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.
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
Ross Cameron, Professor of Environmental Horticulture at Sheffield University, spoke to us on the implications of climate change, some aspects of which present a science fiction scenario unless the problems are addressed. Global warming is expected to bring – obviously – warmer temperatures, but also greater turbulences with occasion severe hurricanes and deep water freezing. … Read more
This talk, given the full title of “Is this police brutality? – Insights from an inquest following the death of a man in custody,” was a true case of a man dying shortly after being admitted to hospital, following an incident where police had subdued him by using tasers. Those attending the talk were invited … Read more
After his visit to us a year ago, Neil Hanson was best known to us as a former owner and proprietor of Britain’s highest pub, the Tan Hill Inn. He kept us laughing on that occasion with his story (Inn and Out at the Top, as he called it) of tight-fisted farmers, eccentric characters, bizarre … Read more
Keith Pitchforth came to Sheffield to study Computing and Information Technology in 1975. Following his degree course, he taught the subject for many years and by his own account, retired early. With some time on his hands, he became a scout leader, and it was through his desire to make the Remembrance Service at the … Read more
Our own member Graham Blincow gave us a fascinating insight into the world of radio – from Guglielmo Marconi’s patent of 1896 to the present time – but it was the period of Graham’s own involvement and the introduction of local radio in the 1960s and 1970s which prompted the talk’s title. BBC Radio Sheffield … Read more