2018 Talks I
WINTER TERM, January - March 2018
January 11, Ex. Superintendent Steven Deehan: “A life in Policing”
January 18, Pat Davies: “My secret work in World War Two"
January 25, Professor Michael Spiro: “Alfred Nobel: His life and his Prizes"
February 1, Professor Mair Parry: “Italy’s fascinating multilingual heritage. Italian is but one of her native tongues"
February 8, Jane Cox: “The early life of Ramsay MacDonald"
February 15, George Chesman: “The History of Kew Gardens"
February 22, Nikki Hubbard: "Growing up in Pakistan as a Muslim girl and supporting girls education"
March 1, Dr Joe Kearns: "The life of a Police Surgeon in the 60's and 70's"
March 8, Doctor Stephen Briggs: “Did he fall or was he pushed?"
March 15, Ealing U3A A.G.M. then:
............... Bob Fisher: "Biography of Julie Garland, Sammie Davies, Dean Martin"
March 22, Alan Wise: “Make the Rest of your Years the Best of your Years”
SPRING TERM, April - July 2018
April 5, Pat Davies:1000 days on The River Kwai
April 12, Chris Bambery: Art and the Creation of Britain
April 19, Mark Lewis: Sentinels of the Sea – Amazing History of Lighthouses
April 26, Mary Shannon: 19th Century Literary London
May 3, Jon Cotton: One Thames or Two
May 10, Prof Andrew Linn: The History of Linguistics
May 17, Carol Frankl: Supporting Children with Special Needs
May 24, Yvonne Jackman: St Paul’s Cathedral and Sir Christopher Wren
May 31, Andrew Wareham: Hearth Tax 1662-1689
June 7, Colin Lomas: Why is Modern Art So Difficult to Understand?
June 14, Buz Loveday: The effects of Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementias in Society
June 21, George Chesman: Lasting Power of Attorney
June 28, David Evans: Arriba Espana y Viva Franco (Forward Spain and Long Live Franco)
July 5, Jane Cox: My Nan’s Letters and the East End at War
July 12, Robert Gibson: Forty Years of Champagne and Travel