Course Title: Autobiography - Their Lives in Our Hands
Course Description: The truth is, we are all fascinated by other people's lives, and how similar to or different from ours they may be. Luckily, lots of people write them down. Join us to read a few and seek some understanding of how and why they are written.
Tutor: Colin Padgett
Venue: Castle Methodist Church, Maidenburgh Street CO1 1TT
Day of Week: Mondays Time: 10:15 AM Duration: 2 hrs
Start Date: 20-Sep-10 No. of Weeks: 10
Full Fee: £55
Contact Name: Mrs Jean Roberts Telephone: 01206 576506
Course Title: We've Got the Power
Course Description: This is a study of world music addressing the survival and revival of song as a tool in the armoury both of those who feel disenfranchised and those states who feel that music should be harnessed for their use too.
Tutor: Bill Tamblyn
Venue: Castle Methodist Church, Maidenburgh Street CO1 1TT
Day of Week: Mondays Time: 10:15 AM Duration: 2 hrs
Start Date: 20-Sep-10 No. of Weeks: 10
Full Fee: £55
Contact Name: Mrs Jean Roberts Telephone: 01206 576506
Course Title: The Ground Beneath our Feet
Course Description: Britain's geological variety has long stimulated an interest in rocks and minerals, but what really lies beneath our feet? An introductory study to examine the formation of rocks and minerals and discover how to investigate, recognise and classify them.
Tutor: Kenneth Newman
Venue: Castle Methodist Church, Maidenburgh Street CO1 1TT
Day of Week: Mondays Time: 10:15 AM Duration: 2 hrs
Start Date: 20-Sep-10 No. of Weeks: 20
Full Fee: £110
Contact Name: Mrs Jean Roberts Telephone: 01206 576506
Course Title: War, Pudding Time and Empire
Course Description: We will study the reign of Anne and the first two Georges, the growth of the first political parties, the first Prime Minister and the foundation of the first British Empire.
Tutor: Roger Cooke
Venue: Castle Methodist Church, Maidenburgh Street CO1 1TT
Day of Week: Tuesdays Time: 10:15 AM Duration: 2 hrs
Start Date: 21-Sep-10 No. of Weeks: 10
Full Fee: £55
Contact Name: Mrs Jean Roberts Telephone: 01206 576506
Course Title: World History: Modernisation, Reaction, Negotiation?
Course Description: Modernisation, reaction including fascism, and negotiation, including quiet social revolution, in a trans-national perspective, 1800-2010. Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, Spain - confrontation, consent and negotiation.
Tutor: Nicholas Hyman
Venue: Castle Methodist Church, Maidenburgh Street CO1 1TT
Day of Week: Tuesdays Time: 10:15 AM Duration: 2 hrs
Start Date: 21-Sep-10 No. of Weeks: 20
Full Fee: £110
Contact Name: Mrs Jean Roberts Telephone: 01206 576506
Course Title: Whistler and his Contemporaries
Course Description: THIS REPLACES COURSE ID C2217348 IN THE 2010-2011 COUNTY BROCHURE. James McNeill Whistler was an American artist who travelled the world, first working in Paris and then London. We'll examine how Whistler fits into the context of these two leading art cap
Tutor: Suzanne Bode
Venue: Castle Methodist Church, Maidenburgh Street CO1 1TT
Day of Week: Tuesdays Time: 10:15 AM Duration: 2 hrs
Start Date: 21-Sep-10 No. of Weeks: 10
Full Fee: £55
Contact Name: Mrs Jean Roberts Telephone: 01206 576506
Course Title: Samuel Pepys and his Diary
Course Description: Samuel Pepys kept a detailed diary in the 1660s. He was young, ambitious, enthusiastic and wanted to enjoy himself. This makes his diary an entertaining read - as well as an invaluable historical source.
Tutor: Peter Strickland
Venue: Castle Methodist Church, Maidenburgh Street CO1 1TT
Day of Week: Wednesdays Time: 10:15 AM Duration: 2 hrs
Start Date: 22-Sep-10 No. of Weeks: 10
Full Fee: £55
Contact Name: Mrs Jean Roberts Telephone: 01206 576506
Course Title: A Longer Journey Through Ancient Egypt
Course Description: Ancient Egypt is not just monuments and kings but also ordinary people who left us records and tombs that show us what it was like to be a working man or woman 5,000 years ago.
