Lichfield Festival Lectures
Showing the Interactions of Art and Science
2013 Richard La Trobe-Bateman
Aesthetics meet Structures
2012 Prof Donald Singer,
Professor of Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Warwick University
The Hippocrates Prize for Poetry and medicine
2011 Tony Wass
Proprietor Ninth Wave Audio
Two Centuries of Sound Recording
2010 Mr Keith Barley,
Conservator-Restorer
The Conservation and Restoration of Stained Glass, with special reference to the Herkenrode Window
2009 Dr Mark Miodownik,
Head of the Materials Research Group, Division of Engineering, Kings College London
Strange Materials, Wallpaper that changes to suit your mood!
2008 Mr Brian Hurwitz,
DOyly Carte Professor of Medicine and the Arts, Kings College, London
Narrative Thinking in Medical Practice
2007 Professor Michelle Brown,
Independent Authority on Ancient Manuscripts
The Technology of an Anglo-Saxon Manuscript
2006 Professor Grant E Hearn,
Professor of Ocean Engineering Science, University of Southampton
Ghost Ship: Art? Or Science?
2005 Mr Daniel Bangham,
Proprietor, Wood Wind & Reed, Cambridge
Science and 19th-Century Music
Mr John Hollis
Head of Government and Industrial Affairs, BMW Group UK.
Hydrogen Night
2004 Ruth Hardingham and Charles E Walker,
Principal Lecturer, Staffordshire University
Technology meets Creativity
2003 Mr John Gruzelier,
Professor of Psychology, Imperial College London
Brain-Wave Control and Music Performance Enhancement
2002 Mr Paul San Casciani,
Fellow of the British Society of Master Glass Painters, Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Glaziers, Visiting Tutor at West Dean College of Crafts,
The Techniques of Stained Glass
2001 Mr Barry Fox
Sound Recording – Past Achievements and Future Delights
2000 Mr Richard Brett
All the Worlds a Stage
1999 Mr William Waterhouse
Todays Orchestral Winds – Their Evolution & Development
1998 Professor John Sloboda
Why Does Music Send Shivers Up Your Spine
1997 Mr Nicholas Eastaugh
Science & the Secrets of the Old Masters
1996 Mr Michael Painter
Michelangelo
1995 Mr Ernest Hart, David Briggs, Andrew Lumsden and Paul Spicer
Look No Pipes! Electronic Organ lecture-demonstration and Recitals
1994 Mr Mike Gluyas
Musical Squares – Adventures in Sound & Music
1993 Eilidh Armour Brown
Artists Materials
1992 Mr C Taylor
Science and the Sounds of Music