Dates for
Monthly Meetings for 2024-25
Farnborough U3A Monthly Meetings 2024-25
Farnborough U3A Monthly Meetings 2024-25
All meetings are held at the Farnborough College of Technology and start at 3:00pm
All meetings are held at the Farnborough College of Technology and start at 3:00pm
25th October tba
25th October tba
29th November 2024
29th November 2024
A BEGINNING, A MUDDLE & AN END:
A BEGINNING, A MUDDLE & AN END:
Where do novelists get their ideas from?
Where do novelists get their ideas from?
In an entertaining, informative talk, Bobbie Darbyshire will explain how the complex world of character, location, plot and subplot arrives in a writer’s mind.
In an entertaining, informative talk, Bobbie Darbyshire will explain how the complex world of character, location, plot and subplot arrives in a writer’s mind.
Winner of the 2008 fiction prize at the National Academy of Writing and the New Delta Review Creative Non-fiction Prize 2010, she is author of five novels, including “The Posthumous Adventures of Harry Whittaker” and “The Third Bus”. Bobbie has worked as barmaid, mushroom picker, film extra, maths coach, cabinet minister’s private secretary, care assistant and volunteer adult-literacy teacher, as well as in social research and government policy. Bobbie lives in London and hosts a writers’ group.
Winner of the 2008 fiction prize at the National Academy of Writing and the New Delta Review Creative Non-fiction Prize 2010, she is author of five novels, including “The Posthumous Adventures of Harry Whittaker” and “The Third Bus”. Bobbie has worked as barmaid, mushroom picker, film extra, maths coach, cabinet minister’s private secretary, care assistant and volunteer adult-literacy teacher, as well as in social research and government policy. Bobbie lives in London and hosts a writers’ group.
28th Feb 2025 ~ Bernard Lockett
28th Feb 2025 ~ Bernard Lockett
The Heritage of Gilbert and Sullivan
The Heritage of Gilbert and Sullivan
Bernard Lockett will begin his talk with an historical background to the creative and ground-breaking compositions of Gilbert and Sullivan, then give an assessment and overview of the works of G&S and consideration of the actual G&S shows genre. Next, he will look at the vast amount of social and political satire within the shows, and the reasons for them. Finally, he will lead his audience to see the world-wide popularity of G&S in the 21st century and to look at modern production values.
Bernard Lockett will begin his talk with an historical background to the creative and ground-breaking compositions of Gilbert and Sullivan, then give an assessment and overview of the works of G&S and consideration of the actual G&S shows genre. Next, he will look at the vast amount of social and political satire within the shows, and the reasons for them. Finally, he will lead his audience to see the world-wide popularity of G&S in the 21st century and to look at modern production values.
Also, Bernard will be showing G&S show excerpts to illustrate his presentation.
Also, Bernard will be showing G&S show excerpts to illustrate his presentation.
28th March 2025
28th March 2025
Meetings already held
Meetings already held
27th September 2024
27th September 2024
The title of Timandra Slade's talk is 'FROM A HARD PLACE TO A ROCK'
The title of Timandra Slade's talk is 'FROM A HARD PLACE TO A ROCK'
The story of two cousins fighting with the BEF in the north of France. Both men are, separately, captured by the Germans, escape and following roughly parallel routes make their way down through France and into Spain, where they find themselves being unexpectedly reunited in Barcelona. Despite all they have gone through further dangers await.
The story of two cousins fighting with the BEF in the north of France. Both men are, separately, captured by the Germans, escape and following roughly parallel routes make their way down through France and into Spain, where they find themselves being unexpectedly reunited in Barcelona. Despite all they have gone through further dangers await.
