Although interested in old buildings from an early age, it was not until doing a BA in Fine Art Valuation that I became more aware of medieval art and architecture. After retirement from the NHS, sufficient time became available to … More details …
Kathryn Ferry has a PhD in architectural history from the University of Cambridge and now works as an independent historian, author and lecturer. She has published widely on seaside subjects and is an expert on architecture and design from the … More details …
Dr Christophe Fricker teaches German and Translation at the University of Bristol. His work is mainly about the role of language in the life of communities, from political to literary. He has a decade of experience as executive of a … More details …
With an MA in medieval history and a PG diploma in Heritage Management and Interpretation, Ruth has worked in the heritage sector for thirty years, initially with the National Trust (Knole, Shaw’s Corner, Standen and Tyntesfield) before becoming self-employed in … More details …
Having grown up in a house where you didn’t have idle hands, I have always sewn. Over the years this has been dressmaking, (very limited) soft furnishings, cross stitch, tapestry, blackwork and I have finally found my sewing true love … More details …
John is a chartered aerospace engineer educated in Bristol and Cranfield. His career included Concorde, the Beagle 2 Mars lander and several Airbus projects, on which he was a transnational manager of UK, French, German and Spanish staff, retiring in … More details …
I have spent my professional life teaching, counselling and training. Drawing, painting and sewing have always been important to me as ways of relaxing from the tensions this work has entailed. I have long been attracted to mosaics, and on … More details …
Cath Humphris studied Literature, Life & Thought with Creative Writing at John Moore’s University, Liverpool, then ‘Writing’ at Sheffield Hallam University. She has an eclectic taste in literature and literary studies, that she enjoys sharing. She believes that fiction is … More details …
I graduated from the University of Bristol with a degree in Classics and then did a post-graduate teaching certificate. I taught in Surrey for five years before going abroad with my husband. We spent 15 idyllic years in Malawi, travelling … More details …
Philip Lyons is a poet and teacher. His first full-length collection, Like It Is, was published by Poetry Space in 2011. His poems have appeared in anthologies and magazines, and have also been broadcast on the radio. Poetry readings include … More details …
Dr Alyce Merry holds several degrees in Mathematics, Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics and has published original research in academic journals. She has taught in schools, colleges and universities including the OU and helped to promote the take-up of Further Mathematics … More details …
Nick Meyer worked in Adult Education for twenty years, including a period of teaching in France. He lives in North Somerset with his wife and their dog, Flora. “A Disreputable Scandal” is his second novel and he is currently writing … More details …
I am fascinated by origins whether in human history, evolution or cosmology. For the last ten years I have taught a variety of talks, courses and day schools – from cosmology, through the evolution of plants and the story of … More details …
Lotti Newstead sometimes feels that she eats, drinks and breathes classical music. Sharing that love with other people and making music accessible to wider audiences is an all-consuming passion that has seen her career branch into umpteen different avenues. She … More details …
Born in Kent in 1958, much of my childhood was spent in the Loose Valley; it was there I developed a lifelong interest in all aspects of natural history. As graduate of the Royal Society of Chemistry and a chartered … More details …