John Carruthers is a great ambassador for civil engineering and revealed the far sightedness of the Loch Katrine Waterworks built over 160 years ago. Cholera and typhus epidemics in the mid 1800s drove the scheme. A public health boon for
PROFESSOR GORDON LOWE A medical graduate of St Andrews University, Gordon worked in the University Department of Medicine, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, from 1975 to 2009. He was Professor of Vascular Medicine from 1993; and Chair of the Scottish Clinical Guidelines
Alex Reedijk, General Director of Scottish Opera, gave a fascinating “warts and all” talk about the company. Alex joined Scottish Opera in 2006, at a time of financial crisis when the entire 2004 – 05 programme had been suspended. He
“The Silk Route” 10th January 2023 At the first meeting of 2023 Peter Ireland gave a talk entitled “The Silk Route”. Peter was a teacher of Classics at McLaren High School, Callander. He is also passionate traveller, and he described
Alex Reedijk grew up in New Zealand, starting as a stagehand for New Zealand Opera. He is now General Director of Scottish Opera and comes with a wealth of experience in opera and festivals across the world, including Executive Director
Peter Ireland was a teacher of Classics at McLaren High School, Callander. His main interest is Ancient Art. However, Peter is also a passionate traveller and has travelled extensively, mainly in classical lands. As a consequence he is an active
Donal Wall, Reader in Infectious Diseases at the University of Glasgow, gave a fascinating talk on the Human Microbiome – the multiplicity of micro-organisms living in and on our bodies, which have a profound impact on our health and wellbeing.
Eoghan MacGuire, who previously worked for CNN and NBC News, is the Lead Editor at Bellingcat. He explained that Bellingcat is a collective of citizen journalists and its HQ is based in the Netherlands. The non-profit company was founded by
Dr Donal Wall Donal hails from Galway in the West of Ireland and undertook his undergraduate degree at the National University of Ireland, Galway in Science. He then carried out a PhD in infectious disease at University College Dublin studying
– The Biology of Ageing Colin Selman who is Professor of Biogerontology at the University of Glasgow gave a fascinating talk on the subject of the biology of ageing. He noted that, while much of the research on ageing has
