Over 350 women from throughout the North-East of Scotland will attend this year's fully subscribed University of Aberdeen Ladies' Luncheon to be held tomorrow (Thursday, September 7) at The Marcliffe at Pitfodels.
This year's guest speaker will be Alan Taylor who has had a varied and distinguished career as a journalist and writer. He joins a cast of illustrious previous speakers: Lady Clare Macdonald (1995), Liz Lochhead (1996), Iain Cuthbertson (1997), Lady Howe (1998), University Rector, Clarissa Dickson Wright (1999), Fiona Kennedy (2000), Susan Rice (2001), Sandy Gall (2002), Jack Webster (2003), Kate Adie (2004), and Isabel Losada (2005).
Alan Taylor is a journalist, writer at large and Literary Editor for the Sunday Herald and is well-known for his weekly diary column. Formerly, he worked for Scotland on Sunday and The Scotsman, where he was Managing Editor. His varied career path has included being a reference librarian, having trained in Aberdeen. He is a regular contributor to a variety of publications and has been half of the Scottish team on Radio Four's Round Britain Quiz.
Alan Taylor is also a regular contributor to the University's Aberdeen Magazine.
Guests at tomorrow’s Ladies Lunch will undoubtedly be entertained with an inspirational talk from a remarkable man.
This annual event, now in its twelth year, was introduced in the University's Quincentenary year. Proceeds from the event will be used to assist individual students to carry out projects of direct benefit to women around the world.