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| 1993 |
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| October |
15 |
Vanessa Collingridge |
Forecasting the Future |
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22 |
Keith Graham |
Perthshire - on the Highland Frontier |
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29 |
Mark Henderson |
Of Dragons and Volcanoes - Off the Beaten Track East of Bali |
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| November |
5 |
Roderick MacLeod |
The Callander and Oban Railway |
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12 |
Ian Brown |
Safari in Kenya |
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19 |
Captain George Hendry |
Around the World in Eighty Minutes |
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| 1994 |
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| October |
14 |
Tom Weir |
Weir's Way Around Scotland |
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21 |
Ian S Brown |
Walls, Warriors and Waterways |
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28 |
Dr Michael JB Almond |
South West Turkey |
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| November |
4 |
Bill Dow |
James Thomson - City Engineer |
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11 |
Keith Graham |
My Kind of Country |
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18 |
Thelma Ellis |
Franz Joseph Land |
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| 1995 |
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| October |
13 |
Jimmie MacGregor |
In the Footsteps of Bonnie Prince Charlie |
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20 |
Bob Mitchell |
The Scottish Influence in Gardening |
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27 |
Dr Philip James |
Oil, Driving and Scotland |
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| November |
3 |
Mike Pawley |
14 Years in Antartica |
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10 |
Christine Davis |
The Quaker Tapestry |
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17 |
David Bone |
Paradise in Peril; Malawi Past and Present |
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| 1996 |
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| October |
11 |
Jimmie MacGregor |
Arctic Journey |
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18 |
William M Dow |
Dundee's Waterfront - Three Centuries of Controversy |
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25 |
Dr Terry Isles |
John Muir - Mountaineer, Explorer and Conservationist, a Prophet Unknown |
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| November |
1 |
Andrew Jeffrey |
Standing into Danger - 200 years of the Lifeboat Service in the River Tay and St Andrews Bay |
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8 |
Clara Young |
The City's Art Treasures - Paintings in the McManus Galleries |
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15 |
Mark Henderson |
Of Lamas and Incas |
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| 1997 |
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| October |
17 |
Andrew Jeffrey |
Dundee and the River Tay during the Second World War |
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24 |
D Howard Price |
Dylan Thomas - a Life and Reminiscences |
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31 |
Dr Fiona Vincent |
The Changing Sky |
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| November |
7 |
Keith Brockie |
Travels of a Wildlife Artist at Work |
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14 |
Donald Stewart |
Dundee Photographic Society |
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21 |
Rear Admiral D John Mackenzie |
Atlantic Salmon |
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| 1998 |
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| October |
16 |
Jim Crumley |
From Dundee to Dunadd - A Nature Writer's Journey |
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23 |
Michael Baxter - Tayside Police |
An Overview of the Services provided by a Modern Forensic Science Laboratory |
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30 |
Dr CJM Martin |
Underwater Archaeology on a Cromwellian Shipwreck off Duart Point, Mull |
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| November |
6 |
Mrs Hildegard Berwick |
Raise Your Glasses: The Emergence and Development of the Glass Industry in Perthshire |
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13 |
Allen Mackenzie |
Canadian Rockies - A Scottish Connection? |
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20 |
William M Dow |
Dundee and its Jute Industry |
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| 1999 |
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| October |
15 |
Margaret Greenwood |
Making the Desert Flourish |
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22 |
James McCarthy |
Scotland: Land, People and Wildlife |
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29 |
Bob Sutherland |
Fifty Years of the Dundee Cash Society (a History of NCR in Dundee) |
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| November |
5 |
Alan Stewart |
Crimes Against Wildlife: The Tayside Police Role |
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12 |
Dr TE Isles |
Namaste: A Walk in the land of the Sherpas |
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19 |
David Bowler |
Four Decades of Archaeology in Dundee |
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| 2000 |
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| October |
13 |
Liz Thoms |
Archaelogical Heritage - The Wealth of Nations |
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20 |
Derek Robertson |
A Studio Under the Sky - Wildlife Artist |
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27 |
Joy Ingram |
CHINA Graphics |
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| November |
3 |
Jim Robertson |
Rome, Peter's Tomb and Other Things |
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10 |
Donnie McLeod |
The Highland Railway |
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17 |
Jim Crow |
The National Archives of Scotland |
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| 2001 |
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| October |
12 |
Peter Ellis |
A Miller's Tale and Tales of Millers |
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19 |
