It's Never Too Late to Learn

28/02/2026

Have you seen our display in Burton Library, celebrating 25 years of ‘It’s Never Too Late to Learn’?

If you enjoy learning and would like to join our friendly group, get in touch!

15/02/2026

We’ve learned a lot about weather and weather forecasting over the last couple of weeks. 🌦️

Helen’s sent us details of a useful weather app for smartphones. It’s called ‘hang the washing?’ and it’s free to download and use (the image on the last photo will help you to find it in your App Store).

Great for those days when you’re not quite sure whether your washing will dry on the line outside! 🧺

05/02/2026

Looks like cats and dogs to me? 🤔😂

The view from my office window today reminds me of the session I ran for the It's Never Too Late to Learn course yesterday, where I asked the group to name the three types of rainfall.

Just wondering: is this drizzle, mizzle or cats and dogs? 🤔

Spoiler alert if you’re in next week’s group: these were NOT the right answers! 😂

28/01/2026

This afternoon we “travelled” from Sweden to Poland without leaving our seats! Great fun. 🌍

28/01/2026

We all enjoyed our session learning about neurographic art today. It was very relaxing and a lovely way to spend a morning.

Here are some of our creations. 🖼️

27/01/2026

We've had to make a small change to our schedule for next month's 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘕𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘛𝘰𝘰 𝘓𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 course. Our speaker for the afternoons of 𝗪𝗲𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟰𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝟭𝟭𝘁𝗵 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 is unfortunately no longer able to attend.

We’re pleased to say that Helen Young will be stepping in to lead these sessions, with a talk on 𝗨𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗞 𝗪𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿.

Given how unpredictable British weather can be - and after our recent run of storms - it feels like a topic we can all relate to! ☔🌦️

𝗪𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲.

27/01/2026

We're looking forward to our short course 'Practically Anything' starting tomorrow. This course is exactly as it sounds: a range of practical activities that we can all try.

First up, it's Neurographic Art with Robin and a Race Across the World team game with Helen Young.

01/01/2026

If you're a mature learner looking for a new challenge this year, take a look at our course schedule for 2026. The group meet on a Wednesday in the newly refurbished Burton Library. Everyone welcome!

Email [email protected] to find out more or book.

12/12/2025

Our Practically Anything course does what it says: anything with a practical nature. For spring 2026, we have:

👉 Neurographic Art with Robin Wood
👉 Race Across the World Game with Helen Young
👉 Poetry Analysis Workshop with Vanessa Tissington
👉 Art Dry Clay Modelling with Judith Grey
👉 Embroidery with Debra Kerry
👉 Creative Writing with Deborah Haywood

To book your place on this interactive course at Burton library, get in touch.

05/12/2025

Our Look Closer course for spring 2026 has lots of interesting sessions:

👉 Book discussions with Robin Wood
👉 History of the Monarchy and State with Jackie Morgan
👉 Charles II with Jackie Morgan

Contact us to book your place.

01/12/2025

Our 'Practically Anything' course runs over 3 days from January to May. It features hands-on sessions - this year, art, poetry, clay modelling, embroidery, creative writing and even a chance to 'Race Across the World' from the comfort of Burton Library.

Come and try your hand at some new practical activities with our friendly group. Get in touch to find out more or book.