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SUMMARY:Tom Wylie - Gael and Planter: Two Nations on One Land?
DESCRIPTION:Tom Wylie was born and grew up in Belfast. Graduating from Queen’s University Belfast\, he taught history and politics in the city’s secondary schools. Moving to England\, he has worked as one of HM Inspectors of Education\, as CEO of the National Youth Agency and has acted as an adviser to the Commons Select Committee on Education and to the governments of Northern Ireland and the Irish republic. \nThis talk will explore the social\, economic and political origins and development of Northern Ireland and discuss such questions as Why was Ireland partitioned and could this have been avoided? Why did ‘The Troubles’ start and go on so long? Will there be a re-united Ireland in our lifetime? \n 
URL:https://www.u3aoxford.org.uk/event/tom-wylie-gael-and-planter-two-nations-on-one-land/
LOCATION:Rewley House\, Department for Continuing Education University of Oxford\, Rewley House\, 1 Wellington Square\, Oxford\, Oxfordshire\, OX1 2JA\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240215T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240215T150000
DTSTAMP:20260818T025803
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SUMMARY:Danielle Mills - Medical Detection Dogs
DESCRIPTION:Danielle has been a Fundraiser/Speaker for Medical Detection dogs since 2015 when she was amazed by the capabilities of the dogs. There are Bio Detection Dogs\, detecting cancers\, neurological diseases and bacteria and Medical Alert Assistance Dogs who live with people who suffer sudden collapses\, keeping them safe and saving their lives.
URL:https://www.u3aoxford.org.uk/event/danielle-mills-medical-detection-dogs/
LOCATION:Rewley House\, Department for Continuing Education University of Oxford\, Rewley House\, 1 Wellington Square\, Oxford\, Oxfordshire\, OX1 2JA\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240208T140000
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UID:1475-1707400800-1707404400@www.u3aoxford.org.uk
SUMMARY:Sylvia Vetta - Memoir in All its Variety and Why You Should Record Your Stories
DESCRIPTION:Sylvia Vetta is a freelance writer and author who married Indian born academic Atam Vetta when that was regarded with hostility. Her entertaining memoir Food of Love Cooking up a Life across Gender\, Class and Race has glowing endorsements from the historian Rana Mitter\, the journalist Yasmin Alibhai Brown and Professor of Education at Oxford Brookes University\, Jane Spiro. As well as talking about her experience of life writing (120 Inspirational People with Links to Oxford) and her own story\, Sylvia wants to encourage members to record their stories.
URL:https://www.u3aoxford.org.uk/event/sylvia-vetta-memoir-in-all-its-variety-and-why-you-should-record-your-stories/
LOCATION:Rewley House\, Department for Continuing Education University of Oxford\, Rewley House\, 1 Wellington Square\, Oxford\, Oxfordshire\, OX1 2JA\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240201T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240201T150000
DTSTAMP:20260818T025803
CREATED:20230724T155006Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230728T112728Z
UID:1472-1706796000-1706799600@www.u3aoxford.org.uk
SUMMARY:Professor Richard J.B. Bosworth - Giovanni Amendola\, 'the Perfect Anti-Fascist': His Death and Life
DESCRIPTION:Emeritus Professor Richard Bosworth is one of the world’s leading historians of modern Italy and has written and published extensively. His first book\, Italy\, the Least of the Great Powers: Italian Foreign Policy Before the First World War  was published in 1979 and\, what he declares is his very last book\,  Politics\, Murder and Love in an Italian Family: the Amendolas in the Age of Totalitarianisms  was published in January 2023.  Other publications include a prize-winning biography of Mussolini. \nRichard is currently an Emeritus Fellow at Jesus College\, Oxford.   \n   \n 
URL:https://www.u3aoxford.org.uk/event/professor-richard-j-b-bosworth-giovanni-amendola-the-perfect-anti-fascist-his-death-and-life/
LOCATION:Rewley House\, Department for Continuing Education University of Oxford\, Rewley House\, 1 Wellington Square\, Oxford\, Oxfordshire\, OX1 2JA\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240125T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240125T150000
DTSTAMP:20260818T025803
CREATED:20230724T155321Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230724T155321Z
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SUMMARY:Dr Edward Clarke - The Cherubims and English Poetry
