Members will remember Rhian’s talk on “The King’s DNA” where she described how DNA analysis was used to confirm that a skeleton uncovered in Leicester was indeed that of Richard III. This time, Rhian will tell us more about DNA fingerprinting and in particular how it is used in forensic investigations, illustrated with examples of… Read more

“Everything you wanted to know about Permaculture but never dared to ask.“ Chris Evans is a permaculture designer and trainer from Applewood Permaculture Centre in North Herefordshire. In his illustrated talk Chris will introduce Permaculture, showing how it goes way beyond “organic gardening” as a way of shifting livelihoods, lifestyles and land use towards a… Read more

The Herefordshire Hoard was discovered in 2015 by two metal detectorists. The hoard was made up of a number of gold artefacts and a quantity of silver coins, (as many as 300). The detectorists failed to get the landowners permission to detect on the land and only reported a small proportion of what was found… Read more