A talk by Dave Weldrake Read more

Sadly, as a result of a bereavement, our advertised speaker, Brian Topping is unable to be with us on Thursday to talk about Tales of a Customs Officer. Instead our speaker will be Chris Helme, who joins us at short notice. Read more

A talk by Sheila Antrobus. Read more

This is a replacement for the scheduled talk, The Silk Road, by Jane Ashby; unfortunately she is injured and unable to come. Michael Astrop has stepped in at short notice and will give a talk on Lady Killers: the true stories of murder by women, from poison to bludgeonings, with the audience acting as a… Read more

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Real Cop, Literary Cop - Twin career in Detective and Crime Writer, including analysis of the components of crime fiction by James Ellison Read more

Describes how an attractive, adulterous actress turned her mild-mannered professional husband living a genteel suburban life in London into the most reviled criminal of Edwardian England; how an observant sea captain using the latest new radiowave technology of the day started a dramatic transatlantic sea chase culminating in the arrest of the fugitive Dr Crippen… Read more

Anaesthesia has always been a "risky" profession. This talk tells the stories of some of our practitioners who have failed to follow our motto - Primum non Nocere (First Do No Harm). Or at least those who have been caught !! Read more

Dave was a teacher and lecturer and taught Maths and Computer Science and so numbers come naturally to him. However don’t panic if Maths isn’t your strong point, he will be addressing some questions which I’m sure we’ll all find fascinating, including the ones above. So why not come along and be intrigued by Mathematics!… Read more

Thursday 14th December 2pm (Doors open at 1.30pm) That’s a week earlier than normal, as we recognise that, by the 21st, you’ll be far too busy - stuffing your turkeys or stirring your puddings  - to bother with a u3a meeting! However you won’t want to miss this December meeting as we’ll be welcoming back Roger Browne who was a… Read more