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@greshamcollege.bsky.socialRead all about it!
For a suggested donation of £10 + p&p [each], you can recieve one of our books detailing the 400+ year history of Gresham College, its founder Sir Thomas Gresham, and the historic #CityofLondon.💡
Find out more: gres.hm/book-offer
@greshamcollege.bsky.social✨ We exist on a choppy astronomical sea, disturbed by events hundreds of millions of light-years away.
Prof Chris Lintott explores black holes, gravitational waves – and how your favourite necklace came into being.
@greshamcollege.bsky.socialHappy birthday John Lennon! 🎉
Did you know he once wrote a song from the text of a circus poster? 🤡
Prof Milton Mermikides explores the Beatles' musical invention in his lecture 'Magical Mystery Tour: The Invention of The Beatles'.
Watch: gres.hm/beatles
@greshamcollege.bsky.social🌌 The Universe is expanding... but will it expand forever?
Professor Katherine Blundell OBE explores the fate of galaxies, black holes and the Universe itself...
Department of Physics at the University of Oxford #WSW2026 #Astronomy
@mghg.bsky.socialReposted by @greshamcollege.bsky.socialWe are thrilled to announce the lecture by MGHG Board member Professor Kate Hill @greshamcollege.bsky.social bringing an intriguing museum history perspective to the theme: ‘What is Precious to Us?’
Wednesday 14 October 6pm, free to attend in-person and online:
www.gresham.ac.uk/whats-on/tri...
@greshamcollege.bsky.socialProf Clive Stafford Smith in The Independent on the botched execution of Christa Pike: gres.hm/css-ind-cp
Catch up with his recent Gresham College lecture on what Trump’s drive to “restore the #deathpenalty means for the 2,400 people on death row:
gres.hm/trump-death
@greshamcollege.bsky.social✨ Look deeper into the Universe and you look further back in time. ⏰
Prof Chris Lintott explores the Great Debate: how new telescopes in the 20th century revealed the Milky Way is one galaxy among billions...
@greshamcollege.bsky.social🚀✨Did you know there are more stars dying each year than those being born?
Prof Chris Lintott delves into this and more in this lecture, exploring how the end of the universe could reveal the secrets about its beginnings ✨
@greshamcollege.bsky.socialAlready sold out! But you can still watch live online! 💻🎧
@greshamcollege.bsky.socialA delightful episode of this long-running podcast featuring Gresham Professor of Rhetoric Melissa Lane!
Watch more of Melissa's lectures: gres.hm/melissa-lane...
🏛️ #ancientgreece #law #philosophy #AncientHistory See less
@greshamcollege.bsky.social🚀✨ This #WorldSpaceWeek, celebrate human curiosity and the incredible stories the universe has to tell.
🌌 Our collection of free astronomy lectures takes you from stars and planets to black holes, galaxies and the origins of the Universe 👉 https://gres.hm/gresham-astronomy
@greshamcollege.bsky.social🎵 Studies show we respond to rhythm & harmony even while asleep — and musical ideas have found their way into the dreams of composers from McCartney to Tartini. Prof Milton Mermikides explores the strange magic shared by #music, #sleep and #dreams
🎧 Watch more: https://gres.hm/music-sleep
@greshamcollege.bsky.socialWe enjoyed it very much. Thank you Anna!
@greshamcollege.bsky.socialWhy does a whip make that astonishing crack? Professor Alain Goriely* reveals the surprising #mathematics behind the extreme acceleration of whips and chains - & how infinity itself helps create the sound
Watch more: https://ow.ly/AjTF50ZRkPX
*also of Oxford Mathematics
@greshamcollege.bsky.socialMore Than an Instrument?
What does a #cello mean to its player? Dr Kate Kennedy uncovers the extraordinary stories of instruments and their players, exploring what it means to be separated from your voice — and to find it again.
Watch more 👉https://gres.hm/cello-voice
@greshamcollege.bsky.socialTickets are now open for: Our Sovereign Soil
Visiting Prof Ian Mudway* examines the tension between major urban development & #publichealth - questioning whether economic priorities are outweighing long-term #health evidence
🎟️ https://gres.hm/sovereign-soil
*also of School of Public Health
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@greshamcollege.bsky.socialFree in-person tickets still available for next Monday’s lecture:
Where is Queer Love in the Shoah History?
Dr Anna Hájková on the marginalisation and recovery of histories of same-sex desire during the Holocaust.
🎟️ https://gres.hm/queer-shoah
@greshamcollege.bsky.socialWe were delighted to welcome over 500 visitors last week as part of the #openhouse festival! Thank you to all who dropped in to find out more about our medieval Hall - and our lovely volunteers who helped welcome guests!
Read more https://gres.hm/open-house-26
@greshamcollege.bsky.socialIn-person tickets for the first lecture of our Gresham in the North Series are now open!
https://gres.hm/history-algorithms 🧠
Join Prof Sarah Hart at St John's College, Durham University to explore four key algorithms which have shaped pure #maths, and areas as diverse as nuclear physics & music
