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Mathematics: The Next Generation - Professor Peter Cameron
56:32
May 24, 2013
Mathematics is important to us all. So it is important to enable young mathematicians, clear-thinking and passionate about their subject, to contribute at the highest level....
Trust in Markets? - Professor the Lord Plant of Highfield
55:06
May 24, 2013
In this lecture we shall concentrate on the issue of the extent to which markets at least implicitly depend on collective values such as trust and civic virtue. Such values ...
Regulation at Home, but not Abroad - Professor Sir Geoffrey Nice QC
01:15:56
May 23, 2013
In December 2012 Sir Geoffrey Nice finished four years as Vice Chair of the Bar Standards Board, the body that regulates barristers. After forty years in practice as a barri...
Rome: Corelli and Geminiani
01:04:03
May 23, 2013
An investigation into the performance style required by Corelli in his Op 5 solo violin sonatas and their arrangements as concertos by his pupil Geminiani. To be performed b...
Sorting out Transport in London - Professor Douglas McWilliams
41:40
May 23, 2013
London has some major disadvantages that would make any transport policy difficult. However, even given the constraints, the current policy mix is so far away from ideal tha...
Britten and the String Quartet: A Classical Impulse - String Quartet No.1
50:57
May 22, 2013
A talk and performance to mark the centenary of the birth of Benjamin Britten. Professor Roger Parker discusses Benjamin Britten's first string quartet, before The Badke Qua...
Faces in Court 1893-1918: Drawings of William Hartley from New Scotland Y...
59:19
May 21, 2013
William Hartley (1862-1937) was an early Fleet Street photographer whose fame was achieved from his court room sketches from the Old Bailey, Bow Street and other famous cour...
Public Interest Communities or Selfish Cartels? - Panel Discussion
58:05
May 21, 2013
This event explores the question "What makes a good professional?" from a number of angles. Of particular interest is assessing the correct balance between public benefit an...
Professions for Good: Trust in the Professions - Hilary Lindsay
15:25
May 21, 2013
This event explores the question "What makes a good professional?" from a number of angles. Of particular interest is assessing the correct balance between public benefit an...
Perils in Professionalism - Richard Chaplin
21:04
May 21, 2013
This event explores the question "What makes a good professional?" from a number of angles. Of particular interest is assessing the correct balance between public benefit an...
Domain Versus Process Expertise: Professional Perspectives - Panel Discus...
01:09:23
May 21, 2013
This event explores the question "What makes a good professional?" from a number of angles. Of particular interest is assessing the correct balance between public benefit an...
Good Professionals Are Annoying - Michael Parker CBE
22:26
May 21, 2013
This event explores the question "What makes a good professional?" from a number of angles. Of particular interest is assessing the correct balance between public benefit an...
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