Most months we invite a guest speaker to give us a talk; there's been a huge range in the past, and Gill, or Speaker's Secretary, is careful to find interesting people with intersting topics or stories to tell.
They are always at St Hugh's at 2.15pm for 2.30pm on the first Thursday of each month; below you can see the programme to the end of 2025.
Forthcoming events
5th November 2026
2:15 pm
Meeting
The Golden Age of Posters in Britain during the 1920s and 1930s was a thriving industry enabled by enlightened clients such as Shell-Mex, the London Underground, and the four railway […]
Cost: £3 for non-members, refunded if you join the u3a at the event. Free for members
3rd December 2026
2:15 pm - 4:00 pm
Meeting
John Kinory is a trained photographer and has worked as chief photographer of a research institute, taught photography for many years, and has had hundreds of photographs published and/or exhibited. […]
Cost: Free for members; non members, £3, refunded if you chose to join the u3a afterwards
7th January 2027
2:15 pm
Meeting
A presentation that explains the work we do at Swan Support, and I will also talk about the work we do with Royal Swan Upping and Henley Royal Regatta.
Cost: Free for members, visitors £3
Blogs about our previous Speaker Meetings
- Speaker Meeting, July - Dogs for GoodDogs for good is a local (Banbury) based charity, who train assistance dogs - for anyone who can benefit from them - disabled people, neurodiverse, SEN, and there were case studies presented as Videos by our speakers (Carol and Christine, fund raising volunteers for the Charity)- and the dog’s abilities were truly astounding - one… Read more: Speaker Meeting, July - Dogs for Good
- 21st Century Gardening - Speaker MeetingTim Walker is a most distinguished, and entertaining speaker - his CV included running the Oxfordshire Botannical Garden for 27 years, and he now lectures at Sommerville College. Tim spoke of the changes that had happened in gardening and how we need to continue to evolve to meet the challenges of climate change - a… Read more: 21st Century Gardening - Speaker Meeting
- Speaker Meeting - Wills and Powers of AttorneyOur speaker was Anna Boucher, Senior associate from the Burnside Partnership who are based at Combe Mill - Anna had been headhunted by our Chair, Sue, who had asked if she'd do a talk for us. Anna chose to use our microphone "Rock Star" style (hand held) and she certainly proved to be a star,… Read more: Speaker Meeting - Wills and Powers of Attorney
- Bess - the Wife of Sir Walter RaleighOur speakers meeting on the 4th December was Anna Beer, who's passion is about Bess, the Wife of the famous Sir Walter Raleigh. Who, I hear you say, and why .... but Anna had become enthusted during her research into the period and shared her enthusiasm with us in a most engaging talk, that took… Read more: Bess - the Wife of Sir Walter Raleigh
- Speakers Meeting, HEDGEROWS!The room was full for Jessica's talk - Jessica is from the charity "Wild Oxfordshire" and she knows her stuff about hedges .... mainly the ones that we see on the sides of the road and forming field bounaries, but which we may well take for granted as just "parts of the landscape". But they… Read more: Speakers Meeting, HEDGEROWS!