On 7th June we continued our return to live talks and welcomed James Cowan, CEO of the HALO Trust, to talk to us about the unique service the trust offers in communities ravaged by war, as well as the challenges of helping on the frontline.
On 3rd May we held our first ‘full room’ live event since March 2020, welcoming Marina Wheeler, renowned QC and author of a new memoir, The Lost Homestead: My Mother, Partition, and the Punjab.
Seagrass restoration: Bringing biodiversity back to our seas
posted 13 Apr 2022
2 mins
On 13th April we welcomed Dr Richard Unsworth, founding director of UK charity Project Seagrass, for the last of our 2022 Winter Talks: Seagrass restoration: Bringing biodiversity back to our seas.
James Timpson OBE: Finding Great People in Not-So-Great Places
posted 08 Mar 2022
3 mins
On 8th March, we welcomed James Timpson, CEO of the family-owned shoe and retail business, to address our virtual audience in our latest Winter Talk: Finding Great People in Not-So-Great Places.
It was a great pleasure to welcome rewilding experts Julian Matthews and Benedict Macdonald as speakers at our recent webinar on 1st February: Natural Profits: Restoring Britain’s Wild Landscapes.
On 25th January we held our latest talk on Fraud Prevention, in an informal virtual coffee morning hosted by Bella Hoare and Mark Dabbs, Head of Fraud Operations at Hoare’s.
Sir Dieter Helm CBE: Creating a Sustainable Economy
posted 11 Jan 2022
2 mins
On 11th January we were delighted to welcome the distinguished economist Sir Dieter Helm CBE as speaker at our first (virtual) Winter Talk of 2022: Creating a Sustainable Economy.
