U3A in London Update – 20 January 2025

This information was published on: January 20, 2025

Valerie Wilson Trower’s group, Design and Critical studies, on a visit to the Red House

The Monday Talk

This week Richard Lansdown shares his knowledge about taking good photographs and offers tips on how to improve them.
‘What makes a photograph great, and what might make an ordinary one a little better?’

The timetables for the week

This update, The full timetable, the Town Hall room timetable and the Zoom timetable are available in the Common Room and on the corridor noticeboard. 

CLASS NEWS

Italian: Advanced Converation

on Tuesdays at 11.40 in room 1.22.  Marvin Tomkinson, who has been in charge of this friendly group for many dedicated years is retiring. I’m sure that her friends in the class will really miss her.  The good news is that, following an announcement in the Update, Celestine Keise hs offered to lead the conversation.

Classical Music Appreciation

Stephen McGhee: The class for the 22nd of January has been cancelled. But instead Stephen will do an extra class on the 29th of January in Room 1.33 at 12.50 and on zoom.

Wine Tasting Group

This week, Martin Rayboulds is presenting WINTER

WARMERS! on THURSDAY JANUARY 23rd at 6.30 pm in room 2.21 – cost £10 pp.

Heating Problems

As you are aware, the heating in the building is not functioning. WAC arts have done all they can to provide extra heaters and their maintenance staff come in and turn on the heaters at 9.30. However please bear in mind that the extra heaters are causing some electrical problems which has caused some power outages in certain rooms. Please be understanding about this and note that this is major work being undertaken by WAC arts and they are doing all they can support our members.
Thank you. Gail u3a office.

To make you smile

‘When I came to the Treasury they predicted to me that I would become the most unpopular person in Britain. That was the only correct forecast the Treasury made in the several years I was Chancellor.‘ Norman Lamont
‘The covers of this book are too far apart.’ Ambrose Bierce in a review

With our good wishes from 
Richard, Gilli, Amalia and Maureen in India!