BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Fetcham U3A - ECPv6.15.18//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Fetcham U3A X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://fetchamu3a.org.uk X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Fetcham U3A REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20230326T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20231029T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20240331T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20241027T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20250330T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20251026T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20260329T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20261025T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20270328T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20271031T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:UTC DTSTART:20200101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260320T093000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260320T160000 DTSTAMP:20260404T065604 CREATED:20251028T092155Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260111T145537Z UID:4710-1773999000-1774022400@fetchamu3a.org.uk SUMMARY:Surrey Network Study Day – Global Warming & Your Grandchildren's World DESCRIPTION:Presented by Dr Colin Summerhayes & Professor Jan Zalasiewicz \n\n\n\nThe booking form is here: Global Warming & Your Grandchildren’s WorldThere will also be a Recital by Menuhin School Pupils during the lunch hour URL:https://fetchamu3a.org.uk/our-programme/mar26-sd-global-warming/ LOCATION:The Menuhin Hall\, Yehudi Menuhin School\, Cobham Road\, Stoke d'Abernon\, KT11 3QQ\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Study Days END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260220T093000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260220T160000 DTSTAMP:20260404T065604 CREATED:20251028T090953Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260111T145603Z UID:4704-1771579800-1771603200@fetchamu3a.org.uk SUMMARY:Surrey Network Study Day – The Story\, Development & Operation of the National Garden Scheme DESCRIPTION: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. \n\n\n\nThe booking form is here: The Story\, Development & Operation of the National Garden Scheme URL:https://fetchamu3a.org.uk/our-programme/feb26-sd-national-garden-scheme/ LOCATION:The Menuhin Hall\, Yehudi Menuhin School\, Cobham Road\, Stoke d'Abernon\, KT11 3QQ\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Study Days END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251121T093000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251121T160000 DTSTAMP:20260404T065604 CREATED:20241029T101658Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250422T071523Z UID:4485-1763717400-1763740800@fetchamu3a.org.uk SUMMARY:Surrey Network Study Day - The History of British Industry: Iron & rivets to Electronics & jets to Robots & AI DESCRIPTION: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. URL:https://fetchamu3a.org.uk/our-programme/surrey-network-study-day-planned-4/ LOCATION:The Menuhin Hall\, Cobham Road\, Stoke d'Abernon\, Surrey KT11 3QQ CATEGORIES:Study Days END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251017T093000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251017T160000 DTSTAMP:20260404T065604 CREATED:20241029T101453Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250422T071216Z UID:4483-1760693400-1760716800@fetchamu3a.org.uk SUMMARY:Surrey Network Study Day - Guiding\, Ghosts & Gossip at Royal Palaces DESCRIPTION: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. URL:https://fetchamu3a.org.uk/our-programme/surrey-network-study-day-planned-3/ LOCATION:The Menuhin Hall\, Cobham Road\, Stoke d'Abernon\, Surrey KT11 3QQ CATEGORIES:Study Days END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250919T093000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250919T160000 DTSTAMP:20260404T065604 CREATED:20241028T145724Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250422T070359Z UID:4479-1758274200-1758297600@fetchamu3a.org.uk SUMMARY:Surrey Network Study Day - Vulcan and Concorde Iconic Aircraft DESCRIPTION:Vulcan & Concorde: Iconic AircraftPresented by Guy Bartlett\, Aviation HistorianPlaces will be available in the hall or for on-line viewing. URL:https://fetchamu3a.org.uk/our-programme/surrey-network-study-day-planned-2/ LOCATION:The Menuhin Hall\, Cobham Road\, Stoke d'Abernon\, Surrey KT11 3QQ CATEGORIES:Study Days END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250620T093000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250620T160000 DTSTAMP:20260404T065604 CREATED:20241028T145429Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250422T070625Z UID:4477-1750411800-1750435200@fetchamu3a.org.uk SUMMARY:Surrey Network Study Day - NHS; the next 10 years DESCRIPTION: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. URL:https://fetchamu3a.org.uk/our-programme/surrey-network-study-day-planned/ LOCATION:The Menuhin Hall\, Cobham Road\, Stoke d'Abernon\, Surrey KT11 3QQ CATEGORIES:Study Days END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250516T093000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250516T160000 DTSTAMP:20260404T065604 CREATED:20241028T145151Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250422T070809Z UID:4475-1747387800-1747411200@fetchamu3a.org.uk SUMMARY:Surrey Network Study Day - The Asian Century? DESCRIPTION:The Asian Century? Presented by Steve BirdPlaces will be available in the hall or for on-line viewing. URL:https://fetchamu3a.org.uk/our-programme/surrey-network-study-day-the-asian-century/ LOCATION:The Menuhin Hall\, Cobham Road\, Stoke d'Abernon\, Surrey KT11 3QQ CATEGORIES:Study Days END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241115T093000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241115T160000 DTSTAMP:20260404T065604 CREATED:20240611T135920Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240630T083925Z UID:4310-1731663000-1731686400@fetchamu3a.org.uk SUMMARY:Understanding Lowry: The Man\, His Life & His Work DESCRIPTION: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 disappearing and decided to paint just figures against a white background. This Study Day will explore his time\, his life\, his relationships\, his style\, his palette and his massive body of work. Even when he was well-known as an artist and was selling well\, he kept his spartan style of life: no telephone\, no car\, no expenditure on clothes. He never married and he never travelled abroad but his work was very well known across the Atlantic and in the continent thanks to Lord Duveen\, an exquisite art dealer with his HQ in New York. Lowry has a long list of declined honours. The only one he really cared about was that of the Royal Academy\, “because it was good for business”.Places will be available in the hall or for on-line viewing. \n\n\n\nhttps://u3asites.org.uk/files/s/surreyu3anetwork/docs/st24nov.pdf URL:https://fetchamu3a.org.uk/our-programme/understanding-lowry-the-man-his-life-his-work/ LOCATION:The Menuhin Hall\, Cobham Road\, Stoke