A new academic year doesn’t just have to be for schools and colleges! It can also be a time for you to take up a new hobby or renew interest in an old activity. This summer has been gor-geous, but it will not be long before those long, dreary winter days; not much to do; no one to see and definitely nothing on the telly! And the price of heat and light! All those problems can be solved at the Riverside. New friends, new skills, new entertainment, new abilities, and all whilst using our gas and electricity. On p58 of Sunbury Matters our Riverside Presents page lists all the various groups you could consider joining. Active or cerebral, young or old, daytime or evening. Contact details on p58. If you need help, phone or email us. If (and I cannot be-lieve this) you don’t want to learn a new skill, but just want to sit back and be entertained, we have classical and jazz concerts, film shows, musical theatre, drama, dance, comedy and quiz evenings. The events for the next few weeks are also shown on the Riverside Presents page.To highlight a few; an informal come along and sing traditional carol words to new tunes -just one of the new musical ideas from colleenmuriel@hotmail.com. Or take up painting with one of our groups, aimed at all levels of ability and media. Listen to top class musicians of both classical and jazz. Learn to dance with one of the adult or children’s classes, and then go along to our showing of the film ‘Sweet Charity’ and see how you compare. You’ve got to be fit to dance like Shirley MacLaine, so you will need a Pilates, Yoga or Keep-Fit class. Worn out after all that exercise? Then relax with our poetry or literary groups. And talking of literature, remember those Victorian books you found so boring at school? Well, this autumn you can see one of those dramatically brought to life in Willis Hall’s adaption of Jane Eyre. Or if all else fails and the days are still drear, come along to a Comedy evening.