for enquiring minds
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Terry Brown,
B.Sc., Ph.D.Terry Brown became fascinated with the natural world when he was very young. He began his research career studying the effects of metal pollution on microbes and the tolerance that some plants display to high concentrations of toxic metals. He then became excited by DNA and worked on genes in fungi for a few years. In the late 1980s, Terry became interested in ancient DNA and was one of the first people to study DNA in bones and preserved plant remains. This work has required close collaboration with archaeologists, both in Manchester and elsewhere, and has led to his current interests in the origins of agriculture, genetic profiling of archaeological skeletons and the evolution of disease. Terry was appointed Professor of Biomolecular Archaeology at UMIST in 2000 and now works in the University of Manchester. He has written a number of undergraduate textbooks including Gene Cloning and DNA Analysis: An Introduction (5th edition, Blackwell Science, 2005) and Genomes (3rd edition, Garland Science, 2006). He is currently working on an introductory genetics textbook to be published in 2010 and, with Keri Brown, a book on Biomolecular Archaeology, also to be published in 2010. Terry presented a five-week course on 'DNA in Forensic Science and Archaeology' in Spring 2010. He will give a five-week course entitled 'DNA and modern Medicine' in Spring 2011.
Professor Terry Brown
C.A.P. Binns,
B.A., M.A.Christopher Binns is a specialist in the politics and culture of Russia and Eastern Europe. He studied Russian at the universities of Strathclyde and Edinburgh, after reading Classics at Oxford. He has taught international relations at Manchester University, the London School of Economics and the European University in Budapest. He is a frequent visitor to Russia and Eastern Europe and a fluent Russian speaker. In the last three years he has lectured in Russian at a summer university in Abkhazia and also in Tbilisi, Georgia. Chris pesented a five-week course entitled 'Whatever happened to the USSR?' in Autumn 2009. He will present the same course this autumn at Chapel-en-le-Frith, as well as a new course in Glossop entitled 'The Changing World Order'.
Christopher Binns, B.A., M.A.
R.S.
Callow, B.Sc., Ph.D.Robert Callow was a lecturer at Manchester University for almost thirty years (1974-2003) and a tutor with the Open University for nine (1992-2000). He appeared on the Channel 4 series “Six experiments that changed the world”. His research publications have been mainly concerned with chromosomal evolution in plants but he has taught plant ecology on numerous fieldcourses, both in the Mediterranean and in Britain. He has also led botanical holidays for the tour-company Cox and Kings. He is author, with Dr L.M. Cook, of Genetic and Evolutionary Diversity (Stanley-Thornes, 1999). His contributions to Glossop Guild include a ten-week course on 'The Life and Work of Charles Darwin' in Autumn 2009, a five-week course on 'Agricultural Revolutions' in Spring 2010 and a weekend course on Spring Flowers of the Derbyshire Dales in May 2010. He will give a five-week course entitled 'The Birth of Genetics' in Spring 2011.
Dr Robert Callow
Timothy
Campbell-Green, B.Sc., M.A., Ph.D.Timothy Campbell-Green received his Ph.D. in Archaeology from the University of Sheffield in 2005. He has been working in archaeology for over 15 years, 7 of which have been on the island of Crete. His speciality is pottery and funerary archaeology of the Early Bronze Age of the island (both of which he will discuss at length to anyone who wants to listen… or is too slow to get away), and he is currently working on the excavated material from a number of important Early and Late Bronze Age sites on the island. Tim presented a five-week course in Autumn 2009 on Pre-Classical Greece.
Dr Timothy Campbell-Green
Gordon GangeGordon Gange has been playing violin professionally for forty two years. He is about to retire from a long and fascinating career with the BBC Philharmonic. In his younger days he played with the BBC Scottish and the Philharmonia Hungarica, as well as working with orchestras in Austria and Holland. Since he first started learning he has been as interested in listening to music as in playing it, intrigued by conductors’ diverse interpretations, and looking beyond the music to the personalities and motivations of the composers. He has enjoyed sharing his experiences in programme notes and pre-concert talks for the BBC, and is looking forward, in retirement, to having time to devote to talking about music and giving lecture recitals. Gordon will present a ten-week course entitled 'The Story of the Symphony' this autumn.
Gordon Gange
Ann
HearleMoving to Mellor in 1970, Ann Hearle joined a WEA class which produced an account of 'Historic Industries of Marple and Mellor'. She then studied for the Certificate in Local History at Manchester University, writing her dissertation on 'The decline of Mellor in the 19th century'. Ann has researched, mounted exhibitions, written books and for twenty years was chairman of Marple Local History Society. Together with husband John, she founded Mellor Archaeological Trust, after finding crop marks in and around her garden, exposed by the drought of 1995. Since 1998, she has been heavily involved with the excavations, mostly in her own garden, that have revealed ten thousand years of occupation on the hilltop. Ann presented a weekend course entitled 'Mellor Hilltop - ten thousand years of occupation' in June 2010.
