Peter Clarke

For most of us, the uninitiated, Lloyd’s immediately conjures up visions of the vast insurance giant. The other aspect of Lloyd’s is the part known as Lloyd’s Register. Brian has worked for LR which is a well-respected conglomerate derived from the same origins. It is owned by the Lloyd’s Register Foundation, a UK charity dedicated … Read more

None of us were quite sure if we would appreciate just what kind of talk was to come. However, we soon knew and learnt a great deal. Mary Heyler is an American, originating from California. She started her musical life at a young age, training to become an operatic singer. On qualification she joined the … Read more

‘Why an early birthday goes wrong.’ Dr Neil Chapman, is Group Leader and non-Clinical Lecturer in Reproductive Medicine at Jessops Hospital , Dept. of Oncology & Metabolism. If anyone was in doubt as to the value of Sheffield’s Hospitals, Dr Chapman soon dispelled any uncertainty.  Fortunately no-one in my family has had to call on the … Read more

Our speaker, John Guest, described himself as a reformed bio-chemist, who has become a self-confessed genetic engineer. It is apparent that over the years we are living in an age of increasing specialisation; as a consequence, more of us seem to know more and more about less and less. He has been working on the … Read more

A wide subject you would think, but Patrick Harding did more than justice to it. Oak trees seem to be as familiar in Great Britain to the Ancient Britons as they are to us today. A local giant oak is situated in Worsborough, which is about 1,120 years old. Estimates suggest that oaks have grown … Read more

Two quite extraordinary people set out to create a garden in an area 58 degrees North, in what can only be described as the most remote garden in the United Kingdom.  It is situated only 20 miles from Cape Wrath, N.N. Sutherland. Describing themselves as ‘fit’,  which to my mind is a bit of an … Read more