Gresham College Video
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 End of Space and Time? - Professor Robbert Dijkgraaf
Where does string theory and particle physics leave our ideas ...
Where does string theory and particle physics leave our ideas of space and time?
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The Opening Salvo: Beethoven String Quartet in F major - Professor Christopher Hogwood
A lecture and performance illustrating what makes Beethoven’s String Quartet ...
A lecture and performance illustrating what makes Beethoven’s String Quartet in F major a masterpiece.
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The Lost Hospitals of London: Bethlem Hospital - Colin S Gale
An overview of the 681-year history of this legendary mental ...
An overview of the 681-year history of this legendary mental health institution and London icon.
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The Universities: Over Regulation - Baroness Deech
The story of increasing government intervention in universities, and how ...
The story of increasing government intervention in universities, and how it is hindering their work.
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Britain 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 ...
The history of British politics as the post-war socialist dream soured into the winter of discontent.
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London’s Forgotten Children: Thomas Coram and the Foundling Hospital - Dame Gillian Pugh
The history of the UK’s first children’s charity, and the ...
The history of the UK’s first children’s charity, and the orphanage it was connected to, created in central London in 1739.
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English Architecture: On Top of the World, 1830 to 1914 - Dr Simon Thurley
A lecture on the history of Victorian and Edwardian architecture ...
A lecture on the history of Victorian and Edwardian architecture in England.
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Clusters of Galaxies - Professor Carolin Crawford
The fascinating science behind galaxies, the largest organised structures in ...
The fascinating science behind galaxies, the largest organised structures in the Universe that appear gravitationally bound.
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The Lost Leprosy Hospitals of London - Professor Carole Rawcliffe
The surprising history of leprosy hospitals between 1100 and 1500, ...
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.
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Values and Value in the Marketplace - Lord Green
Can business and finance forget about values and just concentrate ...
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.
