Events
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Regenerative Agriculture and Climate Change
Regenerative agriculture reduces carbon emissions making the soil more resistant to climate change. However, the takeup is slow due to costs and the need to learn new farming practices.
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Medicine and Geology – An Exploration
ZoomSpeaker: Doctor Albert Benghiat Join us on Tuesday 10 March when Dr Albert Benghiat will be speaking about how medical practitioners have contributed to the science of geology historically and[...]
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The Man Who Caught a Million Criminals: The Invention of DNA Fingerprinting
This month, we welcome guest speaker Dr Ian Goodall, to talk to us about the invention of DNA fingerprinting, and the British scientist who pioneered the technique, back in the[...]
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Email delivery
17th March @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm This month we'll look at email delivery ... what used to be pretty simple, in the age of SPAM its gotten to be more[...]
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Electoral Reform
With the Middle East in flames and oil prices soaring, a significant piece of legislation - the 'Representation of the People' Bill - attracted little attention when it was debated[...]
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History Month March 2026
FeaturedHistory month: Tuesday 24th March at noon, we have a guest speaker from Newcastle u3a to tell us about, 'Interesting News'. This is a compilation of talks our speaker has[...]
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Discussion on the Poetry of Philip Larkin
Just over a century after Philip Larkin passed away we will chat about what his poetry means to us today. We will start with his "A study of reading habits"[...]
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WASTE AND CLIMATE CHANGE 10am-11.30am Wed 25 March
Modern consumer society is currently trapped in a "take-make-waste" cycle, with the average person in the UK generating 620kg of waste annually—a figure contributing to 5.5% of the nation's greenhouse[...]
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The Jimi Hendrix Experience – a study of musical expression
Speaker: Professor Milton Mermikides University of Surrey Why does some music hit us straight in the gut? Why can a single guitar phrase feel joyful, unsettling, or transcendent? In this[...]
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Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare
Over the next decade, AI is set to transform healthcare by introducing machines with human-like intelligence that operate with greater speed and cost-efficiency than traditional methods. This technological shift spans[...]
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Mineralogy in Art
ZoomSpeaker: Doctor Chris Duffin, Scientific Associate, Natural History Museum, London This month Dr Chris Duffin will be focusing on the geological materials used in painting. Geological pigments have been used[...]
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Finding the Truth in the Fog of War
For more than a month now, the world has held its breath ever since the Middle East was plunged into another deadly conflict between its most hard-line of sworn enemies.[...]