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Lecture series16 lectures

The Annual Provost's Lecture

Professor Sir Roderick Floud FBA and others · Gresham College

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About

Gardening has been big business since the 17th century, but how can we measure its growth and economic importance?

Lectures

  1. The Hidden Face of British Gardening 2011-05-12 · YouTube
  2. Innovation in the Social Sciences 2012-05-31 · YouTube
  3. Making and Running Great Gardens 1700 - 1900 2013-06-20 · YouTube
  4. More Means Better: Fifty years of Higher Education 2014-06-19 · YouTube
  5. Waterloo: Causes, Courses and Consequences 2015-06-18 · YouTube
  6. Conspiracy Theories: A Threat to Democracy? 2016-06-16 · YouTube
  7. Migration: A Historical Perspective 2017-06-15 · YouTube
  8. Terrorism in Historical Perspective 2018-06-19 · YouTube
  9. Is Populism a Threat to Democracy? 2020-06-16 · YouTube
  10. Private Palaces: The Mansions of the Marlboroughs 2021-06-15 · YouTube
  11. Inigo Jones and the Architecture of Necessity 2022-06-14 · YouTube
  12. Progresses: Royal Courts on the Move in Tudor and Stuart England 2022-09-14 · YouTube
  13. Sir Christopher Wren: Architect & Courtier 2023-06-14 · YouTube
  14. Whither the Public Lecture? 2024-10-16 · Audio
  15. Galileo’s Journey to the Underworld: The Case for Interdisciplinary Thinking 2025-06-18 · Audio
  16. Why Do We Need Empathy? 2026-09-07 · Audio

Credits and licence

Institution
Gresham College
Taught by
Professor Sir Roderick Floud FBA, Professor Sir Richard Evans, Professor Simon Thurley CBE, Professor Martin Elliott, Professor Sarah Hart, Professor Jane Shaw
Year
2011
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Biology, Earth and environment, Economics, Society and politics, History, Literature and writing, Art, architecture and design, Teaching and learning
Source
Gresham College
Licence
Educational use (Gresham College's terms), as Gresham College states it. Gresham College's terms
Attribution
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