Ann Hearle
Sally Hodgson, B.A.Sally Hodgson has been running a successful dry stone walling business since 1989. Her work draws on her background as an artist ( Bachelor of Arts Degree in Fine Art and Textiles) and the majority of her commissions are ambitious projects completely reshaping an environment, constructing dry stone buildings,building outdoor seating and water features, and sculptural pieces. She was in receipt of a Churchill Travel Scholarship and has studied stone-walling projects in many parts of the world. She was recently commissioned to construct a wall at the National Arboretum. She has taught her craft to numerous organisations and will be describing her activities in a course entitled 'Adventures of a Dry-Stone Waller'. Her farm has been accepted into the High Level Stewardship scheme. Sally presented a weekend course on Dry-Stone Walling in June 2010.
Sally Hodgson
Birgitta Hoffman,
M.A., Ph.D.Dr Birgitta Hoffmann is an Honorary Research Fellow at Liverpool University and Co-Director of the Roman Gask Project. She teaches or has taught Archaeology, Ancient History and Latin at UCD Dublin, Manchester, Queen’s College Canada and Virginia Military Institute Virginia. She also lectures for a number of adult educational organisations in addition to freelance research and writing. She studied Roman Archaeology, Early Medieval Archaeology and Ancient History at Freiburg University in Germany. She has an M.A. in Roman Archaeology from Durham University and a Ph.D. in Roman Archaeology from Freiburg University. Birgitta Hoffmann is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London and has published widely, especially on trade and long-distance contact across borders, military archaeology of the Roman and early modern periods, as well as Roman history and archaeology. She is Chairperson of the Wilmslow Community Archaeology Group. Birgitta will present a course entitled 'The Roman Conquests of Britain' this Autumn.
Dr Birgitta Hoffman
Creina
Mansfield, M.A.Creina Mansfield is an expert on English Literature who specialises in the history and construction of the Novel. She has recently presented a ten week course 'Aspects of the Novel' for the Wilmslow Guild. Creina presented a five-week course on Graham Greene's War in Spring 2010 and will present a ten-week course entitled 'The First World War - Three Testaments of Youth' in Spring 2011. She collaborates with Dr Alan Sennett in presenting Day-Schools on English Films, at which she contributes information on scripts, script-writers and the motivation behind the film. Creina and Alan Sennett have collaborated on three Film-Days for Glossop Guild: on 'The Third Man', 'Casablanca' and 'The Quiet American'. Further film days being offered are 'The Manchurian Candidate' in October and 'Lawrence of Arabia' in February next year.
Creina Mansfield, M.A.
Ian Moss, B.Sc.,
M.Sc.Ian Moss has always lived near a canal. His childhood home overlooked the Leeds-Liverpool Canal near Chorley and his current home is close to the Peak Forest Canal in Marple. A physics teacher by profession, Ian has taken a close interest in canals and railways all his working life. He has given numerous lectures on this subject and is a past President of the Railway & Canal Historical Society (1996−1998). Ian presented a ten-week course on 'British Canals' in Autumn 2009 and a weekend course on 'Manchester Ship Canal' in Spring 2010. He will present a course entitled 'Railways across the Pennines' this Autumn.
Ian Moss, B.Sc., M.Sc.
A. Sennett, M.A., Ph.D.Alan Sennett is an Associate Lecturer at the Open University and teaches modern history, politics and film at Manchester and Liverpool universities. He also lectures for a number of adult educational organisations in addition to freelance research and writing. He studied modern history at Sheffield City Polytechnic, took his M.A. in Political Sociology at Leeds University and a Ph.D. at Manchester University. Research interests include political organisations in the Spanish Civil War, and film propaganda in the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s (including cinema of Empire, Hollywood, Soviet and Weimar cinemas and the documentary film movement in Britain). Alan will present a ten-week course on 'Britain and the Middle East' in Spring 2011.
Alan collaborates with Creina Mansfield in presenting Day-Schools on English Films, at which he contributes historical context and details of the film-maker's craft. Alan and Creina have collaborated on three Film-Days for Glossop Guild: on 'The Third Man', 'Casablanca' and 'The Quiet American'. Further film days being offered are 'The Manchurian Candidate' in October and 'Lawrence of Arabia' in February next year.
Dr Alan Sennett