WRITTLE BRANCH
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2010/11 COURSES


Course Title: Wildlife and Conservation
Course Description: From the end of the Ice Ages, the inland terrestrial habitats that have evolved are examined and man's influence on these habitats with the consequences that have arisen and possible solutions discussed.
Tutor: Fred Boot
Venue: Writtle Village Hall, The Green CM1 3DU
Day of Week: Tuesdays  Time: 10:00 AM  Duration: 1.5 hrs  
Start Date: 21-Sep-10  No. of Weeks: 10
Full Fee: £44
Contact Name: Grace Bevan  Telephone: 01245 421112


Course Title: Giants of the 19th Century
Course Description: The course looks at some 19th century 'celebrities' - such as Brunel, Darwin, Nightingale - and the woman who gave her name to an age, Queen Victoria. An exploration of their lives.
Tutor: Margaret Mills
Venue: Writtle Village Hall, The Green CM1 3DU
Day of Week: Tuesdays  Time: 1:30 PM  Duration: 1.5 hrs  
Start Date: 14-Sep-10  No. of Weeks: 10
Full Fee: £44
Contact Name: Grace Bevan  Telephone: 01245 421112


Course Title: Shakespeare's Villains: Tragical, Comical & Historical
Course Description: An exploration of Shakespeare's insights into 'How one may smile, and smile, and be a villain', a scheming 'Machiavel', 'bloody, bawdy' - eternallyfascinating to audiences.
Tutor: Ron Marks
Venue: Writtle Village Hall, The Green CM1 3DU
Day of Week: Wednesdays  Time: 7:30 PM  Duration: 1.5 hrs  
Start Date: 15-Sep-10  No. of Weeks: 10
Full Fee: £44
Contact Name: Grace Bevan  Telephone: 01245 421112


Course Title: Representative of the People
Course Description: The story of the English (later British) Parliament from medieval beginnings as a tool of royal power to the exercise of real authority. Elections, parties, key events and key people.
Tutor: Roger Cooke
Venue: Writtle Village Hall, The Green CM1 3DU
Day of Week: Tuesdays  Time: 2:00 PM  Duration: 1.5 hrs  
Start Date: 18-Jan-11  No. of Weeks: 10
Full Fee: £44
Contact Name: Grace Bevan  Telephone: 01245 421112


Course Title: Music at the Movies
Course Description: From the early 'silents' through to contemporary blockbusters, music has played a major role in the development of the cinema. The course traces that role and, in doing so, focuses on major composers of music for the cinema.
Tutor: Chris Green
Venue: Writtle Village Hall, The Green CM1 3DU
Day of Week: Tuesdays  Time: 10:00 AM  Duration: 1.5 hrs  
Start Date: 18-Jan-11  No. of Weeks: 10
Full Fee: £44
Contact Name: Grace Bevan  Telephone: 01245 421112


Course Title: Russia in Revolution 1900-1930
Course Description: 'Ten Days that Shook the World'. An examination of the circumstances that led to dramatic events in Russia in 1917, with an attempt to appraise their national and international significance.
Tutor: Ted Woodgate
Venue: Writtle Village Hall, The Green CM1 3DU
Day of Week: Wednesdays  Time: 7:30 PM  Duration: 1.5 hrs  
Start Date: 19-Jan-11  No. of Weeks: 10
Full Fee: £44
Contact Name: Grace Bevan  Telephone: 01245 421112



Please note that the "duration" of one day courses includes a lunch break of up to two hours. More information about one day courses - including lunch arrangements - is available on the One Day Courses page.

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