DESCRIPTION:Edward Clarke’s latest collection of poems is called Cherubims. A Book of Psalms was published in 2020\, and Eighteen Psalms in 2018. Clarke’s Psalter\, the documentary he presented about writing his psalm poems\, was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2018. He is also the author of two books of literary criticism\, The Later Affluence of W. B. Yeats and Wallace Stevens and The Vagabond Spirit of Poetry. The Secret Mind of Art will be published in 2024. He teaches English literature and art history at various colleges and the Department for Continuing Education at Oxford University. \nIn this talk he will investigate the Cherubims as they are presented in the Bible and English poetry. In the Old Testament we find them as guards of Eden after the expulsion. Later their sphinx-like forms are carved above the mercy-seat and they re-appear as living creatures or even a living chariot to Ezekiel in exile. In the Pseudo-Dionysius they are purified to form part of the highest triad of angels. Edward will draw on this rich tradition to read poems by John Milton\, Henry Vaughan\, William Blake and others
URL:https://www.u3aoxford.org.uk/event/dr-edward-clarke-the-cherubims-and-english-poetry/
LOCATION:Rewley House\, Department for Continuing Education University of Oxford\, Rewley House\, 1 Wellington Square\, Oxford\, Oxfordshire\, OX1 2JA\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240118T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240118T150000
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CREATED:20230724T155436Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230724T155436Z
UID:1468-1705586400-1705590000@www.u3aoxford.org.uk
SUMMARY:Professor Emma Smith - Portable Magic: 2000 Years of the Book
DESCRIPTION:Emma Smith is Professor of Shakespeare Studies at Hertford College\, University of Oxford. She is occasionally to be heard on BBC radio and is an Associate Scholar with the Royal Shakespeare Company. She curated the Bodleian Library’s Sensational Books exhibition in 2022. She is lead advisor to the BBC documentary series on Shakespeare broadcast in autumn 2023\, and has worked on film scripts including Mary Queen of Scots and Hamlet. Her book This Is Shakespeare was a Sunday Times bestseller. \nThis talk will draw on her book Portable Magic: A History of Books and their Readers. It discusses how book technology became so dominant and the ways books have become part of our lives. From book burning to the rise of the paperback\, and from Gutenberg to Kindle\, books have shaped history – and been shaped by it in return.
URL:https://www.u3aoxford.org.uk/event/professor-emma-smith-portable-magic-2000-years-of-the-book/
LOCATION:Rewley House\, Department for Continuing Education University of Oxford\, Rewley House\, 1 Wellington Square\, Oxford\, Oxfordshire\, OX1 2JA\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231130T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231130T150000
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CREATED:20230724T133651Z
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UID:1462-1701352800-1701356400@www.u3aoxford.org.uk
SUMMARY:Greg Birdseye - Hospices\, Their History with Special Reference to Sobell House
DESCRIPTION:Greg had a varied career (Manchester\, London among others) and came back to Oxford a dozen years ago and now lives in Iffley. He is a Trustee of the Sobell House Hospice Charity and Chair of the Board’s Fundraising and Communications Committee. \nThe talk will start with the historic concept of hospice (‘end-of-life’) care and then move on to the development of the ‘modern’ hospice movement in the mid 1900s. This will include the founding and later development of Sobell House\, Oxford’s local hospice on the Churchill Hospital site\, and a description of Sobell today and the care available to those in need. \n 
URL:https://www.u3aoxford.org.uk/event/greg-birdseye-hospices-their-history-with-special-reference-to-sobell-house/
LOCATION:Rewley House\, Department for Continuing Education University of Oxford\, Rewley House\, 1 Wellington Square\, Oxford\, Oxfordshire\, OX1 2JA\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231123T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231123T150000
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CREATED:20230724T133433Z
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UID:1459-1700748000-1700751600@www.u3aoxford.org.uk
SUMMARY:Alistair Lack - CS Lewis\, JRR Tolkien and The Inklings
DESCRIPTION:Alastair Lack studied History at University College\, Oxford and worked for over 27 years for the BBC – mainly for the World Service. \nIn this talk\, he discusses the early life and Oxford careers of Lewis and Tolkien\, their long-standing friendship and association with The Inklings.
