Course Title: The Lives of Others
Course Description: Who we are and why, is a fascinating subject. Our reading for this course can help us explore the pressures, influences and choices that shape our lives and related issues.
Tutor: Mike Peters
Venue: St Stephens Church Room, Albert Road, Buckhurst Hill IG9 6EH
Day of Week: Thursdays Time: 1:30 PM Duration: 2 hrs
Start Date: 23-Sep-10 No. of Weeks: 10
Full Fee: £59
Contact Name: Mrs Pat Dale Telephone: 020 8281 1536
Course Title: Art in the Age of William Morris
Course Description: The course will evaluate Morris's contribution to the development of the concept of design within the social, aesthetic and ideological context of his times. Victorian Bourgeois realism, Arts and Crafts and Art Nouveau are all considered.
Tutor: Graham Slimming
Venue: Loughton Cricket Club Room, The Uplands IG10 1NQ
Day of Week: Mondays Time: 10:00 AM Duration: 2 hrs
Start Date: 27-Sep-10 No. of Weeks: 10
Full Fee: £59
Contact Name: Mrs Pat Dale Telephone: 020 8281 1536
Course Title: Music Inspired by Shakespeare
Course Description: We will focus on the music inspired by two of Shakespeare's greatest plays - Othello and King Lear. For light relief we shall also study 'Beatrice and Benedict' (Berlioz) based on 'Much Ado...' and finally a wide selection of songs.
Tutor: Carl Murray
Venue: Epping Hall, St. Johns Road CM16 5JU
Day of Week: Tuesdays Time: 2:00 PM Duration: 2 hrs
Start Date: 28-Sep-10 No. of Weeks: 10
Full Fee: £59
Contact Name: Mrs Pat Dale Telephone: 020 8281 1536
Course Title: Looking at the Normans
Course Description: In the 8/9th centuries AD the Vikings probed Western Europe. Given a Duchy the Normans and Normandy were born and created an Empire of their own in England, Sicily and Italy. We examine these remarkable people.
Tutor: Norman Leighton
Venue: Loughton Cricket Club Room, The Uplands IG10 1NQ
Day of Week: Tuesdays Time: 10:00 AM Duration: 2 hrs
Start Date: 28-Sep-10 No. of Weeks: 10
Full Fee: £59
Contact Name: Mrs Pat Dale Telephone: 020 8281 1536
Course Title: Observing the Natural World
Course Description: We will examine the structure of selected plants and animals with the unaided eye and at magnification. Discussions will consider how the details revealed enable examples to survive in a range of environments including woodlands, rivers and urban situatio
Tutor: Patricia Moxey
Venue: Jack Siley Pavilion, 1 Tidys Lane, Off Palmers Hill, Epping CM16 6SP
Day of Week: Wednesdays Time: 10:00 AM Duration: 2 hrs
Start Date: 29-Sep-10 No. of Weeks: 20
Full Fee: £118
Contact Name: Mrs Pat Dale Telephone: 020 8281 1536
Course Title: Alfred the Great: The Kingdom Maker
Course Description: How did Alfred the fifth son of Aethelwulf, King of Wessex, become King of England, the scourge of the Vikings, inspire a renaissance of learning and literature in Anglo-Saxon. This is the story of his greatness and England's beginnings.
Tutor: Norman Leighton
Venue: Loughton Cricket Club Room, The Uplands, Loughton IG10 1NQ
Day of Week: Wednesdays Time: 10:00 AM Duration: 2 hrs
Start Date: 29-Sep-10 No. of Weeks: 20
Full Fee: £118
Contact Name: Mrs Pat Dale Telephone: 020 8281 1536
Course Title: Romantic Dawn: Literature in 18th Century England
Course Description: The later 18th century saw a shift in sensibility, from the wit and satire of a polished and elegant Enlightenment society, towards the wildness and dreaminess of Romanticism. We shall chart this shift through a detailed study of a novel, a play and some
Tutor: Adrian Eckersley
Venue: United Reform Church, Lindsey Street, Epping CM16 6RB
Day of Week: Thursdays Time: 10:00 AM Duration: 2 hrs
Start Date: 30-Sep-10 No. of Weeks: 20
Full Fee: £118
Contact Name: Mrs Pat Dale Telephone: 020 8281 1536
Course Title: Conflict in the 19th Century Essex Countryside
Course Description: How were Essex farmworkers perceived as potential revolutionaries in 1830, transformed into enfranchised citizens by the end of the century? An examination of social and economic change through local context.
Tutor: Ted Woodgate
Venue: Loughton Cricket Club Room, The Uplands, Loughton IG10 1NQ
Day of Week: Mondays Time: 1:30 PM Duration: 2 hrs
Start Date: 10-Jan-11 No. of Weeks: 10
Full Fee: £59
Contact Name: Mrs Pat Dale Telephone: 020 8281 1536
Course Title: The Moors in Spain
Course Description: Landing in the Iberian Peninsula in AD711 the Moors rapidly conquered two-thirds of the country. This course examines how the Moors dominated Hispania for 800 years in culture, politics and military matters.
Tutor: Norman Leighton
Venue: Loughton Cricket Club Room, The Uplands, Loughton IG10 1NQ
Day of Week: Tuesdays Time: 10:00 AM Duration: 2 hrs
Start Date: 11-Jan-11 No. of Weeks: 10
Full Fee: £59
Contact Name: Mrs Pat Dale Telephone: 020 8281 1536
Course Title: Enjoying Drama
Course Description: We will consider how playwrights of the 1950s, including Osborne, Pinter, Wesker and Delaney, reflected in their dramas the lives and experiences of people in the changing post-war British society.
Tutor: Michael King
Venue: St Stephens Church Room, Albert Road, Buckhurst Hill IG9 6EH
Day of Week: Thursdays Time: 1:30 PM Duration: 2 hrs
Start Date: 13-Jan-11 No. of Weeks: 10
Full Fee: £59
Contact Name: Mrs Pat Dale Telephone: 020 8281 1536
Course Title: Summer Flowers and Insects
Course Description: We will examine a range of flowers and consider the various mechanisms used to attract or repel their insect visitors. Classroom sessions will be complemented by two field excursions to observe insects in action around flowers.
Tutor: Patricia Moxey
Venue: Jack Siley Pavilion, 1 Tidys Lane, Off Palmers Hill, Epping CM16 6SP
Day of Week: Wednesdays Time: 10:00 AM Duration: 2 hrs
Start Date: 4-May-11 No. of Weeks: 6
Full Fee: £36
Contact Name: Mrs Pat Dale Telephone: 020 8281 1536
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