MAT IRVINE
DIARY AND EVENTS
Events still to come in BOLD
Those in violet are virtual
2024
March 24th : Media Modelling 5 : organised by HaMeX Events : Hanslope Village Hall, Hanslope, Bucks MK19 7LU
March 31st : Stony Radio : general interview, centred around Doctor Who, 18.00hrs - 21.00hrs
April 18th ASH : "The Eclipse and Other Stories"
June 9th : 'Seek-Locate-Celebrate' : organised by Team Blake, Steventon Village Hall, Steventon, Oxfordshire, OX13 6RR
June 30th : "Riverside Studios - Doctor Who Season 15", organised by DWAS, 101 Queen Caroline Street, Hammersmith, London W6 9BN
July 21st : smallspace 11 : organised by HaMeX Events, Hanslope Village Hall, Hanslope, Bucks MK19 7LU
November 3rd : The Model Market 11 : organised by HaMeX Events, Hanslope Village Hall, Hanslope, Bucks MK19 7LU
2023
January 25th : Orpington Astronomical Society :
March 19th : Media Modelling 4 : organised by HaMeX Events, Hanslope Village Hall, Hanslope, Bucks MK19 7LU
June 15th : ASH : Deep Skies : The Space Sites of the Southwestern States
July 16th : smallspace 10 : organised by HaMeX Events, Hanslope Village Hall, Hanslope, Bucks MK19 7LU
September 21st : ASH : VISIONARY : The Life and Times of Sir Arthur C. Clarke
November 23rd : ASH : "MAT-23" (or "Mat's Astro Tours - 2023")
November 26th : The Model Market 10 : organised by HaMeX Events, Hanslope Village Hall, Hanslope, Bucks MK19 7LU
2022
January 16th : The Model Market 8 : Hanslope Village Hall, Hanslope, Bucks MK19 7LU
May 22nd : Media Modelling 3 : Hanslope Village Hall, Hanslope, Bucks MK19 7LU
July 10th : 'Forever Avon' : organised by Team Blake, Steventon Village Hall, Steventon, Oxfordshire, OX13 6RR
(posponed from 2020 and 2021...)
July 17th : smallspace 9 : Hanslope Village Hall, Hanslope, Bucks MK19 7LU
(posponed from 2020 and 2021...)
November 27th : The Model Market 9 : Hanslope Village Hall, Hanslope, Bucks MK19 7LU
2021
With the situation with COVID 19, all the talks post March 2020 were cancelled, many moving to on-line virtual meetings.
A number of virtual meetings/interviews have been done, though many are last-minute ad-hock arrangements, difficult to note as up-and-coming!
2021 - although by June we are supposedly 'back to normal (whatever that was...), many almost certainly continue this trend for the foreseeable future - so those in violet are virtual
April 27 : BBC 3CR - phone in 07.50hrs
May 1st : BBC Radio Shropshire - phone in - 10.00hrs approx
May 2nd : Spearhead : Affirmative - a celebration of K-9. 'Zoom Convention' organised by Cygus Alpha Events
August 22nd : HaMeX 12 : Hanslope Village Hall, Hanslope, Bucks MK17 7NZ
2020
January 26th : The Model Market 7 : Hanslope Village Hall, Hanslope, Bucks MK17 7NZ
February 12th : "Robert vs The Flying Saucers", British Interplanetary Society, 27-29 South Lambeth Road, London SW8 1SZ
March 11th & 12th: Essex 2020 - Science Week, Cramphorn Studio, Chelmsford City Theatres Fairfield Road , Chelmsford , Essex , CM1 1JG
11th - "K-9 - The Complete and Utter History...", 12th - "BBC-VFX"
April 19th : Media Modelling 3 : Hanslope Village Hall, Hanslope, Bucks MK17 7NZ - scheduled, but cancelled
July 5th : smallspace 9 : Hanslope Village Hall, Hanslope, Bucks MK17 7NZ - scheduled, but cancelled
July 16th : ASH : "Robert vs The Flying Saucers" - (basically an on-line repeat of the BIS talk from February)
November 7th : 'Festival Modelling' - vodcast for the The Interesting Modelling Co
November 28th & 29th or December 5th & 6th : The Model Market 8 - planned, but cancelled
December 18th : Pop Astro Live - vodcast for SPA
2019
January 26th : The Model Market 6 : Hanslope Village Hall, Hanslope, Bucks MK17 7NZ
May 5th : Media Modelling 2 : Hanslope Village Hall, Hanslope, Bucks MK17 7NZ
May 16th : : ASH : "Cause & Effect" : Ashmole School, Cecil Way, Southgate, London N14 5RJ
June 23rd : Maximum Power - Blake's 7 event : Steventon Village Hall, Steventon, Oxfordshire, OX13 6RR
July 7th : smallspace 8 : Hanslope Village Hall, Hanslope, Bucks MK17 7NZ
September 22nd : Cygnus Alpha London - Blake's 7 event : The Musical Museum, 399 High St, Brentford TW8 0DU
November 9th & 10th : IPMS Scale Model World, Telford International Conference Centre, Telford TF3 4JH
: I will be - at some point - on the Tiger Hobbies stand with my new Haynes Model Manual
November 21st : ASH : "Cradle of Aviation" : Ye Olde Mitre Inne, 58 High Street, High Barnet , Barnet EN5 5SJ
November 24th : HaMeX 11 : Hanslope Village Hall, Hanslope, Bucks MK17 7NZ
2018
February 4th : The Model Market 5 : Hanslope Village Hall, Hanslope, Bucks MK17 7NZ
