An initial meeting to explore the possibility of forming a second French conversation group is planned for the afternoon of Friday 29 July. If you are interested, please contact groups co-ordinator Geoff Saunders by email at tallship@eircom.net or by phone on 07889 559765, where you can leave a message.
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Pat Smith rides again
Dorking U3A’s publicity officer Pat Smith is on the second leg of her cycling trip around the British Isles. She has already completed tours of Ireland and Scotland, including the Orkney and Shetland islands, and recently set off again from her home in Pixham to reach the Scilly Isles. She is writing a diary about the new journey […]
Vivaldi The Four Seasons
Tickets are now available for a special U3A event on Wednesday 14 September at St John’s Smith Square in London which will explore the 18th-century context of this superb concert hall and the harmony and invention of Vivaldi’s masterpiece, The Four Seasons. The day begins with the director of St John’s Smith Square, Richard Heason, discussing […]
Tour of the roses
A party of Dorking U3A members enjoyed a day among the roses, history and art of Mottisfont, the National Trust property in Hampshire, writes Pat Verrall Perhaps for most of us Mottisfont conjures up the image of old roses, but there was a great deal more to be discovered during our visit to this ancient […]
The mother of invention
Come and join former librarian at the British Library Stephen van Dulken to hear about women inventors at the July U3A meeting. Stephen, who lives in Lewes, says he is fascinated by early women inventors and making deductions about them. His talk is a light-hearted look at how many women were involved in the Victorian […]