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SUMMARY:Professor Tim Coulson - The Universal History of Us: the Science of Why We Exist
DESCRIPTION:Tim Coulson is Professor of Zoology\, University of Oxford and Professorial Fellow of Jesus College. \nHave you ever wondered why you exist? Tim Coulson has\, and after nearly dying from malaria\, he spent 30 years investigating what science could tell him about his existence. In this talk\, and his recent book\, The Universal History of Us\, he weaves scientific insight into how we came to be alive and conscious with parts of his story. Spanning 13.77 billion years\, and covering physics\, astronomy\, chemistry\, biology\, and psychology\, the Oxford Professor of Zoology will explore whether our existence was inevitable at the birth of the universe or if we are just incredibly lucky.
URL:https://www.u3aoxford.org.uk/event/professor-tim-coulson-the-universal-history-of-us-the-science-of-why-we-exist/
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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SUMMARY:Dr Muriel Pilkington - The Mitfords in the Cotswolds
DESCRIPTION:Muriel Pilkington read history at Oxford and then taught history in a number of schools in Hertfordshire. Her last teaching post was as head of Wycombe High School\, which is a large girls grammar school (now an academy). She was also vice-chairman of the senate at what is now Buckinghamshire New University. She took early retirement\, moved to Oxfordshire and has worked ever since as an educational consultant and writer. She also had time to take up an interest in local history and some of the talks offered are based in this county\, some are of national interest. \nThe Mitfords in the Cotswolds explains how and why a branch of a minor aristocratic family based near Morpeth in Northumberland came to have a series of homes in the Cotswolds from the early 19th century onwards. The fifth generation who lived in the area included the famous six sisters. They had an idyllic childhood in the Windrush Valley and then all went on to extraordinary lives and careers. Dr Pilkington’s talk focuses on these remarkable women. Much of the information and some of the pictures used in the talk were obtained from Rosemary Bailey (nee Mitford) who was a friend of Dr Pilkington. \n  \n 
URL:https://www.u3aoxford.org.uk/event/dr-muriel-pilkington-the-mitfords-in-the-cotswolds/
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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SUMMARY:Nathan Boyd - Issues Facing Farmers in Oxfordshire
DESCRIPTION:Nathan Boyd is the NFU’s County Adviser for Berks\, Bucks and Oxon. He has been the County Adviser working to support farming members across the Thames Valley since January 2024\, previously working in politics and being a local councillor\, as well as a past life working in farming in South Oxfordshire. \nThis talk will discuss the issues facing farmers in Oxfordshire in the current climate\, and how farming could look in the future in our county. It will give a unique perspective on farming in Oxfordshire\, with the stress and challenges of a changing political landscape.
URL:https://www.u3aoxford.org.uk/event/nathan-boyd-issues-facing-farmers-in-oxfordshire/
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:20240822T153128Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240828T171508Z
UID:1687-1730988000-1730991600@www.u3aoxford.org.uk
SUMMARY:Simon Keable-Elliott - Utterly Immoral\, Robert Keable\, WW1 Chaplain
DESCRIPTION:Educated at Sherborne School and Durham University\, Simon first worked in Fleet Street – as a barman – before managing and owning restaurants in London. He trained as a teacher and spent 25 years as Head of Politics and Director of Model United Nations at a secondary school in Croydon. He now works as a writer and speaker\, publishing his first book Utterly Immoral last year. Robert Keable was his grandfather. \nSimon Keable-Elliott discusses Robert Keable’s time as a chaplain during the First World War and the events that led him to write his notorious novel Simon Called Peter. He looks at the critical reception to the novel\, the attempts to ban it and the book’s great success. The author’s life was truly extraordinary. As a child he was an evangelical preacher. He won a scholarship to Cambridge\, became a priest\, worked in Zanzibar and Basutoland as a missionary and gained a reputation as a writer of devotional books. His life was changed by the war. Afterwards he left the church and later fled the country to go and live in Tahiti. He continued to write and remained an international celebrity throughout the 1920s. \n 
URL:https://www.u3aoxford.org.uk/event/simon-keable-elliott-utterly-immoral-robert-keable-ww1-chaplain/
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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SUMMARY:Dr Ross McGibbin - Understanding\, If We Can\, Juvenile Delinquency in Britain
DESCRIPTION:Ross McGibbin was formerly Tutor in Modern History\, St John’s College and is now Emeritus Fellow \nThis talk is about juvenile delinquency in Britain 1918-1970. And investigates what caused it\, what cured it\, insofar as it was cured; how successful were attempts at cure and was there a culture of delinquency?
