The Society hosts events at its premises which are organised by other bodies. Please contact the organisers directly for booking information & enquiries.

  ‘Tracking the rhythms of everyday life’
Tuesday 26 August 2008

Seminar attendance is free, but places are limited. Please complete the booking form available on the website.

  http://time-space-life-course.ncl.ac.uk/seminar3.html

  Presentation - British Services’ Makalu Expedition 2008
Dave Tait, Colin Scott, Andrew Hughes, Dave Jones
Tuesday 9 September

Services’ successful ascent of North Ridge of Makalu, attempt on Makalu’s extreme South East Ridge. Junior Teams on Pethangtse, Mera and Island Peak.  FR Expedition funds & SOS Children’s Village.

Booking & tickets: £10.
  davidchristopher.tait@virgin.net 
   +44 (0) 7901 824704

  Lecture - India’s unending journey by Sir Mark Tully
Wednesday 17 September at 19.00

One of the world’s leading writers and broadcasters on India. Tully reveals the profound changes happening in India today.

Booking & tickets: £7.50    www.stanfords.co.uk
  +44 (0) 20 7632 8920

  Lecture - Celebrating Durrell’s 50th anniversary by Dr Lee Durrell and Professor John E. Fa
Thursday 18 September at 19.00

Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust. Take a trip down memory lane with Lee Durrell and learn about current and future projects around the world.

Booking & tickets: FR Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust. £5, donation from non-Durrell members.    beth.laybourne@durrell.org
  +44 (0) 1534 860035

  Maggie’s and Open House London Night Hike and Open House London architectural festival
Saturday 20 September, 01.00 - 06.00 and 10.00 - 17.00

A through-the-night hike to raise funds for new Maggie’s Cancer Caring Centres, followed by the capital’s biggest celebration of excellence in architecture, with an opportunity to visit the Society’s public rooms.

Booking & tickets: FR Maggie’s Cancer Caring Centres 
  www.maggiescentres.org/nighthike   www.openhouse.org.uk

  Lecture -  PhotoVoice Photographers’ lecture series
Speaker to be confirmed
Tuesday 23 September at 19.00

PhotoVoice will be offering its audience another chance to spend the evening with a high profile photographer, who will give an innovative insight to their career, influences and inspirations. Last year’s series included lectures from Philip Jones Griffiths and Martin Parr.
Booking & tickets:  FR PhotoVoice £10-£15 
  www.photovoice.org
  +44 (0) 20 7033 3893

  Lecture and reception - Galapagos and other stories: an adventurer’s tales by Ben Fogle, TV presenter and Graham Watkins, Charles Darwin Foundation
Wednesday 24 September at 18.00

Hear Ben Fogle talk about his adventures around the world and learn about the magic of Galapagos and the conservation taking place in this double World Heritage Site.

Booking & tickets: FR Galapagos Conservation Trust.  £25 or £50 (inc.donation) 
  abigail@gct.org 
  +44 (0)20 7629 5049

  Lecture - In darkest Africa: the Stanley and Livingstone saga by Colonel John Blashford-Snell OBE and Jimmy Mulville
Wednesday 1 October at 19.00

The legendary explorer uses Stanley’s own magic lantern slides, a recording of his voice and the compass Stanley carried, when seeking Livingstone, to tell this epic tale.

Booking & tickets:  FR Merseyside Youth Association.  £15
  jbs@ses-explore.org 
  +44 (0)1747 854456

  Awards ceremony - Wanderlust Paul Morrison Guide Award with Bill Bryson, Mark Carwardine and special guests
Thursday 2 October at 18.30

A unique event honouring those unsung heroes of the travel world - the tour guide. Hundreds of guides were nominated by readers of Wanderlust and The Daily Telegraph. 

Booking & tickets:
  +44 (0)1728 604434   guides@wanderlust.co.uk

  Lecture - A white boy in Africa by Peter Godwin
Thursday 9 October at 19.00

Peter Godwin, award winning author, foreign correspondent and prolific contributor to National Geographic, offers a unique insight into his birthplace, Zimbabwe. Forced to leave the land he loves, he returns time and time again. FR Supporting elderly pensioners still living in Zimbabwe.

