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Tuesday, 30 April 2019 - Wednesday, 29 May 2019

Booking is open for Professor Graham Johnson's lecture on piano accompaniment, the Unacclaimed Accompanist, and booking opens at 10am on Monday 15 April for Dr John Guy's June lecture on Sir Thomas Gresham, with research from his new book. 

 

Leonardo's Salvator Mundi

Professor Martin Kemp

6 pm, Weds 1 May, Museum of London

 

The Child and Medical Treatment

Jo Delahunty QC and Dr Imogen Goold

6 pm, Thurs 2 May, Barnard's Inn Hall

 

The Unacclaimed Accompanist

Professor Graham Johnson

6 pm, Tues 7 May, Mercers' Hall

*Reservations required*

 

Gresham's Exchange

Professor Stephen Alford

6 pm, Weds 8 May, Museum of London

 

Jesus, Hitler and the Abolition of God

Alec Ryrie

6 pm, Thurs 9 May, Museum of London

 

Digital Listening

Tom Service

6pm, Mon 13 May, Museum of London

 

Is There Danger Ahead With AI? (Debunking Superintelligence)

Yorick Wilks

1 pm, Tues 14 May, Museum of London

 

 

The Cockney Romantics

Jonathan Bate

6 pm, Tues 14 May, Museum of London

 

Staying in Touch With Patients 
(Why Touch Matters In Medicine)

Roger Kneebone

6 pm, Weds 15 May, Museum of London

 

Energy and Matter at the Origin of Life

Professor Nick Lane

6 pm, Mon 20 May, Museum of London
 

 

Prokofiev's War and Peace

Marina Frolova-Walker

1 pm, Tues 21 May, Museum of London
 

 

Exploring Earth from Space

Jacqueline McGlade

6 pm, Tues 21 May, Museum of London
 

 

The Limits of Our Knowledge

Joseph Silk

1 pm, Weds 22 May, Museum of London
 

 

The Changing Impact of Infections

Christopher Whitty

6 pm, Weds 22 May, Museum of London
 

 

Creativity: Can Computers Cut It?

Richard Harvey

6 pm, Tues 28 May, Museum of London
 

 

Toothpaste, Custard and Chocolate: Mathematics Gets Messy (London Mathematical Society annual lecture)

Professor Helen Wilson

6 pm, Weds 29 May, Museum of London
 

 

Aristotle's Lyceum 
(The First University?)

Edith Hall

1 pm, Thurs 30 May, Barnard's Inn

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