Tutor: Frances Boardman
Venue: Castle Methodist Church, Maidenburgh Street CO1 1TT
Day of Week: Wednesdays Time: 10:15 AM Duration: 2 hrs
Start Date: 22-Sep-10 No. of Weeks: 20
Full Fee: £110
Contact Name: Mrs Jean Roberts Telephone: 01206 576506
Course Title: Journey to the Centre of the Atom
Course Description: We will follow the history of mankind's understanding of the behaviour of matter in a manner approachable by the non-scientist. On the way we shall encounter interesting scientists and strange behaviour deep within the atom.
Tutor: Roger Bawden
Venue: Castle Methodist Church, Maidenburgh Street CO1 1TT
Day of Week: Wednesdays Time: 10:15 AM Duration: 2 hrs
Start Date: 22-Sep-10 No. of Weeks: 10
Full Fee: £55
Contact Name: Mrs Jean Roberts Telephone: 01206 576506
Course Title: The Essex Coastal Trade from 1800
Course Description: This course takes an overview of the coastal trade into and out of Essex ports in the 19th century and examines the role of the different types of craft and the numbers owned in Maldon, Colchester and Harwich.
Tutor: Roger Beckett
Venue: Castle Methodist Church, Maidenburgh Street CO1 1TT
Day of Week: Thursdays Time: 7:00 PM Duration: 1.5 hrs
Start Date: 23-Sep-10 No. of Weeks: 10
Full Fee: £44
Contact Name: Mrs Jean Roberts Telephone: 01206 576506
Course Title: Milestones in Music: Series 2
Course Description: This course investigates key moments in Music. What do Classical, Romantic and Baroque music mean? What difference does key make? What makes modern music modern? Does Opera have a future?
Tutor: Peter Dale
Venue: Castle Methodist Church, Maidenburgh Street CO1 1TT
Day of Week: Thursdays Time: 10:15 AM Duration: 2 hrs
Start Date: 23-Sep-10 No. of Weeks: 10
Full Fee: £55
Contact Name: Mrs Jean Roberts Telephone: 01206 576506
Course Title: History of Colchester
Course Description: Discover why Colchester is Britain's oldest recorded town, why the town was destroyed by Queen Boudica in AD60 and why the town wasbesieged during the Civil War. These are some of the topics that will be explored.
Tutor: Patrick Denney
Venue: Castle Methodist Church, Maidenburgh Street CO1 1TT
Day of Week: Fridays Time: 10:15 AM Duration: 2 hrs
Start Date: 24-Sep-10 No. of Weeks: 20
Full Fee: £110
Contact Name: Mrs Jean Roberts Telephone: 01206 576506
Course Title: Impressionism around the World
Course Description: Everyone is familiar with Monet and the Impressionists in France, but the movement has an international element and this course will explore the impact of Impressionism in the USA, Italy, Britain, Germany and Scandinavia.
Tutor: Graham Slimming
Venue: Castle Methodist Church, Maidenburgh Street CO1 1TT
Day of Week: Fridays Time: 10:15 AM Duration: 2 hrs
Start Date: 24-Sep-10 No. of Weeks: 10
Full Fee: £55
Contact Name: Mrs Jean Roberts Telephone: 01206 576506
Course Title: King Arthur in History and Legend
Course Description: Who was King Arthur? Did he really exist? How did he become the centre of one of Europe's most enduring legends? Come and explore this fascinating cultural phenomenon.
Tutor: Rosemary Williams
Venue: Castle Methodist Church, Maidenburgh Street CO1 1TT
Day of Week: Thursdays Time: 10:15 AM Duration: 2 hrs
Start Date: 7-Oct-10 No. of Weeks: 10
Full Fee: £55
Contact Name: Mrs Jean Roberts Telephone: 01206 576506
Course Title: European Romanesque Architecture
Course Description: What constitutes Romanesque style? Despite great variety, do design features unify rather than diversify the style? We will explore these questions and consider construction, decoration, wall painting and sculpture.
Tutor: Brian Adams
Venue: Castle Methodist Church, Maidenburgh Street CO1 1TT
Day of Week: Mondays Time: 10:15 AM Duration: 2 hrs
Start Date: 10-Jan-11 No. of Weeks: 10
Full Fee: £55
Contact Name: Mrs Jean Roberts Telephone: 01206 576506
Course Title: Beethoven - the Hero
Course Description: Romanced in the books as towering intellectual wrestling with his inner demons, what do we recognise as his achievement today? A study of ideas - as reflected in literature, painting, sculpture and music.
