Sunday 1 August 2010

Term 7

Exploring plagiarism via Wombles, the DaVinci Code and Botswana.

The cyborgs are coming - the pros and cons of having wires stuck in your brain.

Talking therapies for severe mental illness.

Refugees in Oxford in the Second World War.

The Origin of the Serif: an unwelcome answer to a 1000 year old question.

Tom Rolt and the Industrial Heritage.

Chile: Politics and Literature.

Garden Cities.
Term 6

What is environmental education?

The life of a freelance photographer.

Zanzibar - The history and politics of a tropical island in the Indian Ocean.

Ecopsychology - It's natural.

Molecular language of the immune system.

My life as an immigration judge.

A short history of Morse code.

Steam trains behind the Iron Curtain.
Term 5

The joy of concrete.

Weather forecasting.

What does a SOCO do – the proof is out there.

My life as an immigration judge.

A short history of social housing.

How can we encourage the immune system to fight tumours?

Archaeological excavations in Sark.

Removing arcane pronunciation and grammar from English to enhance its status as the international language:
Term 4

The Thames in West Oxford: a literary tour.

Thoughts about museums.

Trading shares in Public Limited Companies.

Nietzsche: how to philosophize with a hammer.

Vaccines: the current state of affairs and the evidence for and against vaccines.

The 1911 Festival of Britain at the Crystal Palace.

Birth of the blues.
Term 3

In Search of CamarĂ³n de la Isla. A talk about Flamenco.

9/11 & the War on Terror - an alternative perspective.

The 40 % House: ideas for sustainable improvements to existing houses.

The Internet and Culture: democratization or dumbing-down?

The challenge of climate change and poverty.

Kieron Winn whose poems have appeared in Poetry Review, The Spectator, and on BBC1 will read a handful of his favourite poems, and some of his own, and answer questions about the nature and craft of poetry - and, perhaps, about why many readers now suffer from from fear of poetry.

Herbs.
Term 2

How to have and execute good ideas

Writing for Children

Citizen advocacy

Looking at modern art

The Czech Air Traffic control system

The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri: a swift overview

Icons
Term 1

The origin of Academies in Ancient Greece

Architecture and urban change in West Oxford

Beowulf

Sustainable Energy

The origin of gemstones

Body Line: The Ashes series 1932-33

A short history of the Internet