Britain in the 20th Century: Thatcherism, 1979-1990 - Professor Vernon Bogdanor

Margaret Thatcher’s governments encouraged the spread of ownership in Britain and 'Thatcherism' seemed for a time to be in accordance with the trends of social change. So why did it come to an end? What was the cost? How should we judge her leadership of the nation today?

Mathematics and Sport: Final Score - Professor John D Barrow

From league tables to game-set-match, an investigation of the mathematics behind scoring systems in sport.

Malaria: Twenty-first Century Threat - Professor Frank Cox

Malaria afflicts some 250 million people of whom over a million, mostly children, die each year. But in 1955 the World Health Organization announced a plan to eradicate it. What went wrong? Will Malaria ever be beaten? What is being done about it?

Brain Reconstruction - Professor Jack Price

Is brain reconstruction going to be the next biomedical breakthrough, or is it just a biological impossibility? Professor Jack Price details the latest advances in this field of neuroscience, as well as covering the conceptual and regulatory obstacles that researchers face.

The New Normal: Rebalancing Our Priorities - Professor Ken Costa

It is time for the banking and financial sectors to stop apologising and start changing. But how? Professor Costs outlines three key themes for change needed in order to estable a "New Normal" for how we operate in the commerical and financial world: a re-ordering of our priorities, the respect the ethical, and the creation of a better spirit in which to carry out business.

The Roman Denarius and the Euro: A precedent for monetary union? - Dr Andrew Burnett

A look at the way the Roman Empire has sometimes been used as an historical precedent for the European Union, and specifically the way that the integration of the Roman monetary system has been seen as a (sometimes justifying) precedent for modern European monetary union.

Is there a God-shaped hole in contemporary art? - Dr Jonathan Koestlé-Cate

Should contemporary church commissions meet criteria of accessibility, aesthetic quality and clear Christian symbolism? Should non-believers be commissioned to produce Christian art?