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- Art history taster
Course start date: Wed 6 Dec 2023 (and 11 other dates)Location on this date: Online
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.
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 £10.00 - Lunchtime lecture: angels in artCourse start date: Wed 13 Dec 2023
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Emma Rose BarberAngels have always made their mark – wings and all. And this course will explore painted and carved angels in western art in all their ways and fashions, from the archangels to Christmas angels to those just flying in to say hello.
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 - Developing your novel Course start date: Mon 18 Sep 2023 (and 6 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Sarah LeipcigerHave you started work on your novel? This course is suitable for experienced creative writers who want to make progress with a novel draft. Learn more about the art of novel writing and move your project forward in a supportive workshop environment.Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £110.00 - The 60 minute writer Course start date: Fri 29 Sep 2023 (and 9 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Yvonne SinghFit creative writing into your busy day: a relaxed, informal rolling programme for writers of all levels of experience who enjoy being thrown new ideas and experimenting with poetry and prose.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £109.00 Senior fee £109.00 Concession £55.00 - Lunchtime lecture: Cezanne - from aspiring Impressionist to Post-Impressionist revolutionaryCourse start date: Wed 10 Jan 2024
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.
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 - Autobiographical writing Course start date: Wed 10 Jan 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Julie GartonWhether writing for self-discovery, testimony or to tell your story, this term-long course explores how to ensure your autobiographical work is both evocative and powerful.Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £110.00 - Writing a memoir (continuation) Course start date: Fri 12 Jan 2024 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Julie GartonSome moments in our lives are so powerful they beg to be shared with the world. This continuation course guides students in developing a memoir project that will resonate and inspire.Full fee £139.00 Senior fee £139.00 Concession £70.00 - Communism in the USSR: 1945-1991 Course start date: Mon 15 Jan 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Nick MorganThis course is an introduction to the history of the Soviet regime from the moment of its victory in the Second World
War to its collapse in 1991.
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 - The Trojan War (continued): history or myth?Course start date: Wed 17 Jan 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Michael DuiganThe poetry of Homer and other myths tell us about the ‘abduction of Helen’ and the destruction of a city. Do archaeology and contemporary state archives support this epic tradition?Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00 - Advanced fiction writing workshop Course start date: Wed 17 Jan 2024 (and 8 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Wendy BrandmarkFor experienced writers, this supportive but rigorous workshop offers the perfect opportunity to develop your novel or short story. Receive in-depth feedback and benefit from detailed group discussions on the art of fiction.Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £229.00 Concession £115.00 - Reading for writers: feminist fiction (a fortnightly course) Course start date: Wed 17 Jan 2024
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Eleanor PennyThe landscape of feminist fiction is rich and multifaceted. In this course we'll explore just a fragment to learn what lessons authors of feminist workscan teach budding writers of fiction. We'll read novels by Doris Lessing, Bernadine Evaristo, Mieko Kawakami, and others. We'll analyse, discuss and use these works to inspire and develop our own fiction. You will need to come to the first class having read the short works 'Woman at Point Zero', by Nawal El Saadawi, and 'The Yellow Wallpaper', by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information. - Literature Taster: Shakespeare Course start date: Wed 17 Jan 2024
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Sophie OxenhamCurious about studying Shakespeare? Try this taster session on Shakespeare to boost your confidence and whet your appetite for further study. We will explore short passages from two Shakespeare plays, one comedy (As You Like It) and one tragedy (Hamlet).
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 £10.00 - The art and cinema of 20th century Spain: from Picasso to AlmodóvarCourse start date: Wed 17 Jan 2024
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Mark Stuart-SmithExplore the development of Spanish art from Picasso’s 1937 'Guernica' to the installations of Juan Muñoz in the 1980s and 1990s. We will focus on key episodes highlighting General Franco’s impact on Spanish art 1936-2000.
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 - Writing for magazines
Course start date: Tue 31 Oct 2023 (and 4 other dates)Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Yvonne SinghGet 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 - Asian fictionsCourse start date: Wed 17 Jan 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Aamer HusseinA selection of 20th century classics from South Asia, China, Korea and Japan, in English and in translation, which have a lasting impact on world literature. These include Yasunari Kawabata's haunting story of reunion and revenge, Beauty and Sadness, Fumiko Enchi's exploration of a complex triangular relationship, Masks, R.K Narayan's story of love, deception and faith, The Guide, Kamala Markandaya's Nectar in a Sieve, the miniature saga of a woman's life in rural India, and the stories of Eileen Chang and Park Kyongni.Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00
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