An updated description: In 1967, Ian qualified as a Chartered Accountant and got married. In 1968 he set off with his wife, younger sister and baby daughter to sail across […]

Venue: Methodist Church Hall, Midhurst

Cost: £3 for members; £5 for visitors considering joining

This theatre trip is full - waiting list only. Join our new Theatre Group to go on outings like this. Contact Judy Fowler and give her your details to join […]

Venue: Yvonne Arnaud Theatre

Trevor’s talk is about the glorification of crime and the elevation to status of folk hero of some very unsavoury people. Subjects include Al Capone, Dick Turpin, Ronnie Biggs, Ned […]

Venue: Methodist Church Hall, Midhurst

Cost: £3 for members; £5 for visitors considering joining

David’s talk will focus on the stories behind the images including a leveret having a bad hare day, fishy goings on with puffins, otters, deer rutting, beavers munching and many […]

Venue: Methodist Church Hall, Midhurst

Cost: £3 for members; £5 for visitors considering joining

Midhurst u3a: securing the future. Following the formal part of the AGM, members will be served tea and scones with cream and homemade jam, before engaging in discussion about the […]

Venue: Methodist Church Hall, Midhurst

Cost: Free - members only

In the days of the British ‘Raj’ the hill station of Darjeeling, some 7,000ft in the Himalayas, provided cooling relief and fond reminders of home. In 1881 the local economy […]

Venue: Methodist Church Hall, Midhurst

Cost: £3 for members; £5 for visitors considering joining

Midhurst U3A - Spring Lunch Monday 13 April 2026 (Note change of date) 12.30pm for 1.00pm The Unicorn, Heyshott Drinks to be ordered separately Chicken in White Wine (cream sauce on rice served […]

Venue: Unicorn Inn, Heyshott

Cost: 2 Standard Courses £30.00        2 Small Courses £25.50

This is the story of a couple forced to make a terrifying journey to escape from a terrible war. Some of you may have read the bestselling book.  Contact Judy […]

Venue: Yvonne Arnaud Theatre

Cost: £47.50 including transport by Tandem bus

Jez Smith is a sound therapist and historical musician, with over 40 years experience playing music and moving into sound therapy over the last 10 years. As a hearing impaired […]

Venue: Methodist Church Hall, Midhurst

Cost: £3 for members; £4 for visitors considering joining

Agatha Christie revelled in the use of poison to kill off unfortunate victims in her books; indeed she employed it more than any other murder method, with the poison itself […]

Venue: Methodist Church Hall, Midhurst

Cost: £3 for members; £4 for visitors considering joining

The inspirational story of the bravery of Violette Szabo, a Special Operations Executive (SOE) in WW2, her brief marriage to Etienne Szabo, a French Legionnaire, before he was killed in […]

Venue: Methodist Church Hall, Midhurst

Cost: £3 for members £4 for visitors considering joining

Menu (Includes a small glass of house wine) Roast Turkey with Roast Potatoes, Stuffing, Chipolata wrapped in Bacon, Vegetables & Gravy Confit Duck Leg on Beer Bolangere with Blackberry & […]

Venue: Unicorn Inn, Heyshott

Cost: Standard 2 Courses £38 Small 2 Courses £28

Nitty Nora is a larger than life seven foot tall Pantomime Dame who’ll delight us with her antics. We’ll learn and laugh as we realise that Pantomime is in our […]

Venue: Methodist Church Hall, Midhurst

Cost: £3 for members; £4 for visitors considering joining

When Lord Egremont died, the great JMW Turner walked through Petworth ahead of his coffin. Hear the story of the 30 year association between two brilliant but highly unconventional men […]

Venue: Methodist Church Hall, Midhurst

Cost: Cost: £3 for members; £4 for visitors considering joining

This course is run on two consecutive afternoons, and you need to be able to attend both. Times are  Friday 31 October and Saturday 1 November 2.00 pm - 5.00 […]

Venue: Methodist Hall, Midhurst Room 76

Cost: £37.25

Along the Channel coast people work in a variety of occupations, some new and some of a historic nature; fishermen, harbour teams, boatbuilders, holiday camp entertainers and ……..smugglers! This talk […]

Venue: Methodist Church Hall, Midhurst

Cost: £3 for members; £4 for visitors considering joining

Doors open at 2.00pm; talk starts at 2.30pm - tea/coffee served until 2.20pm. This is a short talk by the Co-op Legal Services. They will provide some insight about the […]

Venue: Methodist Church Hall, Midhurst

Cost: £2.00 For members and carers or next of kin of Midhurst u3a members

Arrive 6.00pm for 6.30pm. Menu choices from: Bring your own drinks. Teams of 6 or come on your own and we will make up a team (for you). Team prizes […]

Venue: Memorial Hall, Midhurst

Cost: £15.00

Come along to our Coffee Morning on 20th September 10.30am to 1pm to find out what Midhurst u3a is all about. Free tea/coffee available. Why this date? Because all over […]

Venue: Methodist Church Hall, Midhurst

Discover the extraordinary life of Vice-Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson (1758 -1805) through paintings, drawings and prints. Nelson was a charismatic and complex character who met his premature death on the […]

