20-21-Programme
2020 Lockdown – A series of blogs using Slack Thanks are due to the blog writers who entertained us on the Slack App during the Lockdown. They helped keep us entertained during our normal break but, as they say, we
Edward Royle Talk
Professor Edward Royle : New Lanark Ted gave a commanding and scholarly talk on New Lanark – its origins, the key players and a history covering the best part of 250 years. Ted took us back to the early days
Edward Royle
Edward Royle was born, bred and educated in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, before completing his education and beginning his academic career at the University of Cambridge. His only connection with Scotland came when his Yorkshire-born uncle met a Scottish lass in the
John McCormick Talk..
Life Without the BBC? A cartoon of a dapper Lord Reith leaning on BBC House set John’s tone for his talk. Reith’s 1922 mission statement for the new BBC Company was to ‘Inform, Educate and Entertain’ guiding the activities of
Gordon Lowe
After graduating in Medicine from St Andrews and Dundee Universities, Gordon joined the University Department of Medicine at Glasgow Royal Infirmary in 1974, training in general medicine with interests in haemophilia and thrombosis. He was appointed consultant in 1985; Co-Director
Catriona Stewart Blog
Tales of a Herald Reporter Catriona made clear right from the beginning of the existential threat facing newspapers. Last year she went to give school girls a talk on Women in Journalism and asked the girls how many read a
John McCormick
John McCormick After graduating from Glasgow University, John taught history in a Glasgow comprehensive school for two years before joining the BBC’s Education Department. He became a member of BBC Scotland’s Management Team in 1982 and moved to London in
Catriona Stewart
Catriona is a reporter and columnist for the Herald and Times newspaper group. She is currently Chief Reporter and columnist for the Glasgow Times and writes a twice-weekly column for The Herald. She specialises in education, is the Glasgow Times’s
Patrick Harkness talk
The Rocket that eats itself Kelvin Probus members now know why the phrase ‘It’s not rocket science!’ gets bandied about so often. Patrick’s talk on rockets was a no holds barred exposefor a lay audience on rocket science. This included
Patrick Harkness
Dr Patrick Harkness is from Ballyclog, in Co. Tyrone. Patrick obtained a MEng degree in Aeronautical Engineering from The Queen’s University of Belfast in 2003 and a PhD in space debris mitigation from Cranfield University in 2007. He is now