Mark Hazell
In 2014, after 30 years in IT, Mark was looking for a change in direction and discussed with his wife, Alison, the desire to follow his dream of transforming his hobby of home brewing into a commercial reality. This hobby
Nicks Talk
Nick Kuenssberg : J & P Coats – The Rise & Fall and Rise Again Nick enthralled his audience with his knowledge of J & P Coats which rose to become the first industrial multi-national company in the world and
Debate
Debate : This House is of the Opinion that Scottish Education is no longer World Class Kelvin Probus, with many retired educationalists in the audience, enjoyed the prospect of a debate on Scottish Education. Scottish excellence in education is embedded
John Paton
John’s career has been in town planning, starting with Glasgow City Council as senior planning officer for the west end and city centre. He then moved to the private sector, advising developers, housebuilders, institutions and architects on all aspects of
Ken Calman
Sir Kenneth Calman was Scotland’s first professor of oncology and is the only person to have ever been appointed Chief Medical Officer of both Scotland and England. He subsequently became Vice Chancellor of Durham University and was a recent Chancellor
Des and Moyra
Des McNulty Des was instrumental to the establishment of Policy Scotland. He joined the University of Glasgow in 2012 to support knowledge exchange within the School of Social and Political Sciences, and was Deputy Director of Policy Scotland until October 2021. He
Graeme Smith – Glasgow’s Blythswood
Graeme is a passionate ambassador for his City and was happy to explain a rich part of the City’s 19th Century development. Much was driven by the entrepreneurism of a few men aided (and abetted?) by Glasgow Town Council. He
Graeme Smith.
Graeme is a Chartered Accountant, having qualified with a firm now known as Ernst & Young. His career has been mainly involved in economic development, the building of New Towns and in urban renewal. His late wife Jean was a
Peter Ireland talk
Peter Ireland’s talk was based on extracts from his grandfather’s memoire of his military service as a private in Burma, India and South Africa. An unusual thing for a private to do. He found references to places he’d never heard
Reece Leonard Talk
Reece Leonard, falconer has worked with Owl Magic for the last 9 to 10 years. The business was originally set up by David Morrison, a retired fireman in Kelburn Park. However, always a shoestring business, Owl Magic went bankrupt during