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Tag: Newsletter 42

  • Tidal power from the Bristol Channel

    Tidal power from the Bristol Channel

    by
    Chris Binnie FICE FCIWEM
    Lecture
    November 5, 2025
    at
    The Savile Club, 69 Brook Street, London W1K 4ER

    Chris Binnie on the case for tidal range power and the proposed West Somerset Lagoon between Minehead and Watchet.

  • The conundrum of patient safety improvements: why is it so hard?

    The conundrum of patient safety improvements: why is it so hard?

    by
    Professor Peter McCulloch
    Lecture
    October 7, 2025
    at
    The Army & Navy Club, 36 Pall Mall, London SW1Y 5JN

    Prof Peter McCulloch of Oxford University on why healthcare has lagged other industries in improving safety, and what might change it.

  • Autumn Voyage to Provence: Pont du Gard and Avignon

    Autumn Voyage to Provence: Pont du Gard and Avignon

    Voyage
    September 10, 2025
    to
    September 14, 2025
    at
    Avignon, Provence

    The last days of the 2025 Autumn Voyage: the Roman engineering of the Pont du Gard, then Avignon’s bridge, the Palais des Papes and a river cruise.

  • Autumn Voyage to Provence: ITER and Château Val-Joanis

    Autumn Voyage to Provence: ITER and Château Val-Joanis

    Voyage
    September 10, 2025
    to
    September 14, 2025
    at
    Avignon, Provence

    Day two of the 2025 Autumn Voyage: a visit to the ITER fusion project at Cadarache, then wine, jazz and dinner under the stars at Château Val-Joanis.

  • Autumn Voyage to Provence: Orange, Arles and the Luma

    Autumn Voyage to Provence: Orange, Arles and the Luma

    Voyage
    September 10, 2025
    to
    September 14, 2025
    at
    Avignon, Provence

    The 2025 Autumn Voyage begins with Roman Orange and Arles, and Frank Gehry’s Luma tower with structural engineer Peter Terrell.