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SUMMARY:2025 Annual General Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Notice is hereby given that the 8th Annual General Meeting of HGS u3a will be held on Thursday 24 July at 10.30 am at the Hampstead Garden Suburb Free Church\, North Square\, NW11 7AG. \nWe need at least 10% of the members to attend to constitute a quorum. If the meeting is not quorate\, matters on the Agenda will be discussed informally and recommendations can be made to the Trustees but no formal vote on a resolution can be held. \nIf you cannot attend in person\, please use the Form of Proxy to attend and vote as you wish. \nAGM Agenda\n\nApologies\nQuorum check\nTo receive and approve the Minutes of the 2024 Annual General Meeting\nTrustees’ Report\nTreasurer’s Report together with the Independent Examiner’s Report\nTo receive the Annual Report and Financial Accounts for the year ending 31 May2025\nMembers’ Open Forum\nAGM formally closed\n\nThe following documents are available prior to the AGM: \n\nMinutes of the 2024 AGM\nTrustees’ Annual Report & Financial Account\n\nTalk by Maurice (Maish) Collins\nAfter the formal meeting please stay to hear one of Maurice (Maish) Collins’ highly entertaining talks. This time it’s entitled: \nGrandma’s (and Grandpa’s) Labour-Saving Devices: A Hands-On Journey into the Past\nStep back in time and explore the ingenious gadgets and tools that made life easier for our grandparents and great-grandparents. In this interactive session\, you’ll have the chance to watch\, see\, touch\, handle\, and even guess the purpose of these fascinating items. A nostalgic and fun experience that brings history to life — full of surprises and stories from a bygone era! \nTo attend\, please book your place via this link.
URL:https://hgsu3a.uk/event/2025-annual-general-meeting/
LOCATION:HGS Free Church\, North Square\, London\, NW11 7AG
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250911T123000
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SUMMARY:2025 Open Day
DESCRIPTION:Discover the world of learning and friendship at HGS u3a. Come along and find out about the more than 60 activities we offer\, including book groups\, bridge\, climate emergency\, cycling\, current affairs\, history\, monthly talks\, music\, table tennis\, walking\, social events\, yoga\, and unforgettable outings. All for a small annual subscription.
URL:https://hgsu3a.uk/event/2025-open-day/
LOCATION:HGS Free Church\, North Square\, London\, NW11 7AG
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250917T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250917T160000
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SUMMARY:Monthly Talk: Staying Safe in Today’s World
DESCRIPTION:Join a member of the local police team for a practical and informative session designed especially for older adults. The talk will cover how to stay safe at home\, when out and about\, and online. \nTopics include how to spot and avoid common scams\, fraud prevention\, home security tips\, personal safety\, recognising and reporting suspicious behaviour\, and basic online safety. You’ll also learn what to do in emergencies such as phone theft or identity fraud. This engaging session aims to boost your confidence and awareness\, helping you feel safer and more secure in your everyday life. \nPolice Sergeant Ed Stokes has been a Police Officer with the Metropolitan Police Service for 18 years\, having worked across London in a variety of roles.  He is currently the Ward Sgt for Childs Hill and Garden Suburb. \nDoors open at 2.30 pm for refreshments and socialising. To help us cater for this talk\, please register your interest in attending using the following form:
URL:https://hgsu3a.uk/event/september-monthly-talk/
LOCATION:HGS Free Church\, North Square\, London\, NW11 7AG
CATEGORIES:Monthly talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251020T141500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251020T161500
DTSTAMP:20260412T111126
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SUMMARY:New Members Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Are you new to HGS u3a or already a member? Join us for our New Members’ Meeting at the HGS Free Church\, North Square\, London NW11 7AG — a friendly gathering to meet fellow members\, chat with Chair Carole Spiers and group organisers Tina Stanton and Malcolm Brahams\, share your thoughts\, and explore group sessions. \nUse the following form to book your place:
URL:https://hgsu3a.uk/event/new-members-meeting/
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251023T160000
DTSTAMP:20260412T111126
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SUMMARY:Monthly Talk: Climate Change—What’s Next?
