1:48 Sir Walter Scott's involvement in King George IV visiting Scotland - Dr Juliet Shields A question from the lecture 'Did Sir Walter Scott invent Scotland?' by Dr Juliet Shields https://www.gresham.ac.uk/short/sir-walter-scotts-involve...The tran...
1:41 Was your view of Scotland different depending on where you were from? - Dr Juliet Shields A question from the lecture 'Did Sir Walter Scott invent Scotland?' by Dr Juliet Shields https://www.gresham.ac.uk/short/was-your-view-of-scotland...The t...
43:11 Suspect Communities in Anglo-American Law - Professor Erik Luna In the UK and USA, counter-terrorism efforts have had disparate impacts on racial, ethnic or religious minorities, with members of these allegedly suspect communities subjected to various adverse g... 
40:15 The Rise and Fall of Sourdough: 6,000 Years of Bread - Professor Eric Pallant The lecture will cover the history of the western world as seen through the food that nourished builders for the Great Pyramids, free men of the Roman Empire, the expansion of Christianity, and the... 
53:54 Xtreme Everest: Taking Medicine from Mountainside to Bedside - Professor Mike Grocott In 2007, a team of doctors and scientists ascended to the roof of the world to understand more about how we adapt to high altitude - and why some of us adapt better than others. The Caudwell Xtreme... 
58:46 Crime and Punishment: 'Guilty until Proven Innocent?' - Professor Jo Delahunty QC The issue of Shaken Baby or Natural Cause will be examined. https://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/guilty-unti...A case study involving a bereaved parent, the transformation...
55:01 Debt and the Household Balance Sheet - Professor Jagjit Chadha The period since the start of the financial crisis has been dominated by talk of the balance sheets of households, the banking system or the government. We shall concentrate on the evolution of the...
59:23 I Won't Have Blood! A Battle Between Belief and Duty? - Professor Martin Elliott Most open-heart surgery in children requires the use of donor blood. https://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/i-wont-have...Jehovahs Witnesses believe, on...
1:00:06 Mathematical Materials - Professor Chris Budd OBE We all rely on materials: natural ones like wood and stone - or manufactured ones such as steel, glass and concrete. https://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/mathematica...With moder...
58:08 King Edward VIII - Professor Vernon Bogdanor FBA CBE Edward VIII reigned for just 325 days. https://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/king-edward...The history of his reign is in large part the history of the abdication. However, as Prince of...
40:53 Living Without Electricity - Professor Roger Kemp Storm Desmond brought unprecedented floods to Lancaster in December 2015. https://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/living-with...Electricity supplies were cut off and not fully r...
49:30 The Value of Heritage and the Heritage of Value - Professor Simon Thurley CBE There was a time when old places were valued simply for their beauty and interest. https://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/the-value-o...Since the 1980s, fo...
57:36 The Art of Astrophotography - Professor Ian Morison The richly illustrated talk will show one can start making beautiful images of the night sky https://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/the-art-of-...Armed with just a digital cam...
53:03 Two Kingdoms in the Third Reich - Professor Alec Ryrie Nazism was not a Christian movement in any meaningful sense https://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/two-kingdom...German Protestants of the 1920s and 1930s shared many Nazi...
2:10 Problems causing lack of productivity - Professor Jagjit Chadha A question from the lecture 'Employment and Unemployment' by Professor Jagjit Chadha https://www.gresham.ac.uk/short/problems-causing-lack-of-...The tra...
1:58 UK's weak trade unions relating to low productivity - Professor Jagjit Chadha A question from the lecture 'Employment and Unemployment' by Professor Jagjit Chadha https://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/employment-...The transcript and downloadable versi...
42:43 The February Revolution in Russia - Professor Dominic Lieven To mark the anniversary of the Russian Revolution. https://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/the-februar...The dilemmas of modern empire and monarchy will be discussed, fi...
45:46 The Accelerating Universe - Professor Joseph Silk The universe was static, that was the credo of all scientists and philosophers until three decades into the twentieth century, when the expansion was discovered. https://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-...
2:37 Does technology have an influence on the way labour models work? - Professor Jagjit Chadha A question from the lecture 'Employment and Unemployment' by Professor Jagjit Chadha https://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/employment-...The transcript and downloadable versi...
1:25 What do you think More's intention was in writing Utopia? - Dr Richard Serjeantson A question from the lecture 'Thomas More's Magnificent Utopia' by Dr Richard Serjeantson https://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/thomas-more...The transcript and downloadab...
3:21 Was there a reaction to the book from the Crown and Aristocracy? - Dr Richard Serjeantson A question from the lecture 'Thomas More's Magnificent Utopia' by Dr Richard Serjeantson https://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/thomas-more...The transcript and downloadab...
1:35 How do we put a 'Utopia' into practice? - Dr Richard Serjeantson A question from the lecture 'Thomas More's Magnificent Utopia' by Dr Richard Serjeantson https://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/thomas-more...The transcript and downloadab...
2:51 The sideways motion of a ponytail - Professor Raymond E Goldstein A question from the lecture 'Leonardo, Rapunzel and the Mathematics of Hair' by Professor Raymond E. Goldstein https://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/leonardo-ra......
52:40 The Struggle Against Slavery in History and in the Present - Dr Aidan McQuade This lecture on slavery will present an overview of the challenges and an outline of what is needed to prevail, by one of the worlds leading activists and thinkers on the subject, Dr Aidan McQuade,...
51:58 Justice Online: Just as Good? - Joshua Rozenberg QC (hon) Early in 2016, the criminal and civil courts of England and Wales embarked on a modernisation programme aimed at reforming procedures that have survived for centuries. https://www.gresham.ac.uk/lec...
56:31 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner' and Poetic Technique - Professor Belinda Jack In the line, 'The Western wave was all aflame', the 'Western wave' refers to the sea. But is it this simple? What do forms of substitution, synecdoche (a figure of speech in which the name of a par...
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