183 | VideoLeadership at a Time of Transition and Turbulence #2 - Professor Ken Costa | An examination of the challenges of leadership at a time of financial and geo-political dislocation. | 2/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 184 | VideoUnderstanding the brain: a work in progress - Professor Keith Kendrick | Just how much do we know about the neurology behind our memories, emotions and conscious awareness? | 2/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 185 | VideoSt. Cecilia and Music: True or False? - Professor Christopher Hogwood | A lecture, on St. Cecilia’s Day, looking at the basis and influence of the patron saint of music. | 2/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 186 | VideoCorrection of Optical Defects: From Spectacles to Lasers - Professor William Ayliffe | The history of vision-correction, from Roger Bacon’s glasses of 1266 through to today’s cutting-edge laser technology. | 2/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 187 | VideoJesus in Art - Professor the Rt Rev Lord Harries | A cultural overview of images of Jesus, from his early depictions as a beardless Roman youth to the modern day. | 2/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 188 | VideoChanging Money: Communities, Longer Term Finance and You - Ian Harris | What is the future of money – as a unit of account, a medium of exchange and as a store of longer-term value? | 2/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 189 | VideoContinued Fractions - Professor John D Barrow | From chaos to the stars: what are continued fractions and what are they good for? | 2/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 190 | VideoHow mental health law discriminates - Professor George Szmuckler | How mental health law discriminates unfairly against people with mental illness. | 2/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 191 | VideoWhat did 18th Century men want? - Professor Amanda Vickery | We associate the history of home and private life with women, but what did house and domesticity mean to men? | 2/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 192 | VideoFundmentalism - Professor Zvi Ben-Dor Benite | An attempt to define, clarify and understand 21st Century fundamentalism and its political, social and religious implications. | 2/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 193 | VideoBritain in the 20th Century: Responses to Decline - Professor Vernon Bogdanor | An investigation of the reactions of Britain to its decline as a world power; from imperialism to social reform. | 2/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 194 | VideoThe Past is a Foreign Country - Professor Christopher Hogwood | From manuscript to performance, Christopher Hogwood takes a look at the journey of music from composer to audience. | 2/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 195 | VideoBlack Holes: No Need to be Afraid! - Ian Morison | What are black holes, how do we discover them, and should we be worried? | 2/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 196 | VideoWords and Pictures: Mixed Encounters - Dr Jenny Uglow | This beautifully illustrated lecture explores the connections and interactions between British writers and artists. | 2/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 197 | VideoThe first Christian art and its earliest developments - Rt Revd Lord Harries | An illustrated lecture on the art in the catacombs of Rome and what developed from there. | 2/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 198 | VideoAsylum Seekers and Ambivalence in Contemporary Britain - Andrew Keefe | Why do we hate? Why do we help? - An investigation of the asylum debate and the powerful feelings for and against refugees. | 2/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 199 | VideoHow do the British differ to other nationalities? - Sir Roger Jowell | Comparing Britain to other countries: Can we measure if and how we differ in social and political attitudes and behaviours? | 2/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 200 | VideoSatire, print shops and comic illustration in 18th and 19th century London - Mark Bills | Satire, print shops and comic illustration in late eighteenth and nineteenth century London. | 2/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 201 | VideoThe German revolution in English organ technology - Robert Quinney with Robert Smith | Lecture and recital on “one of the ten most important organs in the history of British organ building”. | 2/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 202 | VideoMillais, the Pre-Raphaelites and the Idyllic School by Dr Paul Goldman | The art of illustration according to 19th Century British artists. | 2/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 203 | VideoWater: What's the data?, by Dr Simon Jackman | The keynote speech from the London Accord conference 'Whose Brains? ESG Data and Intellectual Property' | 2/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 204 | VideoMaths with Pictures, by Professor John D Barrow | How have pictures have been used in mathematics, and when is it essential? | 2/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 205 | VideoFun With Visual Illusions, by Professor William Ayliffe | How do visual illusions occur and what can they teach us about vision? | 2/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 206 | VideoThe Victorians: Art and Culture, by Professor Richard J Evans | What was Victorian art and culture? Why did it arise, and why did it decline? | 2/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 207 | VideoThe History of British Cartoons and Caricature, by Lord Baker | A survey of British satirical drawing, from Hogarth in the 18th Century through to the present day. | 2/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 208 | VideoA Even Shorter History of Nearly Everything, by Bill Bryson | Bill Bryson delivers a lecture in honour of the Royal Society's 350th anniversary. | 2/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 209 | VideoThe Role of the Media in Post-Conflict Northern Ireland, by Carrie Porter | How does the media play a major part in the contemporary peace process of Northern Ireland? | 2/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 210 | VideoA 'Sing In' with Gilbert & Sullivan, by Professor Robin Wilson and guests | A talk on the song-writing duo of Gilbert and Sullivan, with audience participation... you have been warned! | 2/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 211 | VideoThe Character of Twentieth Century Britain, by Professor Vernon Bogdanor | What was the position of Britain at the start of the 20th Century and how did it come about? | 2/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 212 | VideoSustainability: The Problem of Time, by Professor Avinash Persaud | The keynote address of the 2010 London Accord event on 'Sustainability: Root Problems in Finance'. | 2/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 213 | VideoThe Victorians: Time and Space, by Professor Richard Evans | The revolutions in transport and communications during the Victorian era, and their impact. | 2/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 214 | VideoProtestants vs Catholics, by Richard Townend | A lecture and recital on the history of the church organ and its different development in Catholic and Protestant countries. | 2/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 215 | VideoTriangular Relationships - Professor Patricia Fara | A lecture on a curious point in the history of British mathematics (and poetry!) | 2/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 216 | VideoMaking England: In the Shadow of Rome, 410-1130 - Professor Simon Thurley | A journey through over 700 years of English architecture, from the departure of the Romans to the Norman conquest and beyond. | 2/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 217 | VideoExtinction or Evolution: The Future for Offshore Centres, by Anne Craine, Treasury Minsiter, Isle of Man | Anne Craine, Treasury Minister of the Isle of Man, argues that offshore centres serve an important role in international finance. | 1/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 218 | VideoClimate Change - New Financial Products and Indices - Part 1 | Climate Change: New Financial Products and Indices - the first part of the London Accord conference. | 12/13/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 218 Episodes |
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