URL:https://www.u3aoxford.org.uk/event/alistair-lack-cs-lewis-jrr-tolkien-and-the-inklings/
LOCATION:Rewley House\, Department for Continuing Education University of Oxford\, Rewley House\, 1 Wellington Square\, Oxford\, Oxfordshire\, OX1 2JA\, United Kingdom
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231116T150000
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CREATED:20230724T133203Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230724T133203Z
UID:1457-1700143200-1700146800@www.u3aoxford.org.uk
SUMMARY:Dick Richards - 'The Road to Peace is Paved with Headstones’. An Introduction to The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
DESCRIPTION:Dick in the last eight years has become a volunteer with The Commission and as an approved speaker delivers talks to local community groups\, history associations and schools. He is also a guide at his local CWGC cemetery at Botley in Oxford. \nAs we commemorate the many anniversaries of The Great War and The Second World War there has been much focus on remembering those who made the ultimate sacrifice. This talk highlights the role played by those far-sighted men and women who established an organisation\, now known as the Commonwealth War Graves Commission\, so that remembrance of their sacrifice will endure in perpetuity. We will look at the architectural and physical characteristics of the cemeteries and memorials as well as the underlying principles that govern their design. \nIn addition\, we will have an introduction to the Commission’s presence in Oxfordshire and the surrounding area.
URL:https://www.u3aoxford.org.uk/event/dick-richards-the-road-to-peace-is-paved-with-headstones-an-introduction-to-the-commonwealth-war-graves-commission/
LOCATION:Rewley House\, Department for Continuing Education University of Oxford\, Rewley House\, 1 Wellington Square\, Oxford\, Oxfordshire\, OX1 2JA\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231109T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231109T150000
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CREATED:20230724T132731Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230724T132731Z
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SUMMARY:Lady Aurelia Young - The Life of an MP’s Wife. A Lighthearted Look at the Ups and Downs of Life in Politics
DESCRIPTION:Aurelia Young grew up on Boars Hill in the studio of her father the sculptor\, Oscar Nemon. She went to school in Oxford and was married to the dashing baronet\, Sir George Young\, in Christ Church Cathedral. Aurelia was introduced to life in politics when she was elected on to the Lambeth Council in her early twenties. \nGeorge Young was Member of Parliament for over forty years and now sits in the House of Lords. Aurelia will give an illustrated a talk about her life in politics which was sometimes challenging but never dull.
URL:https://www.u3aoxford.org.uk/event/lady-aurelia-young-the-life-of-an-mps-wife-a-lighthearted-look-at-the-ups-and-downs-of-life-in-politics/
LOCATION:Rewley House\, Department for Continuing Education University of Oxford\, Rewley House\, 1 Wellington Square\, Oxford\, Oxfordshire\, OX1 2JA\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231102T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231102T150000
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CREATED:20230724T132128Z
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SUMMARY:Graham Horn - Climbing Kilimanjaro – to the Roof of Africa
DESCRIPTION:Graham Horn is a geographer by training\, a transport planner by profession\, and a discoverer by nature.  He is a Blue Badge Tourist Guide\, based in the Thames Valley and frequently guides groups in Oxford. \nThis talk is of a personal journey up Kilimanjaro. We are familiar with the iconic view across the African plains of the highest free-standing mountain in the world. But what about the scenery and flora on the mountain\, and what is it like to do the walk and stand on the top? Graham will show the pictures and tell the stories.
