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.
Dr Katherine Bradley – No Corsets! The Rational Dress Movement Comes to Oxford
The John Wesley Room, Wesley Memorial Church New Inn Hall Street, OxfordDr Katherine Bradley is a retired university lecturer. She taught modern European and British history at Oxford Brookes University and[...]
Professor Raymond PierreHumbert – Exoplanets: The New Frontier
Rewley House Department for Continuing Education University of Oxford, Rewley House, 1 Wellington Square, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United KingdomRaymond Pierrehumbert is the Halley Professor of Physics at the University of Oxford. He is a Fellow of the American[...]
Christina Hardyment – Alyce Chaucer: Fact and Fiction
Rewley House Department for Continuing Education University of Oxford, Rewley House, 1 Wellington Square, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United KingdomChristina Hardyment is best known for her many non-fiction books about the home and landscape and literature, but over the[...]
Dr Ross McGibbin – Understanding, If We Can, Juvenile Delinquency in Britain
Rewley House Department for Continuing Education University of Oxford, Rewley House, 1 Wellington Square, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United KingdomRoss McGibbin was formerly Tutor in Modern History, St John’s College and is now Emeritus Fellow This talk is about[...]
Simon Keable-Elliott – Utterly Immoral, Robert Keable, WW1 Chaplain
Rewley House Department for Continuing Education University of Oxford, Rewley House, 1 Wellington Square, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United KingdomEducated at Sherborne School and Durham University, Simon first worked in Fleet Street – as a barman – before managing[...]
Nathan Boyd – Issues Facing Farmers in Oxfordshire
Rewley House Department for Continuing Education University of Oxford, Rewley House, 1 Wellington Square, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United KingdomNathan Boyd is the NFU’s County Adviser for Berks, Bucks and Oxon. He has been the County Adviser working to[...]
Dr Muriel Pilkington – The Mitfords in the Cotswolds
Rewley House Department for Continuing Education University of Oxford, Rewley House, 1 Wellington Square, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United KingdomMuriel Pilkington read history at Oxford and then taught history in a number of schools in Hertfordshire. Her last teaching[...]
Professor Tim Coulson – The Universal History of Us: the Science of Why We Exist
Rewley House Department for Continuing Education University of Oxford, Rewley House, 1 Wellington Square, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United KingdomTim Coulson is Professor of Zoology, University of Oxford and Professorial Fellow of Jesus College. Have you ever wondered why[...]