- Ways into playwriting
Course start date: Thu 25 Sep 2025 (and 1 other date)Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Nicole AcquahExplore the fundamental techniques of writing for the stage in this introductory course. Get to grips with dialogue, character, story and structure, and start work on your own play.Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £249.00 Concession £125.00 - Ancient Greek 1: module 1 Course start date: Mon 29 Sep 2025
Location on this date: Online
Learn the basic grammatical structures and vocabulary so that you can begin to read straightforward Ancient Greek prose. Suitable also if you have some basic or rusty knowledge of the language.
- Ancient Greek 1: module 2Course start date: Mon 29 Sep 2025
Location on this date: Online
Suitable if you have completed Ancient Greek 1: module 1 or have an equivalent knowledge. Continue to learn the basic grammatical structures and vocabulary so that you can read straightforward Ancient Greek prose. Suitable also if you have some basic or rusty knowledge of the language.
- Latin 1: module 1 Course start date: Thu 15 May 2025 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Andrew DavidAn introduction to Latin, or a reminder of what you have forgotten, if you are rusty.
Full fee £209.00 Senior fee £209.00 Concession £136.00 - Spanish beginners: module 1+2Course start date: Thu 2 Oct 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Cristina CasadoLearn Spanish on this intensive course for beginners, with the emphasis on listening and speaking skills. Suitable for complete beginners. Based on units 1-6 of Nos Vemos Hoy 1 Compacto (Campus Difusión Publishing). Please see the Are there any other costs? section below for details about the book and the ISBN.
Full fee £329.00 Senior fee £329.00 Concession £214.00 - Queens of Crime: Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. SayersCourse start date: Thu 2 Oct 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: William BradyAgatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers dominated the inter-war Golden Age of British detective fiction and continue to this day to beguile and enthral readers with their intricate plotting, fiendish twists and formidable detectives. This course critically explores how both authors shaped the detective genre, the publishing history of some of their most celebrated works, and how Christie and Sayers navigated themes of class, gender, morality and justice. Through selected readings, discussions and analysis, we will explore the literary significance and enduring appeal of these Queens of Crime.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £97.00 - 1960s LondonCourse start date: Thu 2 Oct 2025
Location on this date: Blended (learn both online and in-person)
Explore the dynamic history of London in the 1960s. From pop culture to politics, immigration to education we will look at the changing face of the capital through a decade of transformation.
Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £97.00 - Spanish rápidamente: module 1Course start date: Thu 2 Oct 2025
Location on this date: Online
This intensive Spanish course is suitable if you already speak a romance language like Italian, French, Portuguese or Romanian, or if you want to learn at a much faster pace. Suitable for beginners. Based on 'Aula Internacional Plus 1' (Nueva Edición, Difusión Publishers).
Please do not buy the book until after the first session, as if you transfer to a regular beginners course you will use a different book.Full fee £259.00 Senior fee £259.00 Concession £168.00 - Old English level 1 Course start date: Tue 7 Oct 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Stephen PollingtonWhat was the English language like before the Norman Conquest? How easy is it to translate their diverse literature? Can we write our own Old English? Come along and see. - Black British LiteratureCourse start date: Thu 9 Oct 2025
Location on this date: Online
From Roman society to the present day, from the memoirs of Equiano to the experimental poetics of Kwesi Johnson, Black British writers have significantly impacted British literature, despite limited recognition.
Through an exploration of social, political and historical contexts, this course examines how diasporic writers decolonised genres and mapped their own metaphors onto the literary landscape.Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £179.00 Concession £116.00 - Seeing inside paintings Course start date: Thu 16 Oct 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Caroline RaeDiscover the secrets of the Old Masters and learn how they created their wonderful effects in this introductory course on painters and painting. We will consider the physical history and scientific examination of artworks in relation to aspects including forgeries, hidden paintings and conservation/ restoration.Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £179.00 Concession £116.00 - Lunchtime lecture: Cezanne – from aspiring Impressionist to Post-Impressionist revolutionary Course start date: Thu 23 Oct 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Julia MusgraveExplore the development of Cezanne revolutionary approach to painting, his techniques and motifs and some of the many artists whose work he influenced.Full fee £14.00 Senior fee £11.00 Concession £9.00 - Greek philosophy: the Hellenistic periodCourse start date: Thu 30 Oct 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: John GoffThe pursuit of happiness is ongoing. In the ancient Greek world this gave rise to several ‘philosophies of life’ that remain the cornerstone of contemporary attitudes. Join this course to explore their key sources. - Textile book project Course start date: Thu 30 Oct 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Lara HaileyOn this course you will make a textile book following a theme of your choice. You will be shown book binding techniques, how to incorporate appliqué, text, photos using different types of stitching.Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £191.00 Concession £155.00 - Fact and Fantasy: English Houses in FictionCourse start date: Thu 30 Oct 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Phyllis RichardsonWhy have so many British authors set stories in and around an important house? How does the structure, history and atmosphere of a great house affect plot and narrative? And where do authors derive their inspiration to build fictional houses that capture readers’ imaginations so fully? The novels on this course all focus on one finely imagined house and demonstrate the author’s own personal concerns of the time.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £97.00
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