URL:https://www.u3aoxford.org.uk/event/graham-horn-climbing-kilimanjaro-to-the-roof-of-africa/
LOCATION:Rewley House\, Department for Continuing Education University of Oxford\, Rewley House\, 1 Wellington Square\, Oxford\, Oxfordshire\, OX1 2JA\, United Kingdom
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CREATED:20230724T131723Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230724T131723Z
UID:1449-1698328800-1698332400@www.u3aoxford.org.uk
SUMMARY:Paul Bullivant - Faces of Ethiopia and Other Encounters
DESCRIPTION:Following a career in architecture and social housing in Birmingham\, Spain and Bristol\, in 2004 Paul graduated with an MA in Documentary Photography. He has developed an extensive and diverse portfolio which reflects his travels to many interesting countries as well as his fascination with life across the UK and in his adopted city of Oxford. \nDuring this talk Paul will show and discuss examples of his portrait photography\, starting with work made during a journey across Ethiopia in 2020\, just before the pandemic ended foreign travel. He will also show other examples of his portrait photography\, often made spontaneously during encounters with strangers. \nExamples of his work can be seen on his website paulbullivant.co.uk
URL:https://www.u3aoxford.org.uk/event/paul-bullivant-faces-of-ethiopia-and-other-encounters/
LOCATION:Rewley House\, Department for Continuing Education University of Oxford\, Rewley House\, 1 Wellington Square\, Oxford\, Oxfordshire\, OX1 2JA\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231019T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231019T150000
DTSTAMP:20260818T025803
CREATED:20230724T132155Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230724T132155Z
UID:1447-1697724000-1697727600@www.u3aoxford.org.uk
SUMMARY:Liz Wooley - Felicia Skene: Oxford Writer\, Prison Reformer and Friend to the Poor
DESCRIPTION:  \nLiz Woolley lives in Oxford and has an MSc in English Local History from the University Department for Continuing Education. She is particularly interested in the history of Oxford’s ‘town’ – as opposed to ‘gown’ – and in the lives of ordinary working citizens in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. \nFelicia Skene was considered by many in Victorian Oxford to be a ‘local saint’. She devoted herself to improving the lives of the poor\, particularly in St Thomas’s\, one of the most deprived areas of the city. Skene rescued tramps and vagrants from their ’eminently unsatisfactory existence’ and girls from prostitution. The first woman in England to be officially appointed as a prison visitor\, she was a tireless advocate for prison reform\, both in the practical help she gave to inmates in Oxford’s gaols\, and through her prodigious writing. \n 
URL:https://www.u3aoxford.org.uk/event/liz-wooley-felicia-skene-oxford-writer-prison-reformer-and-friend-to-the-poor/
LOCATION:Rewley House\, Department for Continuing Education University of Oxford\, Rewley House\, 1 Wellington Square\, Oxford\, Oxfordshire\, OX1 2JA\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231012T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231012T150000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20230724T130959Z
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SUMMARY:Matt Eade - Introducing Papua New Guinea
DESCRIPTION:Matt grew up in East Sussex and was introduced to the natural world at the age of seven when he set out to learn about birds and then butterflies\, dragonflies and orchids\, these being his main interests. Since 2011 when Matt went on his first birding trip to South Africa\, he has travelled to all seven continents and is soon to embark on an expedition from New Zealand to Japan\, with many remote islands in-between. \nPapua New Guinea is home to many hidden wildlife secrets\, especially\, Birds of Paradise\, which live in some very remote regions. Matt will talk about his 2019 expedition when he spent a month venturing to all corners of the country in search of its hidden gems\, to areas rarely visited by western travellers.
