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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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Regulating the Regulators - The Baroness Deech of Cumnor DBE
How should regulation be carried out? What is the position ...
How should regulation be carried out? What is the position of quangos? What general principles should govern regulation and who should do the regulating?
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Britain in the 20th Century: A new consensus? 1990-2001 - Professor Vernon Bogdanor
To what extent was there a new political consensus in ...
To what extent was there a new political consensus in Britain in the 1990s, and were the policies of the New Labour government, elected in 1997, an extension of Thatcherism or a repudiation of it?
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Lyme Disease: Is it safe to walk in the park? - Professor Patricia Nuttall
A consideration of the likelihood of being bitten by a ...
A consideration of the likelihood of being bitten by a tick carrying the Lyme Disease spirochaete, Borrelia burgdorferi. The disease was first described in the 1970s but it is now recognised in temperate regions across much of the northern hemisphere. The
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The Art of Rhetoric - Simon Lancaster
Most people fear giving speeches, almost as much as the ...
Most people fear giving speeches, almost as much as the rest of us dread listening to them. The lectern has a cruel capacity to render even the mighty vulnerable. Fortunately there is a science to the art of public speaking and it dates back to Ancient Gr
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Drawings in Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts - Dr Sally Dormer
Medieval drawings are frequently viewed as the poor cousins of ...
Medieval drawings are frequently viewed as the poor cousins of fully-painted miniatures. But in England, an appreciation of drawing persisted throughout the Middle Ages. Based within the late 10th and early 11th centuries, this lecture proves that drawing
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Baroque Violin: The Challenge of the Solo - Christopher Hogwood & Pavlo Beznosiuk
Pavlo Beznosiuk, one of the world's leading baroque violinists, explains ...
Pavlo Beznosiuk, one of the world's leading baroque violinists, explains and demonstrates the challenge of music for solo violin; works by Nicola Matteis and Heinrich Biber lead to a discussion and performance of the famous Chaconne from Bach's Solo Parti
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Home Office Mathematics - Professor Bernard Silverman
The Chief Scientific Adviser is the head of Home Office ...
The Chief Scientific Adviser is the head of Home Office Science, which provides scientific advice and support to the whole range of the Home Office's work as the lead government department for immigration and passports, drugs policy, crime, counter-terror
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The Inconsistent Sun - Professor Claudio Vita-Finzi
Changes in the Sun's output can endanger health, power supplies ...
Changes in the Sun's output can endanger health, power supplies and satellite systems. To prepare adequately for such events and to make judicious use of solar energy we need to investigate the Sun's 4.7 billion year history.
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The Legal Profession: Regulating for independence - Baroness Ruth Deech
Britain’s legal profession is renowned the world over for its ...
Britain’s legal profession is renowned the world over for its skill and independence. But should there be self regulation or should the profession be regulated by external bodies composed of lay members? What difference will the Legal Services Act 2007 ma
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Large telescopes and why we need them - Professor Carolin Crawford
An investigation through history and to the present-day and beyond, ...
An investigation through history and to the present-day and beyond, of the the science driving the need for such large telescopes as the Extremely Large Telescope or the Square Kilometre Array. We will also look at the many scientific and engineering chal
