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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 ...
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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The Future of London Theatre - Professor Anthony Field
Why has drama has never been destroyed, and how has ...
Why has drama has never been destroyed, and how has it always outlived the very civilisations that produced it?
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Acting on Evidence: How Medical Research has informed Historical Drama - Professor John Powell
John Powell is an experienced medical advisor on a range ...
John Powell is an experienced medical advisor on a range of television dramas including Casualty 1909 and Downton Abbey. In this lecture he will explain how research in hospital archives and in medical journals has informed drama storylines, and how the t
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Britain Needs an Ivy League - Professor Terence Kealey
rofessor Kealey argues the case for world-class universities being established ...
rofessor Kealey argues the case for world-class universities being established in the UK as charitable bodies independent of the state for teaching, alongside the benefits of access to state funding for research. The lecture is delivered by Professor Tere
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Aneurin Bevan and the Socialist Ideal - Professor Vernon Bogdanor
Aneurin Bevan was the leading postwar representative in Britain of ...
Aneurin Bevan was the leading postwar representative in Britain of the socialist ideal. He is best remembered for the creation of the National Health Service which he regarded as a symbol of applied socialism, a national service free at the point of use a
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West End Theatre in China - David Lightbody
What does the success of the Mandarin version of Mamma ...
What does the success of the Mandarin version of Mamma Mia! say about modern China and other opportunities for British theatre in East Asia?
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Is the growth in the emerging economies additional? - Professor Douglas McWilliams
What are the limits to world economic growth from an ...
What are the limits to world economic growth from an environmental and economic perspective? Will inflation caused by rising primary product prices be likely to be the key constraint on economic growth? Douglas McWilliams, Thras Moraitis and Mike McWillia
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Building the Victorian City: Splendour and Squalour - Dr Simon Thurley
By 1900 Britain had produced the world’s largest cities and ...
By 1900 Britain had produced the world’s largest cities and the first industrial cities. These phenomena led to vast technical, social and architectural challenges. Victorian architects and engineers met these with some of the most impressive feats of con
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Our nearest neighbour, the Moon - Professor Carolin Crawford
Our only natural satellite has been an object of fascination ...
Our only natural satellite has been an object of fascination for humankind since prehistory. Despite being the only other place in the Solar System we have visited in person, we are still making startling discoveries about the Moon - and what it reveals a
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Personality and the Brain - Professor Glenn D Wilson
Does personality originate in the brain? Can psychology and neuroscience ...
Does personality originate in the brain? Can psychology and neuroscience explain everything there is to know of personality?
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Markets in their Place: Moral Values and the Limits of Markets - Lord Plant
How are we to understand the moral basis of markets? ...
How are we to understand the moral basis of markets? For example property rights, the role of trust in economic exchange and questions of justice in relation to markets.
