Ealing

2019 talks I

WINTER TERM 2019

Further information about the talks for this term can be found in the Winter 2019 Talks document.

Jan 10, Ealing U3A Brains Trust + Yvonne Hughes: Working as a Nurse in Africa
[This session was an impromptu one after our booked speaker did not turn up]
Jan 17, Alex Marker: The history of Questors Theatre
Jan 24, Chris Truran: From Dabs to DNA
Jan 31, * David Evans: With Searchlights, Drum Rolls and Fanfares

Feb 07, John Naylor: What, Why and How We Hear
Feb 14, Pauline Martindale: Behind Closed Doors, What goes on behind the closed doors of a prison
Feb 21, Dr Simon Avery: The Life and Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Feb 28, * Alan Wise: Loneliness

Mar 07, Alan Browne: Building London from 5,000 BC to the present day
Mar 14, Mark Lewis: The customs and traditions of the City of London
Mar 21, AGM and Committee Elections
followed by - Nigel Thorpe from The Friends of the Connection at St Martin-in-the-Fields: Homeless People
Mar 28, Maggie Jones: Diversity in U3A

Apr 04, Graham Taylor: Great Art Collections around the World
Apr 11, Mike Jones: Sewage and the City: Sir Joseph Bazalgette and London

SPRING TERM 2019

Further information about the talks for this term can be found in the Spring 2019 Talks document.

May 02, Dr. Sara Dominici: Photography & Cycling at the end of the 19th Century
May 09, Ann-Marie Purcell of the University of West London: Heathrow - The Journey and Exhibition
May 16, Dr. Mary Shannon: London’s Latin Quarter? - Literature and Art in 19th Century Marylebone
May 23, * Dr. David Jones: The Most Dangerous Animals on Earth
May 30, Dr. Lindsay Bywood: The World of Translation - Who does it and what do they do

June 06, Dr. Kim Salmons: A Taste of Literature - The representation of food in the works of modern authors
June 13, Ann and David Hughes: The Mall & Its History/The Guinness Brewery
June 20, Veronica Cecil: Experiences in the Congo
June 27, * Chris Truran: ‘Every contact leaves a trace’ - my work in Police Forensics

July 04, Ash Mistry: Sustainable Aviation, Aviation Growth and Congested Skies
July 11, Graham Weeks: History of Northern Nigeria

Key: * Each of these speakers has given a talk to Ealing U3A previously