Graeme Beck We were honoured to have as our speaker, via Zoom, Sir Paul Collier, Sheffield-born Professor of Economics and Public Policy at Oxford University, an honorary doctor at Sheffield University, member of The British Academy and much more. Sir Paul is an advisor to governments around the world and a prolific writer, not only of educational … Read more
This week we were given an illuminating and informative talk around the question of “Who Invented Stainless Steel”? This is often claimed to have been Sheffield’s own metallurgist Harry Brearley. However the story as outlined in Peter’s talk gave a wider view of developments across a number of years within the broader steel industry, prior … Read more
Ashley Tuck is Research Manager at the Sheffield office of Wessex Archaeology, who have been appointed to undertake excavation work by the developers of the former Castle Market site and Sheffield City Council on the historic remains of Sheffield Castle. Until the recent demolition of the market and proposed redevelopment, the remains had been hidden … Read more
Bob Moore, Emeritus Professor of European History at the University of Sheffield, returned to the club – via Zoom, from his home near Oxford – following his earlier talk in March 2024 on the International Role of a PoW Camp in Two World Wars” to give us this time a history of national and local … Read more
Emeritus Professor John Parker, a world renowned academic specialist in the world of glass, gave us a look into the sustainability of glass both as a product and in the course of its manufacture. Prof Parker is the curator of the Turner Museum of Glass at the University of Sheffield. Professor William E S Turner … Read more
Bill Skipworth, who qualified as a dentist in 1981, gave us talk not only about his early life but also about his journey through the traumatic loss of sight that he experienced as a result of glaucoma, his partial recovery and the unusual side effects of his blindness, in his case synesthesia. Bill was born … Read more