U3A member Nigel Heath will talk about the light bulb moment he decided to become a journalist and his early life on a weekly paper in North Somerset in the mid-1960s, followed by the heady days of working on the then mass circulation Bristol Evening Post in what was to turn out to be the last glory days of the regional newspaper industry long before the arrival of mobile phones and the internet.

If there is time, he will also discuss how his great love of ships and the sea led to his becoming a UK ports and international shipping correspondent and later a PR man.

Free to all Monmouth u3a members.

Come alone or bring a friend, stay for a chat over tea and biscuits afterwards.