URL:https://www.u3aoxford.org.uk/event/matt-eade-introducing-papua-new-guinea/
LOCATION:Rewley House\, Department for Continuing Education University of Oxford\, Rewley House\, 1 Wellington Square\, Oxford\, Oxfordshire\, OX1 2JA\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231005T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231005T150000
DTSTAMP:20260818T025803
CREATED:20230724T130403Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230724T132028Z
UID:1443-1696514400-1696518000@www.u3aoxford.org.uk
SUMMARY:Tom Brown - How Britten Brought Opera to Britain
DESCRIPTION:Tom Brown grew up in south London in an unconventionally musical household\, where visitors included living classical composers Richard Rodney Bennett and Humphrey Searle. His mother\, Rosemary Brown\, claimed to be a musical medium in touch with dead composers. He graduated from Jesus College\, Oxford with a degree in Modern Languages in 1979 and spent his working life in financial services\, but has been opera-going for 50 years in four continents\, having seen his first Britten performances in 1975. \nThe aim of this talk is to provide an insight into the operatic works of Benjamin Britten\, with recorded extracts from stage or recorded performances (prospectively Peter Grimes\, Billy Budd\, Gloriana\, the War Requiem and Death in Venice) \n 
URL:https://www.u3aoxford.org.uk/event/tom-brown-how-britten-brought-opera-to-britain/
LOCATION:Rewley House\, Department for Continuing Education University of Oxford\, Rewley House\, 1 Wellington Square\, Oxford\, Oxfordshire\, OX1 2JA\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230928T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230928T150000
DTSTAMP:20260818T025803
CREATED:20230724T130122Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230724T130122Z
UID:1441-1695909600-1695913200@www.u3aoxford.org.uk
SUMMARY:Mark Davies - Artists in Wonderland: Pre-Raphaelite Adventures in Oxford
DESCRIPTION:Mark Davies is an Oxford local historian\, guide\, and author with a particular interest in the non-University aspects of the city’s past. Mark’s relevant publications are Alice in Waterland\, Alice’s Oxford on Foot\, and A Towpath Walk in Oxford\, and he also provided the text for Jericho\, Oxford\, published late in 2022. He is a trustee of the Lewis Carroll Society and Chair of the Jericho Living Heritage Trust. \nThe Pre-Raphaelite association with Oxford\, and especially Jericho\, has several overlaps with one of his principal local interests\, namely the Oxford realities which underlie Lewis Carroll’s Alice\, hence the talk title of ‘Artists in Wonderland’. Carroll came to befriend the Pre-Raphaelites largely through his skill as a photographer. \n 
URL:https://www.u3aoxford.org.uk/event/mark-davies-artists-in-wonderland-pre-raphaelite-adventures-in-oxford/
LOCATION:Rewley House\, Department for Continuing Education University of Oxford\, Rewley House\, 1 Wellington Square\, Oxford\, Oxfordshire\, OX1 2JA\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230615T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230615T150000
DTSTAMP:20260818T025803
CREATED:20221227T171826Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221227T171826Z
UID:1402-1686837600-1686841200@www.u3aoxford.org.uk
SUMMARY:Dr Ben Grant - Writing and Illness
DESCRIPTION:Ben Grant is a lecturer in English Literature in the Department for Continuing Education at the University of Oxford.  He has a research background in postcolonial studies\, has published two books and is in the process of writing a third on the work of the contemporary British writer\, Jenny Diski. As part of his interest in the recent field of Medical Humanities and Disability Studies\, his talk will introduce some of the different ways of thinking about the relationship between writing and illness\, and consider the role which writings about illness play in the wider culture. \nhttps://www.conted.ox.ac.uk/profiles/benjamin-grant \n  \n 
URL:https://www.u3aoxford.org.uk/event/dr-ben-grant-writing-and-illness/
LOCATION:Rewley House\, Department for Continuing Education University of Oxford\, Rewley House\, 1 Wellington Square\, Oxford\, Oxfordshire\, OX1 2JA\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230608T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230608T150000
DTSTAMP:20260818T025803
CREATED:20221227T171641Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221227T172118Z
UID:1400-1686232800-1686236400@www.u3aoxford.org.uk
SUMMARY:Professor Caroline Warman - Diderot: An Introduction
DESCRIPTION:Caroline Warman is Zeitlyn Fellow and Tutor in French at Jesus College and Professor of French Literature and Thought at the University of Oxford. She has just completed a book on Diderot and his theories about mind and matter which  is accompanied by a digital edition of a biographical work by his disciple\, Jacques-André Naigeon. She is planning to translate Diderot’s Eléments de physiologie as the third part of this project. \nhttps://www.jesus.ox.ac.uk/about-jesus-college/our-community/people/professor-caroline-warman/
URL:https://www.u3aoxford.org.uk/event/professor-caroline-warman-diderot-an-introduction/
LOCATION:Rewley House\, Department for Continuing Education University of Oxford\, Rewley House\, 1 Wellington Square\, Oxford\, Oxfordshire\, OX1 2JA\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230601T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230601T150000
DTSTAMP:20260818T025803
CREATED:20221227T171505Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221227T172553Z
UID:1398-1685628000-1685631600@www.u3aoxford.org.uk
SUMMARY:Martin Buckland - The Wilts and Berks Canal – Past\, Present and Future
DESCRIPTION:The canal opened in 1810 after 15 years of construction but had a chequered career until its legal closure in 1914. In 1977 restoration of the canal began in a few places but in 2004 full restoration of the entire 62 miles was decided upon. The talk looks at the historical\, restoration progress and future proposals for this major East to West canal link.
