Events
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Art History: Vengeance or Vision?
May is our Art History month. We will be exploring the life and works of Artemisia Gentileschi and asking ourselves, 'Was her work a product of vengeance or vision?'
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Discussion on the biggest sales in literature
Using the historical aspect of this section of literature, we enter the world of cookery. Elizabeth David tried to rejuvenate diets after the Second World War with cook books. But[...]
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Climate Crisis and Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence is playing a crucial role in fighting climate change by providing advanced tools for monitoring, predicting, mitigating, and adapting to its impacts. AI can analyze vast datasets from[...]
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Deep geothermal: From the hottest of the hot to dissolved resources
ZoomSpeaker: Dr Chris Rochelle British Geological Survey (BGS) Dr Rochelle will be talking to us about deep and hotter geothermal resources, abroad and in the UK, and dissolved metals, such[...]
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Schrodinger’s Paradox, Intelligent Design and the Origin of Life
This month's talk, by Claudio Elgueta of Abingdon U3A, is based on a famous lecture from 1943, given by the great Erwin Schrodinger in Dublin, where he'd fled from Nazi[...]
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Installing desktop GNU/Linux
17th June 2025 at 3pm UK This month we look at installing desktop GNU/Linux. The talk will be demo focused. Plenty of time is reserved for discussions. Joining details will[...]
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The Israel-Iran Crisis
This week, in a change from our previously-advertised subject, we will now be discussing the escalating conflict that has erupted between Israel and Iran. Could it have been avoided, or[...]
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Contrasting styles of two Great Authors
Our intended debate on the creative processs of Ernest Hemingway has been updated to now compare and contrast him with the late Frederick Forsyth. We can discuss the different styles[...]
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THE OCEANS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
The oceans play a fundamental role in the Earth's climate system. They cover about 71% of the planet's surface and have a massive capacity to absorb and store heat and[...]
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Hybrid Intelligence: augmenting human intellect with Artificial Intelligence
Speaker: Professor Prof. Catholijn M. Jonker Delft University of Technology Prof. Jonker’s research moves beyond viewing AI as a replacement for human intelligence. Instead, she develops systems that collaborate with[...]
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The Stonehenge Bluestones controversy
ZoomSpeaker: Geoff Barratt Geoff will be talking to us about the Stonehenge Bluestones and the ongoing controversy about where they originally came from. Join us and find out about the[...]