Monthly talk: Rosemary Griggs – An Audience with the Lady Katherine
At our July meeting, members were privileged to be granted an audience with Lady Katherine. She made her impressive entrance
Read MoreAt our July meeting, members were privileged to be granted an audience with Lady Katherine. She made her impressive entrance
Read MoreThe Siege is an in-depth, extensively researched account of the six day siege at the Iranian embassy in 1980. It is a non-fiction
Read MoreWith a couple of apologies, on July 15 the Discussion Group focused on an important institution of any civilised state,
Read MoreOur two quizzes in July covered the following subject matters: General Knowledge x 2, Collectors, Religious celebrations, Turkeys, Computing, Carols,
Read MoreAt July’s meeting the topic of discussion was “The Red Shoes”. There were only three participants and one story was
Read MoreFor the July meeting, Lynne gave a presentation on the Austrian artist, Friedensreich Hundertwasser. Lynne said she had first seen
Read MoreUpdate: Thank you for your interest in this adventure but all places have now been filled. If you would like
Read MoreDo you want to take your daily walk to the next level? Nordic walking may be just the thing for
Read MoreThere were only two of us on our June u3a Strollers walk led by David A. There had been torrential
Read MoreIn June the Page Turners read ‘The Namesake‘ by Jhumpa Lahiri. This debut novel was published in 2003. In the
Read MoreThis is the story of Katherine Plantagenet, one of the seven children of Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville. She is
Read MoreSeven members of the Adventure Group met at 11:30 am for our check in and safety briefing at the Go
Read MoreWe were able to meet twice in June with another challenging set of 120 questions. Our first Monday quiz covered
Read MoreThe group met on 17th June to talk about China. We based our discussion on a couple of videos about
Read MoreAt our June meeting, we welcomed Vanessa Ryley, a founder member in 2018 of Dawlish Against Plastic. This is a
Read MoreFemale Artists For the June meeting, members were invited to choose a work of art by a female artist. Over
Read MoreA group of nearly twenty of us from the Gardens and Gateaux group visited Burrows Farm gardens near Axminster on
Read MoreFive of us attended our usual monthly meeting and this time our topic was “Fire“. Naturally we had five very
Read MoreFor July’s adventure we’ll be scaling the heights again, this time with a walking tour of Exeter Cathedral’s roof. This
Read MoreThe Page Turners book for May was ‘Ordinary Thunderstorms‘ by William Boyd. This was first published in 2009. The hero
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