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- Philosophy and the selfCourse start date: Tue 23 Apr 2024
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Ariel KernbergWho am I? Is there such a thing as “my true self”? These and related questions will be looked at from various philosophical perspectives.
NB There will be no class on 28/05/24.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £239.00 Concession £155.00 - Britain and France in the Hitler yearsCourse start date: Thu 25 Apr 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Alison ApplebyThis course will explore how Britain and France reacted to the rise of Hitler and how the Nazi dictatorship led to strife between former allies, but eventual partnership and triumph.Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £191.00 Concession £155.00 - Europe 1900-1914Course start date: Thu 2 May 2024
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Sebastien ArdouinIn 1900, Europe looked with confidence to the future. Within fourteen years though, tensions between competing powers increased to the point that peace could no longer be preserved. What explains this descent into hell?
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information. - Seventeenth century Europe: the age of monarchyCourse start date: Fri 3 May 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Vanessa KingPost-Reformation Europe saw endemic warfare and plague. It was also an age of absolutism where royal courts reached their apogee as centres of patronage and splendour.
.Full fee £269.00 Senior fee £215.00 Concession £175.00 - The angry Angevins: 1154-1216Course start date: Tue 7 May 2024
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Vanessa KingHenry II is remembered for marrying Katherine Hepburn aka Eleanor of Aquitaine, his revolting sons and the murder of Becket. Richard I was a great soldier but an absentee monarch. His brother, John, has been dubbed the worst king in English history.
Please note there will be no class on 2/7/24.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £191.00 Concession £155.00 - 'A terrible beauty is born': poetry in revolutionary timesCourse start date: Mon 10 Jun 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Laurie SmithIs W H 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 - Advanced poetry workshopCourse start date: Tue 16 Apr 2024 (and 5 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Ellen CranitchDevelop your poetry, taking it in new directions and maturing your poetic voice. Various approaches and techniques will be explored, and new poetry can be workshopped. For experienced poets only.Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £229.00 Concession £115.00 - Writing for childrenCourse start date: Tue 16 Apr 2024 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Neil ArkseyAlways wanted to write a children's book? This practical course will develop your ability to write for different age groups and genres of contemporary children's fiction.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £110.00 - Writing for televisionCourse start date: Tue 16 Apr 2024 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Clive FordDo you want to write a script for television? What do you write and where do you start? Through exercises and examples, this course will assist you in developing your own projects.Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £110.00 - Akhenaten, Pharaoh of Egypt: the first individual in history?Course start date: Tue 24 Sep 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Michael DuiganExplore the history and legacy of Akhenaten.Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £162.00 - The Greeks Overseas. Politics and power in the Western MediterraneanCourse start date: Wed 25 Sep 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Michael DuiganThe Western Mediterranean, known as ‘Greater Greece’, preserves some of the loveliest art anywhere in the Greek world. Come and discover the role of these colonies in politics & warfare in the Mediterranean.Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00 - Masterclass: creative non-fiction (a one-term intensive workshop)Course start date: Thu 18 Apr 2024 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Amber HusainThis intensive creative non-fiction masterclass is open by selective application to a maximum of ten students. You will receive inspiring tutor instruction and rigorous constructive feedback on your work as you prepare for publication.Full fee £369.00 Senior fee £369.00 Concession £369.00 - Masterclass: poetry (a year-long workshop)Course start date: Wed 4 Oct 2023 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
This year-long poetry masterclass is open by selective application to a maximum of ten students. You will receive inspiring tutor instruction and rigorous constructive feedback on your poems as you prepare them for publication and performance.Full fee £879.00 Senior fee £879.00 Concession £879.00 - Existentialism and the artsCourse start date: Mon 22 Apr 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: John GoffExistentialist themes of anxiety, anguish, dread, freedom, melancholy, loneliness, death and absurdity pervade the arts from the era of Romanticism onwards. What is the cultural significance and consequence of giving expression to such concerns?
NB: no classes on 6th and 27th May. - Archaeology of LondonCourse start date: Tue 23 Apr 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Jill HummerstoneExplore the archaeology and history of London through its cultural monuments, topography and material remains to more fully appreciate the rich archaeological evidence of the capital. Tutor :Jill Hummerstone.
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