Booking & tickets: £15.    homesinzimbabwe@btinternet.com  +44 (0)161 236 4177

  NTS Annual lecture - Illuminated in trust. Opening eyes and minds to the heritage of Scotland by Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry KBE FRSE DL
Tuesday 14 October at 19.30

Reception followed by lecture. FR National Trust for Scotland.

Booking & tickets: reception and lecture £35; lecture only £20.
  www.nts.org.uk
  +44 (0)20 7245 0450

  Forum, networking, debate - TEP Annual Forum - Engineering the Thames with Chris Baines, Jean Venables, David Owens, Charles Meaby
Thursday 16 October 2008 at 09.30

If you are interested in the major RiverThames related engineering projects, eg Tideway Tunnel, River Walls, Shellhaven a.o., this is a great chance to do business and network in a friendly professional atmosphere.

Booking & tickets: £50/£70    tep@thamesweb.com
  +44 (0)20 7679 0540

  Earthwatch Europe lecture - Shrinking habitats, species survival by Dr Dawn Scott and Dr Rich Reading
Thursday 16 October at 19.00

Two talks on Earthwatch projects, ‘South Africa’s brown hyenas’ and ‘Wildlife of the Mongolian steppe’; species in the one case often unfairly maligned, and in the other, sadly under-researched.

Booking & tickets:  see website.    www.earthwatch.org/europe/get_involved
  +44 (0)1865 318856

  Chris Davenport lecture: ‘Ski the 14ers’ Supported by Helly Hansen, Snow+Rock, and Ski Club of Great Britain
Friday 17 October at 19.00

The world famous ski mountaineer tells the story of this remarkable journey, which saw him become the first ever person to ski all 54 of Colorado’s 14,000 foot peaks within a year. He will also look ahead to a trip to Antarctica.

Booking & tickets: £10/£6 under18s (£8/£5 forSki Club members)
  www.snowandrock.com   skiers@skiclub.co.uk

  Lecture - Blood sweat and frozen tears: the modern face of Mount Everest by Kenton Cool and Dr Rob Casserley, Everest guides
Tuesday 21 October at 19.00

Using stunning photos and video clips, in a one off insight into the world of professional guiding, the two stars of BBC series, Everest ER, give a frank account about Base camp life and climbing the world’s most commercial mountain.

Booking & tickets: £12   www.worldexpeditions.com
 +44 (0)800 744135

 Nature photography symposium - WildPhotos 2008
November Speakers include Jim Brandenburg, Chris Packham,
Chris Gomersall, Colin Prior and winners from Wildlife
Photographer of the Year competition.

Friday 31 October and Saturday 1 November

This event brings together many of the world’s best wildlife and landscape photographers, plus leading photographic agents, etc.

Booking & tickets:
1day £95 / 2 days £165 (concessions. £75/£125)   www.wildphotos.org.uk
  +44 (0)117 328 5950

 Lecture - Cycle of life - an African adventure by Barty Pleydell Bouverie
Wednesday 5 November at 18.45

The expedition leader and team members tell the story of their epic 5,000 mile bicycle journey earlier this year from Namibia to Kenya visiting and promoting community conservation and environmental education initiatives.

Booking & tickets: FR TuskTrust.   £12
  www.cycleoflife2008.com     adele@tusk.org
  +44 (0)1747 831005

  Lecture and exclusive book launch - Rainforests of the world: light and spirit by Sir Ghillean Prance FRS and Harry Holcroft
Thursday 6 November at 19.00

A scientist and an artist look at the rainforests of the world from their different perspectives in light of their recent book on the subject. The similarities and differences of the major rainforest regions are discussed.

Booking & tickets: £12.
  www.harryholcroft.com    sarahholcroft@hotmail.com
  +44 (0)20 7589 9023

 Lecture - Travels in the Gran Chaco of Paraguay by Tony Hawks
Thursday 13 November at 19.00

The well-known comedian and writer will be talking about his recent visit to Gran Chaco and Pantanal in northern Paraguay, where there are still un-contacted tribes.

