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20-21-Programme

Kelvin Probus 8th June 20218th June 2021 talk, Talks

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

John Holland

Kelvin Probus 2nd March 202115th April 2021 talk, Talks

John is an upland ecologist based at SRUC’s Hill and Mountain Research Centre at Kirkton and Auchtertyre Farms, near Crianlarich in Perthshire. After gaining a BSc Honours degree in Botany and Geography from Durham University in 1989, John worked for

Andrew Roe blog

Kelvin Probus 30th November 202022nd February 2021 talk

Professor Andrew Roe : Aversion therapy: a new approach to treating infections that are resistant to antibiotics Professor Andrew Roe threw members in at the deep end. On the basis of current trends, increasing antimicrobial resistance (AMR) will kill 10

Peter Spencer Davies talk

Kelvin Probus 7th November 202022nd February 2021 talk, Talks

Earth’s last frontier – the depths of the oceans Perhaps Peter’s key point is that world’s oceans are still largely unexplored today despite the fact that the oceans account for 70% of the globe’s surface. Indeedserious scientific study of the

2019-20 Programme

Kelvin Probus 10th September 202010th September 2020 talk

2019 Sep-10: University of Glasgow Campus Redevelopment Plans – Kirsty Craig (Biog) (Talk) Sep-24: Developing Countries: charity or transformation – Duncan MacLaren (Biog) (Talk) Oct-08: 21st century challenges for Africa – John Briggs (Biog) (Talk) Oct-22: Glasgow City Region City

2020 President’s Report -JW

Kelvin Probus 10th September 2020 talk

President’s Report Interesting Times Most of you will have forgotten that in my letter to you last summer, I observed we lived in ‘interesting times’, a reference to the ancient Chinese Curse. Little did I know how much more interesting

Alan MacDonald (Talk)

Kelvin Probus 26th February 202026th February 2020 talk

Glasgow Museums’ Collection of Paintings by Scottish Artists Alan MacDonald produced an illuminating talk, highlighting Scottish painters, including George Jameson (1587-1644), Nasmyth, Raeburn, Ramsay, the Glasgow Boys and the Scottish colourists. The last of the subjects of Alan’s talk, J