Russell Parry moved to the village of Appley Bridge in the North West of England in the early 1990’s and discovered the fascinating story of the 1914 meteorite strike on the village. His book was published to coincide with the 100-year anniversary of the event in 2014, and Russell has subsequently presented his talk for many astronomical societies, groups, museums and events. The story of the Appley Bridge meteorite has also been featured on several TV and radio programs and in September 2023 Russell’s 3 episode radio play was first broadcast on BBC radio. Russell has presented his talks on transatlantic crossings and cruises on the Cunard liner Queen Mary 2, Fred Olsen Cruises and P&O Cruises and has also presented his talks in New York at the Linder Theatre in the American Museum of Natural History and at the Ibn Zohr University faculty of Applied Sciences in Agadir, Morocco.

Russell also presents talks on various other space related / historical topics including the Barwell Meteorite, Space Food, Growing Food in Space and Moon Trees.

Russell is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Public Health and founded his company Advanced Food Safety Limited in 1995. Russell and his company have won many awards including Best Trainer of the Year, Best Training Company of the Year, Entrepreneur of the Year and several export awards. Russell has also worked on several overseas food safety projects in Jordan, Macedonia and Latvia and worked on projects funded by UNIDO and USAID. Russell is also author of many food safety text books and has appeared on several TV and radio programmes as a food safety expert.

Russell is also a volunteer speaker for the charity Medical Detection Dogs and is a presenter for this charity.

Current talks:

• Appley Bridge Meteorite – The Space Rock that hit Lancashire.
• Safe Food Production from the Space Race!
• Stuart Roosa and the Moon Trees.
• The Barwell meteorite.
• Medical Detection Dogs.

Talks under development: Meteorite Encounters - from the Pharaohs to driveways...