DESCRIPTION:Climate change continues to accelerate\, and while the solutions are clear—reducing fossil fuel use\, eating less meat\, and consuming less—progress remains insufficient. The vision of a low-carbon society with energy-efficient homes\, renewable energy\, and sustainable lifestyles has yet to be realized. \nAddressing climate change requires strong national and international action\, ensuring benefits are shared\, especially with the Global South\, and costs are borne by those who can afford them. Unfortunately\, international agencies like COPs\, the IPCC\, and the UN are weakening\, revealing the political realities at play. In this talk\, the speaker will explore steps the UK can take to address climate change\, with a focus on government policies. \nAlan Morton has been a dedicated member of the Muswell Hill Sustainability Group and its community energy company\, en10ergy Limited\, for many years. With a background in museums of science and technology\, he spent the majority of his career as Curator of Energy and Modern Physics at the Science Museum in London. \nUse the following form to book your place:
URL:https://hgsu3a.uk/event/october-monthly-talk/
LOCATION:HGS Free Church\, North Square\, London\, NW11 7AG
CATEGORIES:Monthly talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251117T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251117T160000
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SUMMARY:Monthly Talk: George Gershwin—Bridging Jazz and Classical Genius
DESCRIPTION:George Gershwin (1898–1937) was a musical genius of the 20th century who seamlessly blended classical music with the rhythms of jazz. A prolific composer\, conductor\, and pianist\, he created over 500 songs with his lyricist brother Ira\, contributing to iconic films and musicals such as A Star is Born and An American in Paris. \nHis groundbreaking folk opera Porgy and Bess remains a cornerstone of American music. While celebrated for his popular hits\, Gershwin sought recognition as a serious classical composer\, a goal reflected in enduring works like Rhapsody in Blue and Piano Concerto in F. This talk explores the life\, music\, and legacy of a composer who reshaped the sound of American culture. \nJudith Kasriel is a music enthusiast\, currently passionate about Gershwin\, though her only formal qualification is an O-level in music. During lockdown\, she began giving talks on composers like Bernstein\, Shostakovich\, and Gershwin\, inspired by invitations from Belsize Park U3A. \nBeyond music\, she is active in HCS Choral Society\, teaches English to Ukrainians\, enjoys bridge\, book club\, skiing\, and cherishes time with her 10 grandchildren.
URL:https://hgsu3a.uk/event/november-monthly-talk/
LOCATION:HGS Free Church\, North Square\, London\, NW11 7AG
CATEGORIES:Monthly talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260119T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260119T160000
DTSTAMP:20260412T111126
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SUMMARY:Monthly Talk: Lost & Found—The Work of Christie's Restitution Department
DESCRIPTION:Richard Aronowitz\, Global Head of Restitution at Christie’s\, will speak about his role as a 1933–1945 provenance and restitution expert\, the background to the work of his department\, and the difficult issues and challenges that he encounters in this important work\, with reference to some of the most interesting cases of loss and recovery that he has been involved with over the last 20 years. \nRichard began his career in the art world as a furniture porter at Bonhams in 1993\, then joined Sotheby’s as an Impressionist & Modern Art specialist in 1997\, before leaving to become Director of the Ben Uri Gallery in 2003. He rejoined Sotheby’s as European Head of Restitution in 2006\, then moved to Christie’s in March 2022. Richard is the author of the novels Five Amber Beads\, It’s Just the Beating of my Heart\, An American Decade\, and Night Comes Down\, as well as a book of poetry\, Life Lessons
URL:https://hgsu3a.uk/event/jan2026-monthly-talk-christies/
LOCATION:HGS Free Church\, North Square\, London\, NW11 7AG
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260212T143000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260212T163000
DTSTAMP:20260412T111126
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SUMMARY:New Members Tea
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for our New Members Tea at the HGS Free Church in North Square\, a friendly gathering to meet fellow members and chat to organisers and find out more about u3a events and activities. You are welcome to come even if you are not a new member. \nTo register for this event\, please use the following form:
URL:https://hgsu3a.uk/event/new-members-tea-2/
LOCATION:HGS Free Church\, North Square\, London\, NW11 7AG
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260225T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260225T160000
DTSTAMP:20260412T111126
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260205T144040Z
