Will King, CEO of King of Shaves came to Marlborough on the 31st of January to provide us with an insight into his business and how other successful business' work. At university he studied engineering, a common course for entrepreneurs as he pointed out that the CEO's of Facebook, Microsoft and... More »
Charlotte Hitchmough from Action for the River Kennet, or ARK, gave an inspiring talk entitled "What Makes a Pressure Group Successful" to the Politics Society recently. More »
On Thursday 1st December, the Labour Peer Lord Rosser gave a talk in the Garnett room concerning the inner workings of the House of Lords. The talk was well attended and well received. It outlined the role of the House of Lords and how important and different it is, to the Commons. If the Lords... More »
The first talk of the year was given by Mr Iain Green, a wildlife photographer who has written two books about the tigers of Bandhavgard in India. Mr Green showed superb photographs of a family of tigers which he studied in the forest over a period of several years. Throughout the course of the... More »
There is not much to look forward to in the next 20 years if you went to hear what Ian Adam (father of Libby NC) MoD had to say to the International society (Nov 17 2011). His talk outlined the Ministry of Defence's Global Strategic Trends and Future predictions on the Character of Conflict.... More »
By the end of Saturday afternoon, rather than walking away with any definite answers, I found myself left with more uncertainty. Although all of the speakers agreed upon the innovative nature and consequent importance of MacNeice’s poetry, I became conscious of an underlying dispute over what... More »
'An evening with Athers' was the title of what turned out to be an intimate insight into the life of one of England's finest cricket captains. Taking the form of an armchair conversation, anecdotes and humorous recollections formed the basis of the question and answer session as part of the annual... More »