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.
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[...]
Professor Sonya Clegg – How to Make a Dodo: the Evolution of Island Birds
Rewley House Department for Continuing Education University of Oxford, Rewley House, 1 Wellington Square, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United KingdomSonya Clegg is Professor of Evolutionary Ecology in the Department of Biology. Prior to moving to Oxford in 2014 she[...]
Reverend Professor William Whyte – The University: A History in Stone, Silk and Blood
Rewley House Department for Continuing Education University of Oxford, Rewley House, 1 Wellington Square, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United KingdomWilliam Whyte is Professor of Social and Architectural History and a fellow of St John’s College. He chairs the Oxford[...]
Dr Simon Wenham – Sculls, Skiffs and Steamers: a History of Salter Bros, 1858 to the Present
Rewley House Department for Continuing Education University of Oxford, Rewley House, 1 Wellington Square, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United KingdomSimon Wenham is a department tutor at Oxford University’s Lifelong Learning department, where he teaches about Victorian Britain. He is[...]
Charlotte Ellis – My Granny and the Gestapo
Rewley House Department for Continuing Education University of Oxford, Rewley House, 1 Wellington Square, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United KingdomOxford resident Charlie Ellis has a remarkable family story to share. Her grandmother was 14 years old when she was[...]
Megan Lea – A Historical Dictionary for the 21st Century: An Introduction to the OED
Rewley House Department for Continuing Education University of Oxford, Rewley House, 1 Wellington Square, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United KingdomMegan Lea is a lexicographer at the Oxford English Dictionary, with experience both in revising existing dictionary entries and in[...]