Speaker: Tim Bartlett, U3AC Member and former Director of Studies (Lectures) Synopsis: Piracy in the Caribbean reached it’s height around mid 17th century and lasted to about 1730 and has become known as the Golden Age of Piracy. Piracy existed long before this time, and even in the Caribbean it had been in existence for […]
Speaker: Johnny Critchley-Salmonson, heads up sales and marketing team at Scotsdales Synopsis: Scotsdales Garden Centre’s inspiring journey from its modest routes from a small number of greenhouses, to becoming a beloved destination and garden centre group.
Speaker: Holly O’ Brien / A representative of the David Parr House Charity Synopsis: 186 Gwydir Street, Cambridge is an ordinary terraced house with extraordinary hand-painted interiors. Once the home of Victorian working-class artist, David Parr, the house was lived in continuously for nearly 120 years by three generations of his family. This talk explores […]
Speaker: Oliver Darke FRGS – Director of Polar Operations Engineering & Infrastructure at the British Antarctic Survey Synopsis: The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) strives to uncover the secrets of the Polar and frozen regions of Earth. An organisation with world leading expertise that spans the depths of the oceans to the inner edge of space. […]
Speaker: Lida Cardozo Kindersley &/or Roxanne Kindersley, Sculptors Synopsis: Geology has shaped the beautiful variety of British stones used for fine carving and letter-cutting, but how do we choose which one to use? Coming from renowned letter-cutting studio The Cardozo Kindersley Workshop, Roxanne and Lida explore the properties and qualities of several categories of British […]
Speaker: Dr Brian McCabe, Fellow and Deputy Senior Tutor of Robinson College Cambridge. Synopsis: Nerve cells are quite astonishing. Simple modifications of their basic design have led to exquisitely sensitive sense organs and some bizarre life styles. I’ll be focussing on the use of electric fields for hunting and social communication, how a simple molecular […]
Speaker: Dr Rosalind Grooms, Cambridge University Press Archivist. Synopsis: In 1534, Henry VIII granted Letters Patent to Cambridge University authorising the printing of ‘all manner of books’, marking the beginning of Cambridge University Press. Celebrating the 490th anniversary of the world’s oldest university press, Rosalind Grooms will give an illustrated talk presenting the archival documents […]
Speaker: Lord Balfe of Dulwich, Member of The House of Lords since 2013 Synopsis: Richard was a member of the European Parliament sponsored Transatlantic Policy Network from the Mid 1980’s until 2004 during which time he made many visits to the United States. Since then he has visited on a number of occasions and has […]