Due to a cancellation, I have decided to repeat this talk, which I previously gave approximately six years ago, about my favourite artist, the lad from Bradford, David Hockney. It is a remarkable story concerning a man from a very normal background who progresses through life to become one of the best-known artists in the […]
5:30pm doors open, for 6:00pm start (ends 8:15pm) U3A Membership Card for entrance (free) – NO booking required Nobody likes teacher Paul Hunham (Giamatti) — not his students, not his fellow faculty, not the headmaster, who all find his pomposity and rigidity exasperating. With no family and nowhere to go over Christmas holiday in 1970, […]
Due to some problems with the A & H group loud speaker I have had to delay the scheduled talk on the History of the Automobile and replace it with The History of Natural and Man -Made Glass I first gave this talk eight years ago so, hopefully, new members will not have heard it […]
5:30pm doors open, for 6:00pm start (ends 7:55pm) U3A Membership Card for entrance (free) – NO booking required The Old Oak is a special place. Not only is it the last pub standing, but it’s also the only remaining public space where people can meet in a once thriving mining community that has now fallen […]
A day trip to Alicante Alicante is a vibrant port city about an hour and a half from Moraira by coach. We will be dropped near the elevator which goes up to the Castle of Santa Barbara. The castle opens at 10.00 am, entrance is free and the easiest access is via the elevator (free […]
Speaker: Rosalind Miranda Edward Hopper, the best-known American realist of the inter-war period, painted the world as an alienating, often vacuous place, with everyone in his works appearing terribly alone. Many of his paintings are instantly recognisable.What is less known is that his wife of 43 years, Josephine Nivison Hopper, was famous as an […]
5:30pm doors open, for 6:00pm start (ends 7:55pm) U3A Membership Card for entrance (free) – NO booking required The story of Jamal Malik, an 18 year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai, who is about to experience the biggest day of his life. With the whole nation watching, he is just one question away from […]
Speaker: Alan Hunton Serendipity is a remarkable phenomenon which describes a most beneficial outcome achieved purely by chance. We will see that a significant number of scientific discoveries throughout history have been made by mistake; such that the intended result failed but the unintended consequence was so dramatic and useful to society that the researcher […]
5:00pm doors open, for 5:30pm start (ends 7:45pm) U3A Membership Card for entrance (free) – NO booking required The true story of Sir Nicholas ‘Nicky’ Winton, a young London broker who, in the months leading up to World War II, rescued 669 predominantly Jewish children from the Nazis. Nicky visited Prague in December 1938 and […]
For our first event of 2025, we are planning a day trip to Bodegas Viña Elena in Jumilla on Thursday, 13th February. This bodega has been recommended to us by one of our members and it has also recently been featured in the magazine Viajar as one of the most outstanding wineries in the region […]
Walk leaders: Mike & Valerie Meeting PointCarpark in front of the Benissa cemetery close to the A7 entrance gate.GPS: 38.730466 N, 0.055388 E Use View Venue Website below for precise location.Walking RouteDistance: 4 kmAround the country lanes between Benissa and Senija, through orchards of olives , Almonds, oranges and vineyards.TerrainWalking surfaceMostly well made surfaces (tarmac) […]
5:00pm doors open, for 5:30pm start (ends 8:30pm) U3A Membership Card for entrance (free) – NO booking required In northern Australia at the beginning of World War II, an English aristocrat inherits a cattle station the size of Maryland. When English cattle barons plot to take her land, she reluctantly joins forces with a rough […]
Ikea and Nueva Condomina Shopping areas are situated on either side of the E15 motorway, leading to the city of Murcia. Note. This trip is now full. You can email eileen.brown@u3amoraira-teulada.org to be added to the waiting list. We will depart Moraira at 8:30 and visit both areas by coach, the Nueva Condomina in the […]
Walk leaders: Jacqui & Andy Meeting PointThe centre of Les Fonts Urbanisation. GPS 38.742109 N, 0.134826 E Use View Venue Website below for precise location.Walking RouteDistance : 4,5 kmCountry paths, woods and vineyards. Some quiet urbanisation roads.TerrainWalking SurfaceMostly tarmac roads, one gravel track.AscentA number of short steep tarmac hills.Directions to Meeting PointFrom Moraira:Turn left at […]