d'Abernon\, Surrey KT11 3QQ CATEGORIES:All our programmes,Study Days END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240920T093000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240920T093000 DTSTAMP:20260404T065604 CREATED:20240611T130637Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240630T084213Z UID:4299-1726824600-1726824600@fetchamu3a.org.uk SUMMARY:Understanding AI & its Repercussions for Society\, Now and in The Future DESCRIPTION:Presented by Russell Whitworth\, Ian Hawker\, Peter Lord\, Andrew Rogoyski & Alan FreelandPlaces will be available in the hall or for on-line viewing. \n\n\n\nArtificial 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 for Everyone Team” with support from the University of Surrey\, will explorewhat AI is and how it works\, provide a case study of its application\, discuss the issues andchallenges\, and offer demonstrations of AI tools that are available to all U3A members. https://u3asites.org.uk/files/s/surreyu3anetwork/docs/st24sep.pdf URL:https://fetchamu3a.org.uk/our-programme/understanding-ai-its-repercussions-for-society-now-and-in-the-future/ LOCATION:The Menuhin Hall\, Cobham Road\, Stoke d'Abernon\, Surrey KT11 3QQ CATEGORIES:All our programmes,Study Days END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240621T093000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240621T093000 DTSTAMP:20260404T065604 CREATED:20240611T125253Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240630T084432Z UID:4292-1718962200-1718962200@fetchamu3a.org.uk SUMMARY:Evolution of All Life on Earth DESCRIPTION: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 URL:https://fetchamu3a.org.uk/our-programme/evolution-of-all-life-on-earth/ LOCATION:Menuhin Hall\, Cobham Road\, Stoke D'Abemon\, KT11 3QQ CATEGORIES:All our programmes,Study Days END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240517T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240517T160000 DTSTAMP:20260404T065604 CREATED:20240425T134359Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240630T084350Z UID:4252-1715940000-1715961600@fetchamu3a.org.uk SUMMARY:The Jazz Age & Beyond DESCRIPTION:Surrey Network Study Day URL:https://fetchamu3a.org.uk/our-programme/the-jazz-age-beyond/ LOCATION:The Menuhin Hall\, Cobham Road\, Stoke d'Abernon\, Surrey KT11 3QQ CATEGORIES:All our programmes,Study Days END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230616T093000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230616T160000 DTSTAMP:20260404T065604 CREATED:20221227T200853Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221227T200854Z UID:3723-1686907800-1686931200@fetchamu3a.org.uk SUMMARY:Surrey Network Study Day - The Vikings & Their Influence in The World DESCRIPTION:“The Vikings & Their Influence in The World” by Imogen Corrigan \n\n\n\nThe Viking Age was the period during the Middle Ages when Norsemen known as Vikings undertook large-scale raiding\, colonizing\, conquest\, and trading throughout Europe and reached North America. The Vikings almost need no introduction; an image is instantly conjured up of ferocious fighting men\, rampaging through our green and pleasant land\, plundering\, wrecking and desecrating. The study day covers some of the many influences arising from the Viking Age; 793–1066 AD. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nProgramme9.30 Registration10.00 An Introduction to The Vikings11.00 Coffee / Tea11.30 The Rus12.30 Lunch – Bring-Your-Own – Tea / Coffee available1.30 Viking Art and Legend2.30 Tea / Coffee3.00 Viking Women4.00 Departure \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nSpeakers – Imogen Corrigan spent over nineteen years in the army\, retiring in the rank of Major at the end of 1994. She subsequently went to the University of Kent to study Anglo-Saxon and Medieval History\, graduating with 1st Class Honours. Later she gained an MPhil from the University of Birmingham. She is now a freelance lecturer for the Arts Society\, u3as\, ACE Cultural Tours and numerous other agencies. Her first book was published in 2019 (Stone on Stone: the men who built the cathedrals). She is Freeman of the Company of Communicators and has the Freedom of the City of London. \n\n\n\nFor full information please see the BOOKING FORM URL:https://fetchamu3a.org.uk/our-programme/surrey-network-study-day-the-vikings-their-influence-in-the-world/ LOCATION:The Menuhin Hall\, Cobham Road\, Stoke d'Abernon\, Surrey KT11 3QQ CATEGORIES:Study Days ORGANIZER;CN="Ian Funnell":MAILTO:funnellian@hotmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230519T093000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230519T160000 DTSTAMP:20260404T065604 CREATED:20221226T161238Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221226T161458Z UID:3719-1684488600-1684512000@fetchamu3a.org.uk SUMMARY:Surrey Network Study Day - The Dead Sea Scrolls: What They Are & Why They Matter DESCRIPTION:“The Dead Sea Scrolls: What They Are & Why They Matter” by Professor Hugh Williamson OBE FBA \n\n\n\nThe Dead Sea Scrolls were one of the most spectacular archaeological finds of the last century. They attracted enormous popular interest when first displayed but work on publication and interpretation has been going on ever since\, even if sometimes beneath the popular radar. But what exactly are they? Where did they come from\, and how do they relate to the buildings excavated nearby? Who wrote them? What do they tell us about the history of the text of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament\, and what light do they shed on the nature of Judaism at the time of Jesus? Over the decades all sorts of conspiracy theories have also grown up. Proper publication has now been completed (why did it take so long?) so that we are now in a better position to answer some of the many questions that they have raised over the decades. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nProgramme9.30 Registration10.00 An Overview11.00 Coffee / Tea11.30 The Biblical Text12.30 Lunch – Bring-Your-Own – Tea / Coffee available1.30 Interpreting the Bible2.30 Tea / Coffee3.00 The Dead Sea Scrolls and Christianity4.00 Departure \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nSpeakers – Hugh Williamson was the Regius Professor of Hebrew at Oxford from 1992 until his retirement in 2014 (before that he was in Cambridge). His main research in the first part of his career was on the books of Chronicles\, Ezra and Nehemiah\, and he then moved on to work mainly on the book of Isaiah. But his interests go more widely than that\, not least in that for many years he participated in the archaeological excavations at Lachish and then at Jezreel. \n\n\n\nFor full information please see the BOOKING FORM URL:https://fetchamu3a.org.uk/our-programme/surrey-network-study-day-the-dead-sea-scrolls-what-they-are-why-they-matter/ LOCATION:The Menuhin Hall\, Cobham Road\, Stoke d'Abernon\, Surrey KT11 3QQ CATEGORIES:Study Days ORGANIZER;CN="Ian Funnell":MAILTO:funnellian@hotmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230421T093000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230421T160000 DTSTAMP:20260404T065604 CREATED:20221226T160302Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221226T160303Z