Here is a list of all our all our previous talks – Over 400 in total!! You can use the Search function for key words (magnifying glass in our menu).
Thank you to all the Speakers we have had over the years.
Following a 37-year academic career at Sheffield University, Alan Baker was Professor of Botany (Ecology and Environmental Science) at the University of Melbourne, Australia, from 2000 until 2008. He now lives back in the UK but continues his active engagement with many research institutions around the world. It was while at Sheffield that his interest … 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
Paul Iseard had previously talked to us back in 2023 about the humble fork and its development through the ages from a single prong to the four-pronged item we know today. Following his ownership of the famous Sheffield Shop on Ecclesall Road, which is still a thriving business and a place to buy all things … Read more
The subject of Ben’s previous talk to the Club was about moths, this talk was to inform us of the work of the Sheffield and Rotherham Wildlife Trust. The Trust dates from 1985 an is one of 46 such Trusts in the UK. It is a largely city-based Trust looking after 16 Nature Reserves, 13 … Read more
Lee Thompson, one of our own Probus members and a retired professor of physics, travelled widely during his career. Well versed in public speaking, he gave us a fascinating insight into North Korea, after a visit there in 2009. Michael Palin’s TV series supplements and beautifully illustrates Lee’s superb talk and is highly recommended: https://www.channel5.com/show/michael-palin-in-north-korea/ … Read more
Most people will associate volcanoes with Iceland, with memories of grounded aeroplane flights still fresh in their minds, and I for one must confess that I didn’t know that Chile also has several active volcanoes. Dave McGarvie, an honorary research fellow at Lancaster University, is an expert of volcanology (or vulcanology – it can be … Read more