Venue: The Apex, Charter Square, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 3FD.
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Doors to the auditorium will open approximately 15 minutes before the lecture.
For more information about Monthly Talks please email monthlytalks@u3aburystedmunds.co.uk
The Life and Work of Peter Carl Faberge – The World’s Greatest Goldsmith
The Apex Charter Square, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, United Kingdomby Guest Speaker, John Benjamin This talk analyses the mercurial rise of Carl Fabergé in pre-revolution Russia who, by his late 30’s, was producing incomparable jewels and objets d’art for the Imperial Court and bourgeois Moscow and St Petersburg. The … Continue reading
Positive Ageing
The Apex Charter Square, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, United Kingdomby Guest Speaker, Christine Webber Christine Webber believes passionately that we should strive to live as well as possible for as long as possible. She argues that the chronic older-age conditions so many of us suffer from can be avoided, … Continue reading
Remembering (and forgetting) St Edmund after the Reformation.
The Apex Charter Square, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, United Kingdomby Guest Speaker, Francis Young The cult of St Edmund did not disappear after the destruction of his shrine in Bury St Edmunds in November 1539, and St Edmund continued to be remembered (although at times rather hazily) in Suffolk … Continue reading
Music for Christmas
The Apex Charter Square, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, United Kingdomby guest speaker, Tom Appleton Tom Appleton is a professional conductor, singer, presenter, educator, producer, and arts consultant who is based in West Suffolk. His career has seen him work for a variety of cultural organisations including the Monteverdi Choir, … Continue reading
Viking Age East Anglia
The Apex Charter Square, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, United Kingdomby guest speaker, Dr Richard Hoggett From the middle decades of the 9th century until the Norman Conquest, East Anglia was an integral part of the Viking world which spanned the North Sea basin. Drawing on historical sources, archaeological sites, … Continue reading
