XMAS LECTURE WITH JOHNNY BALL

Humanoid returned to Staffordshire University’s new Science Centre this week to film a Christmas lecture with veteran TV presenter Johnny Ball. Best remembered for hosting BBC popular science and technology programme ‘Think of a Number’ in the late 70s, Ball enthralled the crowd of all ages with lively demonstrations and anecdotes about science’s greatest pioneers. In a nod to the Christmas lectures introduced by Michael Faraday, he tied great discoveries of the past to current world issues, as well as speculating on the wonders of future technology.

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FLANNELS 35TH ANNIVERSARY

Humanoid visited Manchester’s luxury shopping destination The Avenue this Thursday, to help celebrate the 35th Anniversary of designer fashion retailer Flannels. Held at Flannels’ Spinningfields store, with festivities next door in The Oast House, the event doubled as a fundraiser for The Christie charity, with the goal of collecting £50,000 for cancer treatment and care.

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