URL:https://www.u3aoxford.org.uk/event/dr-ross-mcgibbin-understanding-if-we-can-juvenile-delinquency-in-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:20241024T140000
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SUMMARY:Christina Hardyment - Alyce Chaucer: Fact and Fiction
DESCRIPTION:Christina Hardyment is best known for her many non-fiction books about the home and landscape and literature\, but over the last three years she has published a trilogy of history mysteries invented around Alyce Chaucer (1404-1475)\, the granddaughter of the famous Geoffrey Chaucer\, author of the Canterbury Tales. Very little is known of Alyce’s life\, and little remains of her palace at Ewelme\, near Wallingford but her magnificent tomb and the almshouses and school she founded in Ewelme are perfectly preserved. Widowed three times by the time she was 45\, she was one of the wealthiest women of her age\, the troubled times of the Wars of the Roses. \nChristina’s first two books about Alyce\, The Serpent of Division and The Book of the Duchess have sold well and been reprinted\, and the third\, Murder will Out\, is published in October 2024
URL:https://www.u3aoxford.org.uk/event/christina-hardyment-alyce-chaucer-fact-and-fiction/
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:20241017T140000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20240822T140234Z
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SUMMARY:Professor Raymond PierreHumbert - Exoplanets: The New Frontier
DESCRIPTION:Raymond Pierrehumbert is the Halley Professor of Physics at the University of Oxford. He is a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union\, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Royal Society. He has been awarded the title of Chevelier de l’Ordre des Palmes Academiques by the Republic of France\, for his work on climate. \nThis lecture will introduce the audience to the new world of exoplanets — planets orbiting stars other than our own. A mere 30 years ago\, it was not really known if the solar system was the only system hosting planets in the galaxy; now we know it is almost impossible for a star to form without also forming planets. This represents a giant step on the way to answering the question of whether we are alone in the universe. This talk will be based on the author’s book Planetary Systems: A Very Short Introduction\, with updates to incorporate the latest data from the James Webb space telescope. \n 
URL:https://www.u3aoxford.org.uk/event/professor-raymond-pierrehumbert-exoplanets-the-new-frontier/
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:20241010T140000
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SUMMARY:Dr Katherine Bradley - No Corsets! The Rational Dress Movement Comes to Oxford
DESCRIPTION:Dr Katherine Bradley is a retired university lecturer. She taught modern European and British history at Oxford Brookes University and the Open University. She was also a tutor at Denman College (the Women’s Institute College)\, where she taught women’s history. In addition\, she founded and co-ordinated the Oxford International Women’s Festival. Over the last 35 years this has celebrated women’s achievements as well as campaigned for local women’s issues. Since her retirement she has given talks to a variety of local groups. Her talks focus and combine her long-term interests with 19th and 20th century local history and women’s history. \nHave you ever wondered how women’s clothes changed from the crinoline and bustle to the simple clothes that women wear now?  During the 19th and early 20th centuries a women’s movement developed throughout Britain\, most notably concerned with women’s suffrage. Another section of this movement were women and men concerned with dress and how this hampered women’s emancipation. This talk will examine the development of this movement\, its links with the suffrage movement\, employment and education.
