Last academic year, over 10,000 people attended our lectures! 👥 Join our community of donors that champion lifelong learning for all. 📚✨ Support our work: gres.hm/donate #VolunteersWeek #FreeLearning #FreeEducation #PublicLectures #AcademicTalks #GreshamCollege

Shock of the Nude: Women Artists & Modern #China Dr Di Wang of Faculty of History, University of Oxford explores how the female nude shaped modern art, nationalism, and social change in China & reveals some of the pioneers of this tradition-defying art form ▶️ https://gres.hm/nude-china #modernart

What shapes a planet’s atmosphere? 🪐 How was the Milky Way assembled? This year at Gresham College, our Prof of Astronomy Chris Lintott will consider these open questions in modern astronomy... Find out more: gres.hm/astro-future Department of Physics at the University of Oxford

Instead of asking what AI will become, we should ask: what roles does AI already have in our lives? 🤖 This year, our Prof of IT Matt Jones will host lectures revealing how AI is now a therapist, muse, companion, assistant and co-worker to many... Find out more: gres.hm/ai-intimacy

Our 2026–27 lecture programme is here! 🎉 Join us live, online or in person – always free! 📅 👉 gres.hm/whats-on From our astronomical future and #AI to marvellous #medicines, global #film, #music, #LGBTQ histories & staging #Shakespeare, there's something for everyone! #GreshamCollege #EduSky

God of Wine. Inspiration. Madness. Fear. Why was #Dionysus (#Bacchus) viewed as both a saviour and a threat? Professor Ronald Hutton* explored the mystery in his penultimate Gresham College lecture: https://gres.hm/god-dionysus *also of History at Bristol

What does the law say about the ongoing conflict in Palestine and Israel? Gresham Professor of Law Clive Stafford Smith explores this question in this lecture, drawing on his Jewish heritage and expertise in human rights #law... https://gres.hm/israel-palestine-law #EduSky

Plastic China (2018) follows Yi-Jie, a little girl who works in a plastic waste recycling workshop, but dreams of going to school. ♻️📚 Prof Luke Robinson explores the world of independent Chinese documentaries... Watch lecture: gres.hm/chinese-documentary University of Sussex

What happened when migrant women took on a photography and collage project? 👥📸 In her work bridging photography and archival research, Dr. Julia Winckler has witnessed the power of photography to connect people, to make them feel seen and valued... Watch lecture: gres.hm/memory

Last academic year, we had over 200 entries for our Young Orator of the Year Competition! 🗣️ Join our community of donors that champion lifelong learning for all. 📚✨ Support our work: gres.hm/donate #VolunteersWeek #FreeLearning #FreeEducation #PublicLectures #AcademicTalks #GreshamCollege

Today's Ringo Starr's birthday! 🎉 Why is Ringo not appreciated as the incredible drummer he is? Prof Milton Mermikides reveals all about his musical genius, and the Beatles' staggering invention... Watch lecture: gres.hm/beatles Filmed at @lsostlukes.bsky.social ⛪✨ University of Surrey

#BTS are playing in London tonight! 💜 Prof of Astronomy Chris Lintott reveals how the BTS song '13430' references Pluto's demotion from planet to asteroid... 🪐 Watch full lecture here: gres.hm/pluto-planet Department of Physics at the University of Oxford #BTSinLondon #EduSky #Astronomy

AI... domination, assimilation or domestication? Professor Matt Jones* looked at proposals to limit #AI powers and impacts, so that bad outcomes are outweighed by social benefits from the technology. Watch more: https://gres.hm/ai-taming *also of@swanseauni.bsky.social

Today is #PrideinLondon! 🏳️‍🌈✨ Enjoy this incredible performance by West End actor Luke Bayer of 'I Am What I Am'. This is a clip from a lecture by Prof Dominic Broomfield-McHugh (he/him), where he reveals the history behind this famous LGBTQ+ anthem... Watch: gres.hm/lgbt

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Congratulations to Filip Szemiczek of Sir John Lawes Sixth Form, Harpenden, winner of our 2026 Young Orator of the Year Competition! 🏆 Also to runners-up Sadie Bell & Laurena Anderson, and all finalists for their inspiring speeches!👏 More: https://gres.hm/-young-orator-comp26

It's final day! 🎉 We're excited to welcome our 12 Young Orator of the Year finalists to Gresham College today. Wishing the very best of luck to all our talented young speakers - we can't wait to hear your presentations! 🎤 #YoungOrator #Oracy Read more: https://gres.hm/2026-finalists

It's #PlasticFreeJuly! 🧴🗑️❌ We're looking back at Prof Ian Mudway's lecture 'The Pill and the Planet' where he explores the pollution created by pharmaceutical waste... 📺 Watch: gres.hm/pill-planet School of Public Health Imperial College London #PlasticFreeJuly2026 #PlasticPollution #EduSky

📢 We're recruiting! We are seeking a new Professor of Rhetoric to continue our centuries-long tradition of delivering free public lectures that inspire and engage. If you're an outstanding scholar with a passion for communicating to a wide audience, fin ut more: https://gres.hm/rhetoric

How did oligarchy come about in ancient Athens? 🏛️✨ Gresham Professor of Rhetoric Melissa Lane looks at the dynamics of oligarchic power within ancient popular regimes... Watch lecture: gres.hm/oligarchs-discontents Princeton University Department of Politics Princeton University Press #EduSky

What was your favourite lecture this year? 🎤✨ Let us know in the comments! 💬 If you've enjoyed Gresham College lectures this year, please support us by making a donation, and help us keep free education available to all! 📚 Click here: gres.hm/donate-today #EduSky #FreeEducation #OnlineLearning

Who was the goddess Bridget? ☘️✨ Straddling the pagan and Christian worlds, Prof of Divinity Ronald Hutton examines the very tangled history of this Celtic goddess... Watch lecture: gres.hm/goddess-bridget History at Bristol #Paganism #BritishHistory #IrishHistory #CelticMythology #EduSky

As the academic year draws to a close, we would like to thank you for watching Gresham College lectures! 📚🎤 For nearly 430 years, we've offered free public lectures, championing the belief that knowledge should be open and accessible to all. 🌎✨ Donate today: https://gres.hm/donate-today #EduSky

"This is not a drill" As extreme temperatures become more common in the UK, Gresham Professor of the Environment Helen Czerski warns that heat alerts should be taken as seriously as any other severe weather warning. 🌡️ Read more: https://gres.hm/not-a-drill #ExtremeHeat #Heatwave

Too hot outside? Stay cool and think big! ☀️🥵 Tonight: On the Nature of Time According to Modern Physics with prof Jim Al-Khalili ⏳ Does time flow? Is it fundamental to reality? Join us live online for the Annual Sir Thomas Gresham Lecture: https://gres.hm/tg-26 University of Surrey

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Last academic year, our volunteers gave Gresham College 562 hours of support! 🤝 Join our community of donors that champion lifelong learning for all. 📚✨ Support our work: gres.hm/donate #VolunteersWeek #FreeLearning #FreeEducation #PublicLectures #AcademicTalks #GreshamCollege

Happy #WorldEnvironmentDay! 🌊✨ Did you know cloud formation can involve... plankton? Gresham Professor of the Environment Helen Czerski reveals how life is woven in with the rest of the planetary engine in her brilliant lecture, 'A Living Planet'. Watch: gres.hm/living-planet

The weather outside may be frightful, but the UCAS Discovery Fair at the Uni of East London is buzzing. 📍 Visit us at Stand 112 Arena 2 to discover how our free lectures and resources can broaden your knowledge, spark new ideas, and help you stand out in EPQs and Uni applications...

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