UID:3716-1682069400-1682092800@fetchamu3a.org.uk SUMMARY:Surrey Network Study Day - The Story of Polar Exploration & Arctic Frontiers in a Changing Climate DESCRIPTION:“The Story of Polar Exploration & Arctic Frontiers in a Changing Climate” by John Ash & Robert Headland \n\n\n\nThe speakers have extensive knowledge of polar research and are giving talks on historical activities and current concerns. Their biographical details are given below. Much UK interest in these areas is based at the Scott Polar Research Institute [SPRI] which was established in 1920 at the University of Cambridge as a centre of excellence in the study of the Arctic and Antarctic. The Institute also houses the World’s premier Polar Library and a Polar Museum with displays of both the history and contemporary significance of the Arctic and Antarctic regions. SPRI’s mission is to enhance the understanding of the polar regions through scholarly research\, publication\, educating generations of polar researchers\, caring for and making accessible its collections and projecting the history and environmental significance of the polar regions to the wider community for public benefit. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nProgramme9.30 Registration10.00 Unveiling the Arctic [Bob Headland] – An historical overview of Arctic discovery and exploration. This lecture is richly illustrated.11.00 Coffee / Tea11.30 Exploring Arctic Frontiers in a Changing Climate [John Ash] – Concepts of Arctic exploration.12.30 Lunch – Bring-Your-Own – Tea / Coffee available1.30 Shackleton [Bob Headland] – Ernest Shackleton’s story.2.30 Tea / Coffee3.00 Sledge Dogs & Sovereignty [John Ash] – The Sirius Patrol4.00 Departure \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nSpeakers – Dr John Ash is a former Royal Navy submariner and oceanographer. He was involved in the collection of data in the Arctic Ocean to support the study of thinning in the polar ice pack – some of the earliest evidence of climate change. Selected to lead a team of Russian researchers at Cambridge University examining radionuclide pollution in the Northern Seas\, he has also held a British Safety Council Fellowship at the Judge Institute of Management Studies at the University of Cambridge. John’s peer-reviewed publications address topics including climate change and conflict in the Arctic\, the relationship between Arctic fisheries protection and sovereignty\, and the security implications of Greenlandic independence. An Associate Professor at UiT\, Norway’s Arctic University\, John has presented oral evidence before the House of Commons Defence Sub-Committee examining UK defence in the Arctic.Bob Headland is a senior associate of SPRI. His work concerns human effects on Polar Regions\, especially the smaller islands and archipelagos. Archival details and other historical records – from the earliest expeditions to recent events – have allowed him to provide data for studies of long periods of climatic variation with glaciological and biological changes in the Polar Regions. An advisor to several expeditionary organizations and departments of government\, Bob is also a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and a member of the Institute for Historical Research\, University of London\, where he delivers lectures for several courses. The author of several books and papers on polar subjects\, Bob is a member of both the Arctic Club and the Antarctic Club. He was awarded the Polar Medal in 1984. \n\n\n\nFor full information please see the BOOKING FORM URL:https://fetchamu3a.org.uk/our-programme/surrey-network-study-day-the-story-of-polar-exploration-arctic-frontiers-in-a-changing-climate/ LOCATION:The Menuhin Hall\, Cobham Road\, Stoke d'Abernon\, Surrey KT11 3QQ CATEGORIES:Study Days ORGANIZER;CN="Ian Funnell":MAILTO:funnellian@hotmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230317T093000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230317T160000 DTSTAMP:20260404T065604 CREATED:20221226T154152Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221226T154153Z UID:3714-1679045400-1679068800@fetchamu3a.org.uk SUMMARY:Surrey Network Study Day - A Study Day on Poetry DESCRIPTION:“A Study Day on Poetry” by Steven Fowler\, James Haddow & Roger McGough \n\n\n\nIn this Study Day we bring you three poets\, including the renowned Roger McGough\, who will together offer members a wide-ranging look at this popular genre. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nProgramme9.30 Registration10.00 Steven Fowler\, Kingston University11.00 Coffee / Tea11.30 James Haddow\, Taxi Driver Poet12.30 Lunch – Bring-Your-Own – Tea / Coffee available1.30 Roger McGough\, Poet\, Playwright\, Children’s Author & Broadcaster2.30 Tea / Coffee3.00 Roger McGough – Concluding Session4.00 Departure \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nSpeakers – Steven Fowler is a poet\, writer and performer working in the literary\, modernist and avant-garde traditions. He has published ten collections of poetry\, over twenty publications of limited-edition poetry\, art and collaborative works. He is a founder of the European Poetry Festival and has been teaching at Kingston University since 2014. James Haddow is the Taxi Driver Poet. He has published several collections of his verse which he describes as “racy\, raunchy\, topical\, soft\, sensitive\, brutal\, political\, satirical\, comical\, tough\, loving and spiteful” and much of it was originally delivered to the passengers in his taxi. Roger McGough was born and raised in Liverpool. A prolific writer\, he has published more than fifty books of adult and children’s poetry\, as well as several plays. Notable poetry collections include Defying Gravity (1992)\, The Way Things Are (1999)\, and That Awkward Age (2009). After university McGough dabbled as a pop singer and lyricist in the band the Scaffold which earned minor fame for his song “Lily the Pink” when topping the UK charts in 1968. Influenced by the Beat culture in the United States\, McGough embraces freedom of expression through his poems’ subjects and verse structure. He focuses primarily on the ordinary and every day\, and his poetry is both accessible and popular. He considers poetry a form of subversion and often uses various forms of humour\, particularly wordplay\, to confront serious topics in an effort to expose the subjectivity of reality. He currently hosts the Radio 4 program Poetry Please. \n\n\n\nFor full information please see the BOOKING FORM URL:https://fetchamu3a.org.uk/our-programme/surrey-network-study-day-a-study-day-on-poetry/ LOCATION:The Menuhin Hall\, Cobham Road\, Stoke d'Abernon\, Surrey KT11 3QQ CATEGORIES:Study Days ORGANIZER;CN="Ian Funnell":MAILTO:funnellian@hotmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230217T093000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230217T160000 DTSTAMP:20260404T065604 CREATED:20221226T152700Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221226T152702Z UID:3712-1676626200-1676649600@fetchamu3a.org.uk SUMMARY:Surrey Network Study Day - Amelia B. Edwards: The Great Forgotten Victorian Egyptologist DESCRIPTION:“Amelia B. Edwards: The Great Forgotten Victorian