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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. \nIf you would like to attend this talk\, please register using the following form:
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:20260723T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260723T160000
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SUMMARY:AGM & Monthly Talk: Food and Nutrition to Optimise Healthy Ageing
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for our Annual General Meeting followed by an engaging\, down-to-earth talk\, designed especially for an older audience. The formal notification\, with the agenda\, and resolutions to be voted on can be downloaded here. You must be a current member of HGS u3a to attend the AGM. \nPlease register your intention to attend the AGM through this link. If you cannot attend in person\, please complete the Form of Proxy. \nThe business of the AGM will be conducted at 2.00 pm\, followed by a break. The talk\, which is also open to non-members\, will begin at 3.00 pm. \nThe talk will 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:20260916T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260916T160000
DTSTAMP:20260815T094148Z
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SUMMARY:Monthly Talk: The Magic of Entertainment: Fun\, Wonder and Surprise
DESCRIPTION:Discover the enduring appeal of magic as a performing art in this lively and entertaining talk. Explore how magic has captivated audiences through the ages\, remains popular in modern entertainment\, and can also support learning\, therapy and personal development. Expect insight\, enjoyment and a little wonder along the way. \nHarold Straker is an award-winning magician who has entertained audiences worldwide. A member of the prestigious Magic Circle for over 30 years\, he was promoted to Associate of the Inner Magic Circle with Silver Star in recognition of his performing excellence. \nTo help us with catering\, please register for this talk by filling in the following form:
URL:https://hgsu3a.uk/event/monthly-talk-the-magic-of-entertainment-fun-wonder-and-surprise/
LOCATION:HGS Free Church\, North Square\, London\, NW11 7AG
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261005T143000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261005T163000
DTSTAMP:20260815T093907Z
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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 help us know how many people to expect\, please register for this tea by filling in the following form:
URL:https://hgsu3a.uk/event/new-members-tea-3/
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:Photo credit: Cristina Schek \nThis 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. \nIf you would like to attend this talk\, please register using the following form:
URL:https://hgsu3a.uk/event/monthly-talk-0ct26/
LOCATION:HGS Free Church\, North Square\, London\, NW11 7AG
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SUMMARY:Monthly Talk: Artificial Intelligence: Your Free\, Expert Digital Assistant
DESCRIPTION:Already in your life — and easier to use than you think \nAI is already reshaping your world — and you’ve been using it longer than you think. Now\, free tools like ChatGPT\, Claude and Gemini put extraordinary capability at your fingertips: planning holidays\, solving household technical problems\, for some\, even optimising your energy bills. With a simple ‘prompt’\, you can direct these tools like a personal expert. But this is just the beginning — AI agents working in teams will transform jobs\, healthcare and education. Come and find out what that means for you and your family. \nRobert Sprigge has always been on the side of people just trying to get on with their job — bridging the gap between technical specialists and everyone else. He gave some of the first public demonstrations of Ceefax\, helped promote the early Web\, and produced one of the first email newsletters\, keenly read by Jack Schofield\, tech editor of the Guardian. \nIf you would like to attend this talk\, please register using the following form:
URL:https://hgsu3a.uk/event/monthly-talk-artificial-intelligence-your-free-expert-digital-assistant/
LOCATION:HGS Free Church\, North Square\, London\, NW11 7AG
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261209T150000
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SUMMARY:Festive Tea
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our annual Festive Tea and enjoy a warm and welcoming afternoon of entertainment and seasonal cheer. It’s a lovely opportunity to catch up with old friends\, meet new ones\, and share in the festivities together. \nIf you would like to attend the Festive Tea\, please fill in the following form:
URL:https://hgsu3a.uk/event/festive-tea/
LOCATION:Alyth\, North Western Reform Synagogue\, London\, Select\, NW11 7EN\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270118T150000
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SUMMARY:Monthly Talk: Ocean Liner Adventures — A Teenager’s Life at Sea in the 1950s in Photographs and Stories
