Art Appreciation – May/June 2025
At our May meeting, David Gearing gave a presentation on Raphael (1483-1520). For many art lovers today, his reputation has
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Liane Moriarty: Here One Moment (May 2025)
The book begins with a strange occurrence on a domestic flight from Tasmania to Sydney. A completely normal seeming grey-haired
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Adventure group – Go Ape June 2025
All you need to know about our forthcoming trip to Go Ape in Haldon Forest: Nature of activity Go Ape
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About Vanessa Ryley
I retired from teaching pupils up to to the age of 16 years who had special educational needs in 2011.
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New Bridge group starting
A new Bridge group has been set up to currently run on Fridays 1430 to 1630 at members’ houses. All
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Monthly talk: Gray O’Hanlon – Shelterbox
We were pleased to welcome Gray O’Hanlon back to our May meeting. His previous visit was to talk to us
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About Dawlish Community Transport
We are a Community Transport service offering many opportunities enabling people from Kenton through to Shaldon and Bishopsteignton to access
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Quad biking adventures
On 28th April four adventurers set out from Dawlish for a quad bike adventure. For me this was a second
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Lunch Club – May 2025
We were at Sticky Rice for our April luncheon club event. Sticky Rice is local and 14 members enjoyed the
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Quiz group – April/May 2025
We met twice this month and in the first quiz we welcomed Sue, a new member. At the same time,
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Strollers Social Walking Group – May 2025
Six Dawlish & District u3a Strollers enjoyed our April walk, led by David A. It was a walk around parts
Read MorePage Turners – April 2025 review
The Page Turners book for April was ‘The Summer Without Men‘ by Siri Hustvedt. It was published in 2011. The
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In Our Own Write – April/May 2025
Five members of In Our Own Write group met on Monday 14th April and our topic was The bottom drawer.
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About Peter Boston
Peter’s story will revolve around his upbringing living with guide dogs and his mum who was blind. In addition, he
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About Alex Bowler
Alex Bowler is a big cat investigator, who lives in South Devon. His unusual and interesting ‘hobby’ began as a
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Stephanie Austin took up writing in retirement and is now the author of nine contemporary crime novels set in the Dartmoor town of
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I am the author of three previous books, and a number of literary/historical articles as well as the editor (and
Read MoreAmitav Ghosh: Sea of Poppies (April 2025)
Sea of Poppies is initially set in the opium poppy growing region of India in 1837 just before the Opium
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Discussion Group – April/May 2025
On April 15, the Discussion Group talked about Fake News. Starting from a long Wikipedia article that describes it, we
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Getting more from your u3a membership: online learning
John Vick, Chair of Dawlish & District u3a, writes: For most of us, our lives in the u3a is mainly
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