Tutor: Bill Tamblyn
Venue: Castle Methodist Church, Maidenburgh Street CO1 1TT
Day of Week: Mondays Time: 10:15 AM Duration: 2 hrs
Start Date: 10-Jan-11 No. of Weeks: 10
Full Fee: £55
Contact Name: Mrs Jean Roberts Telephone: 01206 576506
Course Title: The World of Childhood
Course Description: This course will consider the developing image of the child as an important figure from Blake and Wordsworth through to writers such as Mark Twain, Rudyard Kipling and William Golding.
Tutor: Caroline Phillips
Venue: Castle Methodist Church, Maidenburgh Street CO1 1TT
Day of Week: Tuesdays Time: 10:15 AM Duration: 2 hrs
Start Date: 11-Jan-11 No. of Weeks: 10
Full Fee: £55
Contact Name: Mrs Jean Roberts Telephone: 01206 576506
Course Title: Understanding Picasso
Course Description: Picasso, in his career, broke every academic artistic rule. Love or loath Picasso the urge to understand him and his art will be satisfied by this course.
Tutor: Michael Baldry
Venue: Castle Methodist Church, Maidenburgh Street CO1 1TT
Day of Week: Tuesdays Time: 10:15 AM Duration: 2 hrs
Start Date: 11-Jan-11 No. of Weeks: 10
Full Fee: £55
Contact Name: Mrs Jean Roberts Telephone: 01206 576506
Course Title: Dante's Divine Comedy
Course Description: This course is designed to help students enjoy the Divine Comedy, showing how it reflects Dante's life, love and politics. No knowledge of Italian is necessary.
Tutor: Peter Strickland
Venue: Castle Methodist Church, Maidenburgh Street CO1 1TT
Day of Week: Wednesdays Time: 10:15 AM Duration: 2 hrs
Start Date: 12-Jan-11 No. of Weeks: 10
Full Fee: £55
Contact Name: Mrs Jean Roberts Telephone: 01206 576506
Course Title: Discovering Timber Framed Houses of East Anglia
Course Description: Date a building from its timber framing. See how changes from the 12th to17th centuries in the layout of houses, timber framing, carpentry techniques and roof construction can be used to date houses.
Tutor: John Walker
Venue: Castle Methodist Church, Maidenburgh Street CO1 1TT
Day of Week: Wednesdays Time: 10:15 AM Duration: 2 hrs
Start Date: 12-Jan-11 No. of Weeks: 10
Full Fee: £55
Contact Name: Mrs Jean Roberts Telephone: 01206 576506
Course Title: Inland Waterways
Course Description: Leisure use of our inland waterways is on the increase, contrasting withtheir past as a transport medium driving the industrial revolution. The legacy of this past era will be studied on this course.
Tutor: Steven Worsley
Venue: Castle Methodist Church, Maidenburgh Street CO1 1TT
Day of Week: Thursdays Time: 7:00 PM Duration: 1.5 hrs
Start Date: 13-Jan-11 No. of Weeks: 10
Full Fee: £44
Contact Name: Mrs Jean Roberts Telephone: 01206 576506
Course Title: Invasion from the East
Course Description: The history of Europe is the history of population movements from east to west. This course tracks some of the most important of these great movements from the Goths and Huns to the Ottomans.
Tutor: Rosemary Williams
Venue: Castle Methodist Church, Maidenburgh Street CO1 1TT
Day of Week: Thursdays Time: 10:15 AM Duration: 2 hrs
Start Date: 13-Jan-11 No. of Weeks: 10
Full Fee: £55
Contact Name: Mrs Jean Roberts Telephone: 01206 576506
Course Title: Music on the Periphery
Course Description: This course will examine how the musical traditions of 4 despised, minority cultures were absorbed into mainstream western music, and thereinvigorating consequences. How Jewish, Irish, Gypsy and Black music changed our lives.
Tutor: Peter Dale
Venue: Castle Methodist Church, Maidenburgh Street CO1 1TT
Day of Week: Thursdays Time: 10:15 AM Duration: 2 hrs
Start Date: 13-Jan-11 No. of Weeks: 10
Full Fee: £55
Contact Name: Mrs Jean Roberts Telephone: 01206 576506
Course Title: How did they do it?
Course Description: Towards a technical history of art: drawing and painting techniques and their history - the potential thesis being that development in technical areas could account for changes in the history of art generally.
Tutor: Graham Slimming
Venue: Castle Methodist Church, Maidenburgh Street CO1 1TT
Day of Week: Fridays Time: 10:15 AM Duration: 2 hrs
Start Date: 14-Jan-11 No. of Weeks: 10
Full Fee: £55
Contact Name: Mrs Jean Roberts Telephone: 01206 576506
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