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.
Susan Griffiths – Oxford University Museum of Natural History
Rewley House Department for Continuing Education University of Oxford, Rewley House, 1 Wellington Square, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United KingdomSusan Griffiths is a Community Engagement Officer for Oxford University Gardens, Libraries and Museums. Her talk will explore the history[...]
Annual General Meeting
Rewley House Department for Continuing Education University of Oxford, Rewley House, 1 Wellington Square, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United KingdomThe AGM will be followed by a talk by Jackie Holderness on The Legend and Legacy of Frideswide, Anglo-Saxon Princess[...]
Michael Pirie – Harry Rountree (1878–1950): an Introduction to a Popular and Prolific Animal Illustrator from New Zealand
Oxford Friends Meeting House 43 St Giles, OxfordMichael Pirie has been head gardener at Green Templeton College since 1980 and ran a course on Oxford College gardens[...]
Graham Harding – A History of Champagne in Six Bottles
Rewley House Department for Continuing Education University of Oxford, Rewley House, 1 Wellington Square, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United KingdomGraham Harding returned to academic life in 2014 to study the history of wine after a professional career in publishing[...]
Dr Jonathan Healey – The Levellers
Rewley House Department for Continuing Education University of Oxford, Rewley House, 1 Wellington Square, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United KingdomDr Jonathan Healey is Associate Professor in Social History at the University of Oxford, where he is a specialist in[...]
Richard Rickitt – Introducing the Amazing Honey Bee
Rewley House Department for Continuing Education University of Oxford, Rewley House, 1 Wellington Square, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United KingdomRichard Rickitt spent 20 years in the film and television special effects industry. He is now co-editor of BeeCraft magazine,[...]
Melanie King – Taking the Waters: The Rise and Fall (and Rise Again) of the English Spa
Rewley House Department for Continuing Education University of Oxford, Rewley House, 1 Wellington Square, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United KingdomMelanie King is a writer of historical non-fiction who has published seven books. She specialises in using archival sources to[...]
Paul Walton – The Poetry of Place
Rewley House Department for Continuing Education University of Oxford, Rewley House, 1 Wellington Square, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United KingdomBorn in Staffordshire, Paul read history at Brasenose College, Oxford, wrote Bluff Your Way in Marketing and helped unleash Quorn[...]