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Ian Lamb

Commander Ian Lamb Royal Navy Retired On leaving School in 1964 Ian joined Eastern Electricity (EE) as a Student Apprentice. He successfully negotiated his studies and then worked for EE as a planning engineer. In 1970 he volunteered and was

Liam Devlin

Liam Devlin is a former teacher, a long career at St Aloysius College being sandwiched between periods working for the Adult and Continuing Education Departments of Glasgow and Edinburgh Universities for which he taught Music. He was appointed Linlithgow Pursuivant Extraordinary in 2024,

Alexander Bieri

Alexander Lukas Bieri started working for Roche Group Holdings in 1994 and first was tasked with the management of market introductions of biopharmaceuticals. Pursuing his interest in public relations and information management, he became acquainted to the company’s unique heritage

Gordon Cree

Gordon Cree was born in Ayrshire and was classically trained in piano and singing at the RCS. In a lengthy career, he has garnered a formidable reputation as a pianist, singer, conductor, composer, arranger-orchestrator and cabaret artiste. Having started his

Eoghan MacGuire CV

Eoghan MacGuire is Lead Editor of the investigative outlet, Bellingcat, and a recent John S. Knight Fellow at Stanford University in California. Eoghan leads a team of editors and social media producers at Bellingcat while also working with dozens of

Emma Thomson

Emma Thomson is clinical professor of infectious diseases at the MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research (and professor of emerging viral infections at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine). She trained in medicine in Glasgow, specialised in

Program 2023-2024

2023- 2024 Sep 12 :           Adam Smith     –  Graeme Roy (Biog) Sep 26 :           My love affair with the River Clyde  –  George Fleming (Biog) Oct 10 :           Lord Reith – Hero or Hypocrite – Peter

Jason Gill

Jason Gill is Professor of Cardiometabolic Health in the School of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Health at the University of Glasgow. He leads an active multi-disciplinary research group investigating the prevention and management of vascular and metabolic diseases and has published