Phil Morrell

Steve Brennan is a retired chest physician who worked for many years at the Northern General Hospital and came this morning to talk to us about the life of Gerolamo Cardano who lived in 16th century Italy and who has been described at various times as a physician, chemist, astrologer, astronomer, philosopher, mathematician, biologist and … Read more

This morning’s talk was presented by George Clark a retired anaesthetist and covered the Anglo Zulu conflict of 1879. The war has been described as an ill-conceived, incompetently executed and fruitless campaign. 20,000 British troops faced 40,000 Zulus, more than 10,000 Zulus were killed and 2,000 British troops died. Not the British Empire’s finest hour. … Read more