For One Night Only
Some of our finest tutors, a diverse range of engaging topics, and a light supper accompanied by glass, or two, of wine.
Nature's Great Divide - The Wallace Line
<p>It was Alfred Russel Wallace who realized the Lombok Strait in Indonesia represents the biogeographical boundary between the fauna of Asia and Australasia, a boundary subsequently named the ‘
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Contending Warriors of God
The most decisive conflicts in the Third Crusade (1189-1192) were fought between the armies of the sultan Salah ad-Din and king Richard I of England. Both men were determined to win and hold the holy
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Owen Jones - The Visionary of Victorian Design
<p>Owen Jones was one of the most influential Victorian design theorists of the nineteenth century. Derivative of new research into colour (polychromy) in Ancient Greek and Roman architecture, Jones
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An Evening with Rakhmaninov
<p>Rakhmaninov’s music can be both exhilarating and breathtakingly beautiful. In this lecture we explore his music, including his concertos, symphonies, preludes and the Rhapsody on a Theme of
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100 Years Ago: Assassination of German Foreign Minister Walther Rathenau
<p>Walther Rathenau was a German-Jewish industrialist, writer and liberal politician, who was involved in the organisation of the war economy during World War I and campaigned in
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Grover Cleveland: The Great Two-Timer
<p>Grover Cleveland is generally remembered only as the only American president to serve two non-consecutive terms. In between, he lost an election, although he won the most votes. But Cleveland was
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Heroes or Traitors: Three Cold War Spies
<p>Gordievsky, Vetrov and Penkovsky were three high-ranking Soviet spies who turned ‘double agent’ and gave secrets to the West. Spying has always been part of warfare, but the long Cold War between
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