This course will look at masterpieces of railway architecture such stations grand and small, viaducts, bridges, tunnel portals, hotels and other kinds of structures which are to be found over and beside the railway track.
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Accredited courses include undergraduate and postgraduate level courses.
Examine Bevin and Eden's policy of staying out of the EEC in this hybrid lecture.
From ancient Persia to the modern CIA, espionage has shaped history. Explore two millennia of spying, tradecraft, and covert action in this six-part lecture series taught by a former intelligence officer and bestselling author Andrew Badger.
This lecture series evaluates one of the most controversial decisions in 20th century UK politics: the applications to join the EEC.
This course analyses why the inter-war years were a period of such political extremism. It will investigate the distinctive features of Soviet Communist ideology and the impact of Lenin and Stalin on the USSR.
This course will explore the English medieval cathedral as a developing institution which survived over a thousand years of religious upheaval and historical change, focusing on the multifaceted architecture of a range of truly great churches.
This lecture examines Elizabeth of York in her role as queen consort to Henry VII.
The course explores the reigns of English queens regnant and consort from 1485-1642, with a focus on gender: did Mary I and Elizabeth I perform and rule differently from kings? What kinds of influence did the wives of kings exert?
Sir Winston Churchill, regarded as one of Britain's greatest statesmen, still provokes controversy and debate. The aim of this course is to study his life in detail, assess his successes and failures and to gain some insights into the complex personality.
The civil wars that swept across the British Isles in the 17th century left few lives untouched. This course will explore the causes, conduct and significance of the English civil wars.
This course will examine the life and reign of Elizabeth I, from her troubled childhood to the death of the aged Virgin Queen. But what do we really know of this iconic queen? Can her reign be accounted a success?
This course seeks to explain why and how the First World War was fought, and to understand why its legacy remains relevant more than a century after it ended.