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Event Category: Day course

Philip Larkin, The Early Years (A Centenary Celebration)

01/10/2022 10:30 am – 4:30 pm
  • Venue: Friends Meeting House
  • Categories: Day course, Literature, Poetry

2022 marks the centenary of Philip Larkin’s birth. This dayschool offers a chance to explore and possibly reassess some of his earlier poetry, most notably in the volume that brought him to the attention of a wider audience, The Less … More details …

The Creation: JF Haydn

08/10/2022 10:30 am – 4:30 pm
  • Venue: Friends Meeting House
  • Categories: Day course, Music

Spend a day with some of the most joyous and delightful music in the classical repertoire – Haydn’s beautiful Creation.  Composed as a response to Handel’s Messiah, this great work is rightly considered an essential piece for all lovers of … More details …

History of Architecture in Britain – Medieval to Neoclassical

20/10/2022 10:30 am – 4:30 pm
  • Venue: Friends Meeting House
  • Categories: Architecture, Day course

This Study Day will examine the development of architecture in England during a period of great change. The gothic style of the medieval period was beginning to be superseded by Renaissance ideas, which although not fully understood at the time … More details …

Christmas Card Workshop

05/11/2022 10:30 am – 12:30 pm
  • Venue: Friends Meeting House
  • Categories: Day course, Hand craft

Prepare for Christmas by designing and making your own unique cards. There will be ribbons, textured papers, fabric, sequins etc for you to choose from. Envelopes will be provided for your finished pieces. No stitching required, just scissors, glue and … More details …

Money: A Global History

12/11/2022 10:30 am – 4:30 pm
  • Venue: Friends Meeting House
  • Categories: Day course, Social History

We all use money, many of us struggle to find enough of it, whereas a few seem to have more than they will ever be able to spend. But do we really understand what it is? This day school sets … More details …

Fabric stained glass

19/11/2022 10:30 am – 4:30 pm
  • Venue: Friends Meeting House
  • Categories: Day course, Hand craft

Use fabric and a pre-fused bias binding to make a wall-hanging that gives the effect of a Christmas stained glass window. The picture will be finished by hand or machine at home. Choose from these four designs and let us … More details …

Eric Ravilious: His Life and Art

26/11/2022 10:30 am – 4:30 pm
  • Venue: Friends Meeting House
  • Categories: Art History, Day course

The art of Eric Ravilious is increasingly popular. Subject of a new film “Drawn to War”, he produced beautiful and evocative landscapes of the England of the 1930s. His disappearance in 1942 adds to the legend.

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The Mature Larkin: The Whitsun Weddings (1964) and High Windows (1974)

01/12/2022 10:30 am – 4:30 pm
  • Venue: Friends Meeting House
  • Categories: Day course, Literature, Poetry

This dayschool will focus on the two volumes that cemented Philip Larkin’s reputation as a poet whose work would continue to be read for years to come. Starting with the title poem from The Whitsun Weddings, we shall discuss how … More details …

Course Categories

  • Architecture
  • Art History
  • Cinema
  • Day course
  • Film
  • Half-day course
  • Hand craft
  • History
  • Literature
  • Music
  • Poetry
  • Science and Philosophy
  • Social History
  • Social Science

Coming up

  • Reading 1960: Barstow, Reid-Banks & Amis on 27/09/2022 10:30 am
  • Liberalism to Fascism: Mussolini’s Italy 1922-43 on 28/09/2022 10:30 am
  • Philip Larkin, The Early Years (A Centenary Celebration) on 01/10/2022 10:30 am
  • The Creation: JF Haydn on 08/10/2022 10:30 am
  • History of Architecture in Britain – Medieval to Neoclassical on 20/10/2022 10:30 am
  • 1922 – a year of challenge and change on 01/11/2022 10:30 am
  • Christmas Card Workshop on 05/11/2022 10:30 am
  • Edith Wharton – selected novels on 11/11/2022 10:30 am
  • Money: A Global History on 12/11/2022 10:30 am
  • Fabric stained glass on 19/11/2022 10:30 am
  • Eric Ravilious: His Life and Art on 26/11/2022 10:30 am
  • The Mature Larkin: The Whitsun Weddings (1964) and High Windows (1974) on 01/12/2022 10:30 am
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