Art Group 2, mixed media in these COVID times we are meeting online with a combination of zoom, emails and telephone calls, in more normal times we meet in the United Reform Church Kingston on Tuesday afternoon.We are a happy group who have a real love of putting pen, pencil, brush and more to paper. Our tutor is Pat Boyle who challenges and educates us with well thought out projects and is always encouraging and supportive, whatever our individual level.

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ABSTRACT 19 & 26 JANUARY 2021

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This is the fifth episode of our podcast, made by a team of u3a members with experience in radio. Each episode, which comes out on the 17th of each month, features interviews with u3a members and captures the amazing things happening across the u3a movement.

This month, we go wild swimming in Cornwall, take a trip to Japan and hear a song that could have been written with the pandemic in mind.

Listen to the episode now on our YouTube channel and listen to all previous episodes on our playlist. 

If you have a story to share, please get in touch with us.

The Third Age Trust is holding some online talks in March which may be of interest to you.

You can see all of them listed on the national u3a website, along with dates and times. Most of these events are free of charge. Subjects for which there are still tickets include:

• The Art of the Album Cover – four-week course: 2, 9,16, 23 March
  10-11.15am
• The Drifting Continents: A lesson in geology – 4 March, 2-3.30pm
• Staying Safe Online – 4 March, 2pm (I have attended this course already and found it very useful – editor.)
• Wellbeing in Nature – 11 March, 2-3pm
• Leonardo da Vinci: Would he have made a good u3a member? – 8 March,
  10-11.15pm
• Egyptology: Women in Ancient Egypt – 8 March, 2-3.15pm
• Fire! A century of the Volunteer Fire Brigade – 17 March, 2-3.30pm
• Turner and Mythology – (with the National Gallery), £5.50, 18 March
  11am-12.30pm
• Springtime Treats: Live cookery demonstration – 22 March, 10.30-11.30am
• A Taste of Japan – 24 March 2pm
• The Paradigm of Plate Tectonics: A lesson in geology – 25 March, 2-3.30pm
• Where did our favourite plants come from? – 31 March, 2-3pm
• Maths on the Back of an Envelope – 15 April, 2-3pm

It’s a good idea to make a note of the national u3a Events page and check it regularly to make sure you are in time to book any talks you are interested in. By the time we publish our bulletins and newsletters, these events are often sold out.

All the Kingston Monthly Meetings since August have been held on Zoom with members being emailed a link so they can join in.   This has met with great support  nearly reaching the 100 maximum on our Zoom licence in most months. We weren’t completely sure if a few extra might creep in should we hit the magic one hundred well in January we found out it was 100 and no more so several members couldn’t join us.  Consequently at the next Committee meeting after some research we have upped the licence to the next level and unless over 500 of you join us which of course would be magnificent we should be fine!  So see you on 1st Feb to hear Imogen Cunningham speak on the Bayeux Tapestry.

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