Writing Courses & Workshops Online & in London

Avant-garde painter, designer, decorator, inspired colourist, mother and muse, Vanessa Bell was the warm heart of the Bloomsbury Group, a set who Dorothy Parker once described as “living in squares and loving in triangles”.

In this advanced course, you will read and translate unadapted texts by Latin authors to deepen your appreciation of their work and your knowledge of Roman culture, history and society.

Modernism was a global movement in society and culture during the early decades of the twentieth century. Artists, designers and architects used new imagery, materials and techniques to create work they felt better reflected the realities and hopes of modern societies. This course explores the arrival and impact of Modernism in Britain and places it within a broader European context.