The Importance of Being Earnest

The Importance of Being Earnest

By Oscar Wilde Directed & Adapted by Sarah Slator Ernest is Jack. Ernest loves Gwendolen but she doesn’t know he’s Jack. Algernon is also Ernest but he loves Cecily. Both Cecily and Gwendolen are particularly fond of the name Ernest, which is good for Ernest but...
Michael Gove: Is there a future for democracy?

Michael Gove: Is there a future for democracy?

Across the democratic world, voters are losing faith in established institutions while new technologies and global tensions reshape political life. In this thought-provoking talk, Michael Gove draws on decades in government and public life to explore whether democracy...
Living through 1066: English Experiences of Conquest

Living through 1066: English Experiences of Conquest

With the Bayeux Tapestry on display at the British Museum until July 2027, making its first return to Britain in nearly a thousand years, 1066 is once again firmly in the public imagination. But what did the Norman Conquest feel like for those who lived through it? At...
Nelson Mandela: How to Build a Revolution

Nelson Mandela: How to Build a Revolution

Few political figures are as recognisable or influential as Nelson Mandela. In this talk, Professor Christopher Prior explores how Mandela came to embody one of the defining political and humanitarian causes of the twentieth century. Beyond the familiar story lies a...
Professor Ronald Hutton: The Great European Witch Hunt

Professor Ronald Hutton: The Great European Witch Hunt

Between the fifteenth and eighteenth centuries, most European nations feared witchcraft and put people to death for allegedly practising it, on a scale not seen before and never repeated since. Why did these persecutions occur? Why did they come to an end? And could...