Aileen Ogilvie |
Working in Stained Glass |
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26 |
Fiona Watson |
Dundee & Environs in the Wars of Independence |
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| November |
2 |
Malcolm Longair |
The Origins of our Universe |
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9 |
Charles McKean |
Dundee: Portrait of the Second City of Renaissance Scotland |
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16 |
Dr Martin Kirkbride |
Life at the Edge: Icelandic Environment and Society since AD 1000 |
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| 2002 |
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| October |
11 |
Bill Dow |
Tay Bridge Disaster |
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18 |
Diana Brown |
Pharaoh's Gold: The Substance of Gods |
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25 |
Janet McBain |
From Here to Posterity - Scots in Cinema History |
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| November |
1 |
Charles Warren |
The Mountains and Glaciers of Patagonia |
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8 |
Sam Duff |
Veterinary Practice: Herriot and Beyond |
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15 |
Alistair Hood |
Botanic Gardens World - Food for Thought |
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| 2003 |
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| October |
17 |
Iain EF Flett |
Lord Armitstead - his Life and Times |
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24 |
Laura Adams |
The Travels of Doctor David Kinloch |
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31 |
Olive Duncan |
Animals in Art |
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| November |
7 |
Michael Lynch |
James VI: the Re-creation of Scotland and the Creation of Great Britain |
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14 |
Willie Shand |
Scotland in Focus |
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21 |
Dr Michael JB Almond |
Georgia, Jewel of the Caucasus |
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| 2004 |
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| October |
15 |
Dr Richard Fawcett |
Stirling Castle: Royal Palace and Fortress |
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22 |
William Hardie |
The Scottish Colourists |
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29 |
Charles J Burnett |
Scottish Heraldry - The Shorthand of History |
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| November |
5 |
Alan Constable |
The Rebuild of Morgan Academy |
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12 |
Dr David Munro |
Journey to the Adventure Coast |
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19 |
Ken Shaw |
Scotland's Birds |
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| 2005 |
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| October |
14 |
Sally Garden |
The Wighton Collection |
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21 |
Simon Unwin |
Entrance: A Guide to Crossing Thresholds |
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28 |
Christopher Dingwall |
The Hercules Garden at Blair Castle |
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| November |
4 |
Laurence Williams |
A Walk in the Alps |
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11 |
Sally Atkinson |
Argali and Airag in the Altai Mountains |
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18 |
Major (Retd) RJW Proctor |
The Black Watch |
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| 2006 |
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| October |
13 |
Evelyn Hood |
The First Lighthouse Engineer - The Dundee Connection |
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20 |
Ken Slater |
A Foray Through the Corrie |
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27 |
Ken Cox |
A Rhododendron Pilgrimage: Plant Hunting in the Yeng Sang |
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| November |
3 |
Cameron McNeish |
Wild Scotland, A Spirit of a Place |
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10 |
Dr Bill Austin |
Journey to the Bottom of the Ocean (off Iceland) |
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17 |
Clara Young |
Alberto Morrocco - Dundee's Picasso |
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| 2007 |
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| October |
12 |
Irvine Butterfield |
The Last Drove from Skye |
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19 |
Howard Price |
Rough Passages, the Life and Times of William Adams |
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26 |
Ken Neil |
The Red Squirrel - Vanishing Icon |
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| November |
2 |
John Stewart-Young |
Making McManus - Creating a 21st Century Musuem |
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9 |
Louise Martin |
Weaving the Hunt of the Unicorm Tapestries at Stirling Castle |
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16 |
Alasdair C Hood |
Building a Sustainable Future - The Role of Botanic Gardens |
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| 2008 |
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| October |
17 |
David Torrie |
Desperate Dan Lives in Dundee - The History of the Beano and the Dandy |
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24 |
Prof Philip James |
The Life of John Scott Haldane - A Giant of Physiology and Medicine |
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24 |
Prof John McEwen |
Eastern Influences on Western Medicine - How early Islam kept the torch of knowledge alive |
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| November |
7 |
Elizabeth Cumming |
Arts and Crafts Movement in Scotland |
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14 |
Shonaig Macpherson |
National Trust for Scotland - The Heart of the Nation |
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21 |
Michael JB Almond |
Adventures in the Caucasus |
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| 2009 |
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| October |
16 |
Gavin Ramsay |
The Plight of the Honeybee |
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23 |
Brian Kelly |
"Rational and Innocent Entertainment" - The Mills Observatory and the Night Sky |
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30 |
