Events at Gresham College

March is a month of drink and debauchery at Gresham College, with the new Mondays at One series, 'From Gin Lane to the Band of Hope'.''

Simon Thurley concludes his thrilling odyssey through the history of English building with a look at contentious post-war architecture, while Juliette Wood traces the story of the Holy Grail.''

Christopher Hogwood CBE treats us to two concerts at Christ Church Spitalfields (a must for fans of Debussy, Ravel or Handel) and former Chancellor Lord Denis Healey makes a very rare appearance at our seminar on 'Middle class recruits to Communism in the 1930s.'''Our full schedule of upcoming lectures in March is below:

'An Infernal Spark: Drink Addiction and Disease'Dr James Nicholls'Monday 4 March 2013, 1pm'Museum of London''

How Computers get it Wrong: 2 + 2 = 5'Professor Tony Mann'Monday 4 March 2013, 6pm'Barnard's Inn Hall''

The Phantom Cup that Comes and Goes: The Story of the Holy Grail'Dr Juliette Wood'Tuesday 5 March 2013, 1pm'Museum of London''

Exoplanets and how to find them'Professor Carolin Crawford'Wednesday 6 March 2013, 1pm'Museum of London''

Coming to Terms with Modern Times:'English Architecture in Post-War England'Professor Simon Thurley'Wednesday 6 March 2013, 6pm'Museum of London''

Paris: Debussy and Ravel'Professor Christopher Hogwood with musicians from the Royal Academy of Music'Thursday 7 March 2013, 1pm'Christ Church Spitalfields''

Middle Class Recruits to Communism in the 1930's'Professor Nicholas Deakin'Thursday 7 March 2013, 6pm'Barnard's Inn Hall'

'The Gordon Riots of 1780: London in Flames, a Nation in Ruins'Professor Ian Haywood'Monday 11 March 2013, 1pm'Museum of London'

'Enoch Powell and the Sovereignty of Parliament'Professor Vernon Bogdanor'Tuesday 12 March 2013, 6pm'Museum of London''

How to Innovate, What to Regulate:'Achieving Real Change on the Road to Long Finance'Professor Michael Mainelli and a panel of experts'Wednesday 13 March 2013, 2.30pm'Bank of America Merrill Lynch'FULLY ALLOCATED''

God's Good Order and the Artist's Patterns'Professor Ben Quash'Thursday 14 March 2013, 1pm'Barnard's Inn Hall''

Middle Class Recruits to Communism in the 1930s (Seminar)'Professor Nicholas Deakin'Thursday 14 March 2013, 3pm'Barnard's Inn Hall'FULLY ALLOCATED''

Cannabis Britannica: The rise and demise of a Victorian wonder drug'Professor James Mills'Monday 18 March 2013, 1pm'Museum of London''

Modelling the World'Professor Raymond Flood'Tuesday 19 March 2013, 1pm'Museum of London''

The Psychology of Money'Professor Glenn D. Wilson'Tuesday 19 March 2013, 6pm'Museum of London''

The Historic Collections of Lambeth Palace Library'Giles Mandelbrote'Wednesday 20 March 2013, 6pm'Museum of London''

The Winning and Losing Nations'Professor Douglas McWilliams'Thursday 21 March 2013, 6.30pm'Museum of London''

"The fangs of the serpent are hid in the bowl": The Temperance Movement'The Rev'd Professor Stephen Orchard'Monday 25 March 2013, 1pm'Museum of London''

London: Music under the shadow of Handel'Professor Christopher Hogwood with musicians from the Royal Academy of Music'Wednesday 27 March 2013, 1pm'Christ Church Spitalfields' 

There is also an online archive of nearly 1,500 lectures, many of which are available to watch online or download.

Lectures that have recently been added to the online archive

:

    The Leveson Inquiry: Trauma or Catharsis? by Professor George Brock

    Forwards and Backwards: Architecture in inter-war England by Simon Thurley

    Incest and Folk-dancing: Two things to be avoided by Professor Steve Jones

For more information please visit the website: www.gresham.ac.uk