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SUMMARY:Monthly Talk: How Medical Advances Since 1890's Benefited One Patient
DESCRIPTION:In this talk\, Gordon Rustin uses the remarkable medical history of one female cancer patient to show how she benefited from 21 lines of therapy. The patient’s story traces back through time to reveal how the diagnostic tools and treatments she experienced were discovered—a journey spanning 130 years of medical innovation\, blending history with the excitement of modern advances. \nGordon Rustin takes the audience back in time to explore how the diagnostic tools and treatments the patient experienced were discovered\, blending the history of medicine with the excitement of the extraordinary medical advances achieved over the past 130 years. \nTo help us cater for this talk\, please register using the following form:
URL:https://hgsu3a.uk/event/feb2025-monthly-talk-medical-advances/
LOCATION:HGS Free Church\, North Square\, London\, NW11 7AG
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260318T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260318T160000
DTSTAMP:20260412T111126
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SUMMARY:Monthly Talk: The Great Exhibition of 1851
DESCRIPTION:In London’s Hyde Park on 1st May 1851\, a spectacular international exhibition was opened by Queen Victoria. It was the first World Trade Fair. The concept was extraordinarily ambitious—to bring together works from all over the world to display the great industrial and artistic achievements of mankind.  Above all\, it was intended to advance British manufacture and trading interests. It broke many records and lived on in the public imagination for decades. The talk charts the story of The Great Exhibition from its inception to its legacy. \nAngela Cox is an art historian and independent lecturer.  She was the first Head of Education at the National Portrait Gallery for ten years and a former Course Director of V&A Year Courses on the Fine and Decorative Arts. She specialises in British painting\, most recently researching portraits of children painted in the 16th and 17th centuries. She has organised courses on aspects of British art at the V&A\, the National Portrait Gallery\, Birkbeck College and elsewhere. \nTo help us cater for this event\, please register using the following form:
URL:https://hgsu3a.uk/event/monthly-talk-great-exhibition-of-1851/
LOCATION:HGS Free Church\, North Square\, London\, NW11 7AG
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260518T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260518T150000
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SUMMARY:Monthly Talk: "Americon" - What Is America Doing with Our Communication\, Culture\, and Commerce?
DESCRIPTION:What’s Happened? Why? — and What We Can Do? Talk and Short Film\nOnce upon a time Britain and America were “two nations divided by a common language”. But have we allowed ourselves to be coca-colonised to the point of no return? It started in our kitchens\, extended to our communications\, and inflitrated our language\, shopping and politics. Should we fear Silicon (or Silly Con) Valley’s power? With our obsession for instant delivery and streaming\, has the cookie finally crumbled or can we fight back?. In this witty\, insightful session\, Steven Fogel examines America’s cultural pull—what we gain and lose—and shows a short film to take you on a journey from nostalgia to shock—and perhaps hope. \nSteven has been a keen US observer over many years. For many years he made monthly trips to the Atlantic as a US/UK law firm managing partner and then as adviser to investment and cultural organisations. After a career change from law\, he chaired an investment management company. His trustee and board work has included London University\, the Freud Museum\, a dance company and musical artists agency. He has written textbooks and won gardening awards. \nTo help us cater for this event\, please register using the following form:
URL:https://hgsu3a.uk/event/monthly-talk-what-is-america-doing-with-our-communication-culture-and-commerce/
LOCATION:HGS Free Church\, North Square\, London\, NW11 7AG
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260611T160000
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SUMMARY:And The Cello Came Too — A Story of Survival
DESCRIPTION:Award-winning journalist and broadcaster Robin Lustig discusses his new book And The Cello Came Too\, in which he tells the story of his German Jewish family\, starting with his earliest ancestors in 14th century Nuremberg\, taking in rabbis and scholars in the nineteenth century\, their persecution under the Nazis and the family’s eventual rebirth after the Second World War. \nRobin Lustig began his journalistic career with Reuters news agency\, then spent twelve years at The Observer before joining the BBC in 1989. He presented The World Tonight on Radio 4 for more than twenty years and received the Charles Wheeler award for outstanding contribution to broadcast journalism in 2013. His first book\, Is Anything Happening?\, was published in 2017.