Booking & tickets: £10-£15 
  www.worldtrust.org
  info@worldlandtrust.org
  +44 (0)1986 874422

  Lecture - PhotoVoice Photographers’ lecture series
Tuesday 18 November at 19.00

PhotoVoice will be offering its audience another chance to spend the evening with a high profile photographer, who will give an innovative insight to their career, influences and inspirations. Last year’s series included lectures from Philip Jones Griffiths and Martin Parr.

Booking & tickets:  FR Photovoice  £10-£15. 
  www.photovoice.org 
  +44 (0)20 7033 3893



  American Express lecture and reception - Conflict in Kenya: a conservation opportunity? by Ian Craig with Jonathan ‘Kip’ Nteere
Wednesday 19 November at 18.45

The conservationist and his Maasai neighbour explain how communities in northern Kenya are witnessing the role conservation can play in mitigating historical conflict and bring tangible benefits for people and wildlife.

Booking & tickets: FR Tusk Trust. Tickets: £12 lecture, £25 lecture/dinner.
  adele@tusk.org
 +44 (0)1747 831000

  Earthwatch balloon debate - Chair: TV broadcaster Andrea Catherwood
Thursday 20 November at 19.00

The ever-popular Earthwatch Debate this year focuses on the world’s most irreplaceable species choose between bees, bats, fungi, plankton and primates, championed by leaders in their field.

Booking & tickets: see website    www.earthwatch.org/europe/get_involved   +44 (0)1865 318856

  Lecture and sale of merchandise - ‘Venture to the interior’ revisited by Carl Bruessow, E.D Mulanje, Mountain Conservation Trust
Tuesday 25 November at 18.30 

The Conservation Challenge on Mount Mulanje and Nyika Plateau, Malawi, 60 years after Laurens van der Post. Bruessow, who is also Secretary/Trustee of the Nyika-Vwaza Trust, highlights objectives, obstacles and opportunities.

Booking & tickets: FR Nyika National Park / Vwaza Wildlife  Reserve. £15. 

  www.nyika-vwaza-trust.org
  +44 (0)1752 892632

  Lecture - Ranulph Fiennes + Transglobe Expedition  Trust Annual Lecture
Ranulph Fiennes, Donald Scott & colleagues from University of Brighton
Wednesday 26 November at 19.00

From the Eiger to Everest – Fiennes tells of the perils of mountaineering with vertigo at the age of 64+. A report from the University of Brighton Madagascar Spiny Forest Research Project.

Booking & tickets: FR Transglobe Expedition Trust. £20   TGExpedition@aol.com
  +44 (0)1728 604434

  Lecture - Earth, sea and sky by Tim Emmett
Thursday 27 November at 19.00

An epilogue of action packed adventures including the Range Rover ad, Julia Bradbury, the Old Man of Hoy – Para Alpine, the Himalayas and many more. See Tim’s amazing website:   www.timemmett.com

Booking & tickets: FR Porters Progress UK. Tickets: £10   www.worldexpeditions.com
  +44 (0)800 0744135

  Lecture - Red Cross, behind the scenes of crisis by Sir Nick Young, BRC and Roland Benjamin, BBC
Wednesday 3 December at 19.00

Sir Nick, charismatic CEO since 2001 and Roland former ICRC delegate with experience in many conflict zones, will describe their personal and emotional journeys within conflict and disaster zones across the world. Questions taken.

Booking & tickets: FR British Red Cross. See website   www.redcross.org.uk/events

  Stanfords Travel Lecture
Thursday 4 December at 19.00

Booking and tickets:   www.stanfords.co.uk
  +44 (0)20 7632 8920

  Four short lectures - Journeys to auspicious places in Tibet
Tuesday 9 December at 18.45

AA Gill introduces speakers Doug Scott, Stephen Venables, Dr Mike Searle and Julian Freeman-Attwood, followed by short auction of Hillary signed prints and appreciation of CAN and Promise Nepal.

Booking & tickets: FR Community Action Nepal (CAN) and Promise Nepal. £20 (18.00 - 18.45 cash bar and charity sales)
  Maggie@shopwyke.co.uk
  +44 (0)1243 771177

  Stanfords Travel Lecture
Thursday 11 December at 19.00

Booking and tickets:   www.stanfords.co.uk
  +44 (0)20 7632 8920