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In addition to our monthly meetings, each with an interesting talk, we offer many different events, outings and holidays that you might like to come along on. Click on the event title to see the event detail.
Surrey Network Study Day
Science & Technology of Music and Sound - Rainforests/Evolution & Music/Colour. Presented by Dr David Jones, Natural History Museum, and Andrew Hanson, National Physical Laboratory. Places will be available in the hall or for on-line viewing. https://u3asites.org.uk/files/s/surreyu3anetwork/docs/st24jun.pdf
Presented by Russell Whitworth, Ian Hawker, Peter Lord, Andrew Rogoyski & Alan FreelandPlaces will be available in the hall or for on-line viewing. Artificial Intelligence cannot be avoided in the news with comments ranging frompraise for its astonishing benefits to alarming stories of the end of humanity. This study day, led bymembers of U3A's “AI… Read More »Understanding AI & its Repercussions for Society, Now and in The Future
In the early 1960s, an art critic wrote in the Manchester Guardian: “Lowry was to Manchester what Constable was to Essex”. Once he found his way in expressing his feelings, Laurence Stephen Lowry became the painter of industrial landscapes that surrounded him. After the 1960’s, he felt that what he saw as industrial landscape was… Read More »Understanding Lowry: The Man, His Life & His Work
The Asian Century? Presented by Steve BirdPlaces will be available in the hall or for on-line viewing.
NHS: The Next 10 YearsPresented by Dr Catherine Heffernan, Director of Health Improvement at Southwest London Integrated Care BoardPlaces will be available in the hall or for on-line viewing.
Vulcan & Concorde: Iconic AircraftPresented by Guy Bartlett, Aviation HistorianPlaces will be available in the hall or for on-line viewing.
Guiding, Ghosts & Gossip at Royal PalacesPresented by Sarah Slater, White Badge Guide Lecturer, Hampton Court Palace & Blue Badge Tourist Guide, Windsor CastlePlaces will be available in the hall or for on-line viewing.
The History of British Industry: Iron & Rivets, to Electronics & Jets, to Robots & AIPresented by Dr Richard MarksPlaces will be available in the hall or for on-line viewing.
Presented by Clare Bevan, Clare Waters, Georgina Waters, Sarah Wilson, Vicky Flynn & Richard ClaxtonPlaces will be available in the hall or for on-line viewing. The booking form is here: The Story, Development & Operation of the National Garden Scheme