Below is a list of all our forthcoming Events, including social events, monthly meetings, outings, holidays and u3a national events.
Monthly Meetings are held in Southgate Methodist Church. Click on the link for details.
Please click on either the Event or the relevant Group to find more information, or to send a message to the Group Convener or Organiser.
For National u3a learning and events see u3a Learning
For events run by the London Region see London Region Events
Forthcoming events
We will be reading and discussing a selection from In Parenthesis, by David Jones, first published in 1937. In Parenthesis has been described as “the greatest poem of World War I”. In a note […]
Venue: Zoom
Refreshments and socialising 1:30 to 2:30 Talk starts at 2:30. Speaker: Judith Karbritz. The Real Pirates of the Caribbean Judy Karbritz is Harrow's Community Poet and writes regular columns for […]
Venue: Southgate Methodist Church
Other times by arrangement
Booking Required
This month we will visit Kew Gardens with the opportunity to look around the landmark exhibition of Henry Moore sculptures across the gardens included in the ticket price. The gardens […]
Details of this walk will be published near the time.
There will be a one hour guided tour of the Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers, which is one of the City of London Livery Companies. There will be […]
Cost: £20
Booking Required
Rudyard Kipling is one of the best-known of the late Victorian poets and story-tellers. Although he was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1907, his political views, which grew […]
Venue: Zoom
Details of this walk will be published near the time.
Topics for discussion to include: Historical events of October 21st and the Stuart Monarchs; Charles de Gaulle
Venue: Beaumont Care Home
Refreshments and socialising 1:30 to 2:30 Annual General Meeting The AGM starts at 2:30pm and should take no more that 30 minutes. This will be followed by a talk. Exploring […]
Venue: Southgate Methodist Church
As the Royal Mews celebrates its 200th anniversary, we will look back at two centuries of horses, carriages and Coronation pomp. We will witness the daily work of the Royal […]
Cost: £17
Booking Required
Details of this walk will be published near the time.
Ursula Askham Fanthorpe CBE FRSL (22 July 1929 – 28 April 2009) was an English poet, who published as U. A. Fanthorpe. Her poetry comments mainly on social issues. Fanthorpe's first volume of poetry, Side […]
Venue: Zoom
Details of this walk will be published near the time.
Topics for discussion to include: The Battle of Cable Street; The Battle of Athens 1946
Venue: Beaumont Care Home
Refreshments and socialising 1:30 to 2:30. Talk starts at 2:30. Speaker: Helen Fry. The Walls have Ears - Trent Park in WWII Dr. Helen Fry is the foremost authority on […]
Venue: Southgate Methodist Church
Details of this walk will be published near the time.
Details of this walk will be published near the time. This walk will include our Christmas meal with the other 8+ mile walking group and this group.
Annual non-competitive quiz. Rounds to include History on the Victoria line
Venue: Beaumont Care Home
Did you know that Henry VIII and Elizabeth I were accomplished poets? We will be looking at some of their work.
Venue: Zoom
Booking Required
Topics for discussion to include: “Dr. Johnson’s life after the Dictionary”; “The Remonstrants – who were they?”
Venue: Beaumont Care Home
Refreshments and socialising 1:30 to 2:30 Talk starts at 2:30 Speaker: Martin Orkin. The Beatles Hit Singles. In The Beatles’ Hit Singles, Martin covers the early years from 1962 (even before that […]
Venue: Southgate Methodist Church
Topics for discussion to include: Lady Margaret Beaufort
Venue: Beaumont Care Home
Refreshments and socialising 1:30 to 2:30 Talk starts at 2:30 Speaker: Alan Silman. Matisse and Medicine. In this talk, Alan Silman, Professor of Medicine at Oxford University and art historian, considers […]
Venue: Southgate Methodist Church
Refreshments and socialising 1:30 to 2:30 Talk starts at 2:30. Speaker: David Hunt. Bridges through history.
Venue: Southgate Methodist Church
Refreshments and socialising 1:30 to 2:30 Talk starts at 2:30. Speaker: Jenny Wilson. Laughter through Yoga. Jenny will talk to us about Laughter Yoga. It is a unique practice combining voluntary […]
Venue: Southgate Methodist Church
Refreshments and socialising 1:30 to 2:30 Talk starts at 2:30. Speaker: Professor George Grimble The Great Experiment - Wartime Rationing Dr George Grimble, is an Emeritus Professor of Medicine at […]
Venue: Southgate Methodist Church
Refreshments and socialising 1:30 to 2:30 Talk starts at 2:30. Speaker: Lucy Lewis. Lighting The Fuse. Lucy Lewis will reveal the hidden world of bomb disposal training and how she […]
Venue: Southgate Methodist Church
Refreshments and socialising 1:30 to 2:30 Talk starts at 2:30. Speaker: Bobbie Darbyshire. A Beginning, a Muddle and End - where do novelists get their ideas? In an entertaining and […]
Venue: Southgate Methodist Church