Summaries of Gresham College Videos 📚

What Is the History and Impact of the Quaker Society?

Climate Tipping Points in Oceans, Ice, Forests - Myles Allen

What Was the Y2K Problem and Why Was It Important?

What Caused the Rapid Decolonization of European Empires?

Murderers: Clever, but not clever enough - Professor Carolyn Roberts

How Did the Boleyn Family Amass Their Wealth and Power?

Cosmic Concepts: Perceptions, Expectations, and Discoveries

Discovering Australia: The legend & reality of Matthew Flinders - David Hill

Social Media, COVID & Ukraine: Fighting Disinformation

Harnessing the Power of Chant - Professor Christopher Page

Toussaint Louverture and the Haitian Revolution

What Innovations Did Charles Babbage and Ada Lovelace Introduce?

What Are the Constitutional Impacts of Brexit on Britain?

Mobilising Savings for Investment - Professor Jagjit Chadha

What Is the History of Covent Garden and Theatre Royal?

The Victorian 'Grand Tour' - Professor Richard J Evans, Gresham College history lecture

What Kind of Pheromones might Humans Have? - Dr Tristram Wyatt

The Expanding Universe - Professor Joseph Silk

Music in Context: In Prison Camps - Professor Christopher Hogwood

Does the State Value Human Life When It Kills?

Can We Treat Violence? - Professor Gwen Adshead

How Do Karate Experts Break Wooden Planks and Bricks?

Will China Become the Next Major Market for Musicals?

The Five Catastrophes That Made London - Professor Dr Simon Thurley

Benford's Very Strange Law - Professor John D. Barrow

Living with Mental Health

Politics and the First World War - Professor Sir Richard Evans

Is Dementia Inevitable?

Polynomials and their Roots - Professor Raymond Flood

What Is the Relationship Between Marx, Engels, and Darwin?

Faster than Light?

How to Protect Yourself From Demons - James Wright

Reforming Corporate Governance

The Visual Politics of Refugeehood - Nishat Awan

Continuity and Development in Architecture - Stephen Hodder

The American Way of War in History and Politics - Professor Brian McAllister Linn

How Do Nature and Nurture Influence Human Traits?

When Galaxies Collide... - Professor Carolin Crawford

Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Jacobites

What Would Jesus Do? Christian Culture Wars in the Modern West - Professor Alec Ryrie

The Evolution of Vision - Professor William Ayliffe

What Is Fourier's Heat Equation and Its Applications?

The Labour Party - Professor Vernon Bogdanor FBA CBE

The Pursuit of Happiness - Professor Glenn D Wilson

Is Reality Just What Science Can Discover?

ME/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Not Just Tired All The Time! - Dr Alistair Miller

The Mathematics of Bell Ringing

What Does Recent Archaeology Reveal About Roman Britain?

"An Entirely New Form of Christian Slavery" - Professor Alec Ryrie

Creativity in Art, Creativity in Science - By Professor Arthur I Miller

The Work of Médecins Sans Frontières - Paul McMaster

Queen Victoria: Images of Power and Empire

Christopher Wren’s Medical Discoveries: the ‘Architect of Human Anatomy’

Replanning London after the Second World War - Peter Larkham

19th-Century Eclipse Expeditions - Deborah Kent

What Are the Key Challenges and Solutions for London Transport?

Hildegard of Bingen: "O Ignis Spiritus" performed by Emily van Evera

How Can We Reduce Inequalities in Child Health?

What Is the Meaning of Sylvia Plath's 'Miss Drake Proceeds to Supper'?

What Can Medicine Learn from Tailoring Techniques?

What Is the Value of the Arts in Economic Change?

What Is Confirmation Bias and How Can We Combat It?

Fertility and Feminism (Part 6) - Frozen Embryos Outside the UK - Baroness Ruth Deech

What Is the Legacy of Oxford's Savilian Professors of Geometry?

What Is It Like to Be a Pediatric Heart Surgeon?

Why Did the Church Move Away from the King James Version?

What Can Medicine Learn from the Restaurant Industry?

Thomas Becket and London

'Lullay, Lullay, La, Lullay': A Reading of an Authentic Medieval Carol- Professor Christopher Page

What Happens at the End of a Massive Star's Life?

Should We Trust Computers - Professor Martyn Thomas CBE

What Does Keats' 'Ode to a Nightingale' Teach Us About Mortality?

Energy and Emergy: Measuring Well-Being Among Nations - Denis White

What Led to the Outbreak of World War I in 1914?

Introduction to 'Taking and Giving: Roles in Philanthropy Old and New' - Professor Tim Connell

What Are the First Stars and Their Lifecycles?

