An illustrated talk by Andrew Negus The Portsmouth talk is in four parts, and covers the origin and development of the settlement from 1100 until today. Naturally its history is closely related to the growth of the Royal Navy and the Navy’s part in making the UK the most powerful country in the world by...
Presented by Alison Habens and Matt Wingett Writers and researchers, Alison Habens and Matt Wingett, claim to have discovered an extraordinary fact: three famous literary figures of the 19th Century, H.G.Wells, Arthur Conan Doyle and Rudyard Kipling met each other in the early 1880s, in the Old Drapery Bazaar, Hide's Emporium, on King's Road in Southsea....
Her Honour Judge Sarah Munro KC. In 2016, Judge Sarah Munro became a Senior Circuit Judge at the Central Criminal Court (the Old Bailey) trying serious cases frequently involving murder trials. Judge Munro will talk about her career as a lawyer for the last forty years and her work at the Old Bailey. HHJ Sarah...
Presented by Dr. Ben Timmis Although we take modern medical technology for granted, the CT Scanner, invented by an Englishman, is a truly extraordinary machine, that has had a huge impact on the practice of medicine as we know it today, ever since it was introduced in the 1980s. This talk will explain the origins...
Presented by Sarah Stanfield Lewis Carroll was a paradigm shifter in Victorian Children’s literature, who excited the imaginations of his young readers, and none more so than one Pelham Greville Wodehouse. Unexpected links between the two authors began to emerge on close examination of their lives and literary output. Sarah Stanfield Sarah was born on...
The Life of Ken Wood and his Involvement in the Kenwood Company Kenneth Maynard Wood (1916-97) joined the Merchant Navy at 14, traveling the world and learning the importance of teamwork, which set him up for a successful business life. Ken's interest in electrical engineering eventually led him into manufacturing domestic appliances. In 1947, Ken Wood and his business...