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Fun with Visual Illusions - Professor William Ayliffe

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COVID-19

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The Memoirs and Legacy of Évariste Galois - Dr Peter Neumann

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1928 - Annus Mirabilis of the Christmas Carol

105

Mad, bad or sad? The Psychology of Personality Disorders - Professor Glenn D Wilson

106

Infections of the Lung and Heart

107

Evolution since Sir Thomas Gresham: How Changes Over The Past Five Centuries Have Moulded Evolution

108

England's Catholic Reformation

109

A History of the Penis and the Clitoris

110

Investing as if the Future Mattered - Dr Matthew Kiernan

111

The Victorians: Art and Culture - Professor Richard J. Evans

112

The Sky at Night, Tonight: A New View of the Changing Sky - Chris Lintott

113

Maths in the City: Future Cities

114

How to be a Shakespearean Atheist

115

Sheep Across London Bridge: The Freedom of the City of London - Murray Craig

116

Forgotten Victims from the Age of Atrocity

117

Maths with Pictures - Professor John D. Barrow

118

Asylum seekers and ambivalence in contemporary Britain - Andrew Keefe

119

The Life and Work of Mervyn Peake - Sebastian Peake

120

Music Made of Listening: John Cage and 4'33"

121

Making New Plants: A History

122

Reforming Corporate Governance

123

How to Incentivise Sustainable Finance - Long Finance Panel Discussion

124

Maths and Sport: Records, Medals and Drug Taking - Professor John D. Barrow

125

Cracking the Whip: Strings, Chains and Dinosaurs - Alain Goriely

126

The German Revolution in English Organ Technology - Robert Quinney

127

Finding Purpose in Your Career

128

The Future of Our Oceans

129

Does Bursting One Bubble Lead to Another? - John Redwood MP

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Looking for Life On Mars

131

Bubbles, Manias and Market Failures: The Unintended Consequences of Regulatory Responses

132

Infections and the Nerves

133

Words and Pictures: Mixed Encounters - Dr Jenny Uglow

134

The Sounds of the Universe - Professor Carolin Crawford

135

Current Challenges to the US Constitution - Clive Stafford Smith

136

Black Holes: No need to be afraid! - Professor Ian Morison

137

Britain's global trade in the Great Days of Sail - John McAleer

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The History and Music of the Spanish and Portuguese Jewish Congregation in the City of London

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Shock of the Nude: Pioneering Women Artists and the Cultural Politics of Modern China - Di Wang

140

Progress on the Road to Curing Motor Neuron Disease - Professor Chris Shaw

141

Extinction or Evolution: The Future for Offshore Centres - The Hon Anne Craine

142

Unfinished Music

143

The Psychology of the Stock Market

144

Pluto Isn’t a Planet - Chris Lintott

145

Equations That Have Changed The World

146

English Architecture: Making England in the Shadow of Rome, 410-1130 - Simon Thurley

147

Plato to Polybius on Constitutional Change - Melissa Lane

148

Mathematical History: Triangular Relationships - Professor Patricia Fara

149

The Character Of The Postwar Period - Professor Vernon Bogdanor

150

Gardens of Empire: The Role of Kew and Colonial Botanic Gardens

151

Unweaving the Anti Money Laundering and Counter Terrorist Financing System - Dr Dionysios S Demetis

152

Get Shorty: The Sir Thomas Gresham Docklands Lecture - Andy Haldane

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Going Global: Chinese Independent Documentary - Luke Robinson

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The Past is a Foreign Country - Christopher Hogwood

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Offensive Shakespeare

156

Should We Manipulate People’s Emotions? - Robin May

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Britain in the 20th Century: Responses to Decline, 1895-1914 - Professor Vernon Bogdanor

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Forging Better Futures for You and AI - Matt Jones

159

The Ballets Russes: Turning French

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How to Survive a Massacre in Europe's Wars of Religion

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Arthur Sullivan's Songwriting Technique - David Owen Norris

162

The History of Empire: Exploitation And Resistance - Professor Richard J. Evans

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"Made in America": Christian Fundamentalism - Dr John A Dick

164

What did eighteenth-century men want? - Professor Amanda Vickery

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Cicero In and On Political Crises - Melissa Lane

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Mysteries of the Dark Cosmos

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BBC Radio in the 78 Era (1920-1948)

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Changing Money: Communities, Longer Term Finance and You - Ian Harris

169

Empire: From Conquest to Control - Professor Richard J Evans FBA

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Continued Fractions - Professor John Barrow

171

100 Years of Women in Law

172

Philanthropy Then, Philanthropy Now - Julia Unwin (Chief Executive, The Joseph Rowntree Foundation)

173

English Architecture: The End of the Old World Order, 1530 to 1650 - Simon Thurley

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Maths and Sport: How Fast Can Usain Bolt Run? - Professor John D. Barrow

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Jesus in Art - The Rt Hon Lord Richard Harries

176

Correction of Optical Defects: From Spectacles to Lasers - Professor William Ayliffe

177

Homes Fit for Heroes: 100 Years of Council Housing

178

There Must be a Better Way: Thoughts on the Future of Family Law - Sir Andrew McFarlane

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Tudor Ambition: Houses of the Boleyn Family

180

The Morrigan: The Nightmare Queen - Ronald Hutton

181

The British Attempt to Construct a Socialist Commonwealth, 1945-1951

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

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The White Knight: Ice - Helen Czerski

184

The Death of the Roman Republic? - Melissa Lane

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The History of the Lord Mayor's Show - Dominic Reid

186

Apprenticeship in Early Modern London: City apprentices in the 16th and 17th centuries

187

Education – And Its Limits - Daniel Susskind

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Musical Endings

189

Taming the Trolls of Social Media

190

"The Pros and Cons of Stable Monetary Value" - Long Finance Panel Discussion

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The Mayflower: A London - Leiden Adventure

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George Eliot and Relationships

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Clusters Of Galaxies - Professor Carolin Crawford

194

What Has Einstein Ever Done For You?

195

Modern Christian Art: Distinctive Individual Visions - The Rt Revd Lord Harries

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How the English Learned to Hate Catholics

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Literature and Politics in 17th Century London: Milton and Ralegh - Dr Anna Beer

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Leprosia: The Lost Leprosy Hospitals Of London - Professor Carole Rawcliffe

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Values And Value In The Marketplace - Lord Green

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The End of Matter?