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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.
The talk will be given by:- Chris Shaw Chris is a member of Smallfield Aviation and lectures on a wide range of technical subjects some of which are suitable for a technical audience and some for a general audience. Ever since people developed languages there has been a need to communicate in secret for some… Read More »Monthly Meeting – EGM +”Not just for Spies”
Our Summer Event will be held at the Tithe Barn in Bookham on the 4th August, starting at 12.30. Due to popular demand we are inviting Paolo and Sandra back to provide our entertainment and Conissbee’s will be providing their usual excellent catering. Like last year, Members are asked to bring their own tables, chairs, plates… Read More »Summer Event
14:00-14:30 - Refreshments - 14:30-14:45 - Announcements - 14:45-16:00 - Talk The talk will be given by:- Christine Jarvis Mrs. Thatcher once commented, "If the Palace of Westminster is the Mother of All Parliaments, then Guildhall must be the Grandmother!". Guildhall, is the HQ of the City of London Corporation in the Square Mile and… Read More »Monthly Meeting – “The Guildhall, Treason, Chopin and Mr. Pickwick”
The booking form is attached here. The Flyer as shown above can be downloaded here.
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
14:00-14:30 - Refreshments - 14:30-14:45 - Announcements - 14:45-16:00 - Talk The talk will be given by:- Warren Ashton Warren has renamed his talk from “Idioms, Cliches and Sayings” but the talk is still peppered with humour and fun. Warren gives talks all over the Southeast to many organisations.
Presented by Roger Mendham, President of Surrey Photographic Association From the very first, grainy image created in 1826, photography has evolved into a major art form, with image collections and exhibitions in leading Art Museums around the world. Developments in photography have posed challenges to more traditional art genres and it interesting to see how… Read More »History of Photography & Modern Developments
14:00-14:30 - Refreshments - 14:30-14:45 - Announcements - 14:45-16:00 - Talk The talk will be given by:- Dr David Jones David works at The National History Museum in London and lectures at Imperial College. He is an Entomologist specialising in rainforests, insects and soil ecology who has done field work in 18 Countries and published… Read More »Monthly Meeting – “The Primordial Soups to Primates in Suits”
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
14:00-14:30 - Refreshments 14:30-14:45 - Announcements 14:45-16:00 - Talk The talk will be given by:- Sue and Nigel Bond AGM + Caring for the River Mole Talk We will first hold our brief AGM which will be followed by the talk. Myth has it that the River Mole is so named because it flows underground… Read More »Monthly Meeting – AGM + “Caring for the River Mole”