DESCRIPTION:At just 16\, Ivan Berg left the drab streets of post-war London to join the British Merchant Navy. Armed with a camera\, he recorded his adventures at sea. Seventy years later\, he restored those remarkable photographs\, bringing to life the glamour of ocean liner travel in the 1950s. \nIvan Berg is an author\, journalist and photographer whose varied career has spanned television\, publishing\, computer software and motoring journalism. He spent 17 years writing for BBC Top Gear magazine and continues to write about cars. An HGS u3a Group Leader\, he also teaches Practical Photography to fellow members. \nFeatured photo: Ivan on Nassau shuttle on way back to RMS Mauretania at anchor. 1956 Caribbean Cruises. \nIf you would like to attend this talk\, please register using the following form:
URL:https://hgsu3a.uk/event/monthly-talk-jan27/
LOCATION:HGS Free Church\, North Square\, London\, NW11 7AG
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270222T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270222T160000
DTSTAMP:20260916T122111Z
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SUMMARY:Monthly Talk: Where You Eat is Who You Are
DESCRIPTION:A History of Restaurants with a Serving of Snobbery\, Theatrics and Insolvency\nRestaurants have never been just places to eat. Steven Fogel examines what dining rooms reveal about ambition\, class\, hierarchy\, celebrations\, power and the English on display. From post-war austerity to Michelin stars\, he takes a wry look at front-of-house snobbery\, staff hierarchy\, tipping\, booking nightmares\, restaurant economics\, and much else. \nSteven Fogel lunched extensively as senior partner of an international law firm and continued to explore restaurants after changing from law to chairing an investment management company. His later board roles included the University of London\, the Freud Museum\, a dance company\, and a musical artists agency.
URL:https://hgsu3a.uk/event/monthly-talk-feb27/
LOCATION:HGS Free Church\, North Square\, London\, NW11 7AG
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270317T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270317T160000
DTSTAMP:20260916T122814Z
CREATED:20260611T094132Z
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SUMMARY:Monthly Talk: Whatever Happened to Our Language?
DESCRIPTION:Clichés\, platitudes\, absence of meaning and poor delivery in today’s spoken communication\nWhy is it that those involved in public speaking\, particularly those whose job it is to present programmes on radio and television\, as well as those taking part\, tend to fall into patterns of largely meaningless language? \nThe talk looks at these patterns\, notes how they reduce or dull our ability to effectively communicate\, and suggests what we can do to improve things. \nRoger Rose is a retired barrister whose professional career was spent mainly in the practice and teaching of drafting legislation. After a number of years at the English Bar he worked in Malawi\, and then Kenya\, where he became First Parliamentary Counsel. \nHe has also had a career in amateur and professional acting\, and has given many talks locally. His other interests include singing\, and birdwatching\, for both of which he leads HGS u3a groups.
URL:https://hgsu3a.uk/event/monthly-talk-mar27/
LOCATION:HGS Free Church\, North Square\, London\, NW11 7AG
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270517T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270517T160000
DTSTAMP:20260611T094240Z
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SUMMARY:Monthly Talk: May27
DESCRIPTION:TBA
URL:https://hgsu3a.uk/event/monthly-talk-may27/
LOCATION:Select
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270616T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270616T160000
DTSTAMP:20260916T124245Z
CREATED:20260611T094346Z
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SUMMARY:Monthly Talk: The Private Mr Handel
DESCRIPTION:Based on Helen Dymond’s acclaimed novel Finding Handel\, this illustrated talk explores the private life of the great composer. Firmly rooted in historical fact\, it reveals surprising stories of Handel’s friendships\, loves\, faith\, musical triumphs and failures\, and his struggle with failing sight in his later years. \nHelen Dymond is a former Humanities lecturer and singer with the Handel Opera Chorus. She has written three successfully performed plays about Handel and is also the author of Finding Handel\, a novel inspired by the composer’s later life. The book was first published in 2021 and republished in 2025.
URL:https://hgsu3a.uk/event/monthly-talk-jun27/
LOCATION:HGS Free Church\, North Square\, London\, NW11 7AG
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270722T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270722T160000
DTSTAMP:20260611T094446Z
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SUMMARY:Monthly Talk: Jul27
DESCRIPTION:TBA
URL:https://hgsu3a.uk/event/monthly-talk-jul27/
LOCATION:HGS Free Church\, North Square\, London\, NW11 7AG
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