For details click on FAMILY HISTORY STUDY MEETING  24th February, 1.45pm-5.00pm. at the Royal Geographical Society, in conjunction with Ancestors Magazine. Places are limited and should the above events be oversubscribed we may be able to arrange similar programmes later in the year. In this case we would offer tickets first to those on waiting list.

National Summer Schools 2010 - full information and booking form from the National U3A website (see events). Venue: The Royal Agricultural College Cirencester. Dates: Monday 16th to Thursday 19th August and Monday 23rd to Thursday 26th August.

WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE ?
Does your U3A have a  Family History or Genealogy group? U3A is hoping to participate in the  "Who do you think you are? " Exhibition  to be held at Olympia  on 26th - 28th February 2010. If  you would like to offer an exhibit, or perhaps help with stewarding or indeed would like  any  more information about the Exhibition , please  contact  National U3A Vice-Chairman Barbara Lewis on  01923 260410 or barbara.lewis@u3a.org.uk      (She may be away some of the time but please leave a message if trying to telephone her).

Click: 'U3A explores Science at The Ri' Tuesday 30th March 2010 at 1.30 for 2pm for full details.

Click: 'U3A Jazz Appreciation Network Holiday to Rimini' 22nd - 28th June 2010 June for full details.

GLF Diversity Study Day - Reaching out to the Wider Community - 2nd March 2010,  Manor Court, St. Matthews Rd, Brixton, SW2 1NW. Subjects: “The U3A is great, let’s involve all our communities!’ - What does diversity mean to you? How can we achieve it?  - Come with your ideas! - Aim: Share ideas to develop a broadly based membership for new and existing U3As in London. Please click on: Background - Agenda - Application form

Film Festival at the Harrow Arts Centre - Cultural Services at Harrow Arts centre are putting on a Film Festival in February. There are details below of two films about Britain in Wartime which they believe may be of particular interest to our members and also a film about the early days of Harrow explored through still photography. For more information about these and other films please click on                         http://www.harrowarts.com/go/something-different/filmhac

Important U3A Events – 'U3A Explores Science at the Ri' – '2010 U3A Photography Competition' – 'Science, Technology and Society Network – The Annual Seminar at Abergavenny' For more details of these and other events, please go to the National U3A website on www.u3a.org.uk MEMBERS AREA and click on Events.

Staying Sharp 2010 – 'Neuroethics – What's Right – What's Wrong?' at the Royal Society, Carlton House Terrace, London SW1 – Wednesday 24^th March 2010 – 14:00 to 16:30 hrs. Admission by ticket only at £12.50 per person incl. refreshments. Apply to: Third Age Trust (Dana) 19 East Street, Bromley BR1 1QU enclosing s.a.e. Cheques payable to The Third Age Trust. No tickets available at the door.

Boris Johnson meeting: "Boris Johnson and the London Assembly: Peoples Question Time", Wed 3 March Harrow School 7-9pm (doors open 6pm). Ticketed event, so you need to apply bt E-mail to
peoplesquestions@london.gov.uk  or ring 020 7983 4762 (answerphone).
Anyone interested in attending please apply directly.

Please click on Second Shared Learning Project at the Manor Gardens Centre for full details on CHANGING PATTERNS IN INNER CITY HEALTH CARE PROVISION on Wednesday 5th May 2010 

Vue Cinemas in Harrow and Watford are putting on monthly programme screenings of live recordings of Operas, Ballets and Plays. The next one is the Globe Theatre's production of Romeo and Juliet to be screened on Monday 15th Feb at 2pm and Tuesday 16th at 6.15pm. Tickets £10 You can see the full programme for the year at www.myvue.com/classical Tickets only directly from cinemas.

Advance Notice: We are planning a 5days/4nights tour to Istanbul flying BA from Heathrow 4th October. Perfectly located 4* hotel, guided sightseeing programme including Blue Mosque, a Bosphorus cruise and Grand Bazaar etc. Provisional cost: between £570 and £590 sharing. Single supplement: £80.  If you are interested please e-mail Inga as soon as possible as we need an indication from you whether such a tour would be well received.  We regret, however, that  firm bookings can only be made after publication of the Newsletter.  Inga’s e-mail address is ingatours@aol.com

Inga is one of the new team that has taken over Tours and Visits from George and Mary Vulkan and Pat and Roy Rae and I would like to thank them for volunteering their services. U3A relies on its volunteers. 

HOWEVER no one has come forward for the position of Group Study Co-ordinator and unless we fill this position we will no longer be able to continue to provide you with any group activities. To find out more about this rewarding position please contact Tony Richardson at grimsdyke@waitrose.com Tony is looking forward to hearing from you. 

At the LSE: Please click Caryl Phillips for full details on: 'Reimagining Ageing' -  Award-Winning Anglo-Caribbean Writer Caryl Phillips in Conversation at the LSE from 16:30 to 18:00 on Friday 19 March, 2010 in Room U8, Tower 1, Clements Inn Entrance (next to Royal Courts of Justice), London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE), London WC2A 2AE. £6 (?£4 concessions); advance bookings / payments advised & prioritized; Contact Natalia Clarke (FCMAP Administrator): Natalia.clarke@brunel.ac.uk  or by telephone on  01895 267257 A Brunel Centre for Contemporary Writing (BCCW) 'Re-imagining Ageing' series Author Event Sponsored by the New Dynamics of Ageing / Research Councils UK

Please note - due to building work at the Arts Centre our notice board is at present not accessible so please pass on information to your friends and colleagues who do not have E-mail.