URL:https://www.u3aoxford.org.uk/event/dr-katherine-bradley-no-corsets-the-rational-dress-movement-comes-to-oxford/
LOCATION:The John Wesley Room\, Wesley Memorial Church\, New Inn Hall Street\, Oxford\, OX1 2DH
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SUMMARY:Stephanie Holt - Gilbert White: His Life\, Legacy\, and Impact on Natural History Today
DESCRIPTION:Stephanie Holt has been working at the Natural History Museum in London for the last 10 years in the Centre for UK Nature\, following a career in conservation\, ecological planning and consultancy\, and academia. She is fascinated by British natural history\, her specialisms include bats\, amphibians\, and some invertebrate groups\, but also by the history of natural history.  She is currently studying ‘Historical Studies’ at the University of Oxford\, and will be embarking on a DPhil in October looking at natural history in the eighteenth century\, and how it influences work today. She is a fellow and trustee of the British Naturalists Association\, fellow and former trustee of the Linnean Society of London\, and associate editor for Archives of Natural History\, the journal of the Society for the History of Natural History. \nAs a natural historian Steph has always been fascinated by the history and origins of her study and science. Gilbert White is often termed the ‘father of ecology’\, and while he would not have known that term himself\, his work did pave the way for the development of ecology as a science. White himself was influenced by his time in Oxford and London\, as well as his native village of Selborne in Hampshire\, where his masterpiece The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne was written. This book is the fourth longest constantly in print book in the English language and has influenced so many who have come after him\, including notably Charles Darwin and David Attenborough. In this talk Steph will delve into White’s life\, work\, and his legacy\, and indeed how (and why) we can all follow in his footsteps as naturalists today.
URL:https://www.u3aoxford.org.uk/event/stephanie-holt-gilbert-white-his-life-legacy-and-impact-on-natural-history-today/
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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SUMMARY:Jamie Williams - Excavations at Butts Piece\, Stanton Harcourt\, Oxfordshire
DESCRIPTION:Jamie Williams is a graduate of the University of Reading and has worked for Thames Valley Archaeological Services for 8 years. He has worked on many wonderful sites both as a digger and as a supervisor\, with highlights being the Roman Villa of Tackley\, a possible pre-Roman-conquest trading site in Buckinghamshire\, and\, of course\, Stanton Harcourt. \nThe excavations at Stanton Harcourt revealed vast amounts of archaeology ranging from mesolithic through to WWII activity\, with the main focus of the site being the dense Iron Age occupation in the form of ~1\,700 storage pits that was featured on Digging for Britain (Series 10\, Ep 4). The excavation also uncovered an Anglo-Saxon settlement of 20+ post-built timber buildings which might be the original village of Stanton. Finds and features from other time periods were also present\, including several Roman enclosures along the southern boundary of the pits. This site adds to the tapestry of rich and complex history of occupation uncovered around the Stanton Harcourt area. \n 
URL:https://www.u3aoxford.org.uk/event/jamie-williams-excavations-at-butts-piece-stanton-harcourt-oxfordshire/
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:20240613T150000
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SUMMARY:Maurice East -'Rent Strike in Little Rhondda' - Homes Fit for No One in 1930s Florence Park. How the Growth of Morris Motors Brought Miners\, Communists and Cowboy Builders to Cowley.
DESCRIPTION:Maurice East was born and raised in Headington\, Oxford\, and specializes in researching and telling some of the lesser-known stories about the city. He is particularly interested in the history of car production in Oxford and how the rise of the factory impacted on the urban\, social\, and political landscape. He has strong family connections to the factory\, and is passionate about telling the stories of the people who worked there. In addition to public speaking\, he also devises and leads original walking tours around the city. \n 
URL:https://www.u3aoxford.org.uk/event/maurice-east-rent-strike-in-little-rhondda-homes-fit-for-no-one-in-1930s-florence-park-how-the-growth-of-morris-motors-brought-miners-communists-and-cowboy-builders-to-cowley/
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:20240606T140000
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UID:1506-1717682400-1717686000@www.u3aoxford.org.uk
SUMMARY:Lizzy Rowe - Who Was Hundertwasser?
DESCRIPTION:Lizzy Rowe is an art historian who studied at the Courtauld Institute in London before joining English Heritage as a guidebook editor. She currently lives in Oxford where she teaches Art History in primary schools\, as well as giving guided tours and talks. \nHer lively talk on the Austrian artist and architect\, Friedrich Hundertwasser\, will give an overview of a principled life lived to the full and always with a sense of fun and a desire to make the world a more beautiful place. His work is characterised by bright colours and organic forms and his most famous building\, the colourful Hundertwasserhaus in Vienna\, epitomizes his belief in the godlessness of the straight line and has typically uneven floors and spontaneously sprouting vegetation. \n 
URL:https://www.u3aoxford.org.uk/event/lizzy-rowe-who-was-hundertwasser/
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:20240530T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240530T150000
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CREATED:20230727T090514Z
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UID:1504-1717077600-1717081200@www.u3aoxford.org.uk
SUMMARY:Professor Gareth Winrow - The Butcher\, The Tailor\, The Picture-Frame Maker…Stories of Middle Way
DESCRIPTION:A Professor of International Relations who lived in Turkey for twenty years\, Gareth now specialises in local\, social and family history. \nThis talk will focus on the stories of individuals connected with the land and property in Summertown where Gareth now lives. He provides an alternative history of Oxford\, exploring how Summertown developed from being primarily an artisans’ village to becoming a well-heeled suburb of Oxford.