URL:https://www.u3aoxford.org.uk/event/martin-buckland-the-wilts-and-berks-canal-past-present-and-future/
LOCATION:Rewley House\, Department for Continuing Education University of Oxford\, Rewley House\, 1 Wellington Square\, Oxford\, Oxfordshire\, OX1 2JA\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230525T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230525T150000
DTSTAMP:20260818T025803
CREATED:20221227T171253Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221227T171253Z
UID:1396-1685023200-1685026800@www.u3aoxford.org.uk
SUMMARY:Stephen Barker - Six Warrior Women of the English Civil Wars\, 1642–51
DESCRIPTION:Stephen Barker is an independent Heritage Advisor\, who works with museums\, universities and other heritage organisations to design exhibitions and make funding applications. He delivers presentations and tours related to the First World War and British Civil Wars. He is the author of Lancashire’s Forgotten Heroes and The Flying Sikh: Hardit Singh Malik. His talk is primarily about six women who took part in the fighting during the English Civil War\, undertook spying missions and negotiated deals with politicians. \nhttps://stephen-barker.co.uk/
URL:https://www.u3aoxford.org.uk/event/stephen-barker-six-warrior-women-of-the-english-civil-wars-1642-51/
LOCATION:Rewley House\, Department for Continuing Education University of Oxford\, Rewley House\, 1 Wellington Square\, Oxford\, Oxfordshire\, OX1 2JA\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230518T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230518T150000
DTSTAMP:20260818T025803
CREATED:20221227T171025Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221227T171025Z
UID:1394-1684418400-1684422000@www.u3aoxford.org.uk
SUMMARY:Rev Dr Richard Ounsworth\, OP - What Makes for a Successful (biblical) Prophet?
DESCRIPTION:Richard Ounsworth joined the Dominican Order in 1995 and was ordained priest in 2001. Since then he has spent time in Leicester\, as University Chaplain\, before returning to Oxford to write a doctorate on the Letter to the Hebrews and to teach Biblical Studies and New Testament Greek. He returned to Leicester in 2021\, where he works in the busy city-centre parish\, but continues to teach for Blackfriars\, Oxford\, and to give retreats and parish missions nationally and internationally. \nhttps://www.bfriars.ox.ac.uk/people/fr-richard-ounsworth-op/
URL:https://www.u3aoxford.org.uk/event/rev-dr-richard-ounsworth-op-what-makes-for-a-successful-biblical-prophet/
LOCATION:Rewley House\, Department for Continuing Education University of Oxford\, Rewley House\, 1 Wellington Square\, Oxford\, Oxfordshire\, OX1 2JA\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230511T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230511T150000
DTSTAMP:20260818T025803
CREATED:20221227T170629Z
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UID:1392-1683813600-1683817200@www.u3aoxford.org.uk
SUMMARY:Professor Finn Fordham - Introducing James Joyce
DESCRIPTION:Finn Fordham teaches at Royal Holloway\, University of London and is a scholar of James Joyce\, modernism\, and the culture of the 1930s.  He has written and edited several books\, including Finnegans Wake for Oxford World Classics. James Joyce has been considered by many to be one of the greatest novelists who ever lived.  What typically are the grounds provided for this judgement?  With excerpts from each of his four major works\, he will try to give evidence that backs up Joyce’s own curious boast about his writing: ‘I have discovered I can do anything with language I want’ (Richard Ellmann\, James Joyce\, pp. 661–2). \nhttps://pure.royalholloway.ac.uk/en/persons/finn-fordham \n 
URL:https://www.u3aoxford.org.uk/event/professor-finn-fordham-introducing-james-joyce/
LOCATION:Rewley House\, Department for Continuing Education University of Oxford\, Rewley House\, 1 Wellington Square\, Oxford\, Oxfordshire\, OX1 2JA\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230504T140000
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DTSTAMP:20260818T025803
CREATED:20221227T170338Z
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UID:1390-1683208800-1683212400@www.u3aoxford.org.uk
