Infinite Variety: Amazing Adaptations of Shakespeare
Shakespeare’s plays have prompted some astonishing reactions, from West Side Story to Macbeth with a machine gun. This day-school explores the endless variety of Shakespearian adaptations, not just on stage and in cinema, but also in paintings, music, and haute … More details …
Using the Present to explore the Past
Read two best-selling historical novels in which a child acts as a ‘go-between’ for lovers separated by class. What do they tell us about the periods they portray? The Go-Between, by LP Hartley, is a deceptively simple but effective story … More details …
It is a truth universally acknowledged……
…that Jane Austen remains one of our most popular authors. Austen’s use of irony, social commentary, humour and realism are some of the reasons why her novels have remained popular over the last 200 years. This course will look at … More details …
Against the Odds: from Shakespeare’s sister to Virginia Woolf
Based on literary texts, this is an exploration of how women writers confronted gender stereotypes, found their voices and found publishers and readers. [Part One] Virginia Woolf said that ‘Intellectual freedom depends upon material things.’ In Day One of Two,* … More details …
Keep taking the Stanzas: Poetry and Wellbeing
Research has shown that poetry is good for you, whether it’s reading it, writing it or learning it by heart. We shall focus on poetry’s healing properties and discuss a variety of poems that have the power to lift our … More details …