URL:https://www.u3aoxford.org.uk/event/professor-gareth-winrow-the-butcher-the-tailor-the-picture-frame-makerstories-of-middle-way/
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:20240523T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240523T150000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20230727T090318Z
UID:1502-1716472800-1716476400@www.u3aoxford.org.uk
SUMMARY:Louise Dearnley - The Rhodes Trust in the 21st Century
DESCRIPTION:Louise Dearnley is the Deputy Warden for Selection and Scholar Affairs at the Rhodes Trust. In this role\, Louise is responsible for the arc of the Rhodes Scholar experience – leading the teams doing global outreach\, selection\, Scholar Programming and Scholar Affairs. \nPrior to her time at the Rhodes Trust\, Louise spent 20 years in the private sector working for IBM\, Deutsche Bank\, GE and the Metro Group. She has worked in risk management\, sustainability and marketing\, whilst always making time for her passion of coaching young potentials in leadership practices. \nLouise holds a degree in Philosophy\, Politics & Economics from St Hilda’s College\, Oxford. \nThe Rhodes Trust is a global charity which brings together communities of unlikeminded but like-hearted people\, who are impatient to change the world. Rhodes House is the home of the world’s pre-eminent graduate fellowship\, the Rhodes Scholarship\, based at the University of Oxford since 1903. In its second century\, the Trust is expanding the Rhodes Scholarships globally and broadening its impact through partnerships that develop exceptional leaders across different life stages and areas of focus. This talk will give an overview of the organisation\, its programmes and its work with visionary partners.
URL:https://www.u3aoxford.org.uk/event/louise-dearnley-the-rhodes-trust-in-the-21st-century/
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:20240516T140000
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UID:1500-1715868000-1715871600@www.u3aoxford.org.uk
SUMMARY:Sarah Wild - Recycling - Will it ‘Save the World’? A Brief History of Waste Disposal in the UK\, and Querying if Putting ‘Waste’ in Different Coloured Dustbins is a Positive Action?
DESCRIPTION:Sarah has worked as a Recycling officer for five districts in Oxfordshire and Oxfordshire County Council. She has also been a waste advisor at the Sustainability Forum for the South East; contributed to the legal and practical input on the Waste Minimisation Act for the Women’s Environmental Network; chaired local authority opposition to incineration and served in various capacities for the Local Authority Recycling Advisory Committee. She currently works to support organisations wanting facts on waste to oppose overdevelopment of housing where there is insufficient infrastructure to deal with waste and sewage. Sarah is a member of the Oxford U3A. \nIn this talk\, Sarah will give a concise history of how household waste was dealt with until it became the responsibility of the council and why the 25 per cent recycling rate was randomly chosen. Using government statistics on waste\, she will put forward a view as to how every person can reduce their adverse environmental impact together with information about why all governments fail to address these practical measures
URL:https://www.u3aoxford.org.uk/event/sarah-wild-recycling-will-it-save-the-world-a-brief-history-of-waste-disposal-in-the-uk-and-querying-if-putting-waste-in-different-coloured-dustbins-is-a-posi/
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:20240509T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240509T150000
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UID:1498-1715263200-1715266800@www.u3aoxford.org.uk
SUMMARY:Alan Lavender - Chef to Four Prime Ministers
DESCRIPTION:Alan Lavender MBE was for twenty four years the Head Chef at Chequers\, the Prime Minister’s country residence\, and also 10 Downing Street where he worked for four Prime Ministers starting with Margaret Thatcher and retiring when Gordon Brown left office. During his time in post he cooked for most of the significant people of the era and many heads of state and royalty. He has a wealth of stories and anecdotes to tell\, and will give a glimpse of life at the table of the rich and famous. Alan was classically trained working in various London establishments before joining the RAF which led to him being selected to work at Chequers\, where he thoroughly enjoyed the unique experiences that the role of Head Chef gave him.
