Revolution in 60’s European Cinema: Six Key Movies
These are films that reflected and embodied the revolutions of the 20th century: political challenges to state and society; but also cultural shifts driven by the emergence of unsettling ideas relating to the mind, body, spirituality, the language of cinema … More details …
From seed to fork: how plants evolved and humans adapted them
This is a day school in two halves. In the morning we explore the extraordinary 450 million-year evolution of plants and the inventive ways they solved the many problems arising from the move on to dry land – gravity, nutrition, … More details …
Barchester Chronicles
Delve into the world of Barchester: a study of the first two novels of Trollop’s Barchester Chronicles: The Warden and Barchester Towers.
More details ...American Art 1845-1945: From Ashcan to the Atom Bomb
We look at the Hudson River Group and the Ashcan School of Painters in New York, concentrating on iconic artists that include George Bellows, Georgia O’Keefe, Edward Hopper and Grant Wood’s ‘American Gothic’. Oscar winning films and photographs by Lee … More details …
Introduction to Latin – Summer Group
Using the Cambridge Latin Course Book One, which introduces Latin through the medium of light hearted stories, this course is aimed at those with no, or long-forgotten, knowledge of the language. N.B. This is a new group, repeating the Spring … More details …
Decadent Art and Literature
This course traces the rise and fall of decadence in the 19th century. From Baudelaire’s flowers of evil to the death of Dorian Grey, we will assess symbolist painting, sample the delights of the Vienna Secession and explore Paris at … More details …
New Crafts: Temari, Japanese Decorative Balls
Temari, Japanese Decorative Balls. At this dayschool, learn about this ancient Japanese Art, a fascinating craft for those who like working with colour and threads. If you do not know what a Temari looks like, try Googling “Temari Balls”. Waveney … More details …
The Beekeeper’s Daughter: The poetry of Sylvia Plath
The Beekeeper’s Daughter: The poetry of Sylvia Plath Being a daughter, wife, mother, woman and poet are some of the themes explored by Plath in her poetry. This day school will look at some of the thoughts of this complex … More details …
Painting the Nation: Dutch Masters
PAINTING THE NATION – DUTCH MASTERS This dayschool will examine the Art of the Lowlands from late 16th Century to the end of the 20th Century. It will look at artistic development from the viewpoint of different themes and we will examine … More details …
New Crafts: Make a Mosaic
New Crafts: Make a Mosaic A taster day to include some of the techniques involved in creating a mosaic. An opportunity to complete a small panel to take home. Cutting tools and all materials provided. Frankie Hudson
More details ...The Rise of Women Gardeners in the 20th century
The Rise of Women Gardeners in the Twentieth Century. This course focuses on the influential garden-making of four ‘working amateurs’ – Gertrude Jekyll, Vita Sackville-West, Margery Fish and Beth Chatto – as well as the growth of professional training for women gardeners. … More details …
The Origins and Future of Britishness
The Origins and Future of Britishness What does it mean to be British? Does the term have any meaning in a globalised world, or when the United Kingdom is riven by rival nationalisms? This course will explore how the past has shaped our … More details …
Reading Paintings: The Victorians
READING PAINTINGS: THE VICTORIANS Explore the links between art and literature, from The Angel in the House to The Death of Chatterton. Discover the stories behind famous paintings; meet Rossetti’s elephant; find out why Van Gogh loved the social realists. A) … More details …
Climate Change
Climate Change If you’re one of the many who don’t understand where our energy comes from, how we consume it, what ‘two degrees of warming’ means, or what climate change is about, this course is for you! A simple back-to-basics, with … More details …
Novels of 1952
Novels of 1952 Had there been a major prize in 1952, which of these three novels would you have awarded it to? The Village by Marghanita Laski, The Far Country by Nevil Shute and Excellent Women by Barbara Pym. We’ll … More details …