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The pervasive scope of the European Convention of Human Rights has been demonstrated by the furore over the voting rights of prisoners. Is the ECHR...

The Lord Mayor of London, Michael Bear, speaks about the regeneration and development of Spitalfields Market and Bishop's Square. This project ill...

Dr Mark Turin discusses his own experience of preserving and revitalising the Thangmi language in Nepal. He discusses the problems encountered, bot...

Bill Bryson finishes his list of "the four most remarkable things I know": that all life comes from single moment of creation.

What follows from it...

Sharing the process I go through before starting the edit on a new short film project. In this case, It's my latest short film, a sci-fi project ca...

The Gospels mention no animals at the birth of Jesus, so why do we always see an Ox and a donkey present at the nativity?

Lord Harries, Gresham Pr...

Veronica Falls perform Stephen on Bandstand Busking

Astronomy, history and murder! - The quick guide to who might have killed Tycho Brahe and why we should care.

Gresham Professor of Astronomy, Prof...

A look at the masters visit during the summer of 1892, where he lived and performed and why this place was so special to him.

Neal Stephenson discusses the origin of his prize-winning 2009 novel 'Anathem' and some of the key ideas behind it.

Neal Stephenson talks about th...

Video installation for City of London Festival 2006 made by artist / poet Paul (Little Onion) Conneally with pupils inTower Hamlets, London UK. The...

Having sacked Cadiz in 1596, Robert Devereux decided to stop off with his English forces in Portugal, so that they could take back to England the p...

Zagazabo's was perhaps the first black voice to be heard in European literature, being quoted extensively in Damião de Góis's book on "The Faith, R...

The story of Catherine of Braganza (1638-1705) and the fraught political relations between England and Portugal.

At the age of 24, Catarina de Bra...

Simple mathematics is all around us in our everyday lives. In the case of codes, the simple pure mathematics behind it is fascinating and surprisin...

Why are some bank numbers correct and some incorrect? What makes a good number for a credit card, and why?

In this extract from his lecture on 'Co...

In an area where it's essential that mistakes don't arise, how do they ensure that the codes for international banking are correct? How is maths at...

"Stanley Milgram's other experiment" was a brilliant investigation of 'small world' networks and it initiated the idea of 'six degrees of separatio...

We meet mathematical codes at every part of our everyday lives - in our mobile phones, on the sides of books, on our credit cards, in barcodes - bu...

The problem Matt Damon's character solved in 'Good Will Hunting' - Homeomorphically Irreducible Trees of degree ten. The problem sounds complex but...

Fyfe Dangerfield played Livewire for Bandstand Busking in Victioria Park, London. www.bandstandbusking.com

By the end of the war most Germans believed that Nazism had betrayed Germany. But how did this dissent from the regime come about?

Professor Richar...

By the middle of May 1945, 20,000 railway wagons of loot were waiting to be delivered back to the homes of Red Army troops - the spoils of defeatin...

Joseph Haydn's 'Seven Last Words from the Cross' - Sonata Seven - as performed by the Navarra Quartet.

The words are:

'In manus tuas, Domine, comm...

That Song - Our Fist short clip. Not very good but still enjoyable.

Hopefully Better Ones In the future

In this video:

Elorm - http://www.youtube...

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/02/01/L...

Is democracy less conducive to long-term thinking as compa...

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/02/01/L...

Composer Brian Eno recalls how he and Stewart Brand joined...

What part, if any, does the media play in relation to eating disorders? Drawing on her experiences of a severe eating disorder, Melissa Wolfe expl...

What part, if any, does the media play in relation to eating disorders? Drawing on her experiences of a severe eating disorder, Melissa Wolfe expl...

What part, if any, does the media play in relation to eating disorders? Drawing on her experiences of a severe eating disorder, Melissa Wolfe expl...

Has IVF increased women's control over their fertility and careers?

Freezing their eggs may give women the opportunity to be fertile for as long a ...

Has IVF increased women's control over their fertility and careers?

Freezing their eggs may give women the opportunity to be fertile for as long a ...

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/01/14/R...

Lord Richard Harries considers human rights a necess...

Filmed @ the Green Garage ( http://www.myspace.com/gree... )during Blissfields podcast recording.

First Aid Kit played Our Own Pretty Ways for Bandstand Busking in Arnold Circus bandstand in East London. www.bandstandbusking.com

First Aid Kit played In The Morning for Bandstand Busking at Arnold Circus in East London. www.bandstandbusking.com

Peggy Sue played Once We Were Strangers for Bandstand Busking at Northampton square. www.bandstandbusking.com

Private Idaho by Kill It Kid for Bandstand Busking. For more videos or to find out how to come along to the next busk visit http://www.bandstandbus...

Peggy Sue played Yo Mama for Bandstand Busking at Northampton square. www.bandstandbusking.com

Sons of Noel and Adrian played The Wreck Is Not A Boat for www.bandstandbusking.com

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/11/26/I...

Gresham Professor of Astronomy Ian Morison discusses some of t...

Micachu and the Shapes played Turn Me Well for Bandstand Busking at Arnold Circus bandstand. www.bandstandbusking.com

Music by Fraser Diagram, Video by Galen Diagram

Michael Mainelli gave a lecture at Gresham College in London on Jan 28th 2008 titled "Perfectly un...

How old is X if...? Robin Wilson, Gresham Professor of Geometry, has a quick look at the problems involving ages, their seeming difficulty, and the...

Has IVF increased women's control over their fertility and careers?

Freezing their eggs may give women the opportunity to be fertile for as long a ...

Has IVF increased women's control over their fertility and careers?

Freezing their eggs may give women the opportunity to be fertile for as long a ...

Has IVF increased women's control over their fertility and careers?

Freezing their eggs may give women the opportunity to be fertile for as long a ...