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15th April 2026 -
New Maps of Hell
Phil Judkins traces the history of naval drones and missiles, and defences against them, over the last century – a story with many surprises.
In the Second World War, Germany’s devices, little recorded in history, sank one battleship, crippled two more, sank one heavy cruiser and crippled two more; even less recorded is that Britain’s first response was using electric shavers to jam radio command signals.
Not admitted for over 20 years was the biggest single loss of life at sea to US forces, which occurred in an almost unknown battle between 40 German missiles and two US shipborne radio jammers.
20th May 2026 -
Podiatry & Iron Deficiency -
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15th July 2026 -
The Great Wildebeest Migration
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18th February 2026 -
Wildlife Management
Management of wild species in the environment when natural predators are absent raises many issues. Within the UK a particular example is deer. There are six species of deer living wild in the UK, all of which are increasing in numbers and range.
Good deer management means different things to different people and the weight given to the various components associated with this will be influenced by landowner aims and objections. However, without a sound knowledge of the legislation that underpins all of this, it will be difficult to achieve the desired goals.
This presentation aims to interpret the requirements of the Deer Act 1991 into understandable
language that practitioners can apply to real-
Rodney Calvert has been working in the deer industry for over 30 years, ever since he studied the impacts of Fallow Deer in Northern Ireland.
After moving to Surrey in 2000 to take up a position as a Wildlife Management Adviser in the Ministry of Agriculture, Rodney has continued his career in Government and is currently a Principal Officer – Wildlife Management for Natural England, with Deer Specialist being one of his roles.
Actively involved in deer management in the Southeast of England, Rodney sees this as a huge advantage to understanding what practitioners want when it comes to legislation and licensing and applies this knowledge when advising on licence applications and Government policies.
18th March 2026 -
Dr John Snow -
John Snow (1813-
John Snow’s work, as one of the first physicians to study and calculate dosages for ether and chloroform, was famous for administering chloroform to Queen Victoria during the births of her children
But perhaps Snow’s greatest achievement was to overthrow two millennia of medical orthodoxy and prove that water, not bad smells ('Miasma'), was the route of mass transmission of Cholera. .
Snow's famous investigation was into the 1854 Broad Street cholera outbreak in London, where he identified contaminated water from a public pump as the source of the disease.
Needless to say, he was vilified by the establishment until his death, when leading figures started to try to steal the credit for this discovery
17th June 2026 -
Hydraulic Power
The story of the development of hydraulic fluid power is a fascinating one to people interested in industrial history, not just from the point of view of the technology itself but also the myriad of applications for which it has been used.