URL:https://www.u3aoxford.org.uk/event/alan-lavender-chef-to-four-prime-ministers/
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:20240502T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240502T150000
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CREATED:20230727T085553Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230727T085553Z
UID:1496-1714658400-1714662000@www.u3aoxford.org.uk
SUMMARY:Dr Alison Hill - Cycling in Oxford
DESCRIPTION:Alison Hill’s professional life was as a public health doctor\, having qualified in medicine from Bristol University. In the 90s she was director of public health in Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes. Between 2000 and 2012 she was managing director of Solutions for Public Health\, an NHS unit which provided highly specialised public health evidence and intelligence services to clients across the UK\, including government departments\, the NHS\, local authorities\, and other health bodies including NICE. From 2012 to 2015 she was Public Health England’s Deputy Chief Knowledge Officer. \nShe has been an everyday cyclist all her life. She was able to weave her interest in cycling into her professional life by working on a range of products\, such as local authority health profiles and the National Obesity Observatory\, which brought together research and data about the benefits and importance of active travel to health and wellbeing. \nThis long-standing interest in the role that cycling can play in improving health across populations\, and the contribution that public health professionals and the NHS can make to increasing the number of people cycling led to her being invited onto the board of Cycling England for its duration. \nHaving left full time paid employment Alison has two voluntary roles in the world of cycling. She is chair of the Bikeability Trust which is a charity aiming to get every child trained through the national Bikeability training scheme\, and chair of Oxford’s cycling campaign group Cyclox. She is a regular cyclist\, doing all her journeys by bike\, with or without public transport\, including cycle touring holidays.
URL:https://www.u3aoxford.org.uk/event/dr-alison-hill-cycling-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:20240425T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240425T150000
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SUMMARY:Gabriel Sewell - Christ Church College Library
DESCRIPTION:Gabriel Sewell has been College Librarian at Christ Church since 2021. Her talk will focus on the history and collections of Christ Church Library and some of the stories behind the development of the Library since its foundation in 1562.
URL:https://www.u3aoxford.org.uk/event/gabriel-sewell-christ-church-college-library/
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:20240418T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240418T150000
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UID:1492-1713448800-1713452400@www.u3aoxford.org.uk
SUMMARY:Rebecca Garnett - Exploring how to Engage Patients and Their family/Friends (‘Informal Caregivers’) in Prescription Medication-Related Decisions
DESCRIPTION:Becky Garnett is a DPhil researcher at Oxford University\, in the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences. She is researching a topic called ‘deprescribing’\, defined as the ‘stopping or withdrawing medication that a doctor or clinical pharmacist consider to be no longer appropriate or necessary’. \nShe has completed a survey project and interview study investigating the attitudes of older adults and their family/friends towards prescription medication and is now conducting a discrete choice experiment to find out what factors are important in people’s decisions relating to their medication. \n 
URL:https://www.u3aoxford.org.uk/event/rebecca-garnett-exploring-how-to-engage-patients-and-their-family-friends-informal-caregivers-in-prescription-medication-related-decisions/
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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SUMMARY:Ross King - The Competitive Sport of Fresco: Michelangelo and the Painting of the Sistine Chapel
DESCRIPTION:Ross King is the author of numerous books on Italian and French art and history. His books have been translated into more than a dozen languages\, and he has won both the Governor General’s Award in Canada and the BookSense Non-Fiction Book of the Year in the United States. Born and raised in Canada\, he has lived in England since 1992. He has lectured widely in both North America and Europe\, and given lectures and guided tours in Florence\, Rome\, Milan\, Paris and Giverny. \nIn 1508\, Pope Julius II – known because of his military expeditions as the ‘Warrior Pope’ – commissioned Michelangelo to fresco the vault of the Sistine Chapel. Michelangelo had very limited experience of the physically and technically difficult technique of fresco\, much less on the underside of a 12\,000-square-foot surface. His reputation had been made in sculpture\, with works such as the Pietà and the David\, rather than in paint. This illustrated lecture examines the circumstances surrounding Michelangelo’s commission and how\, in the four years between 1508 and 1512\, he worked on his immense fresco in direct competition with Raphael\, his younger and prodigiously talented contemporary\, who was working on his own frescoes a few steps away in the Papal Apartments.
