Events
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October is Art History Month
Tuesday 27th October at noon is ART HISTORY. There will be part 2 of American Artists with 'In Search of American Identity'. Which artist/s will it be? Which art best[...]
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What Do We Really Know About Microplastics?
Speaker: Prof. Iseult Lynch School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Professor of Environmental Nanosciences Microplastics have become one of today's most talked-about environmental issues, but how much do we[...]
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The Geology of Iceland
ZoomSpeaker: John Collis John Collis has kindly stepped into the breach to enable our October meeting to go ahead. He will be giving a layperson's introduction to the geology of[...]
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The Power of Hydraulics
As a technology, hydraulic fluid power has been around since the Industrial Revolution, more than 200 years ago. And in industries as diverse as transport, manufacturing, construction and waste disposal,[...]
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New Tech – When Does it Change the Workplace?
20th October 3pm to 5pm This month I'm delighted to invite Phill Fox to come and talk to us about how generative AI might impact our workplace and jobs. Phill[...]
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Music, Seen: the colour of music, and the sound of light
Unfortunately, Dr Emma Chapman has been taken ill and is unable to give her planned presentation. We are very pleased, however, that Professor Milton Mermikides, will be joining us instead[...]
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Art History month October 27th 2026
This month, we continue with the theme 'American Artists' and part 2 of 'In Search of American Identity'
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The Literary Contribution of 300 million books
Soon after the demise of Jeffrey Archer we discuss his contribution through: 31 novels 11 children's books 7 short story collections 3 prison diaries and 3 plays A massive output,[...]
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Process Control Automation
In today's world, where many of our traditionally labour-intensive industrial work-places are being transformed by modern technologies, we are relying increasingly on computerised systems to keep everything running smoothly. But[...]
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November is History Month
FeaturedNovember 24th is our Christmas party! It will be on open mic meeting about all things to do with Christmas or another festival of light eg poem, song, painting, a[...]
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Engineering Precision Medicine: Microbubbles, Ultrasound, and Nanotechnology
Professor Eleanor Stride Professor of Biomaterials; University of Oxford How might medicine become more targeted, more precise and less invasive? Professor Eleanor Stride, Professor of Biomaterials at Oxford, is working[...]