Progress on the road to curing motor neuron disease - Professor Chris Shaw

Motor Neuron Disease is perhaps one of the cruelest diseases known. At the moment there is no known cure, but researchers are working on one all over the world. What are the latest findings? Could an answer be in sight?

Christian Faith and Modern Art: Searching for New Ways - Richard Harries

An analysis of British Christian artists since the 1960’s, including Alfred Herbert, Norman Adams, John Reilly and Craigie Aitchison.

Mathematics and Sport: Throwing, Jumping, and Spinning - Professor John D Barrow

What knowledge does mathematics provide of the sports in the gymnasium, the velodrome, and the diving pool? Why do high jumpers use the Fosbury flop and long jumpers cycle in the air? How high can rugby players jump in the line out?

Whatever Turns You On - Professor Glenn Wilson

Sexual fantasies: what are they, where do they come from, and should we be concerned?

Olympism: Education - Dr Jim Parry

Education through sport is seen as the cornerstone of Olympic ideology. But should we suspicious of how this is put into practice? How, if at all, has this key aim been implemented by London 2012?

Is it possible? - Mozart's Oboe Quartet - Professor Christopher Hogwood

Christopher Hogwood analyses Mozart’s Oboe Quartet with Mae Wade and musicians from the RCM.

English Architecture, 1760 to 1830: Engine House - Professor Simon Thurley

England’s take off as the first industrial nation created a whole new language of building underpinned by technology and by an emerging view of the rest of the world.