SUMMARY:Professor David Willis - Tweetolectology: Using Social Media to Map Linguistic Variation and Change
DESCRIPTION:David Willis has been Jesus Professor of Celtic at the University of Oxford since 2020\, having previously held academic appointments at the Universities of Manchester and Cambridge. He has published widely on grammatical change and the history of the Welsh language. His books include The Syntax of Welsh and the two-volume History of Negation in the Languages of Europe and the Mediterranean. He is currently preparing A History of Welsh for publication by Oxford University Press. \nhttps://www.jesus.ox.ac.uk/about-jesus-college/our-community/people/professor-david-willis/
URL:https://www.u3aoxford.org.uk/event/professor-david-willis-tweetolectology-using-social-media-to-map-linguistic-variation-and-change/
LOCATION:Rewley House\, Department for Continuing Education University of Oxford\, Rewley House\, 1 Wellington Square\, Oxford\, Oxfordshire\, OX1 2JA\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230427T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230427T150000
DTSTAMP:20260818T025803
CREATED:20221227T170151Z
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UID:1388-1682604000-1682607600@www.u3aoxford.org.uk
SUMMARY:Dan Evans - Introducing the Dulcimer
DESCRIPTION:Dan Evans is the UK’s leading dulcimer player and one of the leading players internationally too.  He has released five CD albums to critical acclaim and undertaken 18 International tours to date\, including performing and recording in Nashville Tennessee.  His talk will be a brief introduction to the dulcimer: what it is and isn’t\, its origins and features and a few famous players. It will be illustrated with a number of songs and tunes performed on the dulcimer.  CDs will be available to purchase after the presentation. \nFor more Information see : https://www.english-dulcimer.com/
URL:https://www.u3aoxford.org.uk/event/dan-evans-introducing-the-dulcimer/
LOCATION:Rewley House\, Department for Continuing Education University of Oxford\, Rewley House\, 1 Wellington Square\, Oxford\, Oxfordshire\, OX1 2JA\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230420T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230420T150000
DTSTAMP:20260818T025803
CREATED:20221227T164936Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221227T165931Z
UID:1382-1681999200-1682002800@www.u3aoxford.org.uk
SUMMARY:Professor William Whyte - Pageants in Oxford
DESCRIPTION:William Whyte is Professor of Social and Architectural History at Oxford and a Tutorial Fellow at St John’s College. Outside the university he is chair of the Oxford Preservation Trust\, the Oxford Historical Society\, and the Victoria County History of Oxfordshire Society. \nhttp://history.ox.ac.uk/people/professor-william-whyte \nhttps://sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/people/reverend-professor-william-whyte/
URL:https://www.u3aoxford.org.uk/event/professor-william-whyte-pageants-in-oxford/
LOCATION:Rewley House\, Department for Continuing Education University of Oxford\, Rewley House\, 1 Wellington Square\, Oxford\, Oxfordshire\, OX1 2JA\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230330T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230330T150000
DTSTAMP:20260818T025803
CREATED:20221227T154508Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221227T154508Z
UID:1380-1680184800-1680188400@www.u3aoxford.org.uk
SUMMARY:Oxford u3a Annual General Meeting
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URL:https://www.u3aoxford.org.uk/event/oxford-u3a-annual-general-meeting/
LOCATION:Rewley House\, Department for Continuing Education University of Oxford\, Rewley House\, 1 Wellington Square\, Oxford\, Oxfordshire\, OX1 2JA\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230323T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230323T150000
DTSTAMP:20260818T025803
CREATED:20221227T154329Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221227T154329Z
UID:1378-1679580000-1679583600@www.u3aoxford.org.uk
SUMMARY:Dr Chloe So - Atom Computing