Venue: Methodist Church Hall, Midhurst

Cost: Cost: £3 for members £4 for visitors considering joining

PUT ON THE RITZ!  The theatre describes Top Hat as a fine vintage Champagne, effervescent, elegant and exhilarating.  The show is directed by the American Kathleen Marshall who won awards for Anything Goes in London recently and is […]

Venue: Chichester Festival Theatre

Cost: £57 plus £2 cash

Sohail published an epic memoir that involved 6 years research and will base his talk about the extraordinary story of his Jewish mother and Muslim father, and how their own […]

Venue: Methodist Church Hall, Midhurst

Cost: Cost: £3 for members £4 for visitors considering joining

Burma (now Myanmar) is often best known for its memories of Kipling and the intense fighting in World War Two. But now, after a brief period of democracy, it is […]

Venue: Methodist Church Hall, Midhurst

Cost: Cost: £3 for members £4 for visitors considering joining

Just two tickets left! We’re in Mississippi in 1946.  Sister Rosetta has changed the face of gospel music.  She has dared to extend her range of musical appearances from the […]

Venue: Chichester Festival Theatre

Cost: £50

This is designed as a follow on from the Beginners Course with plenty of demonstrations. How to splatter paint and use cling film for effects, tricks of the trade and […]

Venue: Methodist Hall, Midhurst Room 76

Cost: £34.25 per person for a class of 4

A talk that selects some of the iconic  views of West Sussex and explores their geographical origins, their historical significance, their artistic value and other factors that make them so […]

Venue: Methodist Church Hall, Midhurst

Cost: Cost: £3 for members £4 for visitors considering joining

The Arts Society Leatherhead are putting on a fascinating talk on architecture on June 6. (See below) Ian Swankie is an amazing TAS accredited lecturer and the Menuhin Hall in Cobham […]

Venue: Menuhin Hall

Cost: £25.00 for the two talks

It may have been written 190 years ago and it may have been written in Russia but the issues in the satirical play The Government Inspector resound as clearly today […]

Venue: Chichester Festival Theatre

Cost: £42 plus £2 cash on the day

Morning tour of Shoreham Airport which is the oldest airport in the UK and the oldest purpose-built commercial airport in the world still in operation. It has a fascinating history […]

Cost: £50.00

Fully booked - contact Judy to go on the waiting list Following on from his first sell-out tour, Tim Rice reflects on his long career at the heart of musical […]

Venue: Pavilion Theatre, Worthing

Cost: £52 plus £3 for the driver

Artists have frequently depicted themselves with the tools of their trade especially but not always - in self portraits. In this lecture Alexandra will look at the significance of artists’ […]

Venue: Methodist Church Hall, Midhurst

Cost: £3 for members £4 for visitors considering joining

Booking starts at the monthly meeting on Tuesday 18 February 12.30pm for 1.00pm, The Unicorn Heyshott Drinks to be ordered separately To book your place, please complete the form (one […]

Venue: Unicorn Inn, Heyshott

Cost: 2 Courses £30          2 Small Courses £25.00

Nico Dekker is a chartered engineer and director of the company Railway Systems Consultants Ltd based in Midhurst. He will give a talk on his life and career as a […]

Venue: Methodist Church Hall, Midhurst

Cost: £2 for members £3 for visitors considering joining

The daring rescue of steamship passengers off the Northumberland coast in 1838 which brought Grace international fame. Discover more about her bravery and short life living in the Brownsman and […]

Venue: Methodist Church Hall, Midhurst

Cost: £2 for members £3 for visitors considering joining

An illustrated talk by Penny Olsen Friday, 24 January, 2025 at 10.30am , Coffee/Tea served from 10am. Please email Sheila to book a place. On the morning of Friday, 24th January […]

Venue: Methodist Church Hall, Midhurst

Cost: £5

 At 3, Bette inherits the immense wealth of the Percy Dynasty, including Petworth, Syon and Alnwick. By 15, she is on her third husband, having fled her loathsome second husband […]

Venue: Methodist Church Hall, Midhurst

Cost: £2 for members £3 for visitors considering joining

All Midhurst u3a members welcome

Venue: Methodist Church Hall, Midhurst

Cost: £2-3 to cover hall hire and refreshments

Waiting list only Cost: Regular 3 Courses £37 or 2 Courses £33 Small 3 Courses £29 or Small 2 Courses £25 Menu Cauliflower & Chestnut SoupVenison & Cranberry Terrine with […]

Venue: Unicorn Inn, Heyshott

There will be time for you to find a place for lunch or wander around the magnificent cathedral and explore over 1,000 years of history. Closer to the date, check […]

Cost: £28

The Royal Sussex Regiment can trace its roots to the formation of the 35th Regiment of Foot in 1701 and, after three centuries of dedicated service around the world, was […]

Venue: Methodist Church Hall, Midhurst

Cost: £2 for members £3 for visitors considering joining

Open to all Midhurst u3a members. This month's meeting will be presented by our own Nigel Goodenough and is entitled  "ELECTRICITY – CLEAN SIMPLICITY – A personal move towards a […]

Venue: Methodist Church Hall, Midhurst

Cost: Small charge to cover the cost of the hall

Filumena - theatre trip to the Yvonne-Arnaud Theatre in Guildford Matinee with transport provided. Filumena Marturano, written in 1946 and translated many times, - this one by Keith Waterhouse & […]