Search Results for "Wales"

The lewdest Fellow of the age?

history of science
Eleanor Stephenson
07 November 2023
8 mins

Eleanor Stephenson dissects the life of John Vaughan, 3rd Earl of Carbery, President of the Royal Society from 1686 to 1689 and a man described by his enemies as 'half way to hell’ and ‘as ugly in face as in fame’.

On the Brunel trail

history of science
Rupert Baker
23 August 2021
3 mins

Why is there a statue of Isambard Kingdom Brunel FRS in a car park in Pembrokeshire? Rupert Baker investigates...

Pennant in the Devil’s Kitchen

history of science
Rupert Baker
19 August 2019
4 mins

Following in the footsteps of traveller and antiquarian Thomas Pennant FRS, Rupert Baker reports back from Snowdonia and the 'damned water' of Llyn Idwal.