I am an amateur historian and, as well as sitting History exams at LSE for my degree. I established London Walks in the early 1970s. When living in Hertfordshire, I conducted Historic London Walks for a number of u3as and gave lectures on various aspects of the History of London. More generally, I have studied European and American History for 60 years.

In April 2010 I set up Barnet u3a's History of Britain Group. We decided to study British History chronologically - from the Bronze Age onwards. To date, the Group has reached the Second World War. Over the years the Group  has presented  Study Days on "The Normans", "The Elizabethans" and "The Victorians".

Having formed Barnet's first History of Britain Group, I then  advised members setting up four more History Groups and four London History/Walks groups. The History Groups approached their studies in a number of different ways - European History/specific aspects of British History (e.g. Industrial Revolution/Civil War/The Victorians, etc).

Since becoming a Subject Adviser for British History in April 2012 I have advised, once a month on average, new history groups in u3as around the country.

As Subject Adviser I can provide help to any u3a groups exploring British History. Please get in touch via my contact form.

Here is a helpful document for those considering starting or running a u3a British History group: Starting a u3a British History group (223.71 KB)