Directory of Previous Talks

This was Barbara’s 4th visit. (For information on Barbara, you can refer to her talk on 11th Feb. 2019) 157 years after a group of Welsh people emigrated to Patagonia, todays talk posed the question as to whether it had turned out to be a success or a disaster.      The incentive to emigrate was … Read more

Mike’s extremely well-illustrated  talk was about skyscrapers – there are about 4,800 in the world! The idea of building tall buildings is not new – even in biblical times they thought up the Tower of Babel! In more modern times the tower of Lincoln Cathedral, the Eiffel Tower, the Chrysler Building and the Empire State … Read more

The siege of Leningrad is not one of the better known episodes of the Second World War, but was the deadliest single event of the conflict. It was one of the longest and most destructive sieges in history, lasting for 872 days, and resulted in the deaths of 1.1 million people as Nazi Germany blockaded … Read more

The reason for this post is to practice loading a new post and inserting a picture This is a picture of our dogs Alfie who sustained injury to his elbow is being nursed by Stanley lying on him. Sadly after prophylactic surgery to his other non damaged elbow he never was able to run free … Read more

Tony Ryan has been Professor of Physical Chemistry and Sustainability Leader at Sheffield University since 1997   and the founding Director of The Grantham Centre for Sustainable Studies since 2008.  Since graduating with a BSc Degree in Physical Science in 1988 from UMIST he has had a distinguished career in an area of Science now increasingly … Read more

Background Danilo Miskovic is a consultant colorectal surgeon specialising in training and robotic surgery for colorectal cancer at St Mark’s Hospital and the London Clinic. He is a Swiss national and his undergraduate education was in Zurich. He gave us an insight into his background and explained how he came to work in the UK … Read more