by silumisisociety13 | Dec 17, 2018 | Past-Speakers
‘Neither formal nor falsely adorned’: The Landscapes of Jane Austen – Monday 17 December 2018 Dr Alan Crosby, the celebrated local historian and lecturer, returns to speak to us about landscape design in the late Georgian and Regency periods. He does so in the...
by Society of Thirteen | Nov 19, 2018 | Past-Speakers
To Eritrea and Ethiopia: ‘The Abyssinian Difficulty’: Retracing a Victorian Expedition – Monday 19 November 2018 John Pilkington has, on previous occasions, described his travels to us. Now he tells us about his 2018 adventure, retracing a Victorian Expedition...
by Society of Thirteen | Oct 24, 2017 | Past-Speakers
Dr Tony Waltham Jointly with the Royal Geographical Society – 24th October 2017 Dr Tony Waltham’s day job has always been as a geologist, but this has given him the opportunity to travel the world taking photographs. In his youth he was a caver, and started...
by Society of Thirteen | Sep 18, 2017 | Past-Speakers
The Story of Vaccination: How Blossom the Cow Changed History – 18th September 2017 Amanda Bryettworked for a major vaccine company before setting up the UK’s first and largest vaccine telephone helpline for medical professionals. In this talk she will...
