The UK u3a family is currently more than 400K members and a current project is underway to help increase this to 500K plus. Across the country fantastic things are happening and to supplement ‘u3a matters’ a monthly newsletter was recently introduced to ensure members and friends were completely up to speed with news from across…

The recent presentations to the History Group have been interestingly varied. In March we visited Trowbridge Museum for a look behind the scenes, and in April David Feather showed us some wonderful pictures in his talkon “Gardens in Art”. Anthony Hudson amazed us in May with his stories of the time of the Raj in…

Nine u3a members visited the Talos Gallery near Calne, where the owner Richard Atkinson-Willes, and his wife Kate, entertained us. We had an informative illustrated talk on the history and techniques of casting bronze, an art that can be traced back to the ancient Egyptians. Richard is asculptor by profession, but bought a foundry near…

Another overcast day, this time in July, we left Trowbridge for Bishops Lydeard in Somerset for the steam train to Minehead. Due to heavy traffic in places, we were a little late but they held the train for us. It was lovely to sit back and meander through the beautiful Somerset countryside, with the sun…