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- 'A terrible beauty is born': poetry in revolutionary timesCourse start date: Mon 10 Jun 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Laurie SmithIs Auden right that “poetry makes nothing happen”? We look at how poets have helped people to understand, cope with and sometimes resist oppression in revolutionary periods from the late18th century to the present.Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £143.00 Concession £116.00 - Beckett and The Divine Comedy: a lifelong influenceCourse start date: Thu 13 Jun 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Stephen WinfieldExplore the intimate relationship between Beckett’s universe of unbelief, presided over by a Godot who never comes, and Dante’s poem, the most exalted, vastly influential literary expression of medieval Christianity, whose presence can be felt everywhere in the Irishman’s long oeuvre, in every genre – in his plays, novels, stories, poems, essays - and at every stage of his career. What brought them together, and what were the results?Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £64.00 - Queer Storytelling: writing as a radical actCourse start date: Sun 16 Jun 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Megan BeechThis one day short course will explore the writing of two contemporary queer writers, both of whom use innovative form to tell unique stories of lesbian and trans experience. We'll look at the exhilarating, T.S Eliot Prize winning, C+nto and Othered Poems (2021) by Joelle Taylor and Variations (2022).Full fee £59.00 Senior fee £47.00 Concession £38.00 - Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £69.00 Concession £35.00
- Cinema beyond the cinemaCourse start date: Sat 22 Jun 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Paul SuttonNowadays there are so many ways to watch film - smart phones, tablets, TVs - just as there are so many different spaces in which we encounter the moving image - cinemas, galleries, our homes, to name but a few. This day-long course will broaden and deepen your critical awareness of the diverse formal and experiential possibilities of cinema, both as they have developed in the past and as they are transforming in the contemporary moment. It will do this by reflecting on two questions: ‘what is cinema?’ and ‘where is cinema?’.Full fee £59.00 Senior fee £47.00 Concession £38.00 - How to write a novel synopsis and query letterCourse start date: Sun 23 Jun 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Rosie ChardThis one-day workshop teaches students how to write a query letter and synopsis of their completed manuscript, essential requirements of submitting to agents and publishers.Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £69.00 Concession £35.00 - Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £69.00 Concession £35.00
- Left populism and socialism todayCourse start date: Tue 2 Jul 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
This course will provide an overview of the politics of ‘Left populism’ in their historical perspective and contemporary manifestations as well as in their relation to socialist politics.Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £50.00 - Study day: Pop Art, from Warhol to HockneyCourse start date: Sat 6 Jul 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Rachel SandersStudy work of artists such as David Hockney, Richard Hamilton, Roy Lichtenstein, and Andy Warhol within the context of the international Pop Art movement and the changing world of mass culture, consumerism, and celebrity.Full fee £59.00 Senior fee £47.00 Concession £38.00 - A journey through Boccaccio's DecameronCourse start date: Sat 6 Jul 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Francesco BucciolThe Decameron is one of the early literary works in the Italian language and it had a significant influence on many other writers. Come and discover the genesis of the novel and some of the stories that still resonate with readers today.Full fee £59.00 Senior fee £47.00 Concession £38.00 - Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £69.00 Concession £35.00
- Philosophy of artCourse start date: Sat 6 Jul 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Christopher HornerWhy do we value art? For the pleasure it gives us, the emotion it expresses, its truthfulness, its form? In this introduction to the philosophy of art we will consider various approaches to these questions and others. - How to write a short storyCourse start date: Mon 8 Jul 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Vicky GrutThrough a series of inspiring and practical exercises, you'll be encouraged to tap into your imagination and draft a short story from beginning to end in this supportive short course.Full fee £139.00 Senior fee £139.00 Concession £70.00 - Art history tasterCourse start date: Fri 5 Jul 2024 (and 6 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Sarah JaffrayCurious about art history? Join us for this taster session where we explore different ways into visual art and its histories from the ancient to the contemporary.Full fee £10.00 Senior fee £10.00 Concession £10.00
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