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- From late Silent to early Sound cinema
Course start date: Sat 25 Jan 2025Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Jon WisbeyWith films such as Metropolis (1927) and Sunrise (1927) many critics felt that silent cinema had attained a level of sophistication that could not be surpassed by the 'talkies', but the imaginative use of sound and dialogue, in, for example, Blackmail (1929) and M (1931), could not be denied. Explore this exciting, transitional moment in cinema through these and other key films of the period.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £55.00 Concession £45.00 - An introduction to good nutrition Course start date: Sat 1 Feb 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Ellie HollyWould you like to explore the relationship between diet and wellbeing? This is an introductory course aimed at giving you a good overview of healthy nutrition and current nutritional trends. You will discover the impact of food on your health and wellbeing, and explore ways to improve your general nutrition. Particular attention will be paid to how food and drink influences the health of your immune system and how you can build resilience through healthy eating.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £99.00 Concession £99.00 - Writing for children: getting started Course start date: Sat 1 Feb 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Josh LaceyDevelop your ideas for children's stories in this practical and interactive short course. Topics will include plot, characterisation and viewpoint, and how to approach the children's publishing industry today.Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £40.00 - Spanish 4/5: El Quijote desde el siglo XXI: el primer libro de carreteraCourse start date: Sat 8 Feb 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Óscar Salgado SuárezEn este curso vamos a conocer algunas de las obras más importantes de Cervantes así como leer y analizar extractos de su obra más famosa “Don Quijote de la Mancha”. Ideal para estudiantes con nivel avanzado de español (si has estudiado al menos durante 4/5 años).
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £59.00 Senior fee £59.00 Concession £38.00 - The Quakers: an introduction Course start date: Sat 8 Feb 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Bruce JohnsonQuaker 'discernment' is used by big business for consensus decision-making, while Quakers are often invited to areas of conflict as mediators and peace-builders. This introduction to Quakers tries to explain why.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £55.00 Concession £45.00 - Comedy, crime and realism: Ealing Studios Course start date: Sat 8 Feb 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Jon WisbeyOften remembered for its comedies, Ealing also produced films in other genres, from social realism and war, to crime thrillers and one great horror film. This course explores the studio's output through some of its most well known films, including Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) and The Ladykillers (1955), while considering its history and its contribution to the concept of a British cinema.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £55.00 Concession £45.00 - Self defence and personal safety for women Course start date: Sat 8 Feb 2025 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Carla DraytonExplore physical and non-physical techniques for self defence, developing your assertiveness, body language and more. Women of any age or fitness level are welcome to come and enhance their confidence.Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £99.00 Concession £99.00 - When stars collapse: the physics of black holes, from small to supermassiveCourse start date: Sat 15 Feb 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Gary RetallickBlack holes, created by the collapse of massive stars, are objects which curve space-time to such an extent that light itself cannot escape from them. We explore the compelling physics of these mysterious entities.Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £55.00 Concession £45.00 - The British Heritage film Course start date: Sat 22 Feb 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Jon WisbeyEmerging in the 1980s, and promoted as a prestige cinema, the British heritage film is typified by high production values, period settings and, often, a canonical literary source. We will view films such as A Room with a View (1985) and The Remains of the Day (1993) and discuss their appeal for both domestic and international audiences, while exploring the critical debates around heritage cinema.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £55.00 Concession £45.00 - The holistic voiceCourse start date: Sat 22 Feb 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Kate MontagueYour voice should be an extension of your character. This Saturday workshop offers accessible and empowering mind-body techniques to deepen your awareness and holistic connection to your voice so that the message you give out is true to your intention.Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £55.00 - French 3/4: improve your pronunciation Course start date: Sat 22 Feb 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Pierre PorcheronHaving difficulties pronouncing your French ‘r’s and ‘u’s? Practise some difficult sounds on this lively course and impress your French friends! - European design 1915-1935: designing utopia Course start date: Sat 1 Mar 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Rachel SandersStudy the dominant design aesthetic of the twentieth century, considering its development, successes and failures. Movements will include Russian Constructivism, the Bauhaus and Purism. Design practices will include graphics, furniture and architecture.Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £63.00 Concession £51.00 - A star is born: the birth of Hollywood stardom Course start date: Sat 1 Mar 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Ann-Marie FlemingOnce cinema began to develop, Hollywood began to promote stardom. Starting with Florence Lawrence, the industry began to capitalise on star personalities and encourage fandom. This course will examine how the Hollywood star system began and evolved. The course will begin by examining the ‘picture personality’ in 1912 through to the collapse of the traditional star system in the 1960s.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £55.00 Concession £45.00 - Spanish 2 lower: conversational Spanish (elementary)Course start date: Sat 1 Mar 2025
Location on this date: Online
Revise, consolidate and improve your listening and speaking skills on this lively short course, which will help you communicate more confidently in simple daily life situations. Ideal if you have an elementary level of Spanish, are doing 'Spanish 2 lower' or have an equivalent level (A2 level).
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £69.00 Concession £45.00 - The physics of time Course start date: Sat 1 Mar 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Gary RetallickAn opportunity to explore the various different conceptions of time within modern physics - from the absolute time of Newtonian mechanics to the relativistic time of Einsteinian gravity - and to consider the emergence of time in the big bang, the direction of time, and the possibility of time travel.
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