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Opera Group Studies Russian Tragedy
Our Opera Lovers Group met on Thursday 27 March 2025 with Zsuzsana for a performance of Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin recorded at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in 2013. The opera which is in three acts, and dates from 1879 closely follows the story by Alexander Pushkin’s verse novel of the same name published some…
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Gardeners Learn How To Graft Plums!
Our Gardening Group met on Wednesday 26 March 2025 for a session concentrating on the skills and tools required for successful grafting. Group member Taj had a selection of ‘scions’ and ‘root-stocks’ to demonstrate the various techniques. She had also brought the tools necessary for completing the job. We had a demonstration of grafting a…
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Still Life Art, Flowers and Insects
Our course on Female Artists continued with Jennifer on Friday 07 February 2025. This time we were reviewing the work of Clara Peeters (1594 – 16??), Rachel Roysch (1664 – 1750), Maria van Oosterwijck (1630 – 1693) and Maria Sibylla Merian (1647 – 1717). Clara Peeters specialised in Still Life paintings with an incredible eye…
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Some Female Artists from Netherlands
Our Art History course continued on 24 January 2025 with three female artists from the Netherlands of the 18th Century, some of whom were new and some who had been featured in previous sessions. Jennifer guided us through the artists, their personal histories, where and how they acquired their skills, and some of their best…
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New Year Reveals New Female Artists
Our programme on the history of Female Artists with Jennifer resumed on 10 January 2025 with a quick recap of what we had seen in the previous lectures. We were then straight into 6 new female artists, 4 from Italy and 2 from the Iberian Peninsular. We started with Suor Eufrasia Burlamacchi who had provided…
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Bonne année tout le monde
Our French Conversation Group got the year off to a good start on Tuesday 07 January 2025 with a selection of stories and commentaries presented by the members of the Group. There were two songs from Georges Brassens (1921-1981), an extremely popular singer of songs who accompanied himself on guitar. One song told the story…
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Female History of Art Continues
Our programme on the role of women in the history of art continued on Friday 29 November 2024 with our group leader Jennifer. Picking up from the previous session, we started with the Anguissola family, and the work of Sofanisba and the work of Lucia, the two daughters who had become professional artists. They had…
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What to do about Leaves on the Lawn
Our Gardening Group met on Wednesday 27 November 2024 for a meeting concentrating on the tasks that need to be done during November. There were Videos and Articles. There was lots of advice on what to do with the leaves on the lawn. After a long discussion and a video we concluded that the leaves…
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Variety Mixed into Creative Writing!
On Wednesday 06 November 2024, our Creative Writing Group met with a new purpose. Our Annual Showcase is set for Wednesday 27 November, at our u3a’s regular Monthly Meeting, and there was much discussion about the running order and the content of what would be presented. As well as planning for the event, there was…
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Female Artists – Tudors and Stuarts
Our course on Female Artists before 1800 with Jennifer continued on Friday 01 November 2024. After a quick recap of the previous session, Jennifer launched into the movement of artists from Europe into the United Kingdom, sometimes at the request of the monarch and sometimes speculatively in the hopes of finding a profitable position at…