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Month: January 2018

Chateau de Saumur

Up the Loire

Posted 26th January 201826th January 2018 EditorPosted in Everything Else

John Grisbrooke, U3A subject adviser for wine appreciation, considers some Loire wines for the spring.

Chichester University - home of the South East Area Forum Summer School

A great way to spend few days

Posted 26th January 201826th January 2018 EditorPosted in Everything Else

Helen Turner, organiser of the South East Forum summer school, writes about the joy of residential summer schools.

U3A members having a chuckle on a coach journey

U3A and ‘the 5 ways to wellbeing’

Posted 26th January 201826th January 2018 EditorPosted in Thought

Jill Turner, Trustee for Royal Socity of Public Health and U3A In Kennet, reflects on some of the initiatives enabling people to maintain their health and wellbeing in later life.

The interior of a grand Opera Theatre

I know what I like

Posted 26th January 201826th January 2018 EditorPosted in Arts

Paul Foss, national U3A subject adviser for opera, writes about the opera top ten.

Neurons

What is neurogenesis?

Posted 26th January 201826th January 2018 EditorPosted in Science

Is it scientifically proven that physical exercise improves brain health by actually growing brain cells, explains Jenny Wilson of Croydon U3A.

A person doing a crossword puzzle

Cryptic crosswords in the 21st century

Posted 26th January 201826th January 2018 EditorPosted in Technology

National subject adviser Henry Howarth authors the world’s first interactive app for learning cryptic crosswords.

Mushrooms growing in the soil

Mycology is fun, guys!

Posted 26th January 201826th January 2018 EditorPosted in Outdoors

Anne Andrews writes about South East London U3A’s fungus group.

U3A members at Learning Together with the WRNS

Learning together with the WRNS

Posted 26th January 201826th January 2018 EditorPosted in History

Maggie Gravelle from South London U3A talks about the award-winning SLP into the 100th anniversary of the Women’s Royal Naval Service.

A landscape of King's Lynn

King’s Lynn: wealthy and well-connected

Posted 25th January 201826th January 2018 EditorPosted in History

Ann Higgins of King’s Lynn U3A writes about her experience of running a shared learning project.

A beautiful landscape of Cornwall

A Cornish U3A study day

Posted 11th January 201826th January 2018 EditorPosted in Social Sciences

Gillian Brown of Callington U3A relates how U3A members spent a day learning about the history and geography of Cornwall, from maritime heritage to local fauna.

Painting of Repton Gidea Hall

Why was Repton buried in Aylsham?

Posted 11th January 201826th January 2018 EditorPosted in History

Geraldine Lee of Aylsham & District U3A has embarked on a project to mark the bicentenary of the death of the great landscape designer Humphry Repton.

A photgraph of Santorini edited to look like an abstract painting

From photograph to painting

Posted 11th January 201826th January 2018 EditorPosted in Technology

John Battison of Paignton U3A manipulates photographs on his computer with digital imaging software to create stunning, impactful art.

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