Glyn Davies

Modern architecture came to Britain from the Continent in the 1930s by way of black and white illustrations and publications. These were followed by architects who were refugees many of them Jewish, from Hitler’s pre-war Germany. They transformed our British architecture. Modernism could be considered as an equilateral triangle with a different factor at each … Read more

Professor Peter Redgrave works at the Sheffield University and lectures in the Department of Psychology. He says that his research philosophy assumes that to diagnose and correct what has gone wrong in a complicated system like the brain, it is helpful to have a good understanding of its normal function. In his talk he explained what Parkinson’s disease is, … Read more

Alan was Editor of the Star and re-launched the Sheffield Telegraph in 1989. There is evidence of early forms of type in ancient China and possibly Korea but in Europe it is Johannes Gutenberg who is credited with ‘inventing’ type. He wanted to make reusable letters and produced 300 letter forms, including upper and lower case letters, … Read more

Brains began evolving millions of years ago. All vertebrates (fish, frog, bird, monkey, man) have brains of the same design but in different species the brain’s size and sophistication depends on the characteristic that is most important to the species. In humans it is thinking, in dogs smell, in dolphins sonar, in bats radar. Why … Read more

James Cook, RN, FRS never took part in an great battles but is famous for three voyages that solved three major problems of the age. He was able to accurately fix longitude using lunar sightings. (At that time they did not have clocks that were reliable at sea.) There was a strong belief among scientists … Read more

Tricia has been coordinator of Sheffield Street Pastors for about 5 years. All of the Street Pastors are Christians who have a genuine concern for their communities and are volunteers from local churches. After a comprehensive training course, teams go out at night to engage with people where they are, on their ground and on … Read more