FIRE INVESTIGATION: GRENFELL TOWER

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Speaker: Mr. Dan Matthews
Biography:
Date: Tuesday 8th September 2026
Time: 20:00
Venue: Studio Theatre
Description: The fire at Grenfell Tower was the deadliest structural fire in the UK since the Blitz of World War II. The investigation comprised physical evidence at the scene as well as subsequent detailed analysis of various items recovered. The initial scene examination provided a clear indication as to the primary cause of the fire. This hypothesis was tested and the results used to support the subsequent public enquiry and litigations, still ongoing nearly 10 years later.

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LISTENING TO SOIL

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Speaker: Dr. Jacqueline Stroud
Biography:
Date: Wednesday, 7th October 2026
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Venue: University of Warwick
Description: Earthworms scrape, beetles click and subterranean ants seem to squeak – this talk shares soil sounds and insights into how soil invertebrates may use their vibration sensitivity to survive.

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A SHORT HISTORY OF CHANCE GLASS

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Speaker: Henry Chance
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Date: Wednesday, 14th October 2026
Time: 7:00 for 7:30 p.m
Venue: Aston Wood Golf Club
Description: Established in the Regency era, by the time of the Great Exhibition (for which it produced all the glass) this was the world’s largest glassmaker. supplying more than half of the lighthouse lenses around the globe. Henry Chance is grandson of the last family chairman of the company.

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The 36th Erasmus Darwin Memorial Lecture – HOW THE DNA DOUBLE HELIX WAS REALLY DISCOVERED

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Speaker: Professor Emeritus Matthew Cobb
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Date: Thursday, 5th November 2026
Time: 7:30 p.m
Venue: Main House of the Lichfield Garrick
Description: This discovery in 1953 was one of the most significant moments in the history of science. It has since become one of the most controversial, with many people believing that Watson and Crick stole Rosalind Franklin’s data. In fact there was more collaboration between them than is widely believed and the three scientists later became friends.

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BUILDING RWE’S SOFIA WIND FARM: ONE OF THE WORLD’S LARGEST OFFSHORE PROJECTS

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Speaker: Jonathan Grigg RWE
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Date: Tuesday, 24th November 2026
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Venue: Main House of the Lichfield Garrick
Description: Sofia lies 240km off the UK coast on the Dogger Bank in the North Sea. Completed in 2026 after 5 years of construction and with a capacity of 1.4GW, its 100 state-of-the-art wind turbines power over 1.2million UK homes with green electricity.

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The Paul Bettson Lecture – RAILWAY TRACTION SYSTEMS: DELIVERING POWER AND ENERGY FOR THE MODERN RAILWAY

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Speaker: Professor Stuart Hillmansen
Biography:
Date: Wednesday 6th January 2027
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Venue: University of Birmingham
Description: Modern railway traction systems deliver efficient, reliable and sustainable transport. Covering electrification, onboard energy conversion, battery and hydrogen technologies, and advances in traction control, the talk examines how rail engineers are meeting the challenges of decarbonisation while maintaining performance, capacity and operational resilience across today’s railway network.

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CO-OPTING THE KILLERS: T-CELLS AGAINST CANCER

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Speaker: Professor Sarah Dimeloe
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Date: Thursday, 4th February 2027
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Venue: University of Birmingham
Description: Many new cancer therapies aim to take advantage of the capacity of certain of our white blood cells (called T cells) to target and kill cancer cells. Dr. Dimeloe oversees a team that studies killer T cells to understand how they respond to these therapies and identify barriers that could be overcome to improve treatment responses. She will also discuss her recent research on Multiple Myeloma, a blood cancer.

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FROM SILK TO SLIME:THE X-FILES OF NATURAL MATERIALS

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Speaker: Professor Chris Holland
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Date: Tuesday, 9th March 2027
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Venue: University of Sheffield
Description: Discover the biological anomalies that offer tomorrow's engineering inspiration, from toxic rat hair to orchid adhesives. In this talk we uncover the truths behind spider silk spinning, cobra venom, equine knees, and the secret water-cost of slug trails.

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TIPPING POSITIVE CHANGE TO AVOID CLIMATE TIPPING POINT

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Speaker: Professor Tim Lenton
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Date: Wednesday, 14th April 2027
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Venue: University of Exeter
Description: Tipping points are small changes in the Earth’s system that unleash damaging impacts that accelerate climate change. Examples are rising sea levels or the release of methane from the thawing permafrost. They help to underline the urgency of climate action. Today most people understand we must reduce emissions – and very quickly.

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THE BROWN DOG RIOTS IN BATTERSEA PARK

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Speaker: Dr. Joe Cain
Biography:
Date: Thursday, 6th May 2027
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Venue: University College, London
Description: A science-based political controversy which involved Swedish feminists, battles between medical students and the police, police protection for the statue of a dog, a libel trial, and a Royal Commission to investigate vivisection. This meeting will be preceded at 7:30 by the Society’s AGM

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