URL:https://hgsu3a.uk/event/and-the-cello-came-too-a-story-of-survival/
LOCATION:HGS Free Church\, North Square\, London\, NW11 7AG
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260617T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260617T160000
DTSTAMP:20260412T111126
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SUMMARY:Monthly Talk: A Beginning\, a Muddle & an End—Where do Novelists Get their Ideas?
DESCRIPTION:Drawing on the experience of many well-known authors\, in an entertaining\, informative talk\, Bobbie Darbyshire will explain how\, from a few sketchy initial ideas and the wide variety of inspirational sources available to us all\, invention gradually stimulates more invention to produce a novel. Readers and non readers will gain new insight into the creative process that all of us express in some way\, and aspiring writers in the audience will learn they need no special skills\, just the desire to write and perseverance. \nWinner of the 2008 Fiction Prize at the National Academy of Writing and the 2010 New Delta Review Creative Non-Fiction Prize\, Bobbie is the author of five novels\, including The Posthumous Adventures of Harry Whittaker and The Third Bus. Before becoming a writer full-time\, her career was in social research and government policy\, including a stint as a cabinet minister’s private secretary. She has also worked as barmaid\, mushroom picker\, film extra\, maths coach\, care assistant\, and volunteer adult-literacy teacher\, and she has been hosting a writer’s group for 25 years.
URL:https://hgsu3a.uk/event/monthly-talk-where-novelists-get-their-ideas/
LOCATION:HGS Free Church\, North Square\, London\, NW11 7AG
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260723T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260723T160000
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SUMMARY:Monthly Talk: Food and Nutrition to Optimise Healthy Ageing
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an engaging\, down-to-earth talk on\, designed especially for an older audience. We’ll explore how our eating habits have changed over time\, the key food groups and nutrients that matter most as we age\, and simple\, practical choices that support both body and brain—plus we’ll bust a few common myths along the way. Expect clear takeaways\, no fads\, and plenty of ideas you can put into practice straight away. \nVal Mowlam trained as a nurse and health visitor\, working in Yorkshire\, Hertfordshire and Oxfordshire. She gained a BA in humanities with Open University She worked for 3 years with a continence and stoma care product company\, leading clinical trials. \nAfter 3 years in the role of HIV/AIDS Co-ordinator at St Stephens (now Chelsea and Westminster) and Westminster hospitals\, she returned to community nursing\, as Clinical Nurse Manager and Trust Manager in Oxfordshire \nLeading up to retirement from the NHS she gained a degree in Nutritional Therapy and subsequently worked independently as a Nutritional Therapist combined with some lecturing and regulatory work in the field. She is now fully retired.
URL:https://hgsu3a.uk/event/monthly-talk-food-and-nutrition-to-optimise-healthy-ageing/
LOCATION:HGS Free Church\, North Square\, London\, NW11 7AG
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261015T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261015T160000
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SUMMARY:Monthly Talk: How Artists Change Art History
DESCRIPTION:This engaging talk by Estelle Lovatt unlocks the ideas and creative methods behind some of the world’s greatest artworks. The talk explores how master artists reshaped art history—period after period\, “ism” after “ism”—from the Renaissance to Contemporary Art. Expect Leonardo\, Rembrandt\, Manet\, Picasso\, Rothko and Tracey Emin\, among others. It also looks at headline-grabbing modern moments: the 1969 moon landing\, the unmade bed\, the floating shark\, and even a pile of bricks. \nEstelle Lovatt FRSA is an art critic\, broadcaster and engaging speaker\, known for making art accessible\, lively and thought-provoking. Trained as a painter\, with a background in art history and exhibition curation\, she brings expert insight to everything from cave art to Banksy. She has contributed across print\, radio and television\, including Channel 5\, the BBC\, ITN\, Sky\, Al Jazeera\, CNN and LBC\, and leads the Constable’s Hampstead walk tour. \nPhoto credit: Cristina Schek
URL:https://hgsu3a.uk/event/monthly-talk-0ct26/
LOCATION:HGS Free Church\, North Square\, London\, NW11 7AG
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