May 6th : Media Modelling - the new HaMeX Events show : Hanslope Village Hall, Hanslope, Bucks MK17 7NZ
July 1st : smallspace 7 : Hanslope Village Hall, Hanslope, Bucks MK17 7NZ
August 26th : Northants and Leics Sci-Fi Show : East Carlton Country Park, nr Corby, Northamptonshire LE16 8YF
September 29th : Cygnus Alpha 4.0 : Holiday Inn, Brentford Lock, London, TW8 8GA
October 4th : Loughton Astronomical Society : The Scout Hut, Theydon Bois, Epping, CM16 7EJ
October 6th : Space Day 2018 : The Hive, Sawmill Walk, The Butts, Worcester, WR1 3PD
October 19th - 21st : Destination Star Trek Birmingham : NEC Birmingham, B40 1NT
December 1st : HaMeX 10 : Hanslope Village Hall, Hanslope, Bucks MK17 7NZ
December 12th : John Leeson : "It's a Dog's Life" : The Quarry Theatre at St Luke’s, 26 St Peter’s Street, Bedford, MK40 2NN
2017
January 28th : The Model Market 4 : Village Hall, Hanslope, Bucks MK19 7NZ
February 17th-19th : Gallifrey One : Marriott Los Angeles Airport Hotel, 5855 W Century Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90045, USA
March 16th : ASH : "LA Confidential" : Ashmole School, Cecil Way, Southgate, London N14 5RJ
April 8th : Panopticon : Genesis (by invitation only), Broomwood Church Hall, Kyrle Road, London SW11 6BD
April17th : Easter Bytes, The National Museum of Computing : Bletchley, Bucks, MK3 6DZ
May 21st : Extreme Weathering (the new HaMeX show) : Village Hall, Hanslope, Bucks MK17 7NZ
June 9th-24th : Visions of Space II : Wells & Mendip Museum, Cathedral Green, Wells, Somerset, BA5 2UE
June 11th : BLAKE : Steventon Village Hall, Steventon, Oxfordshire, OX13 6RR
July 16th : smallspace 6 : Hanslope Village Hall, Hanslope, Bucks MK17 7NZ
October 1st : Who's At The Playhouse : Epsom Playhouse, Ashley Avenue, Epsom, Surrey, KT18 5AL
October 5th : ASH : "Darkness Visible" : Ashmole School, Cecil Way, Southgate, London N14 5RJ
October 14th - 15th : Exeter Film & Comic Con : Westpoint Centre, Clyst St Mary, Exeter, EX5 1DJ
November 24th : 'Set in Stone' : Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Birkbeck College, postponed
December 2nd : HaMeX 9 : Hanslope Village Hall, Hanslope, Bucks MK17 7NZ
2016
January 21st : Astronomical Society of Haringey : Britain in Space - at Last!
February 7th : The Model Market 3 : Village Hall, Hanslope, Bucks MK19 7NZ
March 12th : National Space Centre : Leicester
May 15th : AUTOMODELLISMO 6 : Village Hall, Hanslope, Bucks MK17 7NZ
July 3rd :smallspace 5 : Village Hall, Hanslope, Bucks MK17 7NZ
July 30th : BIS Summer Get-Together : RAF Museum Cosford, Shifnal, Shropshire, TF11 8UP
October 2nd : Mat 'n' Paul Unplugged - an extra HaMeX Event : Hanslope Village Hall, Hanslope, Bucks, MK19 7NZ
November 26th. An Evening with Mat Irvine : St Andrew's Church Centre, Kimbolton Road, Bedford.
December 3rd : Saturday : HaMeX 8 : Hanslope Village Hall, Hanslope, Bucks, MK19 7NZ
2015
February 1st : The Model Market 2 : Village Hall, Hanslope, Bucks MK19 7NZ
March 18th - 20th : Stargazing Live : Jodrell Bank
April 6th : Spring Bytes : The National Museum of Computing : Bletchley, Bucks, MK3 6DZ
May 9th : Folkestone Film, TV and Comic Con : The Folkestone Academy, Academy Lane, Folkestone, Kent CT19 5FP
May 17th : AUTOMODELLISMO 5 : Village Hall, Hanslope, Bucks MK17 7NZ
May 30th : Manchester Film & Comic Con : EventCity, Phoenix Way, Barton Dock Road, Urmston, Manchester M41 7TB
June 7th : Cygnus Alpha - Blake's 7 Reunion : The Lost Theatre, Wandsworth Road, London
June 13th : LUMA Film Festival : Deprtment of Theatre, Film and Television, University of York, Baird Lane, Heslington East, YO10 5GB
June 18th : Astronomical Society of Haringey : "Once Upon A Time"
July 12th :smallspace 4 : Village Hall, Hanslope, Bucks MK17 7NZ
August 22nd : Summer Bytes : The National Museum of Computing, Bletchley, Bucks, MK3 6DZ
August 29th : Bournemouth Film & Comic Con : Bournemouth International Centre, Exeter Road, Bournemouth BH2 5BH
2014
February 2nd : The Model Market : The new show under the HaMeX Events banner : Hanslope Village Hall, Hanslope, Bucks, MK19 7NZ
March 1st - 2nd : BritSciFi Weekend : National Space Centre , Leicester
March 27th : Cause and Effect - The Technology of Visual Effects on TV :
The National Museum of Computing, Bletchley Park, Bletchley, Bucks, MK3 6EB
April 13th : Return to Gauda Prime 2 - Blake's 7 Convention : The Village Hall, The Green, Steventon, Oxon, OX13 6RR
May 11th : Model Futures : RAF Museum London, Grahame Park Way, Hendon, London, NW9 5LL
May 18th : Automodellismo 4 : Hanslope Village Hall, Hanslope, Bucks, MK19 7NZ
May 25th : Towel Day : National Space Centre - unannounced!