Egyptologist” by Clive Barham Carter \n\n\n\nAmelia B. Edwards (1831–1892) was an English novelist\, journalist\, traveller\, and Egyptologist. Edwards toured Egypt in the winter of 1873–1874\, experiencing a fascination with the land and its cultures\, ancient and modern. Journeying southwards from Cairo in a hired dahabiyeh (manned houseboat) she and a companion visited Philae and ultimately reached Abu Simbel\, where they remained for six weeks. Edwards wrote a successful\, self-illustrated description of her Nile voyage entitled “A Thousand Miles up the Nile” (1877). Her travels in Egypt made her aware of increasing threats to ancient monuments from tourism and modern development. She set out to hinder these through public awareness and scientific endeavour\, becoming an advocate for research and preservation of them. In 1882\, she co-founded the Egypt Exploration Fund with Reginald Stuart Poole\, a curator at the British Museum. Edwards became joint Honorary Secretary of the Fund until her death. She gained the nickname “Godmother of Egyptology” for her contribution. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nProgramme9.30 Registration10.00 The Early Life of Amelia Edwards – An Unusual Upbringing 11.00 Coffee / Tea11.30 A Literary Career – Novelist\, Ghost Stories & The Travelogue of Egypt12.30 Lunch – Bring-Your-Own – Tea / Coffee available1.30 Travelling “A Thousand Miles up the Nile” in 1873 2.30 Tea / Coffee3.00 A New Enthusiasm for Amelia Edwards & Her Legacy in Egyptology4.00 Departure \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nSpeaker – Clive Barham Carter studied Egyptology at Cambridge (as the only undergraduate). He was awarded a scholarship with the Egypt Exploration Society to dig at Saqqara under Professor Walter Emery. Later\, he joined the staff at Charterhouse as a History teacher\, a position he accepted with some trepidation\, having been a pupil there. He managed to maintain his interest in Ancient Egypt by lecturing at the City Literary Institute\, and by sneaking Egypt into his General Studies classes. In retirement\, he has returned to his enthusiasm for Ancient Egypt and now lectures at the Guildford Institute\, and for u3as\, local groups and museums. He is an accredited lecturer with The Arts Society. \n\n\n\nFor full information please see the BOOKING FORM URL:https://fetchamu3a.org.uk/our-programme/surrey-network-study-day-amelia-b-edwards-the-great-forgotten-victorian-egyptologist/ LOCATION:The Menuhin Hall\, Cobham Road\, Stoke d'Abernon\, Surrey KT11 3QQ CATEGORIES:Study Days ORGANIZER;CN="Ian Funnell":MAILTO:funnellian@hotmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221118T093000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221118T160000 DTSTAMP:20260404T065604 CREATED:20220706T152131Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220706T152132Z UID:3431-1668763800-1668787200@fetchamu3a.org.uk SUMMARY:Surrey Network Study Day - Industrial Archaeology at Fifty DESCRIPTION:“Industrial Archaeology at Fifty” by Professors David Perrett and Martin Adams \n\n\n\nMany IA societies have just achieved their half-century and in 2023 the Association for Industrial Archaeology will also achieve that milestone. After a period of rapid growth in the 1970s and 1980s due to the role played by many adult education classes the societies are now more mature. However\, most are struggling from the after-effects of COVID that led to many sites closing\, some permanently\, some practitioners stood down and even library research became impossible\, IA now needs to find new followers and new subjects. This study day will address some of these questions and maybe raise others. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nProgramme9.30 Registration10.00 Industrial Archaeology\, an Overview: 11.00 Coffee / Tea11.30 Beer and Pickles: Brewing & Some Related Industries in London12.30 Lunch – Bring-Your-Own – Tea / Coffee available1.30 Three Mills\, Bow & The Birth of Modern Biotechnology: 2.30 Tea / Coffee3.00 Industrial Archaeology in London Today:4.00 Departure \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nSpeaker – David Perrett is Professor Emeritus of Bioanalytical Science\, Barts & the London School of Medicine\, Queen Mary University of London. A chemist with 200 papers on diseases and bioanalysis\, his interests relevant to today can be traced to a Yorkshire coal-mining town upbringing. He was President of the Newcomen Society for the History of Technology from 2007 to 2009 and is Chair of the Association for Industrial Archaeology. His interests include stationary steam engines especially Newcomen’s and IA in both Yorkshire and London\, where he is President of the Greater London Industrial Archaeology Society (GLIAS). Martin Adams is Emeritus Professor of Food Microbiology at the University of Surrey. He studied Molecular Sciences at the University of Warwick before being awarded an MSc and PhD in Microbial Chemistry at the University of Manchester. He is Editor of the GLIAS journal – “London’s Industrial Archaeology”. \n\n\n\nFor full information please see the BOOKING FORM URL:https://fetchamu3a.org.uk/our-programme/surrey-network-study-day-industrial-archaeology-at-fifty/ LOCATION:The Menuhin Hall\, Cobham Road\, Stoke d'Abernon\, Surrey KT11 3QQ CATEGORIES:Study Days ORGANIZER;CN="Ian Funnell":MAILTO:funnellian@hotmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221021T093000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221021T160000 DTSTAMP:20260404T065604 CREATED:20220706T145534Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220706T145536Z UID:3427-1666344600-1666368000@fetchamu3a.org.uk SUMMARY:Surrey Network Study Day - Eureka; A Brief History of Maths DESCRIPTION:“Eureka; A Brief History of Maths From 3000BC to 2000BC” by Roger Luther \n\n\n\nWe will look at some of the key moments in the history of mathematics\, from the Babylonians in 3000 BC to the Clay Millennium problems of 2000 AD. Mathematics is a human endeavour\, and we’ll look at a variety of interesting characters along the way\, from Pythagoras to Perelman. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nProgramme9.30 Registration10.00 Numbers: Different systems and different types of number.11.00 Coffee / Tea11.30 The Axiomatic Approach: Including Geometry and Logic12.30 Lunch – Bring-Your-Own – Tea / Coffee available1.30 20th Century Uncertainty: Looking at Godels’ Theorems and Chaos Theory2.30 Tea / Coffee3.00 21st Century Maths: What’s left to do?4.00 Departure \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nSpeaker – Roger Luther recently retired from lecturing in Maths at Sussex University. He is active in his own u3a in Brighton\, and runs a number of maths and physics courses for u3a\, both locally and nationally. He also delivers a maths course as part of the South East u3a Forum Summer School at the University of Chichester each year. \n\n\n\nFor full information please see the BOOKING FORM URL:https://fetchamu3a.org.uk/our-programme/surrey-network-study-day-eureka-a-brief-history-of-maths/ LOCATION:The Menuhin Hall\, Cobham Road\, Stoke d'Abernon\, Surrey KT11 3QQ CATEGORIES:Study Days ORGANIZER;CN="Ian Funnell":MAILTO:funnellian@hotmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220916T093000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220916T160000 DTSTAMP:20260404T065604 CREATED:20220706T144033Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220706T144034Z UID:3423-1663320600-1663344000@fetchamu3a.org.uk SUMMARY:Surrey Network Study Day - Voices from Ancient Mesopotamia DESCRIPTION:“Voices from Ancient Mesopotamia” by Dr Irving Finkel \n\n\n\n\n\nThis four–part study day is an eye–opening introduction to the world of Ancient Mesopotamia\, usingancient cuneiform writing and inscriptions with surprising results!  