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…

On a beautiful day we travelled to Salisbury. We were dropped off close to the Cathedral. Most people then made their way to Arundells. the former home of Sir Edward Heath.  The house with its Queen Anne facade began life as a Medieval Canonry.   It contains his personal art collection including painting by Sir…

The October trip was to Southampton.. The plan was to visit the Medieval Merchants House then to have a short walk to the West Quay shopping centre but about half of the group opted to go straight to the shopping centre! They spent a large part of the day in John Lewis browsing for Christmas…

Some years ago, after nurturing our “library” for a long time, Beryl decided the time had come to hand over responsibility to another bookworm and I’ve been attempting to fill her shoes ever since. Now it’s my turn to seek a successor willing to carry on the good work! The Book Swap provides a bit…