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  1. Science Friday Lates with Radmila Topalovic: Going back to the Moon: NASA's Artemis mission
    Evening
    Course start date:  Fri 27 Jun 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Radmila Topalovic
    In this interactive session we will discuss past, present and future missions to the Moon, in particular NASA’s Artemis mission and the plan to send people back to the Moon.
    Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £12.00
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  2. Full fee £10.00 Senior fee £10.00 Concession £10.00
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  3. Edvard Munch: beyond the Scream
    Course start date:  Fri 4 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    This session on Edvard Munch aims to give a fuller picture of the Norwegian artist’s creative legacy. To do so we will shed light on lesser-known works and aspects of his career. Munch’s art will appear immensely personal, and biographical, but also deeply connected to the cultural context in fin-de-siecle Europe.

    Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £15.00 Concession £12.00
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  4. Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £95.00 Concession £83.00
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  5. Parallel Universes and the Multiverse – Science Fiction or Science Fact?
    Evening
    Course start date:  Fri 11 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Gary Retallick
    Do parallel universes exist? We will see how modern physics does not rule out this possibility and how some theories and observations may even imply that our universe is just one of many.
    Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £12.00
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  6. Global History Friday Lates: Coffee
    Course start date:  Fri 11 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Vanessa King
    Since the seventeenth century, coffee has had a mixed reputation. Discover how coffee has transformed from being seen as subversive and emasculating to, allegedly, replacing tea as the nation’s most popular beverage.
    Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £12.00
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  7. The writings of Cicero: an introduction
    Course start date:  Fri 18 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Sean Gabb
    An introduction to one of the most influential and prolific Roman writers, Cicero, his life and works.
    Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £55.00 Concession £45.00
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  8. Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £40.00
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  9. Science Friday Lates: The Geology of Mars
    Evening
    Course start date:  Fri 25 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Join Louise Hawkins for a geological tour of the surface of Mars, the red planet, to learn about its rocks and what they tell us about how the planet has evolved over the last 4.5 billion years.

    Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £12.00
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  10. Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £129.00 Concession £129.00
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  11. Music history bookclub: My Tango with Barbara Strozzi
    Course start date:  Fri 1 Aug 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Edward Breen
    The music history book club meets towards the end of each term to discuss novels and biographies with musical themes and references relevant to the music history programme.
    Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £19.00
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  12. Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £139.00
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  13. Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £239.00 Concession £120.00
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  14. Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £139.00
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  15. Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £249.00 Concession £125.00
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