Encounters Michaelmas term 2024
We are pleased to announce more diverse, exciting, and thought-provoking talks from a range of inspiring speakers. Pupils from all year groups are welcome to attend what is sure to be another fantastic term of events.
All from 4.15pm - 5.30pm. Unless otherwise stated, events are unticketed and open to all.
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Encounters Michaelmas 2024 |
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“An Encounter with Fighting brain fires from the laboratory bench to the patient bedside” Friday 20 September Dr Sukhvir Wright is a Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Career Development Fellow at the Institute of Health and Neurodevelopment, School of Life and Health Sciences, Aston University and Honorary Consultant Neurologist at Birmingham Children's Hospital |
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An Encounter with Motor Racing and Peter Dumbreck Friday 27 September Peter Dumbreck is one of the UK’s most experienced and successful racing drivers. Career highlights: Winning all junior single seater championships contested up to and including Japanese F3 and Macau World Cup before becoming Mercedes factory driver in Le Mans 24hr and DTM. Further stints with Opel, Toyota, Nissan and Spyker were spent racing globally in GT, Touring Cars and Prototypes taking in Daytona 24hrs, six Le Mans 24 hrs starts, including two podiums, and 17 Nürburgring 24 hrs entries with a best of third place and seven top 10 finishes. |
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An Encounter with Tony Blair and Buddhism Friday 4 October Dan Sleat is an OW. He has been Tony’ Blair’s Special Adviser. He now specializes in Geopolitics for the Blair Foundation. He is training to be ordained into the Buddhist movement. |
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An Encounter with Anne Boleyn Wednesday 9th October John and Julia Guy are noted Tudor historians and in their most recent book chart the tempestuous relationship between Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII. Including book signing |
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An Encounter with Brown’s Hotel Friday 8 November Andy Williamson is a journalist and writer who specializes in writing the biographies of hotels. Brown’s Hotel is his most recent book. Including book-signing |
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"A biographer’s journey around President Richard Nixon" Friday 15 November Reverend Jonathan Aitken was a Conservative MP from 1974-1997. Now an ordained priest in the Church of England he got to know Richard Nixon in the 1970s and has written his biography. |
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An Encounter with Applied History Friday 22 November Lieutenant General Mayall is a former Deputy Chief of Staff (Operations). He has served extensively in combat zones and is the author of an autobiography “Soldier in the Sand” and The House of War: The Struggle between Christendom and the Caliphate. Including book-signing. |
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An Encounter with The Birdman of Auschwitz Friday 29 November Nicholas Milton is an ornithologist, historian and a journalist. He has worked for The BBC Natural History Unit, The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, The Wildlife Trusts and Greenpeace and has also written extensively about the Second World War for The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian, The Daily Mail and The Independent. His first book, Neville Chamberlain's Legacy, was published by Pen and Sword in 2019. Including book-signing. |
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An Encounter with the Titanic Friday 6 December Gareth Russell is a noted historian whose “Ship of Dreams” brilliantly tells the story of the Titanic through the lives of some of its passengers on its tragic maiden voyage. Including book-signing. |
