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Happy New Year! We're always learning here at Explore, so if you're looking for a new hobby maybe our new programme will offer some inspiration? View our programme at weareexplore.org.uk/Explore_curren… Join our mailing list at eepurl.com/du5PKX

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Our new programme is out now! You can read all about Season Two starting Monday 20th January, including our FREE taster morning via the link below. Get in touch with any enquiries, and enjoy our new programme! weareexplore.org.uk/Explore_curren…

Season Two Programme coming soon so be sure to join our mailing list to find out what's coming up in the New Year. If you're interested in joining, buying Gift Membership for a friend (or hinting at one for yourself!) or want more info, just get in touch. eepurl.com/du5PKX

We’ve finally arrived at the end of Week 10. We’ll be taking a break over the holidays but we’re back in January for Season Two! Look out for our new programme and free Taster sessions. Join our mailing list for more details, get in touch eepurl.com/du5PKX

Thanks this week to: Sam Dobbie The Political Activities of Mme Roland Jill Harrison Reviving the Trinity Stones and Exploring Montpensier's Beautiful Book of Hours Fred Stevenson Our Place in Universe: Introduction to Astronomy Mike Barke (Newcastle’s Golden Jubilee Expo 1887

Thanks this week to Henry Martin (The Mosaics of Rome & Ravenna) @AntheaLang1 (Exciting Times: Living in 19th Century Newcastle') Dr Kimberley Hardcastle (AI Unveiled: Beyond the Hype & Into Daily Life) & Contemporary British Painting’s Prof David J Manley (Never Trust A Painter)

It's been another engaging week with talks about incredible Byzantine mosaics of sunny Italy and the not so sunny 19th Century Newcastle, from asking how much we can trust our Virtual Assistants to a very trustworthy artist pushing us to view the world in a way we've never seen.

Thanks to speakers this week: Darren Harper, Unleashing Creativity: Portrait of AI as an Artist; Mike Greatbatch, Spital Tongues- Healthy Retreat to Cholera Hotspot 1730-1860; Roger Mitchel, Crossing Borders: Cinema & Depictions of Migration, & Kirsty Harris, Painting the Bomb

Is the world worrying about issues we should have solved already? Intimidating new technologies, health scares/scandals, xenophobia, or our attraction to global annihilation? We’re learning from the past, present and future at Explore Our mailing list eepurl.com/du5PKX

Thanks to all our members and speakers who continue to offer reason, insight, integrity and compassion in an often puzzling world. With special thanks this week to: #lifelonglearning #adulteducation #adultlearning More details at eepurl.com/du5PKX

Contemporary British Painting’s Alex Hanna 'Painting Practice & Process' Michael Ayton 'Bertolt Brecht: The Poetry) Bronwen Calvert 'A Change of Perspective: 4 21st Century Novels' & Dr Ann-Katrin Kraeuter ‘Are Fats in Your Diet Really Frying Your Brain?’eepurl.com/du5PKX

Thanks to Professor Nick Neave with 'What is Hoarding Disorder?', Colm O'Brien talking about founder of Prehistoric Archaeology in 'John Frere & Human Beings' and Dr Nick Cott @cott_nick exploring 'Lloyd George: Personality, Power & Politics' More details eepurl.com/du5PKX

We welcome brilliant filmmaker Fabiola Lambert this season - she's documenting our friendly Art & Craft Studio group, led by the ever-inspiring artist & educator Jenny Alderson. join our mailing list for more details. eepurl.com/du5PKX

Thanks this week to Jo Bath 'What's New Pussycat? A History of the Pet Cat, Euan Lynn 'The Story of Brutalism & Brasilia of the North', Claire Nally 'Literature for the Spooky Season' and Pat Lowery 'In Sickness & In Health: Healthcare in Past Times' list- eepurl.com/du5PKX

We've been playing with what old really means this week at Explore: Ancient Greek pottery with Sally Waite? Peloponnesian Wars with Jordan Bayley? Beginnings of life on Earth with Derek Teasdale? Thinking from a new perspective can be so rejuvenating -thanks to our speakers

2 Thanks also to Bill Granger, founder of Humshaugh Net Zero who came to speak about how local communities can tackle climate change and help progress towards net zero. All programmed by our independent, volunteer-led team. Good people - good things happen. #lifelonglearning

2 And thanks to Bill Granger, founder of Humshaugh Net Zero who came to speakabout how local communities can tackle climate change and help progress towards net zero.All programmed by our independent, volunteer-led team. Good people - good things happen. #lifelonglearning

1 This week’s shown the constructive power of individuals, from the Harlem Renaissance to WW1 refugee communities, evolutionary scientists to climate action. Special thanks to our guest speakers; Beverley Prevatt Goldstein, of African Lives in Northern England. #lifelonglearning

We welcomed Darren Harper to ask what we might think about AI and consciousness.’ Thanks to the Mary Midgely Foundation for supporting this class, to our members, and of course to Darren for a timely and thought-provoking session. Join mailing list here: eepurl.com/du5PKX