Talks take place on Thursday afternoons, starting at 2pm, and usually take place in the Lecture Hall, Rewley House, 1 Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JA. These are free for Oxford u3a members but you are welcome to attend as a guest for a donation of £5 (£2 for members of all other U3As).
Most talks are recorded on Zoom for the benefit of those Oxford u3a members who are unable to attend Rewley House.
In the event of adverse weather conditions, please telephone Rewley House (01865 270360), to enquire whether the talk has been cancelled.
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Annual General Meeting
27th March 2025 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
The AGM will be followed by a talk by Jackie Holderness on The Legend and Legacy of Frideswide, Anglo-Saxon Princess and Oxford’s Patron Saint.
Jackie Holderness enjoyed a long career in education, as teacher, Ofsted inspector, special educational needs co-ordinator and senior lecturer in education, at Oxford Brookes University. Until the pandemic, she spent six years working at Christ Church, setting up the Cathedral Education programme. Currently, she works, part-time, as secretary for Cathedrals Plus and she is also involved with the Oxford Chamber Music Festival. She has (almost) retired but chairs the Oxford Children’s Book Group and is a founder governor at the Europa School, Culham. Since 1985, she has written several educational books and materials. In 2019, the Bodleian Library published her award-winning picture book, The Princess who Hid in a Tree. Illustrated by Alan Marks, it tells the story of Oxford’s patron saint, Frideswide. Jackie has lived in Cumnor for over 30 years but has strong links with Binsey, where she is establishing a community garden around the holy well, which has long been associated with St Frideswide who dedicated it to St Margaret of Antioch.