DESCRIPTION:Chloe lives in Oxford with her parents and is a second-year DPhil Atomic and Laser Physics student at the University of Oxford. Prior to this she read Chemistry at University College\, Durham. Quantum computers are often touted as the future of computation. This talk will address the whys\, wherefores and hows\, with a focus on atom-based platforms. \n 
URL:https://www.u3aoxford.org.uk/event/dr-chloe-so-atom-computing/
LOCATION:Rewley House\, Department for Continuing Education University of Oxford\, Rewley House\, 1 Wellington Square\, Oxford\, Oxfordshire\, OX1 2JA\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230316T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230316T150000
DTSTAMP:20260818T025803
CREATED:20221227T154120Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221227T154120Z
UID:1376-1678975200-1678978800@www.u3aoxford.org.uk
SUMMARY:Dr Martin Holmes - Jim Callaghan: A Reputation Revised
DESCRIPTION:Dr Martin Holmes was Lecturer in Politics at St Hugh’s College Oxford for over 20 years. He is now a Senior Common Room member at St Hugh’s. The author of  seven books on British and European politics\, his latest publication is From the Treaty of Versailles to the Treaty of Maastricht: Conflict\, Carnage and Cooperation in Europe 1918–93 (Routledge\, 2022). He is a regular u3a speaker and has addressed Oxford u3a on several occasions in the past decade. \nhttps://www.brugesgroup.com/dr-martin-holmes
URL:https://www.u3aoxford.org.uk/event/dr-martin-holmes-jim-callaghan-a-reputation-revised/
LOCATION:Rewley House\, Department for Continuing Education University of Oxford\, Rewley House\, 1 Wellington Square\, Oxford\, Oxfordshire\, OX1 2JA\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230309T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230309T150000
DTSTAMP:20260818T025803
CREATED:20221227T153318Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221227T153318Z
UID:1374-1678370400-1678374000@www.u3aoxford.org.uk
SUMMARY:Professor Vlad Mykhenko - The War in Ukraine: Causes and Consequences
DESCRIPTION:Dr Vlad Mykhnenko was born and raised in the city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine. He gained his undergraduate qualifications in Ukraine and Hungary\, before moving to Darwin College\, Cambridge for his doctorate. He has taught in several universities in the UK and has published widely. He is currently associate Professor of Sustainable Urban Development and Research Fellow at St Peter’s College\, Oxford. One of his most recent papers\, published in Europe-Asia Studies\, deals with the subject of his talk today and has swiftly become the second most read article in the history of this academic journal. \nhttps://www.conted.ox.ac.uk/profiles/vlad-mykhnenko
URL:https://www.u3aoxford.org.uk/event/professor-vlad-mykhenko-the-war-in-ukraine-causes-and-consequences/
LOCATION:Rewley House\, Department for Continuing Education University of Oxford\, Rewley House\, 1 Wellington Square\, Oxford\, Oxfordshire\, OX1 2JA\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230302T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230302T150000
DTSTAMP:20260818T025803
CREATED:20221227T153000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221227T153000Z
UID:1372-1677765600-1677769200@www.u3aoxford.org.uk
SUMMARY:Professor Tim Palmer - Climate Change – Fact or Fantasy?
DESCRIPTION:Tim Palmer is a Royal Society Research Professor in the Department of Physics\, and a Professorial Fellow of Jesus College\, Oxford. He is interested in the predictability and dynamics of weather and climate\, including extreme events. His talk will consider whether climate change is an overblown threat promoted by environmental tree huggers\, or an existential crisis that will lead to the extinction of the human species? And what can we as individuals do about it anyway? \nhttps://www.ox.ac.uk/news-and-events/find-an-expert/professor-tim-palmer
URL:https://www.u3aoxford.org.uk/event/professor-tim-palmer-climate-change-fact-or-fantasy/
LOCATION:Rewley House\, Department for Continuing Education University of Oxford\, Rewley House\, 1 Wellington Square\, Oxford\, Oxfordshire\, OX1 2JA\, United Kingdom
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