Empires: Part 2 – the Post-Classical Age
This course is now fully booked. Please contact us if you would like to be placed on a waiting list in case of any cancellations. This day school will explore the history of Empire in the Post-Classical Age from about … More details …
Venice: history, art & architecture
A little history of Venice through its art and architecture. This study day begins with a survey of Venetian history from its beginnings to the present day. We will then move on to examine Venetian painting from the 1300s to … More details …
Glories of the Musical Baroque
Classical music is usually divided into discrete periods which aim to capture something of a prevailing style and approach of composers in Europe at a given time. But what do we really mean by these labels? In this day-course, we … More details …
Calling all Trollopes!
The first two weeks of the course will be spent looking at Miss Mackenzie (1865) who is described as ‘neither beautiful nor clever’ and is plagued by unsuitable suitors when she inherits a sizeable sum of money. This novel is … More details …
Women of the Classical World
By using a range of sources from the ancient world including grave markers, legal disputes and letters, it is possible to bring to life a range of Greek and Roman women. What we can learn about their lives tells us … More details …
Lancastrians and Yorkists: Instability, chaos and the outbreak of the ‘Wars of the Roses’
This course is now fully booked. Please contact us if you would like to be placed on a waiting list in case of any cancellations. Over six weeks, we will discover 15th century England and the roots of instability which … More details …
Vincent Van Gogh: From Arles to Auvers
Van Gogh arrived in Arles in February 1888 with the idea of founding a studio of the south. His time there was exceptionally productive, producing many dozens of paintings, drawings and watercolours (Night Cafe, Starry Night, Sunflowers). A very broke … More details …
Empires: Part 1 – The Classical Era
This course is now fully booked. Please contact us if you would like to be added to the waiting list in case of any cancellations. This day school will explore the history of Eurasian Empires up to the end of … More details …
‘The World’s Wife’: Carol Ann Duffy
‘The World’s Wife’ is a collection of 30 dramatic monologues in which Carol Ann Duffy pursues one of her major concerns: to give voice to those in society who are not usually heard. Many of the wives portrayed may be … More details …
The colourful life of Cleopatra and her times
This course is now fully booked. Please contact us if you would like to be added to the waiting list in case of any cancellations. As with all the best stories, the truth is stranger than fiction, so come along … More details …
Three Comedy of Manners novels from the early Twentieth Century
This course is now fully booked. Please contact us if you would like to be placed on the waiting list in case of any cancellations. EM Forster’s, A Room with a View provides a glimpse into Edwardian times. Jump forward … More details …
Baubles and beads for Christmas
Make some unique decorations to hang on the tree or to give as gifts. No stitching required and there will be lots of ribbons, threads, beads and wire to choose from. See below for examples of what you could make. … More details …
Written out of history? Women artists, 1400-1900
This course aims to introduce you to some of the many women who enjoyed successful careers as painters and sculptors in countries across Europe down the centuries. We will begin in the early Renaissance and will consider some of the … More details …
Marsden Hartley and Robert Indiana, a conversation through time
There will be three sessions making up this slightly shorter day course 1 In the first session we will study the life and work of Marsden Hartley (1877-1943). Hartley was an American Modernist, a painter, a poet and essayist. After … More details …
When England had barely begun
This course is now fully booked. Please contact us if you would like to be added to the waiting list in case of any cancellations. Sutton Hoo and the Lindisfarne Gospels provide remarkable insights into the England of the 7th century. Early … More details …