Talks take place on Thursday afternoons, starting at 2pm, and usually take place in the Lecture Hall, Rewley House, 1 Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JA. These are free for Oxford u3a members but you are welcome to attend as a guest for a donation of £5 (£2 for members of all other U3As).
Most talks are recorded on Zoom for the benefit of those Oxford u3a members who are unable to attend Rewley House.
In the event of adverse weather conditions, please telephone Rewley House (01865 270360), to enquire whether the talk has been cancelled.
Wood Farm: the Oxford Suburb where City and Countryside Meet
Rewley House Department for Continuing Education University of Oxford, Rewley House, 1 Wellington Square, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United KingdomLiz Wooley is a freelance local historian: she is a writer, speaker, broadcaster, tutor, tour guide and project co-ordinator. She[...]
David Etherington – A Life in the Law
Rewley House Department for Continuing Education University of Oxford, Rewley House, 1 Wellington Square, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United KingdomDavid Etherington KC read Law at Keble in the mid 70s (taught by the great Peter North) and was a[...]
Professor Greger Larsen – The Story of the Story of Domestication
Rewley House Department for Continuing Education University of Oxford, Rewley House, 1 Wellington Square, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United KingdomGreger Larson received his bachelor's degree in 1996 from Claremont McKenna College, a small liberal arts college in California. He[...]
Professor Glen O’Hara – New Labour, New Britain? How Much did Tony Blair’s Governments Change the Country?
Rewley House Department for Continuing Education University of Oxford, Rewley House, 1 Wellington Square, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United KingdomProfessor O'Hara was at Oxford University as an undergraduate and a postgraduate between 1993 and 1997, where he won the Gladstone[...]
Alexander Massey – “What is Most Personal is Most Universal”: A Composer’s Response to Jewish Sacred Text
Rewley House Department for Continuing Education University of Oxford, Rewley House, 1 Wellington Square, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United KingdomAlexander Massey is a singer (opera, oratorio, jazz, folk), multi-instrumentalist, and published composer, and taught professional singers and actors for[...]
Dr Oscar Patton – Remember, Remember: Memorials of the Gunpowder Plot in Jacobean Britain
Rewley House Department for Continuing Education University of Oxford, Rewley House, 1 Wellington Square, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United KingdomDr Oscar Patton is a historian of religion, society, and culture in Early Modern Britain, and is currently a lecturer[...]
Professor Beth Breeze – Philanthropy: Why People Give
Rewley House Department for Continuing Education University of Oxford, Rewley House, 1 Wellington Square, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United KingdomBeth Breeze became Principal of Harris Manchester College, Oxford in October 2025, after 20 years at the University of Kent[...]
Dr Muriel Pilkington – The Presbyterian Cavalier
Rewley House Department for Continuing Education University of Oxford, Rewley House, 1 Wellington Square, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United KingdomDr Muriel Pilkington is an Oxford Modern History graduate. Her career was as a history and social economics teacher in[...]