Talks

Program 2024-2025

2024- 2025 Sep-10 : Virus Discovery – Emma Thomson (Biog) Sep-24: The Power Of Online Open Source Investigative Journalism – Eoghan McGuire (Biog) Oct-08: Creating Identification through History: The Roche Archive – Alexander Bieri (Biog) Oct-22: My Journey into Music

Gerry McCartney

Professor Gerry McCartney Gerry McCartney graduated from medicine at the University of Glasgow and did his GP vocational training in Paisley. Whilst working as a junior doctor he completed an honours degree in Economics and Development at the University of

Liz Lochhead

Liz Lochhead was the second Makar, or National Poet of Scotland, from 2011 till 2016. She was awarded the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry, 2015.  A performance-poet as well as a poet for the page, she is also a playwright,

John Deffenbaugh

I’ve lived outside America for 50 years, mainly in Scotland, but also England and Egypt. My American frame of reference is the 1960s when I grew up in Peoria, Illinois. Baseball, Vietnam, moon shots, civil rights. I’ve travelled back to

Richard Petty

Dr Richard Petty Richard is a retired Consultant Neurologist from what was the Southern General Glasgow. He was appointed in 1995 after periods of training in Newcastle and both the Royal Free and National Hospital, Queen Square in London. He

Robin Leake

Robin was educated at Oxford University where he did both his undergraduate and doctoral degrees.  After time as a Research Fellow at Wolfson College, he went to the States for two years before arriving in Glasgow.  Our research group worked

Bill Hagan

Following graduation in Aeronautical Engineering I commenced sponsored training to become a commercial airline pilot in 1970 and started as a co-pilot on the BEA Trident aircraft from 1971 for a period of 14 years, and finished my career in