History, culture & writing

Explore History, Culture & Writing

Explore our extraordinary range of History, Culture and Writing courses and lectures. We offer both introductory and specialist in-depth courses to suit all levels of interest and experience, from ‘How to read a film’ and World literature, to Creative non-fiction writing courses and American history and Politics courses.

Our tutors are experts in their fields and experienced educators; many have published, teach in universities or share their expertise in the media. Tutors share their knowledge and passion through presentations, readings, interactive discussion and exercises, analysis, and other activities.

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We offer a range of long and short courses allowing you to choose between online and in-person learning. All our courses are live, interactive, and taught by expert tutors. No matter how you prefer to learn, we've got the class for you. See our guide to online learning for more information about accessing our live online courses.

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  1. 'Bowers of bliss'? Gardens and the poetic imagination
    Course start date:  Wed 4 Oct 2023

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Sophie Oxenham
    This online poetry course considers some of the many ways in which poets have written about gardens to explore a range of concerns, including sexuality and desire; corruption, decay, and mortality; retreat and consolation; growth and renewal; cultivation and wildness; and changing perspectives on the relationship between humans and nature.



    This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.
    Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £143.00 Concession £116.00
  2. Terrific Tudors: Act One Foundation of the dynasty through to the last years of Henry V111
    Evening
    Course start date:  Wed 4 Oct 2023

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Vanessa King
    We chart the rise of a dynasty from obscure Welsh origins to the end of the reign of Henry VIII that saw the dismantling of the Catholic church and the rise of the state.



    This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.
    Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £97.00
  3. Nazi Germany: politics, society, war and genocide
    Evening
    Course start date:  Wed 4 Oct 2023

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Rudolf Muhs
    This course offers a broad survey of Nazi Germany, its leaders and its population, its racial ideology, political ambitions and structures of rule, its opponents and its victims, and its ultimate descent into world war and genocide.



    This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.
    Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £179.00 Concession £116.00
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  4. Lunchtime lecture: The Other Story – introducing the BLK Art Group
    Course start date:  Wed 4 Oct 2023

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Sarah Jaffray
    Get to know the ground-breaking art and ideas of the BLK Art Group, the early 1980s art and activist community whose work still shapes our conversations about art and culture in the UK today.



    This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.
    Full fee £10.00 Senior fee £10.00 Concession £7.00
  5. Writing for magazines
    Course start date:  Wed 4 Oct 2023 (and 6 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Susan Grossman
    Get inspired to write on this practical course for freelance journalists and bloggers. Learn to carry out research, interview people, pitch and publish stories, and build your presence on social media.



    This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.
    Full fee £139.00 Senior fee £139.00 Concession £70.00
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  6. Ways into advanced fiction, poetry and drama: nineteenth century voices
    Evening
    Course start date:  Wed 11 Oct 2023

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Patricia Sweeney
    Explore the rewards of close reading analysis, focusing on the three main literary genres of fiction,



    poetry and drama. Read, analyse and debate seminal 19th century British, European and American works including A Doll's House (1879) by Henrik Ibsen, Washington Square by Henry James (1880), and poetry by Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson and Christina Rossetti.
    Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £97.00
  7. Greek and Latin texts by the Church Fathers
    Course start date:  Wed 11 Oct 2023

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Mary Ruskin
    Come on a discovery of Patristics, where you'll read, analyse and discuss the texts written by the Church Fathers.
    Full fee £139.00 Senior fee £111.00 Concession £90.00
  8. Connecting with our Past through Archaeology
    Course start date:  Wed 11 Oct 2023

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Jill Hummerstone
    Archaeology can connect us with our shared history and artefacts can link us to past people. Sharing a contemplative practical task in class will help us to reflect on these connections.
    Full fee £5.00 Senior fee £5.00 Concession £5.00
  9. Connecting through collaborative writing
    Course start date:  Wed 11 Oct 2023

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Brian Mullin
    Two (or more!) heads are better than one! Collaborate with others to create short pieces of theatre, using everyone's skills and ideas to tell collective stories.
    Full fee £5.00 Senior fee £5.00 Concession £5.00
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