ALT Since Charles II landed at Dover at about noon on 25th May 1660 – a scene witnessed by Samuel Pepys – the two Regiments, The Life Guards and The Blues & Royals which together became known as ‘The Household Cavalry’ have played a unique role as the official bodyguard to The Monarch.

ALT In his presentation ‘All the Kings’ Horses and All the Kings’ Men (and Women)’ Keith will use his unique style to answer many of the questions about The Household Cavalry.

ALT Tricia was born in Sunderland in the North East of England. She trained as a diagnostic radiographer and after moving to Skipton in Yorkshire in 1973, with her husband Ian, Tricia worked at Airedale General Hospital. After they moved into a small village of Cracoe in the Yorkshire Dales, a neighbour, Angela Baker invited her to join the WI, telling her that the locals would think she was funny if she didn’t join. In February 1998 John Baker, Angela’s husband, was diagnosed with non Hodgkins Lymphoma. Sadly he died just five months later and, to raise funds in his memory, Tricia’s idea for the alternative WI calendar was born.

ALT Douglas was a RAF jet flying instructor at the age of 25 in 1988 when he was suddenly grounded by type 1 diabetes. With zero countries around the world allowing any pilot a licence in 1988, Douglas changed career to the asset management industry. However, his passion for flying continued unabashed and in 2001 he returned to aviation with a private pilot licence to fly with insulin treated diabetes in the USA. Therein began a new flying career of setting challenging aviation records, aiming to raise positive awareness of flying with diabetes which could help persuade aviation authorities around the world to enable pilots with insulin-treated diabetes to fly. Douglas’ talk will cover a number of his challenging diabetes awareness-raising flying projects, including a round the world flight in 2002 in a Beech Baron (with 220 extra gallons of fuel on board for the longest flight), a record-setting flight to the North Pole in 2011 and landing on the polar ice at Russia’s Borneo Ice Camp

ALT Tricia Stewart was born in Sunderland in the North East of England. She trained as a diagnostic radiographer and after moving to Skipton in Yorkshire in 1973, with her husband Ian, Tricia worked at Airedale General Hospital. After they moved into a small village of Cracoe in the Yorkshire Dales, a neighbour, Angela Baker invited her to join the WI, telling her that the locals would think she was funny if she didn’t join.

ALT In February 1998 John Baker, Angela’s husband, was diagnosed with non Hodgkins Lymphoma. Sadly he died just five months later and, to raise funds in his memory, Tricia’s idea for the alternative WI calendar was born.

ALT Dr Ruth Larsen is a Senior lecturer in History and the programme leader for the undergraduate History programmes at the University of Derby. Ruth teaches a number of modules at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, covering a wide range of topics, including the history of the body, material culture studies and research methodologies. Her research expertise is in eighteenth and nineteenth century British history and she has published widely on gender history, the history of the aristocracy and the country house.

ALT David Drewry is a world leading expert on the environment and study of the polar regions. He holds a Doctorate in Geophysics from Cambridge University where he was Director of the Scott Polar Research Institute and is now Honorary Fellow at Emmanuel College. He lectures widely around the world to scientific, governmental and popular audiences on environmental and climate change issues.

ALT Tens of millions of trash items (e.g. plastic bags, plastic pellets (nurdles), fishing nets and rubber bath toys) are drawn into giant swirling currents in the World’s Oceans. Where do they come from? Where are they going? What harm will they do?