Chris Vasper who welcomed us back to "face to face" meetings in Oct 21 with a riveting and inspirational talk about “The Marathon des Sables– the toughest footrace on Earth”.
Prof. Philip Dixon on the Building of the Chapter House at Southwell Minster.
Fools Gold Folk Duo “Dark Light”, folk songs related to a dark mystery.
Dean Nicola Sullivan talking about Cathedrals in the Modern Age
Martin Perry on "Guitar Magic" with riveting musical examples
Bob White on "Behind the Scenes at Nottingham City Council"
Greening Southwell, by Liz Laine and Gill Wright of Green Southwell. The sub text of the talk was "Introducing Green Southwell, a local climate change action group, and the role of community groups in responding to the climate crisis."
Derek King on his experiences of living in Mongolia.
Noble Jayasuriya talking about the pleasures and perils of international travel
Our December 21 Christmas meeting was a little different: Instead of our usual monthly meeting. It consisted of many musical and spoken word performances from u3a members, including the Folk,Ukulele, Recorder, Literature and Photography groups, and a Christmas Quiz. All good festive fun and frolics! Click here to download the programme. Click here to view photographs and see a longer write-up.
COVID caused significant disruption to our plans for 2020. This is what we had planned: