Gresham College Lectures
Gresham College Lectures
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The Myth and Promise of the U.K. Jury Trial - Clive Stafford Smith
The Lammy plan to eliminate half of U.K. criminal jury trials has provoked a rebellion among many lawmakers. Recent Palestine Action cases highlight the jury’s moral role, with several “perverse verdicts” acquitting activists despite clear evid...
Is the HIV pandemic over? - Matt Higgins
A stark advert picturing a gravestone chiselled with ‘AIDS: DON’T DIE OF IGNORANCE’ captured the horror of this disease in the 1980s. Now, for HIV-infected people able to access anti-retroviral therapies, life expectancy is normal.How w...
Cracking the Whip: Strings, Chains and Dinosaurs - Alain Goriely
This lecture was recorded by Alain Goriely on the 15th of September 2026Alain Goriely is a mathematician with broad interests in mathematical methods, mechanics, sciences, and engineering. He is well known for his contributions to dynam...
The Sky at Night, Tonight: A New View of the Changing Sky - Chris Lintott
On a remote mountain top in Chile, scanning the sky with the largest astronomical camera ever built, the Vera Rubin Observatory is conducting the deepest and most sensitive survey of the sky yet. This lecture covers whatever it’s found in the p...