Is the growth in the emerging economies additional? - Professor Douglas McWilliams

What are the limits to world economic growth from an environmental and economic perspective? Will inflation caused by rising primary product prices be likely to be the key constraint on economic growth? Douglas McWilliams, Thras Moraitis and Mike McWilliams consider whether this constraint will bite at a sufficiently slow rate for the impact of the extra growth in emerging economies to mean that the West will have to grow more slowly.

Building the Victorian City: Splendour and Squalour - Dr Simon Thurley

By 1900 Britain had produced the world’s largest cities and the first industrial cities. These phenomena led to vast technical, social and architectural challenges. Victorian architects and engineers met these with some of the most impressive feats of construction since the cathedrals of the middle ages.

Our nearest neighbour, the Moon - Professor Carolin Crawford

Our only natural satellite has been an object of fascination for humankind since prehistory. Despite being the only other place in the Solar System we have visited in person, we are still making startling discoveries about the Moon - and what it reveals about our planet.

Personality and the Brain - Professor Glenn D Wilson

Does personality originate in the brain? Can psychology and neuroscience explain everything there is to know of personality?

Markets in their Place: Moral Values and the Limits of Markets - Lord Plant

How are we to understand the moral basis of markets? For example property rights, the role of trust in economic exchange and questions of justice in relation to markets.

Reducing Inequalities in Child Health: What counts? What works? What matters? - Professor Helen Roberts

In the UK, children from poorer backgrounds are more likely to be born small, born early and die in childhood. Professor Helen Roberts describes something of what counts, what works and what matters in the fight against inequality in child health.

Is Theatre History? The Alternative Explosion - Sam Walters

We have just lived through the century of film and television, and now we are in the new digital age. Is the survival of the theatre now really threatened? If so, how should the challenge be met?