All the world’s a play… a review by Croy Thomson of the lecture given by David Edgar

David Edgar: All The World’s A Play                                                                                        26.02.24 “I screamed the place down!” David Edgar’s first experience of live theatre was unscripted. Aged “three and three quarters”, he was taken to a performance of Beauty & The Beast. So convincingly beastly was the Beast, the terrified young David

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Why we should think about the relationship between climate change and mental health in Scotland – Professor Hester Parr

A review by member Croy Thomson of the talk on the 7th February 2024 Hester Parr: The relationship between climate change and mental health in Scotland                 Ignoring the impulse to imitate Private Fraser in Dad’s Army, and shout, “We’re doomed!” I stuck with Professor Parr’s measured, illuminating outlining of climate

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East Side Story

A review by member Croy Thomson of the talk on the 24th January 2024                                Stephen Venables: Everest East Side Story A fortnight ago, the Society talk was from a man drawn towards gravity; this week the speaker has spent a lifetime defying it. The Chair, Campbell Forrest, introduced Stephen

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The first Lecture of 2024

11.01.24 The first commentary from an audience member at a recent Society talk. The View from the Stalls The James Webb Space Telescope: back to the beginning of time ROYAL PHILOSOPHY SOCIETY talks open windows into worlds and ideas that many people (okay, I) never knew existed. Dr David Rosario’s

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