Ian Christie |
Scottish Rock Gardens |
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| November |
6 |
Judith Fisken |
Rosslyn Chapel, Fact or Fiction? |
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13 |
Prof Roland Paxton |
Thomas Telford "Colossus of Roads" 1757 - 1834 |
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20 |
Prof Richard Lerski |
Walking in the Himalayas - Blisters, Snow and Yetis |
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| 2010 |
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| October |
15 |
Billy Kay |
The Dundee Diaspora |
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22 |
George MacQuarrie |
ScotWays, The First 165 Years |
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29 |
Prof Eleanor Gordon |
Murder and Morality of Victorian Britain: The Story of Madeleine Smith |
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| November |
5 |
Prof Michael Tooley |
Gertrude Jekyll: Artist, Gardener, Craftswoman |
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12 |
Dr Iain Murray |
Sir Barnes Wallis: An Engineer 50 Years Ahead of his time |
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19 |
Dr Chris Carter |
Yellowstone National Park in Winter |
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| 2011 |
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| October |
14 |
Philip Long |
The V&A at Dundee |
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21 |
Dr Steven Ewing |
Climate Change - A Threat to Birds in Scotland? |
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28 |
Russel McLean |
Down These Aye Mean Streets: A Personal Journey Through Scottish Crime Fiction |
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| November |
4 |
Jenny Kinnear |
Introducing Fergus & Meg: The Life and Works of JD Fergusson and Margaret Morris |
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11 |
Evelyn Hood |
Dundee - Orleans - A Tale of Twin Cities: 65 Years of an Enduring Friendship |
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18 |
Professor Andrew Grieve |
South Africa the Rainbow Nation and The Dundee Connection |
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| 2012 |
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| October |
12 |
Jim Summers |
A Railway's Guide to the Railway - A Personal Look at What Makes Railways Tick, Why and How |
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19 |
Lara Haggerty |
The Library of Innerpeffray: An Introduction to Scotland's Oldest Free Public Lending Library |
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26 |
Norman Atkinson |
Montrose Museum - A Community Asset for 175 Years |
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| November |
2 |
Bill Thomas |
Barley, The Time Traveller's Cereal |
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9 |
Chris van der Kuyl |
British Newspaper Archive: Creating a 21st Century Business Out of Old News |
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16 |
Christopher Baker |
The Nation's Portraits: Past and Present |
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| 2013 |
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| October |
11 |
Dr Allison Beattie & Dr Alex Doney |
Dundee: A Global Centre for Life Science Excellence |
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18 |
Ron Gillies |
The Fruit Wine Making Experience at Cairn O'Mohr |
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25 |
Ian Taylor |
The World of Auctioneering |
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| November |
1 |
John Burdin |
The Munro Society |
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8 |
Gillian Molloy |
Why? Where? Who? The Origin of some Dudnee Street names |
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15 |
Alasdair Hood |
Wild Seeds, Wild Plants, Wild Areas |
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| 2014 |
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| October |
10 |
Professor John MacKenzie |
David Livingstone |
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17 |
Dr Billy Kenefick |
Dundee's Involvement in the First World War |
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24 |
Dr Roderick Cameron |
Dundee X-Ray Pioneers |
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31 |
Bill Herbert and Andy Jackson |
Whaleback City |
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| November |
7 |
Professor Rob Duck |
The Tay Estuary: No other in the world has got scenery more fine, only I am told the beautiful Rhine. |
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14 |
Dr Charles Allison |
The Gas Man Cometh |
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| 2015 |
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| October |
16 |
Dr Norman Watson |
History of DC Thomson & Co |
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23 |
Anna Robertson |
Behind the Doors of the Stores: An overview of the City’s Art Collection |
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30 |
Rosemary Anderson |
Powerful Persuaders……. How Others Target Your Brain |
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| November |
6 |
Stewart Murdoch |
Leisure & Culture in Dundee |
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13 |
Brian Kelly |
After Scott: the further Antarctic voyages of RRS Discovery |
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20 |
Brian Hoyle |
Early Films – Then and Now |
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| 2016 |
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| October |
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Dr Vivienne Wild |
A Whistle-stop Tour of the Universe - from Planet Formation to the Big Bang |
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14 |
Dr Chris Murray |
Dundee - One City, Many, Many Comics! |
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Professor Niamh Nic Daeid |
Developing Forensic Science at Dundee, New Directions and New Horizons |
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Eric Summers |
1858 Connections: Dundee, Dickens and Drink |
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| November |
4 |
Professor Jim Tomlinson |
“Juteopolis” and the Empire: Dundee c. 1850 - 1939 |
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Professor Steve Parkes |
Dundee and the Final Frontier |
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