Procyclicality Of Financial Regulation And How To Deal With It - Charles Goodhart

Ghost of Scandals Past: A Short History of Financial Scandals - Edward Chancellor

The Historic Collections of St Paul's Cathedral - Simon Carter

What Are the Key Facts About COVID-19?

St. Paul's Cathedral at 300: The recent refurbishment project - Martin Stancliffe

Faces in Court 1893-1918: Drawings of William Hartley from New Scotland Yard's Crime Museum -

Random Chance in Evolution - Robin May

Credit Cards - Breaking the Code: The maths behind bank numbers and the Luhn test

What Is the Role of Philanthropy in Social Change Today?

Charles Chaplin: Bridging Three Centuries - David Robinson

How Did Hans Holbein Succeed as a Painter in London?

Arthur Conan Doyle and London: "A Stout Heart in the Great Cesspool" - Richard Burnip

What Was the Role of Guitars in Tudor England?

How to Successfully Handle Difficult Disagreements

Fertility and Feminism (Part 1) - Introduction - Baroness Ruth Deech, at Gresham College

What Is Mozart's Unfinished Wind Quintet and Its Importance?

The Ageing Eye - Professor William Ayliffe

How Long is a Piece of Performance Management? - Anthony Hene

BBC Radio in the LP Era (1948-1982)

What Is Green Growth and Why Is It Important?

What Are the Risks and Rewards of Financial Innovation?

The Psychology of the Stock Market

The 30th Anniversary of The Children Act 1989 - Is it still fit for purpose?

How Can Mortality Rates Indicate Population Health?

The Internet of Things - Professor Martyn Thomas CBE

Is Man Just Another Animal Compared to Chimpanzees?

Radicalisation of children: When should the court get involved? - Professor Jo Delahunty QC

What Is the History and Significance of the Bowler Hat?

It from Bit: The Science of Information

Cultural Heritage and War: Welcome and Introduction - Professor Tim Connell

What Role Did London Play in the Magna Carta's History?

Wordsworth, Coleridge and the Poetic Revolution

Justice for All - Professor Geoffrey Nice QC

Infections of the Abdominal Organs

The Nativity in Art - The Rt Hon the Lord Richard Harries

How Fast Can Usain Bolt Run 100 Meters?

The Myth of the Lone Heroic Surgeon

What Were the Impacts of the Indian Mutiny on the British Empire?

The Evolution of Cancer Therapy

The King in the Car Park: The Discovery and Identification of Richard III - Professor Kevin Schürer

What Was Christopher Wren's Impact on Mathematics and Architecture?

How Did Fear Maintain Support for the Nazi Regime?

How Do Hand Gestures Relate to Our Thinking Process?

The Equity Premium and Low Interest Rates - Professor Jagjit Chadha

Elementary Particles and Their Interactions - Professor Joseph Silk FRS

What Is the Fourth Industrial Revolution and Its Impact?

Shakespeare's Stages

From Printed Page to Performance - Christopher Hogwood, Emma Kirkby and Jakob Lindberg

What Were the Atrocities of the Spanish Inquisition?

Britain and the EU: In or Out - One Year On - Professor Vernon Bogdanor FBA CBE

What Are the Limits of Human Knowledge About the Universe?

Purposeful Business

Literary Activism in Contemporary Africa - Madhu Krishnan

Great Mathematicians, Great Mathematics: An Introduction by Professor Raymond Flood

The Girl Guides, Downton Abbey and MI5: Fascist Collaborators - Professor Clive Bloom

The Dark Side of the Universe - Professor Joseph Silk

What Was the Purpose of the Field of Cloth of Gold?

How Did London Fog Influence Impressionist Art?

Landscape with St George and the Dragon - Professor Simon Thurley CBE

Formal and Informal Empire in the 19th Century - Professor Richard Evans

The Sound of Saturn: The Winds of Titan, from the Huygens Probe

Why Is There Only One Species of Human Today?

Literary London Crime: The Dark Eyes of London - Cathi Unsworth

What Does Jane Austen's Work Say About Englishness?

What Is the Role of International Arbitration in Creating a World Court?

Safety in the Nuclear Industry - Professor Philip Thomas

What Does Beauty in Nature Really Represent?

Regulation at Home, but not Abroad - Professor Sir Geoffrey Nice QC

The Liberal Party and the Liberal Democrats - Professor Vernon Bogdanor FBA CBE

Atomic Universe

Modern Art: The Art Of Modern Life? - Professor George Pattison

Identity and Identification - Professor Jane Caplan

What Are the Laws and Ethics Around Egg Freezing?

