U3A in London Update – 24 February 2025

This information was published on: February 24, 2025

Participants chatting in French during an ‘Almost Intermediate’ class in 2.26 on Thursdays

The Monday Talk

This week we travel to South Africa with David Wolfe who has just returned from his annual trip Training the Teachers in South Africa. He trains secondary school science teachers who have had little science education themselves to improve the teaching of their young students

Class News from Alan Silman

Apologies, but I’m going to have to cancel my session on Wednesday, February 26th because of a family  issue.  So the next class in the famous people in their illness series will be on March 12th

Wine Appreciation

Thursday from 18.30 Room 2.21: Martin Rayboulds will be exploring while wines of the Loire and red wines of the Rhone valleys. £10pp.

Update News

please send announcements to Maureen Guirdham (by the evening of Tuesday).

The timetables for the week

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

From Lords Cricket

‘Walking cricket’ for seniors at their grounds in NW8. It is on Monday mornings 10am-12 noon. If you are interested, please get in touch with Nigel Hathway

To make you smile

‘Far too noisy, my dear Mozart. Far too many notes.’ Archduke Ferdinand on Figaro.

‘The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense.’ Tom Clancy

With all good wishes,
Richard, Gilli, Maureen and Amalia