Seize the Day: 2014 Inaugural Andrew Carnegie Lecture, University of Glasgow, 17th March
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2014 Inaugural Andrew Carnegie Lecture: “Seize the Day”
Public lecture by Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson.
Monday 17th March. Starts at 6pm (doors 5.30pm) Ends 7.30pm.
Bute Hall, Main Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ
Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson is Britain’s greatest Paralympic athlete. She competed in five Paralympic Games, winning 11 Gold Medals, and is acknowledged as one of the most gifted and courageous sportswomen of her generation. In addition to her outstanding Paralympic achievements, she won the London Wheelchair Marathon a total of six times between 1992 and 2002.
Retirement hasn’t slowed her down, she has gone on to play a prominent role in public life. In 2005 she was made ‘Dame’ Tanni Grey-Thompson DBE for her services to sport, while in 2010 she was elevated to the House of Lords as a crossbench peer.
Cost: Free and open to the public (prior registration is essential)
Bute Hall, Main Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ
www.glasgow.ac.uk/carnegielecture2014
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