URL:https://www.u3aoxford.org.uk/event/ross-king-the-competitive-sport-of-fresco-michelangelo-and-the-painting-of-the-sistine-chapel/
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:20240321T140000
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UID:1488-1711029600-1711033200@www.u3aoxford.org.uk
SUMMARY:AGM and talk by Greg Birdseye - The Search for Sundials at St Mary's Church\, Iffley
DESCRIPTION:Greg has been a resident of Iffley since 2011 and has had Oxford connections since the mid-1960s. \nThe search for sundials in Iffley is set in the context of the world history of sundials\, illustrated by the many sundials in Oxford past and present.
URL:https://www.u3aoxford.org.uk/event/agm-and-talk-by-greg-birdseye-the-search-for-sundials-at-st-marys-church-iffley/
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:20240314T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240314T150000
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UID:1486-1710424800-1710428400@www.u3aoxford.org.uk
SUMMARY:Reverend Dr Peter Howson - Singing the Lord’s Song in a Strange Land: Army Chaplaincy at Work
DESCRIPTION:Reverend Dr Peter Howson is a former army chaplain (1977-2002) who has written about the experience of chaplaincy in the military in a number of books and articles. He has been involved in some form of chaplaincy throughout the whole time that he has been a Methodist Minister. He is currently the chaplain for the County Priory Group for St John Ambulance Wiltshire and lives in Ludgershall where he has Permission to Officiate in the parish church and conduct services on a regular basis.
URL:https://www.u3aoxford.org.uk/event/reverend-dr-peter-howson-singing-the-lords-song-in-a-strange-land-army-chaplaincy-at-work/
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:20240307T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240307T150000
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CREATED:20230726T154240Z
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UID:1484-1709820000-1709823600@www.u3aoxford.org.uk
SUMMARY:Ruth Harper - The Lighthouse Violin
DESCRIPTION:Ruth Harper is a retired research physicist. She grew up on the east coast of Scotland\, then after completing her PhD she moved to southern England to pursue her career. As a teenager she played viola in the National Youth Orchestra\, and continues to play in various local amateur orchestras and chamber groups\, including the Oxford Sinfonia. Since retiring\, playing chamber music has become her main occupation! \nThe Lighthouse violin was made by Ruth’s great-grandfather Robert Clyne while stationed on some of the most remote lighthouses around the Scottish coast and played by her grandmother until it fell to pieces\, it eventually came into her care as a “bag of bits”. This is the story of its restoration\, which led to exploration of her great-grandfather’s life\, uncovering a remarkable multi-talented man who dedicated himself to a way of life now gone forever. The talk will include photos of some of the lighthouses where Robert lived and worked\, each of which adds a little adds a little piece to the jigsaw.
URL:https://www.u3aoxford.org.uk/event/ruth-harper-the-lighthouse-violin/
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:20240229T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240229T150000
DTSTAMP:20260817T234402
CREATED:20230725T162433Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240114T101840Z
UID:1479-1709215200-1709218800@www.u3aoxford.org.uk
SUMMARY:Professor Bob Moon - Why and How England’s Schooling System Needs to Change
DESCRIPTION:Bob Moon began his career as a secondary teacher and was later Headteacher of two large urban secondary schools\, one of which was The Peers School\, now the Oxford Academy. In 1988\, he was appointed Professor of Education at The Open University with a responsibility for developing national and international programmes in teaching and teacher education. In 2018 he was awarded a CBE in recognition of his work on education in developing countries. \nMany thanks to Bob for stepping in to give this talk which was to have been given by Sir Tim Brighouse. Sir Tim very sadly died in on 15th December 2023. \n\n 
URL:https://www.u3aoxford.org.uk/event/professor-bob-moon-why-and-how-englands-schooling-system-needs-to-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:20240222T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240222T150000
DTSTAMP:20260817T234402
CREATED:20230726T154337Z
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UID:1482-1708610400-1708614000@www.u3aoxford.org.uk
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
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CREATED:20230725T155448Z
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UID:1477-1708005600-1708009200@www.u3aoxford.org.uk
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
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240208T150000
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CREATED:20230725T155230Z
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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
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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
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CREATED:20230724T155321Z
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UID:1470-1706191200-1706194800@www.u3aoxford.org.uk
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
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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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