Groups list

Groups listed by category

Arts

• Art – Anyone Can Draw
  Weekly on Mondays 10:00am-12:30pm
• Art We Like – Talking about pictures
  Fortnightly on Thursdays 10:30am-12:30pm
• Drawing and Painting with an iPad
  Fortnightly on Wednesdays 10:00am-11:30am
  For further venue information, please contact the Group Coordinator
• Friday Film Group
  Monthly on Fridays 2:00pm
• History of Art
  Fortnightly on Fridays 10:30am-12:00pm
  For further information, please contact the Group Coordinator
• Jazz Appreciation
  Fortnightly on Thursdays 10:00am-12:00pm
  For further venue information, please contact the Group Coordinator
• Life Drawing and Portrait Studio
  Weekly on Tuesdays 1:30pm-4:30pm
• Museums & Galleries
  Monthly on Wednesdays 10:00am
  Usually the 1st Wednesday of the month
• Opera
  Monthly on Thursdays 10:00am-1:00pm
• Photography
  Fortnightly on Thursdays 10:00am-11:30am
  Visits with photographic interest
• Playing Chamber Music
  Weekly on Mondays 1:00pm-3:00pm
• Singing for Pleasure
  Weekly on Tuesdays 10:30am-12:00pm

Card and board games

• Bridge - Beginners and Improvers
  Weekly on Monday afternoons 2:00pm-4:00pm
  For further venue information, please contact the Group Coordinator
• Bridge – Improvers (Wednesday)
  Weekly on Wednesday mornings
• Bridge – Improvers 1
  Weekly on Thursdays 4:30pm-6:00pm
  For further venue information, please contact the Group Coordinator
• Bridge – Improvers Plus (Friday)
  Weekly on Friday mornings
• Bridge – Intermediate Plus – Monday
  Weekly on Mondays 10:00am-12:00pm
• Canasta (Bolivia Canasta)
  Weekly on Mondays 2:00pm-5:30pm
• Chess Club
  on Wednesday afternoons 3:00pm-5:00pm
  2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month during term time
• Games Group (Triominoes, Qwirkle & Rummikub – and many more!)
  Fortnightly on Wednesday afternoons 2:00pm
• Mah Jong
  Fortnightly on Mondays 2:00pm-4:00pm
  For further venue information, please contact the Group Coordinator
• Scrabble
  Monthly on Mondays 3:00pm
  2nd Monday of the month

English language and literature

• Book Group: Contemporary Novelists
  Monthly on Mondays 10:30am-12:00pm
• Creative Writing Group
  Fortnightly
• Cryptic Crossword – 1
  Monthly on Wednesdays 2:30pm-4:00pm
  For further venue information, please contact the Group Coordinator
• Cryptic Crossword – 2
  Monthly on Wednesdays 2:00pm-4:00pm
  For further venue information, please contact the Group Coordinator
• Modern and Contemporary Literature
  Fortnightly on Fridays 10:00am-12:00pm
• Play Reading
  Fortnightly on Wednesdays 2:00pm-4:00pm
• Poetry Appreciation
  Monthly on Wednesday afternoons 3:00pm-5:00pm
  For further venue information, please contact the Group Coordinator
• Reading Classic Novels
  Monthly on Wednesdays 2:30pm-4:30pm
  For further venue information, please contact the Group Coordinator
• Reading Shakespeare
  Fortnightly on Thursdays 2:00pm-4:00pm
• Reading the World
  Fortnightly on Thursday afternoons 2:00pm-3:00pm
  For further information, please contact the Group Coordinator

Foreign languages and literature

• Carpe Diem (Latin)
  Weekly on Thursdays 10:30am-12:00pm
• French – Everyday Conversation
  Fortnightly on Mondays 10:30am-12:00pm
  For further venue information, please contact the Group Coordinator
• French Conversation – Advanced
  Weekly on Wednesdays 2:00pm-3:30pm
• French Literature
  Weekly on Mondays 10:00am-12:00pm
• German Conversation
  Fortnightly on Thursday mornings 10:00am-11:30am
  1st and 3rd Thursday of the month
• Italian – brush up your Italian
  Weekly on Mondays 10:00am-12:00pm
• Reading in Translation
  Monthly on Tuesday afternoons 2:30pm-4:00pm
  For further venue information, please contact the Group Coordinator
• Spanish – Brush Up Your Spanish
  Weekly on Tuesdays 2:00pm-4:00pm

Humanities

• American History
  Fortnightly on Wednesdays 10:15am-12:00pm
• Armchair Critics
  on Mondays 3:15pm-4:45pm
  1st and 3rd Monday of each month
• Garden Visits
  Monthly on Mondays 10:00am-3:00pm
• History – A Sideways Look
  Fortnightly on Fridays 2:00pm-3:30pm
• History Without Borders
  Fortnightly on Wednesdays 2:00pm-3:30pm
• Knitting for Charity
  Monthly on Sundays 3:00pm-5:00pm
• Life, Art & Politics
  on Monday mornings 10:00am-12:00pm
  1st and 3rd of the month
• London Architecture Visits
  Monthly
• Philosophy
  on Thursday afternoons 2:30pm-4:00pm
  Four weekly meeting
• Shape of London
  Weekly on Tuesday mornings 10:45am-12:00pm
  Also on zoom
• Theatre Outings
• Who Do You Think You Are?
  Monthly on Monday afternoons 2:30pm

Open groups and other activities

• Away Days
  on Fridays
  About three times a term at various locations over London
• Further Away Days

Physical activities

• Country Dancing
  Weekly on Thursdays 2:00pm-4:00pm
• Dance
  Weekly on Tuesdays 11:45am-12:45pm
• Exploring London's Rivers
  Monthly on Thursday mornings
  at the River Lea
• Walks – local short
  Weekly on Fridays 10:30am-12:30pm
• Walks – London Historic
  Monthly on Thursdays 10:30am-12:30pm
  Within the Freedom pass area of London
• Yoga – Chair Yoga & Meditation
  Weekly on Fridays 12:15pm-1:15pm

Science and technology

• Climate, Science and Society
  Fortnightly on Thursdays 10:30am-12:00pm
  1st and 3rd Thursday
• Technology and Changing Times
  Weekly on Fridays 4:30pm-5:30pm

Social events

• Wine Appreciation
  Monthly on Thursdays 10:30am-12:30pm
  2nd Thursday of the month