If you haven’t had a chance to visit the Mayflower Exhibition at The Box in Plymouth, you’re missing a treat. The museum is now fully open and houses a wonderful display of Plymouth’s history as well as a very interesting exhibition on The Mayflower. Its free to visit the museum and +£5 if you want […]
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Walking Group supports Dartmoor Rescue
Our two walking groups – The Explorers and The Amblers – have been able to donate £98.50 to Dartmoor Rescue this month. The two groups, who walk separately on Mondays, ask participants to contribute 50p when they join a walk and its amazing how quickly this mounts up. A small contribution towards the great work […]
Is Alice in Wonderland?
A new exhibition at the V & A has opened and Arts Society Lecturer, Elizabeth Merry, discusses the lure of Wonderland here
u3a day – what’s happening
Follow what’s going on at u3a here
Polperro, Cornwall’s forgotten Art Centre with David Tovey
At our May meeting, David Tovey showed us an amazing number and variety of wonderful pictures many from the period 1880 to 1914 and all inspired by Polperro. Recognised as one of the most beautiful fishing villages in Britain, Polperro has always attracted artists. In the mid-19th century, most of these had West Country connections […]
Enjoy an exhibition at the National Gallery
Courtesy of The National Gallery, investigate Jan Matejko’s (1838–1893) epic painting ‘Astronomer Copernicus’ here