 
            
        SPEAKERS SEPTEMBER 2025 - APRIL 2026
17th September 2025 Professor Jeffrey Almond
"Pandemics, what are these microbes that threaten us?"
1st October 2025 Dr Rachael De Caux
"Thames Hospice: Quality of life to the
end of life, for everyone."
15th October 2025 Joy Pibworth
"Jane's Story - the life and legacy of Jane Austen."
5th November 2025 Dr. Dominic Lees
"Deep fakes and AI in film and media."
19th November 2025 Richard Havelock
"The Life and times of the Royal
Berkshire Hospital."
3rd December 2025 Christmas Celebration with entertainment
from magician Ian Keable at 7.30pm.
21st January 2026 Professor Sir Brian Hoskins CBE FRS
The Japan Prize Laureate 2024 -
"Today's ability to predict extreme weather
in a changing climate."
4th February 2026 Dr Jane Sellwood
"Water; how we use it and abuse it."
18th February 2026 Nigel Balchin
"Humanoid Robotics."
4th March 2026 Vicky Pearson/Molly Cleaver
"Reading University:
A Century of creating change together -
our community, our actions and our impact"
18th March 2026 Philip Chamberlain
"Farming: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow."
1st April 2026 Dr Alice Mpofu-Coles
"The many faces of Oxford Road."
15th April 2026 Dr Hannah Lyons
"The University of Reading Art Collection."