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A public lecture on the life and work of Mervyn Peake, by his son.Uploaded 18-10-11Often described as the ultimate Renaissance Man, Mervyn Peake was just eight when his father, a medical doctor, arranged for a Mandarin expert in calligraphy, to teach him the art. Soon he was able to form many of th…
Professor David Ford presents his research into the hermeneutics of Bible translation, as a part of the symposium marking the 400th anniversary of the King James Version of the Bible.Uploaded 17-10-11The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the full conference's pa…
Following the Beagle voyage, Darwin settled down to a quiet married life, relying on correspondence to gather facts. Uploaded 11-06-26He wrote thousands of letters as he gathered facts to support his still-secret theory. Long before anyone had heard of evolution, Darwin produced four enormous books…
The post war years, by contrast with the first 45 years of the 20th century, were marked by peace and stability. For much of the period, ideological conflict gave way to consensus and the convergence of political creeds. Yet, by the end of the century, Britain seemed a markedly less optimistic soci…
In 1998 a medical furore broke out when The Lancet published an article by Andrew Wakefield questioning the benefits of the MMR vaccination which was being given unquestioningly to children throughout the UK.Uploaded 17-10-11Coming 202 years after the first vaccination by Edward Jenner, which led t…
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