Dr Tim Minshall (Christ's 1993), University Senior Lecturer in Technology ManagementEngineers are fantastic – they are the people who change the world. Engineers put a man on the moon, develop the internet, build skyscrapers, rebuild bodies…an

What is Britishness today?

Jun 10th, 2013 1h

Dame Fiona Reynolds (Newnham 1976), Master of Emmanuel College and former Director-General of the National Trust.In a world of rapid change and global, multicultural influences we explore the place that landscape, history and nature play in pe

“Only a pen can ease my pain”: voices from renaissance convents

Jun 10th, 2013 59m 11s

Dr Abigail Brundin (Magdalene 1991), University Senior Lecturer in the Department of Italian, Pilkington Prize winner 2013In C17th Italy, the number of girls and young women entering convents rose rapidly as dowries became increasingly expensi

The lessons of the New Deal

Jun 4th, 2013 1h 1m

Tony Badger, Paul Mellon Professor of American history and Master of Clare CollegeIn 2009, as in 1933, a charismatic president succeeded a discredited president at a time of economic crisis and with resounding majorities in Congress. Obama and

The future is nano

Jun 4th, 2013 56m 46s

Sir Mark Welland, Professor of NanotechnologyThere's been a lot of hype about nanotechnology, but what is it and what is a realistic expectation of what it can do? Professor Welland will look at how nanotechnology developed, how it is one step

Near and Distant Neighbours 1917–1989

Jun 4th, 2013 58m 4s

Jonathan Haslam, Professor of the History of International RelationsThe history of Russia’s Secret Services from the Revolution to the Fall of the Wall: the Military Intelligence, the codes and ciphers and the KGB.

Equality

Jun 4th, 2013 1h 1m

Jacqueline Scott, Professor of Sociology, in conversation with Gaby Hinsliff, author of Half a WifeDespite much progress in the world of work, women are still often held back by carrying the domestic burden and effectively doing a double shift

Living with earthquakes: know your faults

Jun 4th, 2013 1h 4m

James Jackson, Professor of Earth SciencesEarthquakes in the last decade have revealed that rich nations have become very resilient in terms of loss-of-life, while much smaller earthquakes have killed up to 30% of urban populations in countrie

What makes us fat?

Jun 4th, 2013 1h 1m

Sadaf Farooqi, Professor of Metabolism and MedicineIn an age of obesity where sugary, fatty food is available 24/7, will it ever be possible to control our appetites? Professor Farooqi will describe how the brain, not the stomach, controls wha

Do nice guys finish last – or first?

Jun 4th, 2013 1h 2m

Simon Blackburn, Professor of Philosophy, and Chris Blackhurst, editor of The IndependentTrust in British public life has now reached catastrophically low levels for parliament, the press, the banks, the police and the NHS. Just as the Nationa

Bad moves: how decision-making goes wrong

Jun 4th, 2013 56m 34s

Professor Sahakian discusses the process of normal decision-making – our strategies, biases that affect us and influential factors. She will describe the abnormal patterns found in patients with conditions such as severe depression, Alzheimer’s

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