July 13th : smallspace 3 : Hanslope Village Hall, Hanslope, Bucks, MK19 7NZ
August 9/10th : Summer Bytes, The National Museum of Computing, Bletchley Park, Bletchley, Bucks, MK3 6EB
August 30th : Sheffield Film & Comic Con : Motorpoint Arena, Broughton Lane, Sheffield, S9 2DF
September 18th : ASH : "Space at Farnborough" : Ashmole School, Cecil Way, Southgate, London N14 5RJ
November 28th - 30th : Chicago TARDIS : Lombard, Illinois, USA
November 30th : HaMeX 6 : Hanslope Village Hall, Hanslope, Bucks, MK19 7NZ
2013
January 16th-17th : Northern Ireland Libraries
March 9th-10th : National Space Centre, BritSciFi Weekend, Leicester
March 21st : Astronomical Society of Haringey : Mat Irvine : "Deep Skies" : Ashmole School, Cecil Way, Southgate, London N14 5RJ
April 20th : Doctor Who at 50 : British Film Institute, South Bank, London, SE1 8XT
April 21st : Modelkraft : Milton Keynes Scale Model Club, Stantonbury Leisure Centre, MK14 6BN
May 5th : Automodellismo 3 : Hanslope Village Hall, Hanslope, Bucks, MK19 7NZ
May 25th - 27th : Collectormania : Stadium:MK, Denbigh, Milton Keynes, Bucks, MK1 1ST
July 7th : smallspace 2 : Hanslope Village Hall, Hanslope, Bucks, MK19 7NZ
July 29th - August 1st : Northern Ireland Libraries [see site for details]
August 6th : Wootton Library, Northants
August 10th : National Museum of Computing, Block H, Bletchley Park, MK3 6EB
August 31st : Cardiff Film & Comic Con : Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff, CF10 2EQ
September 14th : BIS :'From Imagination To Reality 2'
October 30th : Chesterfield Library, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S40 1QN
November 9th - 10th : Scale Model World : IPMS 50th Anniversary, International Conference Centre, Telford, TF3 4JH
A large display, set up with Mike Tucker, celebrating 50 years of a certain TV Doctor... and the VisFX Department in general
November 22nd - 24th : Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Celebration Event : ExCel, Royal Victoria Dock, London E16 1XL
An even larger display, set up with Mike Tucker, celebrating 50 years of a certain TV Doctor...
December 8th : HaMeX 5 : Hanslope Village Hall, Hanslope, Bucks, MK19 7NZ.
A large display, including some of the Doctor Who items from the ExCel event (above) - along with lots of stuff for sale - check the HaMeX site for more details
2012
February 5th : Model Kraft, Stantonbury Leisure Centre, MK
February 16th : ASH :Mat Irvine : "Space - At It Should Have Been"
February 22nd : BIS Mat Irvine : "Space - At It Should Have Been" , BIS HQ, 27-29 South Lambeth Road, London SW8 1SZ
March 10-11th : National Space Centre, BritSciFi Weekend, Leicester
April 15th : Automodellismo (2012), Hanslope Village Hall, Hanslope, Bucks, MK19 7NZ .
May 26th-27th : WonderFest, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Louisville, KY, USA
June 17th : The Leeds Big Bookend Weekend, The Carriageworks Theatre, Leeds LS2 3AD
July 1st : smallspace :Hanslope Village Hall, Hanslope, Bucks, MK19 7NZ
July 18th : BIS : Mat Irvine : "Deep Skies", BIS HQ, 27-29 South Lambeth Road, London SW8 1SZ
July 21st : BIS : Patrick's Picnic (2), Farthings, Selsey, W.Sussex
September 2nd : Norwich Sci-Fi Club
September 15th : BIS : "From Imagination To Reality", BIS HQ, 27-29 South Lambeth Road, London SW8 1SZ
November 15th : ASH : Mat Irvine : "My Time on The Sky at Night"
December 2nd : HaMeX-4 : Hanslope Village Hall, Hanslope, Bucks
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