The Historical Collections of the Guildhall Library - Dr Peter Ross

A lecture on the collections of one of England's oldest libraries, founded in the 1420s from the will of Richard "Dick" Whittington.

Aneurin Bevan and the Socialist Ideal - Professor Vernon Bogdanor

Aneurin Bevan was the leading postwar representative in Britain of the socialist ideal. He is best remembered for the creation of the National Health Service which he regarded as a symbol of applied socialism, a national service free at the point of use and available to all. But, even before he resigned from the postwar Labour government in 1951, this ideal was being eroded. Were his hopes doomed to disappointment?