SEPTEMBER
2011
8 THE ART OF
POLITICAL BIOGRAPHY – D R Thorpe
15 FUSION – POWERING OUR FUTURE – Chris Warrick
22 SKYLON PROJECT – Mark Hempsell
29 HOW I BECAME A HISTORY WRITER: NEW WAYS OF LOOKING AT OLD SUBJECTS
- Helen Rappaport
6 FASHION AT
THE ASHMOLEAN – Susan Griffiths
13 HISTORY OF THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM – Susan Griffiths
20 ARCHITECTURE AND PSYCHOLOGY – Byron Mikellides
27 THE BRITISH POPULATION: CURRENT TRENDS, FUTURE PROSPECTS –
Professor David Coleman
NOVEMBER
3 TERRORISM
– Professor Anthony Glees
10 ASTROPHYSICS – Professor Pedro Ferreira
17 EDITH WHARTON - Professor Janet Beer
24 BESS OF HARDWICK AND HARDWICK – Dr Gill White
8 SMALL WONDERS – MICROSCOPY – John Forsdyke
2012
19 COLOUR IN A SMALL GARDEN – Timothy Walker
26 ANTHONY EDEN: A REPUTATION REVISED – Dr Martin Holmes
2 INTRODUCING
SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENT IN THE UK - Lyn Wilson
9 HERETIC QUEEN – QUEEN ELIZABETH AND THE WARS OF RELIGION
– Susan Ronald
16 BERLIN AT WAR – Roger Moorhouse
23 LIFE AND SONGS OF GEORGE GERSHWIN – Nick Gill
8 'THE NIGHT-TIME HAVEN OF THE WANDERING TRIBES': THE COMMON LODGING HOUSES IN VICTORIAN ENGLAND - Liz Woolley
15 AT WAR WITH NELSON: THE BOYS AND GIRLS FIGHTING WITH NELSON - Douglas Ronald
22 THE INFINITY PUZZLE - FROM ATOMS TO THE LHC: WHO DESERVE(D) THE NOBEL PRIZE? - Professor Frank Close
29 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Followed by talk from Pam Jones, Trustee for South-East Region of U3A.
19 LADYBIRDS:
DO THEY DESERVE THEIR DIVINE ASSOCIATION? - Michael Walker*
26 THE HISTORY OF SALTER'S STEAMERS - Simon Wenham
3 HIDDEN WONDERS
OF KOREA – Hang-Jin Chang
10 JOHN SNOW AND THE BROAD STREET PUMP: THE MYSTERY OF CHOLERA
- Alistair Tulloch*
17 THIS IS YOUR LIFE – Mary Greaves* talks to Albert Eastham*
24 LOOKING AT CHINESE PAINTING - Professor Craig Clunas
31 THE
SECRET WORLD OF CODES AND CYPHERS – Professor Roger Heath Brown
7 SEAMUS HEANEY
AND RECENT IRISH HISTORY – Steven Matthews
14 THE LIFE AND VOICE OF KATHLEEN FERRIER – Christopher Fifield
* means speaker is a member of Oxford U3A.
In addition to the weekly talks there are also several Special Interest Groups (an up-to-date list is provided annually and information can also be obtained from the Co-ordinator (Alistair Tulloch – 01869 243278). Arrangements are made for coach visits in the summer to places of scenic and historical interest within easy travelling distance from Oxford and from time to time to theatres, art galleries and museums. Information on these is given in the Newsletter.
If it seems the meeting might be cancelled because of adverse weather conditions please ring Rewley House (01865 270360).
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