The Joy of Six - Professor Christopher Hogwood CBE

A lecture and performance of string sextets by Brahms and Strauss, investigating what makes them masterpieces. Professor Christopher Hogwood with players from the Royal Academy.

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

John Redwood delivers the keynote speech for the Long Finance 2011 Autumn conference, which focussed on market bubbles and their effects on efforts to ensure sustainability.

The memoirs and legacy of Évariste Galois - Dr Peter Neumann

The story of Évariste Galois, killed in a duel at the age of twenty, but who left behind papers that would change the face of mathematics.

English Architecture, 1650 to 1760: The Rise of Consensus - Professor Simon Thurley

Opened up to the world once more in 1650, England drank in influences and ideas from abroad which were to infuse English building with widely held ideas and values.

A voyage round Saturn, its rings and moons - Professor Carolin Crawford

Saturn is the most beautiful planet in our Solar System. Famous for its bright yet ethereal rings, the gas giant has over sixty natural satellites in orbit around it – and one artificial satellite: NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, which provides many of the results and images that will be showcased in this talk. We shall explore the weather observed in the atmosphere of Saturn, the curious structures that develop within the rings, and its wide variety of moons – from smog-shrouded Titan, two-sided Iapetus, to busy Prometheus, and the icy plumes erupting from frozen Enceladus.

The Pursuit of Happiness - Professor Glenn D Wilson

What makes us happy? Is it a genetic trait that we are stuck with, or a product of events unfolding in our living? Does it help to be rich? What can be done to overcome set-backs and and improve our sense of well being?

What Makes A Good Regulator? - Dame Suzi Leather

Regulation is central to discussions of the banking crisis at the moment, but what is a regulator and what should we expect of them?

The Cold Rules for National Security: History and the Defence of the Realm - Professor The Lord Hennessy

Notions of national security past and present. How Whitehall has dealt with it. How we might do it better in the future.

Modern Day Slavery - Nancy Kelley

Thousands of people are estimated to be working as slaves within the UK, in highly exploitative conditions, with no rights, and under threat of violence. This lecture will discuss some of the issues.

Slavery, Ships and Sickness - Professor Stuart Anderson

The history of the ships and shipping that are a central but often-overlooked part of the British involvement in the slave trade.

The Great Mathematicians - Professor Robin Wilson and Dr Raymond Flood

A lecture on some of the greatest mathematicians in history, their work and their influence on the world around us - including Pythagoras, Newton, Einstein, Hilbert and many more.

The Explosion of Modernism - The Rt Revd Lord Harries

An exploration of Christian themes in modernist art at the start of the 20th century, looking in particular at Nolde, Jacob Epstein and Roualt.