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.
THE Clipper Race, first held in 1996-97 and the brainchild of solo round-the-world yachtsman Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, is contested by 12 identical yachts, each with a professional skipper but crewed by a combined total of 700 amateur sailors. Martin Greenshields is very much one of the amateurs. Before embarking on this 10,000 nautical mile … Read more
Peter Styring became Prof. of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry at the University of Sheffield in 2007. He graduated at Sheffield then worked at Hull and New York State universities. He is an expert in Carbon Capture & Utilisation (CCU). He is the author of “Carbon Capture and Utilisation in the Green Economy” and is Chair … Read more
Malcolm showed a presentation with hundreds of photographs of animals that he saw on his journey. India’s wildlife is totally different from African wildlife and although India draws tourists to see the culture, Taj Mahal etc. the wildlife is also well worth seeing. At the first National Park on his travels he photographed Asiatic lions. … Read more
Tim is a volunteer local archivist for ‘’Peak in the Past’’ which is a community heritage group comprising a small collective of individuals with a shared passion for the Derbyshire Peak District and its past. Teaming up with his High Peak Journalist sister Holly, Tim has, from humble beginnings in 2014, obtained financial support to … Read more
Sally was subtly introduced by Jacko, who professed not to know one end of a paintbrush from the other, yet somehow seemed fully aware of Picasso during his “Blazer Period”. No-one else knew this until he rolled up his trouser legs to expose Picasso’s “Sock Period”! Sally is an art graduate who actively avoided and … Read more
Ian Morgan has given a number of talks to the Club. His passion is history. He has published books on historical and crime subjects, made many appearances on local radio and is a guide for some English Heritage properties. His talk started with the earliest laws still in use. Until recently the 1266 Assize of … Read more