Talk by Dr. Emma Nicholson (Liu), University College London Abstract: “Open vent” volcanoes are persistently active and maintain an unbroken connection between shallow magma reservoirs and the atmosphere. These volcanoes […]

Talk by Dr. Ruth Siddall (University College London) Abstract: The talk will introduce the history, techniques and materials used in the decorative art of pietre dure (hard stone work). Almost […]

Talk by Dr. Andrew Rushby, Birkbeck College, University of London unfortunately had to be cancelled. We hope to reschedule the talk and include it in our 2025 programme. Abstract The […]

 Talk by Professor John Cosgrove, Imperial College London. Which will be followed by a visit to the Albert Memorial on Saturday 5 October 2024.

Talk by Dr Joe McNeil, Natural History Museum, London. Abstract: Before the first observations of Mars by orbiting spacecraft in the 1970s, it was widely thought that the red planet […]

Talk by Dr. Emma Nicholls, Oxford University Museum of Natural History Abstract: The full-scale excavation in 2021 uncovered the largest near-complete reptile skeleton ever found in Britain. The animal nicknamed […]

Desiccated Reading Formation clays around the London Underground Jubilee Line between Baker Street and Bond Street stations. Image is in the public domain at Bowers, Keith, and Neil Moss, 2018. […]

Talk by Emeritus Professor Ian Fairchild, University of Birmingham Abstract: The Port Askaig Formation were the first Precambrian rocks interpreted as glacial in origin, anywhere in the world. Now we […]

48th Percy Evans Lecture given by Mike Lambert, HGS Honorary President As a child, Epping Forest was my playground, where I climbed trees, made dams and rode my bike. But there […]