Our Monthly Meetings are the main regular event for all NLU3A members.
The meetings start with an informal gathering over tea and coffee, served from 10.00 am. The main part of the meeting – an illustrated talk by an expert in their area – starts at 10:30 and finishes around noon.
NLU3A Monthly Meetings usually take place on the second Monday of the month and are held at St Margaret’s United Reformed Church, Victoria Avenue, London N3 1BD. View map. The venue is a short walk from Finchley Central tube station, or it can be reached by buses 13, 125, 143, 326 and 460 from Hendon Lane or Regent’s Park Road.
To help manage numbers, please email meetings@nlu3a.org.uk if you are planning to attend, if possible by the Friday before the meeting.
Non-members are welcome to attend one Monthly Meeting to find out more about NLU3A. However, anyone wishing to attend more than one Monthly Meeting is required to join NLU3A.
Forthcoming events
Mon 11 May 2026
10:00am - 12:00pm
There was once said to be a ‘special relationship’ between the US and the UK; now, we sometimes feel more like the 51st state, at least in terms of popular […]
Booking Required
Mon 8 Jun 2026
10:00am - 12:00pm
What do three murderers, Karl Marx’s daughter, a kleptomaniac and a vegetarian vicar have in common? In fact they all helped create the Oxford English Dictionary. While the OED has […]
Booking Required
Mon 13 Jul 2026
10:00am - 12:00pm
In 2014, NLU3A member Peter Cox embarked on an extraordinary project. Convinced that people born between the wars were a forgotten generation, he decided to interview over 120 members of London […]
Booking Required
Previous events
Mon 13 Apr 2026
10:00am - 12:00pm
During World War II, British double agent and career criminal Eddie Chapman, known as ‘Zigzag’, was highly regarded by both the Germans and the British. Trained in spycraft and sabotage by […]
Booking Required
Mon 9 Mar 2026
10:00am - 12:00pm
Note: This talk replaces the previously listed talk on the Silk Road. This is an irreverent account of the history of public toilet provision in London from Roman times to […]
Booking Required
Mon 9 Feb 2026
10:00am - 12:00pm
The far-reaching economic and social changes that took place in Britain during the first phase of the Industrial Revolution also influenced the art that was produced. In this talk, Angela Cox […]
Booking Required
Mon 12 Jan 2026
10:00am - 12:00pm
Venice is eternally fascinating. But how did a desperate refugee shanty town built on a swamp turn into the massive trading empire whose billions nourished the creativity of Titian and […]
Booking Required
Mon 10 Nov 2025
10:00am - 12:00pm
Hendon has long-standing links with aviation, from the days of aviation pioneer Claude Grahame-White, through the Hendon air shows of the 1920s and 1930s, to RAF Hendon’s role in both […]
Mon 13 Oct 2025
10:00am - 12:00pm
Why are the works of works of two Victorians, WS Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, still so popular? In this talk, speaker Bernard Lockett reviews the world-wide popularity of Gilbert and […]
Mon 8 Sep 2025
10:00am - 12:00pm
As a poor cousin to neighbouring Hampstead and Highgate, Kentish Town is under-appreciated, and suffers from a widespread myth that here there is little of value here. In this talk, London […]
Mon 14 Jul 2025
10:00am - 12:00pm
As the final court of appeal for the UK, the Supreme Court plays a vital role in UK life, making legal decisions on everything from commercial, employment and public law, to […]
Mon 9 Jun 2025
10:00am - 12:00pm
In this illustrated talk, professional plantswoman Caroline Broome takes a look at some of England's finest gardens to see how their grand designs can be adapted to suit our own smaller […]
Mon 12 May 2025
10:00am - 12:00pm
Harrods has been in the headlines recently for unfortunate reasons. However, as Londoners, many of us will have personally enjoyed visiting and perhaps shopping in this magnificent and historic department […]
Mon 14 Apr 2025
10:00am - 12:00pm
There is general agreement that reform of the House of Lords is urgently needed – but little consensus on what the reforms should be, or even on the Lords’ purpose. […]
Mon 10 Mar 2025
10:00am - 12:00pm
In the 1840s and 1850s, a period of economic slump, poverty and famine, painters began drawing attention to the conditions of working-class life in Britain. By the 1870s and 1880s, […]
Mon 10 Feb 2025
10:00am - 12:00pm
Using a helicopter from 08:00 to sunset, and rapid response cars at night or in adverse weather situations, London’s Air Ambulance is the charity that brings the hospital to the […]