An important point that will beconsidered is that\, thanks to their own words\, how long–dead Sumerians\, Assyrians and Babyloniansare surprisingly accessible to us\, and even familiar to us\, when you look carefully. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nProgramme9.30 Registration10.00 The Wonder of Cuneiform: What cuneiform writing is.11.00 Coffee / Tea11.30 The First Ghosts: A most ancient case of the belief in ghosts12.30 Lunch – Bring-Your-Own – Tea / Coffee available1.30 The Ark Before Noah: How a cuneiform tablet from 1800 BC came to light with instructions for building a great boat.2.30 Tea / Coffee3.00 The Ark Affair; The Consequences: The finding of this new pre-Biblical Ark narrative fromMesopotamia provoked many reactions around the world.4.00 Departure \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nSpeaker – Dr Irving Finkel is a British philologist and Assyriologist. He is currently Senior Assistant Keeper of Ancient Mesopotamian script\, languages and cultures in the Department of the Middle East in the British Museum\, where he specialises in cuneiform inscriptions on tablets of clay from ancient Mesopotamia. He is the author of several books of children’s fiction and books on his specialist subject include “The Ark Before Noah: Decoding the Story of the Flood” (2014) and “The First Ghosts: Most Ancient of Legacies” (2021). He has also been involved in various YouTube videos and television programmes on his findings on the cuneiform tablets. \n\n\n\nFor full information please see the BOOKING FORM URL:https://fetchamu3a.org.uk/our-programme/surrey-network-study-day-voices-from-ancient-mesopotamia/ LOCATION:The Menuhin Hall\, Cobham Road\, Stoke d'Abernon\, Surrey KT11 3QQ CATEGORIES:Study Days ORGANIZER;CN="Ian Funnell":MAILTO:funnellian@hotmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220908T140000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220908T140000 DTSTAMP:20260404T065604 CREATED:20220706T150655Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220706T150656Z UID:3429-1662645600-1662645600@fetchamu3a.org.uk SUMMARY:Surrey Network Study Day - Attaining and Maintaining Health in the Third Age DESCRIPTION:“Attaining and Maintaining Health in the Third Age” by Prof. Norman Lazarus \n\n\n\nCentre for Human Applied and Physiological SciencesGuy’s Hospital & Kings College London \n\n\n\n2pm on Thursday 8th September 2022St Mary’s Church Hall\, 10a Ridgeway\, Fetcham\, Surrey KT22 9AZTurn off The Ridgeway following the signs and there is parking by the hall \n\n\n\nThis meeting is organised by Surrey u3a Network for representatives of all our u3a members plus all individual members who would like to learn more about physical exercise and how it helps healthy ageing which is supportive of our ethos that is embodied in our strapline of “Learn\, Laugh & Live”. \n\n\n\nIntroducing Norman – At an age when most people are retired Norman\, at 70\, returned to university to do research\, at professorial level\, on Healthy Human Ageing. He has now been at King’s College London for 17 years. The work of Norman and his colleagues has been widely reported in newspapers and TV in the UK and abroad. \n\n\n\nNorman has wide experience of the Pharmaceutical Industry having worked for the Wellcome Foundation for many years. He was Head of Diabetes Research\, Biochemical Research and Cell Biology. After Wellcome he was Head of the Food Chemical Unit in the Department of Health. This unit provided advice to Ministers on the potential toxicological effects on health of both added and natural chemicals in food. \n\n\n\nHe is an Audax UK Veteran Cycling Champion and at 86 still spends time on his bike cycling around the Surrey countryside. In 2018 Norman was elected by an independent panel to the Sunday Times Alternate Rich List. \n\n\n\nThere is no charge\, but it would help the volunteers organising tea or coffee and biscuits if they knew numbers in advance. Please email your name or names and u3a name to surreyu3astudyday@btinternet.com . \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nFor full information please see the BOOKING FORM URL:https://fetchamu3a.org.uk/our-programme/surrey-network-study-day-attaining-and-maintaining-health-in-the-third-age/ LOCATION:St Mary’s Church Hall Fetcham\, 10a The Ridgeway\, Fetcham CATEGORIES:Study Days ORGANIZER;CN="Ian Funnell":MAILTO:funnellian@hotmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220617T093000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220617T160000 DTSTAMP:20260404T065604 CREATED:20211214T184136Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211214T184449Z UID:2895-1655458200-1655481600@fetchamu3a.org.uk SUMMARY:Surrey Network Study Day - Understanding Turner: The Man\, His Life\, His Work - Prof Maria Chester DESCRIPTION:“Understanding Turner: The Man\, His Life\, His Work” by Prof Maria Chester \nHIS LIFE: Joseph Mallord William Turner was born into a troubled family and destined to become an artist. His father\, William\, a central figure throughout his life\, encouraged him to pursue his ambitions. Turner’s relationships\, character\, dreams\, notes\, poems\, lead to our own portrait of Turner\, helping us to understand the man\, what we perceive from his everyday life leads to the second talk. He loved to travel and we are lucky to be able to follow him in his trips thanks to his notes on the sketches\, citing places and dates. HIS WORK: We owe him a new approach to landscape\, and new techniques\, applied mostly to watercolours. He added songs and poems to his paintings to reinforce their meaning. He was almost a story-teller who knew exactly what to show and how to show it. He applied everything he experienced in his paintings. Together with “Understanding Turner: the man and his life” this talk aims to leave a permanent impression about one of our great British artists of all times: Joseph Mallord William Turner. Turner was a contradiction in himself: born in Covent Garden at the centre of London he became one of the most important British landscape painters. In the 19th century\, he became the most recognisable British artist abroad \n\n\n \n\n\n\nProgramme9.30 Registration10.00 Understanding Turner: The Man & His Life11.00 Coffee / Tea11.30 Understanding Turner: The Man & His Life\, Understanding & Analysing his Work12.30 Lunch – Bring-Your-Own – Tea / Coffee available1.30 Understanding Turner: The Man & His Work\, His Techniques & Methods2.30 Tea / Coffee3.00 Understanding Turner: The Man & His Work4.00 Departure \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nSpeaker – Maria Chester studied Fine Arts & Art History. She is a Professor of Pre-Columbian Art\, and aresearcher in Fine Arts. She taught in several South American universities as well as private institutions. Since 2007 she has been the National Subject Adviser in American Archaeology. In 2015 she was a founding member of the International Committee of The Third Age Trust & from May 2016 Secretary General of AIUTA. She is active in the Berwick area for Berwick Educational Association & Berwick Visual Arts. In October 2018 she became an accredited lecturer to The Arts Society. Born in Buenos Aires\, she has\, since 2003\, lived in the Scottish Borders. \n\n\n\nFor full information please see the BOOKING FORM URL:https://fetchamu3a.org.uk/our-programme/surrey-network-study-day-understanding-turner-the-man-his-life-his-work-prof-maria-chester/ LOCATION:The Menuhin Hall\, Cobham Road\, Stoke d'Abernon\, Surrey KT11 3QQ CATEGORIES:Study Days ORGANIZER;CN="Ian Funnell":MAILTO:funnellian@hotmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220520T093000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220520T160000 DTSTAMP:20260404T065604 CREATED:20211214T170154Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220412T122939Z UID:2891-1653039000-1653062400@fetchamu3a.org.uk SUMMARY:Surrey Network Study Day - Talks on Science - Andrew Hanson & Dr Kathryn Harkup DESCRIPTION:“Talks on Science” by Andrew Hanson and Dr Kathryn Harkup \nThe National Physical Laboratory (NPL) is involved in ensuring all manner of walks of life function smoothly through the use of the National Measurement System. Andrew will briefly discuss what he feels are the top ten strangest things NPL has been involved in\, that he is allowed to talk about. Andrew will then talk on colour measurement. Colour informs\, influences consumer choices\, warns us and comforts us. How do we ascribe numbers to a human perception which is incredibly versatile and variable? The challenge is enormous and human colour perception science is still a lively topic today. Be warned! This talk will contain surprises. \nKathryn writes and gives regular public talks on the disgusting and dangerous side of science. \n\n\n \n\n\n\nProgramme9.30 Registration10.00 The Magic of Colour – The talk will contain surprises – there’s a lot more to colour than meets the eye.11.00 Coffee / Tea11.30 Electronic Music – Park your prejudices and have fun listening to bizarre stories from its development.12.30 Lunch – Bring-Your-Own – Tea / Coffee available1.30 Poisons – Chemical methods of murder and how not to get away with it.2.30 Tea / Coffee3.00 Dying to be Beautiful – Killer cosmetics or the extraordinary things some people will do tomaintain the body beautiful.4.00 Departure \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nSpeakers – Andrew Hanson has been professionally measuring colour for 25 years; from evaluating the appearance of ornamental plants\, to building the world’s first national standards telespectroradiometer to calibrate the colour of visual display units and a machine to measure the shininess of cats. He is currently Outreach Manager and Occasional Senior Scientist at the National Physical Laboratory\, the UK’s National Measurement Institute and is past Chair of the Colour Group of Great Britain \n\n\n\nKathryn Harkup is a chemist and author. She completed a doctorate on her favourite chemicals\, phosphines\, and went on to further postdoctoral research before realising that talking\, writing and demonstrating science appealed a bit more than hours slaving over a hot fume-hood. Kathryn’s first book was the international best-seller A is for Arsenic: The Poisons of Agatha Christie\, which was shortlisted for a Mystery Readers International Macavity Award and a BMA Book Award. She has also written Making the Monster: The Science of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein\, and Death by Shakespeare: Snakebites\, Stabbings and Broken Hearts. Her most recent book\, Vampirology: The Science of Horror’s Most Famous Fiend\, was published June 2021. \n\n\n\nFor full information please see the BOOKING FORM URL:https://fetchamu3a.org.uk/our-programme/surrey-network-study-day-talks-on-science-andrew-hanson-dr-kathryn-harkup/ LOCATION:The Menuhin Hall\, Cobham Road\, Stoke d'Abernon\, Surrey KT11 3QQ CATEGORIES:Study Days ORGANIZER;CN="Ian Funnell":MAILTO:funnellian@hotmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220422T093000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220422T160000 DTSTAMP:20260404T065604 CREATED:20211208T201752Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211210T135956Z UID:2869-1650619800-1650643200@fetchamu3a.org.uk SUMMARY:Surrey Network Study Day - Illuminated Manuscripts of the Medieval Period - Imogen Corrigan DESCRIPTION:“ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS OF THE MEDIEVAL PERIOD ” by Imogen Corrigan \nImogen has a wide-ranging interest in medieval history which covers some 1\,000 years and a geographical area from western Ireland to Constantinople\, with an especial focus on ideas travelling and how the medieval mind-set might be examined through the art and artefacts left behind. This talk will be on Medieval Manuscripts and Imogen will be bringing copies of nineteen of the most beautiful manuscripts to illustrate the talk and these are listed on the last page of the booking form. \n\n\n \n\n\n\nProgramme9.30 Registration10.00 Lighting the Subject: Illuminated Manuscripts – An introduction to illuminated manuscripts of both pre- and post-Conquest periods. Throughout the lecture\, there is a theme of how the books wereused\, whether as sacred vessels for The Word or as memory joggers for day-dreaming monks.11.00 Coffee / Tea11.30 The Men behind the Pen: the Life of the Scribe in the Middle Ages This considers briefly how they were made and planned and the difficulties faced by the scribes\, some of whom complained bitterly in writing.12.30 Lunch – Bring-Your-Own – Tea / Coffee available1.30 The Lindisfarne Gospels This famous book was made around AD700 for distinctly political reasons that were closely connected to the fall-out from the Synod of Whitby and the struggle for survival by the once powerful community at Lindisfarne.2.30 Tea / Coffee3.00 The Luttrell Psalter This is a 14th century book of psalms known for its scenes of daily life and monsters romping cheerfully amongst saints.4.00 Departure \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nSpeaker – Imogen Corrigan spent over 19 years in the army\, retiring in the rank of Major at the end of 1994. She subsequently went to the University of Kent to study Anglo-Saxon and Medieval History\, graduating with 1st Class Honours. Later she gained an MPhil from the University of Birmingham. She is now a freelance lecturer for the Arts Society\, U3As\, ACE Cultural Tours and numerous other agencies. Her first book was published in 2019 (Stone on Stone: the men who built the cathedrals). She is Freeman of the Company of Communicators and have the Freedom of the City of London. \n\n\n\nFor full information please see the BOOKING FORM URL:https://fetchamu3a.org.uk/our-programme/surrey-network-study-day-illuminated-manuscripts-of-the-medieval-period-imogen-corrigan/ LOCATION:The Menuhin Hall\, Cobham Road\, Stoke d'Abernon\, Surrey KT11 3QQ CATEGORIES:Study Days ORGANIZER;CN="Ian Funnell":MAILTO:funnellian@hotmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220318T093000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220318T160000 DTSTAMP:20260404T065604 CREATED:20211207T211539Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220304T145312Z UID:2865-1647595800-1647619200@fetchamu3a.org.uk SUMMARY:Surrey Network Study Day - Art and Objects of the Mughal Emperors - Dr Ursula Weekes DESCRIPTION:“ART AND OBJECTS OF THE MUGHAL EMPERORS” by Dr Ursula Weekes \nThe Mughals established their dynasty in India in the early 16th century\, in an empire that soon stretched from Kabul in the west\, to Bengal in the east\, and from Kashmir in the north\, to the edges of the Deccan plateau in the south. Successive emperors were keenly aware of the importance of art\, architecture and luxury items to consolidate and enhance their power. Gift exchange was a fundamental aspect of Mughal court life. As a culture derived from the itinerant court traditions of their Mongol and Timurid ancestors\, they placed enormous value on the kinds of objects that were carried on one’s person (clothing\, jewellery\, weapons)\, in portable trunks (jade cups and illustrated manuscripts)\, and for setting up camp (carpets and tents). But the Mughals also drew extensively on Hindu concepts of sacred kingship and Indian architectural traditions to create a permanent presence in the landscape of North India. This study day offers a detailed examination of elite art\, architecture and objects made at the Mughal court in the 16th and 17th centuries. Join art historian and expert\, Dr Ursula Weekes\, in a day steeped in the magnificence of Mughal material culture. \n\n\n \n\n\n\nProgramme9.30 Registration10.00 Imperial Image: Visualizing the Mughal Emperor: their view of their dynastic rule11.00 Coffee / Tea11.30 The Settings of the Court: Mughal Palaces\, Carpets and Tents: iconic buildings of the empire12.30 Lunch – Bring-Your-Own – Tea / Coffee available1.30 Mughal Portraiture: motivation behind the interest in realism in Mughal portraits2.30 Tea / Coffee3.00 A Nobleman’s Attire: Textiles\, Jewellery & Personal Arms: the magnificent clothing\, textiles\,jewellery worn and weapons carried4.00 Departure \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nSpeaker – Dr Ursula Weekes is an independent art historian based in London\, who specializes in Mughal India. She teaches for the V&A Academy\, Guildford High School and leads tours to India for Andante Travels. She was educated at St John’s College\, Cambridge\, and the Courtauld Institute of Art\, and subsequently lived in Delhi for seven years\, teaching at the National Museum Institute and Jawaharlal Nehru University (School of Arts and Aesthetics). She is currently writing a book on Mughal Court Painting in India for Reaktion Books Ltd (forthcoming in 2022). You can find her on Instagram @ursulaweekes. \n\n\n\nFor full information please see the BOOKING FORM URL:https://fetchamu3a.org.uk/our-programme/surrey-network-study-day-art-and-objects-of-the-mughal-emperors-dr-ursula-weekes/ LOCATION:The Menuhin Hall\, Cobham Road\, Stoke d'Abernon\, Surrey KT11 3QQ CATEGORIES:Study Days ORGANIZER;CN="Ian Funnell":MAILTO:funnellian@hotmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220218T093000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220218T160000 DTSTAMP:20260404T065604 CREATED:20211207T210123Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211207T210124Z UID:2861-1645176600-1645200000@fetchamu3a.org.uk SUMMARY:Surrey Network Study Day - A Passion for Drawing - Colin Wiggins DESCRIPTION:“A PASSION FOR DRAWING” by Colin Wiggins \nDrawing is the foundation stone of western art. In the 15th century artists used drawing to try out rough ideas before arriving at their final compositions. They made drawings from life that acted as studies for finished paintings. By the 16th century\, artists like Leonardo and Michelangelo were producing finely wrought drawings as works of art in their own right. Later\, Rembrandt and his contemporaries carried sketchbooks with them\, catching fleeting moments or recording places and landscapes they had visited. Nearer to our own time\, drawing became a medium for personal expression\, with painters as varied as van Gogh or Picasso inventing whole new ways of graphic expression. And drawing continues to be a vital part of today’s artistic practice\, with artists like Andy Warhol\, David Hockney and Tracey Emin all making their own contributions to this endlessly fascinating art form. \n\n\n \n\n\n\nProgramme9.30 Registration10.00 Art for God or Man? The Renaissance Revolution – Many iconic works\, such as Leonardo’s LastSupper or Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel\, were all created through the use of drawing.11.00 Coffee / Tea11.30 Recording the World: Rembrandt\, Rubens and the Artist as Celebrity – As painting graduallybecame freed from subservience to wealthy patrons\, artists become more independent12.30 Lunch – Bring-Your-Own – Tea / Coffee available1.30 Facing the Truth? The Drawn Portrait – From royalty to the underclass\, from Holbein to van Gogh\,how much should we trust the idea of ‘the likeness’2.30 Tea / Coffee3.00 Towards Today – In the 19th century Degas and Toulouse-Lautrec become great chroniclers of their own times. But the invention of photography changed everything4.00 Departure \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nSpeaker – Colin Wiggins began his career in the Department of Prints and Drawings at the British Museum\, which houses one of the greatest collections of drawings in the world. He then moved to the National Gallery\, where he worked for over 30 years as Head of Education and Special Projects Curator. While there\, he was responsible for the Associate Artist scheme\, inviting contemporary artists such as Paula Rego\, Peter Blake and Ana Maria Pacheco to become involved in the life of the Gallery and to hold exhibitions of their work there. During his time at the National Gallery\, he also curated exhibitions of work by artists such as Frank Auerbach\, Bridget Riley\, Lucian Freud and Sir Anthony Caro. He has many publications to his name. \n\n\n\nFor full information please see the BOOKING FORM URL:https://fetchamu3a.org.uk/our-programme/surrey-network-study-day-a-passion-for-drawing-colin-wiggins/ LOCATION:The Menuhin Hall\, Cobham Road\, Stoke d'Abernon\, Surrey KT11 3QQ CATEGORIES:Study Days ORGANIZER;CN="Ian Funnell":MAILTO:funnellian@hotmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211119T093000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211119T160000 DTSTAMP:20260404T065604 CREATED:20210809T163152Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210809T182434Z UID:2613-1637314200-1637337600@fetchamu3a.org.uk SUMMARY:Surrey Network Study Day - The Development of British Style - Paul Atterbury DESCRIPTION:“THE DEVELOPMENT OF BRITISH STYLE +DESERT ISLAND ANTIQUES + LIFE ON THE ANTIQUES ROADSHOW” by Paul Atterbury \nFrom the 1870s the British domestic house and its contents changed almost