Hi all, The Mineralogical Society has a free monthly series of Skills and Training events. These are online events and all are welcome (members and non-members). The next talk will be given by Adrian Finch, from the University of St Andrews on February the 4th at 14:00, entitled 'The Brilliance of Defects - The Mineralogical and Petrological Significance of Luminescence in Minerals'. Please see https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.minersoc.org_skills-2Dand-2Dtraining.html&d=DwIFaQ&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=7FJfzH0jQkGZBKXMo6tftPROkYhbmzPn-JKOSpMdkao&m=uzpJLzW_Zk-KUNPp7v4plyE0bFwhzm8UlsBV-LobdiIkAbRMAaw1bR4XVCZrkmOJ&s=aqiq04j2hW9DtFAbS025xaCCkb53M4yR-KlE_fesTG0&e= for full details and registration. Recordings of all the previous talks are available at the same link. Any queries please contact Eimear Deady General Secretary of the Mineralogical Society of the UK and Ireland. Kevin Murphy Executive Director, Mineralogical Society of the UK and Ireland kevin@minersoc.org<mailto:kevin@minersoc.org> tel. 02088916600