S02 Ep.8 - Pulsars, Microwave Ovens & The Radio Sky, Chris Lintott

Making Software 'Correct by Construction' - Professor Martyn Thomas CBE

How Pagan Was Medieval Britain?

Measuring Up Cities: Concluding Remarks - Alderman Professor Michael Mainelli

Get to know Professor Joseph Silk

Mathematical Structure in Fiction

How Does Finance Impact Society?

How Did Christianity Influence Apartheid in South Africa?

Trust-Busting or Trust-Building: How Can The City Earn Trust? - The Lord Mayor of the City of London

The Gordon Riots of 1780: London in Flames, a Nation in Ruins - Professor Ian Haywood

Nationalist Parties - Professor Vernon Bogdanor FBA

Employment and Unemployment - Professor Jagjit Chadha

100 Essential Things You Didn't Know About Maths and the Arts - Professor John D. Barrow

What Role Does Personal Knowledge Play in Understanding God?

Dealing with Sex Abuse: How Does the Family Court Assess Risk? - Professor Jo Delahunty QC

The External Financing Position - Professor Jagjit Chadha

What Is Natural Prosperity and How Can It Benefit Us?

Cybersecurity for Humans

Introducing Hildegard of Bingen - Professor Christopher Page

English Architecture and the First World War - Professor Simon Thurley

The Victorians: Empire and Race - Professor Richard Evans

Gresham's World: Global Traffic, Trade and the Metamorphosis of England

Do We Need Juries?

What Is Schubert's Trout Quintet and Its Significance?

What Were England's Claims to the French Throne?

What Are Stravinsky's Contributions to Piano Music?

What Is the Historical Significance of Pilgrimage?

What Was Winston Churchill's Political Legacy?

What Are the Risks and Benefits of Human-Led AI?

The City's Great Financial Scandals: Introduction to the conference - Professor Michael Mainelli

How Did Louis XIV Use Versailles to Showcase His Power?

The Ballets Russes: Playing with the Past

The Dominant Seventh Chord

England's Tudor Reformation

English Architecture: Coming of Age, 1408-1530 - Professor Simon Thurley

Inventions That Changed The World: GPS

What Are Exoplanets and How Are They Discovered?

What Is the Just and Rights-Based Framework for Nature?

The Trillionth Tonne of Carbon and Why It Matters For Climate Change

Island Universes: Discovering Galaxies Beyond the Milky Way - Chris Lintott

Middle Class Communists Seminar (Part Three): Discussion - Denis Healey, Peter Hennessy and Panel

What Is the Significance of the Royal Society in Science?

Affairs of the Heart: An Exploration of the Symbolism of the Heart in Art - Professor Martin Elliott

What Were the Key Features of Victorian Architecture?

What Is the Photoelectric Effect and Einstein's Contribution?

Is assisted suicide a cure for suffering? - Lord Richard Harries and Professor Alister McGrath

What Is the Square Root of -1 and Why Is It Important?

What Are Tempo Effects in Mortality Measurements?

How Does Trust Impact Economic Markets?

Sex Wars - Professor Glenn D. Wilson

America and "Crimes Against Humanity" - Sir Geoffrey Nice QC

Is a Mathematician a Robot? - Professor Chris Budd OBE

Thomas More's Magnificent Utopia - Dr Richard Serjeantson

What Is Euler's Equation and Why Is It Beautiful?

What Is the Importance of the Theatre of Dionysus?

How Does Mathematics Improve Online Dating Matches?

Who Was Carl Pearson and What Did He Achieve in Statistics?

Cosmic Vision: Unravelling Rainbows

Royal Restoration: Estates of the Duke of Monmouth

How Did the Guitar Rise to Prominence in Early 17th Century England?

What Does the Prisoner's Dilemma Teach Us About Cooperation?

What Was Nye Bevan's Vision for the NHS and Socialism?

The Guitar in Tudor London - Professor Christopher Page

Childhood Malnutrition: Exporting Violence or Happiness?

Schooling Singers in the Cathedrals - Professor Christopher Page

Debussy, the 'Song Triptych', and fin-de-siècle Visual Culture - Dr David Code

What's happened to Childhood - Professor Hugh Cunningham

Feast or Famine: The Psychology of Eating - Professor Glenn D. Wilson

Conflict Resolution: Introduction - Professor Tim Connell

Why Is Listening Crucial for Music and Human Connection?

Half a Century of Heart Transplantation - Professor Martin Elliott

British Prime Ministers from Attlee to Blair - Professor Vernon Bogdanor

What Are the Odds of Winning the Lottery?