beyond recognition\, reflecting the social and economic revolution that paved the way for the modern world of today. Many factors contributed to this change\, from William Morris and the Arts and Crafts Movement\, to the rise of the department store\, suburban living\, the garden and the emancipation of women. After the First World War\, the pace of change increased\, prompting rapid stylistic development\, from 1920s and 1930s Art Deco to the modernism of the 1950s and 1960s and the style wars of the late 20th century. The first two talks consider architecture\, interior and domestic design and the products that reflected the fashions of the time. In the process they show how the last 150 years have determined the way we live now. \nPaul Atterbury has been involved all his life in the world of art and antiques\, as a writer\, historian\, collector and exhibition curator. The two talks in the afternoon offer an insight into his life\, his enthusiasms and his time as a member of the BBC’s Antiques Roadshow team of experts. \n\n\nProgramme9.30 Registration10.00 The Arts and Crafts House and Garden11.00 Coffee / Tea11.30 At Home in the 20th Century12.30 Lunch – Bring-Your-Own – Tea / Coffee available1.30 Paul Atterbury’s Desert Island Antiques2.30 Tea / Coffee3.00 Life on the Antiques Roadshow4.00 Departure \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nSpeaker – Paul Atterbury is a writer\, lecturer\, historian\, curator and broadcaster specialising in the art\, architecture\, design and social history of the 19th and 20th centuries. As a writer he has written or edited over 50 books\, covering art\, antiques and design\, travel\, canals and railways\, history and the First World War. Paul has curated exhibitions for the Victoria & Albert Museum and for other institutions in Britain and the USA and he has worked on the Antiques Roadshow since 1990. \n\n\n\nFor full information please see the BOOKING FORM URL:https://fetchamu3a.org.uk/our-programme/surrey-network-study-day-2/ LOCATION:The Menuhin Hall\, Cobham Road\, Stoke d'Abernon\, Surrey KT11 3QQ CATEGORIES:Study Days ORGANIZER;CN="Ian Funnell":MAILTO:funnellian@hotmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211015T093000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211015T160000 DTSTAMP:20260404T065604 CREATED:20210809T161550Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210809T182107Z UID:2607-1634290200-1634313600@fetchamu3a.org.uk SUMMARY:Surrey Network Study Day - Tutankhamun\, The Boy King - Clive Barham Carter DESCRIPTION:“The Most Famous Pharaoh of Them All: Tutankhamun\, The Boy King” by Clive Barham Carter \nTutankhamen was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh who was the last of his royal family to rule during the end of the 18th dynasty; he ruled c. 1334 – 1325 BC in the conventional chronology during the New Kingdom of Egyptian history. His father was the heretical king Akhenaten and his mother was his father’s sister\, identified through DNA testing. The 1922 discovery by Howard Carter of Tutankhamun’s nearly intact tomb\, funded by Lord Carnarvon\, received worldwide press coverage. With over 5000 artefacts\, it sparked a renewed public interest in ancient Egypt\, for which Tutankhamun’s mask\, now in the Egyptian Museum\, remains a popular symbol. \n\n\nProgramme9.30 Registration10.00 The Valley of the Kings – the Where11.00 Coffee / Tea11.30 Carter and Carnarvon – the Who12.30 Lunch – Bring-Your-Own – Tea / Coffee available1.30 The Tomb – the What2.30 Tea / Coffee3.00 Tut.Ankh.Amen and Restoration – and the Why4.00 Departure \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nSpeaker: Clive Barham Carter studied Egyptology at Cambridge (as the only undergraduate). He was awarded a scholarship with the Egypt Exploration Society to dig at Saqqara under Professor Walter Emery. Later\, he joined the staff at Charterhouse as a History teacher\, a position he accepted with some trepidation\, having been a pupil there. He managed to maintain his interest in Ancient Egypt by lecturing at the City Literary Institute\, and by sneaking Egypt into his General Studies classes. In retirement\, he has returned to his enthusiasm for Ancient Egypt and now lectures at the Guildford Institute\, and for U3A\, local groups and museums. He is an accredited lecturer with The Arts Society. \n\n\n\nFor full information please see the BOOKING FORM URL:https://fetchamu3a.org.uk/our-programme/surrey-network-study-day/ LOCATION:The Menuhin Hall\, Cobham Road\, Stoke d'Abernon\, Surrey KT11 3QQ CATEGORIES:Study Days ORGANIZER;CN="Ian Funnell":MAILTO:funnellian@hotmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210917T093000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210917T160000 DTSTAMP:20260404T065604 CREATED:20210305T092914Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210809T182549Z UID:290-1631871000-1631894400@fetchamu3a.org.uk SUMMARY:Surrey Network Study Day - Geography and Landscapes of SE England - Geoffrey Mead DESCRIPTION:“Geography and Landscapes of South East England” by Geoffrey Mead \nSouth-East England has\, in a small area\, a rich assemblage of landscapes whose origins lie in the underlying rocks and soils. The sands\, clays and limestones dictated farming and settlement patterns\, rural industries and landownership; these past activities have a direct link to the 21st century giving us a landscape that has a National Park\, expanding urban areas and a constantly evolving social landscape. This study day looks at representative landscapes\, coastal and inland\, in Kent\, Surrey and Sussex; farms and nature reserves\, woodlands and meadows\, marshes and Downland\, past and present. \n\n\nProgramme9.30 Registration10.00 South-East England’s Basement: The Rocks and Soils of our RegionDowns and Weald\, Heath and Marsh11.00 Coffee / Tea 11.30 South-East England at Work: Trades and Industries that have Shaped our RegionIron and Clay\, Boats and Boulders12.30 Lunch – Bring-Your-Own – Tea / Coffee available1.30 South-East England’s Edge: Around the Coastline and Down the RiverFrom Chichester Harbour to Dungeness\, Cliffe Marshes to Richmond Bridge2.30 Tea / Coffee3.00 South-East England: Landscapes of DistinctionHow We Saved the Iconic Views of the South-East across Two Centuries4.00 DepartureSpeaker: Dr Geoffrey Mead has taught adult education since 1984 at the University of Sussex\, at the University of Surrey in Reigate and at the University of Greenwich in Chatham. He read for a Geography degree in 1983 as a mature student\, followed by an MA in Local & Regional History with a PhD in Geography in 2012. As Convenor for Local History at Sussex from 1995 to 2010 he was part of the team presenting the Landscape Studies part-time degree. He was for many years the university link-person for the Sussex U3A Network and has lectured to U3A audiences across the South-East. \n\n\n\nFor full information please see the BOOKING FORM URL:https://fetchamu3a.org.uk/our-programme/monthly-meeting-7/ LOCATION:The Menuhin Hall\, Cobham Road\, Stoke d'Abernon\, Surrey KT11 3QQ CATEGORIES:Study Days ORGANIZER;CN="Ian Funnell":MAILTO:funnellian@hotmail.com END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR