General Meeting for Members
A general meeting for members is to be held by Zoom. Information about this meeting is being sent to all members by post or by e-mail. To join the meeting … Continue reading General Meeting for Members
A general meeting for members is to be held by Zoom. Information about this meeting is being sent to all members by post or by e-mail. To join the meeting … Continue reading General Meeting for Members
A story of British entrepreneurialism in the Victorian era, the first transatlantic telegraph cable, and the connecting of the world. Awaiting the Reply by Robert Charles Dudley, ca. 1866 … Continue reading Messages under the Sea
A talk by Prof. Nigel Wood, a past president of the Leicester Lit&Phil, and a Professor of Literature at Loughborough University. By now, Jane Austen has been claimed by costume … Continue reading The Unfashionable Jane Austen
To be given by the incoming President, Dr. Bridget Towle, CBE The lecture will cover 400 years of the history of the hosiery and knitwear industry. It will try to … Continue reading The President’s Address: “The Rise and Fall of an Industry – Hosiery in Leicestershire”
Mike Wilson PhD FRSA FHEAProfessor of Drama, Head of Creative Arts and Director of the Storytelling Academy Loughborough University We tell stories not only as a way of conveying experiences, … Continue reading Storytelling with a social purpose, or how we are trying to change the world, one story at a time
Geology Section lecture: Charnwood's Canadian Cousins: Recent Geological Discoveries from Newfoundland and How They Inform Our Knowledge of England's Oldest Fossil Members are invited to the following Zoom webinar (note … Continue reading Geology Section lecture: Charnwood’s Canadian Cousins
Professor Sarah Hainsworth, OBE, Pro Vice Chancellor and Executive Dean for the School of Engineering and Applied Science, Aston University will give the Lit and Phil on line lecture, Micrographia … Continue reading Micrographia Updated: From Materials to Richard III
The Peach Lecture organised jointly with the University of Leicester. Craig Bennett, Chief Executive of The Wildlife TrustsHonorary Professor of Sustainability and Innovation Alliance Manchester Business School and Policy Fellow … Continue reading Why the 2020s Could and Should Be the Decade for Nature’s Recovery
Mr John Clarkson, Head of Conservation, Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust (This is a change to the orginal programme.) The species with which we share the planet are under pressure … Continue reading Nature Recovery Network
The F.L. Attenborough Lectureto be given byThe Hon. Michael Attenborough CBE. D Litt. The inaugural annual F.L. Attenborough Lecture named after Frederick Levi Attenborough (1887-1973) President of the Leicester Literary and … Continue reading Do the Arts Have Any Role in Education?
by Dr Ian Bastow BSc MRes PhDSenior Lecturer in Seismology Imperial College London Joint Lecture with the Geology Section To an Earth Scientist, Ethiopia is a truly remarkable place. Its … Continue reading Ethiopia from top to bottom: Using seismology to understand how tectonic plates rise, split, then fall
Professor Clare Willsdon, Professor of the History of Western Art, University of Glasgow From Monet’s roses and waterlilies at Giverny to the peasant vegetable gardens painted by Pissarro, horticulture was … Continue reading Roses, Leeks, and Water Lilies: Impressionist Painters in the Garden
The members' meeting will be followed by a recital by The Bardi Clarinet Quartet hosted by Mr David Calow. Wine will be served in the interval. Accessing the lecture Members … Continue reading MEMBERS’ MEETING (NB 6:45 PM start)
Martin Clayton LVO FSA Head of Prints and Drawings for Royal Collection Trust at Windsor Castle The Head of Prints and Drawings for the Royal Collections Trust at Windsor Castle, … Continue reading Raphael and the Reinvention of Drawing
Professor Raanan Gillon FRCP is Professor Emeritus of Medical Ethics Imperial College London and past President of the British Medical Association Professor Raanan Gillon argues that the four prima facie … Continue reading An Approach to the Principles Of Medical Ethics
Professor Pete Hollingsworth FRSE Director of Science and Deputy Keeper Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) was founded in 1670 and is a world-leading scientific botanic … Continue reading Science and Conservation at The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Professor Sir Nilesh Samani FRCP FMedSci DL BHF Chair of Cardiology at the University of Leicester and Medical Director of the British Heart Foundation I will describe some of the … Continue reading A Cardiologist’s Journey
Alexander Johnston BSc (Econ) Dip TP MRTPI (rtd) Former Chief Planner Leicestershire County Council Synopsis The talk is titled “the Planners say NO and an Inspector calls: Public Inquiries and … Continue reading The Planners Say “No” and an Inspector Calls: Public Inquiries and the Implementation of Planning Policy
Dr Prashant Kidambi Associate Professor in Colonial Urban History, University of Leicester. My lecture is about the story of the first Indian cricket team, which travelled to Britain in the … Continue reading Cricket Country: An Indian Odyssey in The Age of Empire
Rear Admiral Nick Lambert Cofounder and Director NLA International Ltd. At 70 miles, the Ordnance Survey defines Coton in the Elms, Derbyshire as the UK’s furthest settlement from the sea. … Continue reading The Wellbeing of the Citizens of Leicester and Loughborough Depends on the Blue Economy
Professor Nishan Canagarajah President and Vice-Chancellor University of Leicester The F. L. Attenborough Lecture In 1921 the University of Leicester welcomed the first students. The university had been founded in … Continue reading Celebrating The University of Leicester’s Centenary
Professor Ian Newton OBE FRS FRSE Ornithologist. This talk will discuss the major changes in agriculture that have occurred in Britain since the mid-20th century, and the effects of these … Continue reading Impacts of Modern Agriculture on Birds
Professor Jane Clarke FRS FRSC FMedSci President Wolfson College University of Cambridge and Emeritus Professor of Molecular Biophysics Proteins are, perhaps, the most important of all biological molecules. Our genes, … Continue reading Exploring Protein Folding Landscapes – How Do Proteins Fold And Why Do They Need To?
Professor Dame Jane Francis DCMG FRS Director, British Antarctic Survey. Antarctica is a frozen white world of ice and snow in a remote region of our planet. Despite its remoteness, … Continue reading From Greenhouse to Icehouse, From Forests to Frost: Antarctica’s Climate History
Professor Nigel Leask FBA FRSE FEA Regius Professor of English Language and Literature, School of Critical Studies/ Sgoil an Oilein Sgrùdaich, University of Glasgow/Oilthigh Ghlaschu. Despite the scepticism of Dr … Continue reading ‘The Voice of the North’ Ossianic Tourism and the Discovery of the Highlands, 1773-1820