Classes
There is no limit to the number of classes you can choose
CLASS A
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Lecturer: TONY TUCKWELL
MONDAYS
Sept 4, 11, 18, 25 and Oct 2 at Christ Church, Warley
10.30am-12.30pm
FEE: £35
Getting to know Essex: New Hall: Essex's Unknown Royal Palace; New Hall 2: The Nuns & their School; Tudor Education in Essex & the Birth of King Edward VI Grammar School; Three Men without a Boat: Walking the Thames from Estuary to Source; The Only Coastal Way is Essex: A Walk Along the Whole Length of the Essex Coast.
CLASS B
Lecturer: MARIA RAZUMOVSKAYA
TUESDAYS
Sept 5, 12, 19, 26 and Oct 3 by Zoom
10.30am-12.30pm
FEE: £25
A Musical Tour of London: Composers working in or influenced by the city.
CLASS C
Lecturer: ANDREW BEHARRELL
WEDNESDAY
Sept 13, 20, 27 and Oct 4, 11 at Christ Church, Warley
10.30am-12.30pm
FEE: £35
Plants, Politics and Economics: the Plants that changed the world.
CLASS D
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Lecturer: DENIS SHEPPARD
TUESDAYS
Sept 19, 26 and Oct 3, 10, 17 at Hutton Community Centre
2.00pm-4.00pm
FEE: £35
The History of China.
CLASS E
Lecturer: RICHARD PUSEY
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MONDAYS
Oct 9, 16 and Nov 6, 13, 20 at Christ Church, Warley
10:30am-12.30pm
FEE: £35
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Exploration of the Unknown: Captain Cook, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Darwin and the Beagle, John Franklin and the North West Passage, Scott of the Antarctic, Ernest Shackleton, Edmund Hillary and Everest.
CLASS F
Lecturer: ANNE STOTT
TUESDAYS
Oct 31 and Nov 7, 14, 21, 28 by Zoom
10:30am-12.30pm
FEE: £25
The French Revolution.
CLASS G
Lecturer: MARGARET MILLS
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TUESDAYS
Oct 31 and Nov 7, 14, 21, 28 at Hutton Community Centre
2.00pm-4.00pm
FEE: £35
The Woman I Love: Edward VIII and Mrs Simpson.
CLASS H
Lecturer: JULIAN WHYBRA
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WEDNESDAYS
Nov 8, 15, 22, 29 and Dec 6 at Christ Church, Warley
10.30am-12.30pm
FEE: £35
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Policing the World: Britain in the 19th Century: Wellington and Waterloo; The retreat from Kabul: the Essex Regiment in Afghanistan 1842;The Charge of the Light Brigade 1854;The Massacre of Cawnpore 1857; Isandhlwana: Heroism and Disaster at Rorke's Drift 1879.
CLASS J
Lecturer: LYDIA GOODSON
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THURSDAYS
Nov 16, 23, 30 and Dec 7, 14 by Zoom
2.00pm-4.00pm
FEE: £25
Painting in the Dutch Golden Age: Vermeer, Hals, Rembrandt.
CLASS K
Lecturer: IAN MERCER
MONDAY
Nov 27 at Christ Church, Warley
10.30am-12.30pm
FEE: £7
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Essex Rock: the Geology Beneath the Landscape.
CLASS L
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Lecturer: MARIA RAZUMOVSKAYA​
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TUESDAYS
Jan 9, 16, 23, 30 and Feb 6 by Zoom
10.30am-12.30pm
FEE: £25
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A musical Tour of Paris: composers who have worked in, or been influenced by, the city.
CLASS M
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Lecturer: LYDIA GOODSON
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THURSDAYS
Jan 11, 18, 25 and Feb 1, 8 by Zoom
2.00pm-4.00pm
FEE: £25
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Painting and Politics: the Artistic Patronage of the Medici Family in Renaissance Italy.
CLASS N
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Lecturer: JULIAN WHYBRA
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MONDAY
Jan 15 at Christ Church, Warley
10.30am-12.30pm
FEE: £7
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A Rose by any other Name: A history of surnames.
CLASS O
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Lecturer: MARGARET MILLS
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TUESDAYS
Jan 16, 23, 30 and Feb 6, 13 at Hutton Community Centre
2.00pm-4.00pm
FEE: £35
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The Edwardian Age: Changing Times after Victoria.
CLASS P
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Lecturer: JULIAN WHYBRA
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MONDAY
Jan 22 at Christ Church, Warley
10.30am-12.30pm
FEE: £7
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Yesterday a King: Short reigns and unfulfilled promise.
CLASS Q
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Lecturer: ADRIAN & ROSANNA ECKERSLEY
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WEDNESDAYS
Jan 31 and Feb 7, 14, 28 and Mar 6, 13 at Christ Church, Warley
10.30am-12.30pm
FEE: £42
The Romantic Landscape: including Wordsworth, Coleridge, Turner & Girtin.
CLASS R
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Lecturer: NICK DOBSON
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MONDAY
Feb 5 at Christ Church, Warley
10.30am-12.30pm
FEE: £7
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The Music of an Earlier Age: Gilbert & Sullivan/Edwardian Musicals.
CLASS S
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Lecturer: NICK DOBSON
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MONDAY
Feb 26 at Christ Church, Warley
10.30am-12.30pm
FEE: £7
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Two Capitals: A literary tour of Dublin followed by the Most Romantic Spots in London.
CLASS T
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Lecturer: ANNE STOTT
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TUESDAYS
Feb 27 and Mar 5, 12, 19, 26 by Zoom
10.30am-12.30pm
FEE: £25
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Elizabeth, The Winter Queen of Bohemia and her Family.
CLASS U
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Lecturer: DENIS SHEPPARD
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TUESDAYS
Feb 27 and Mar 5, 12, 19, 26 at Hutton Community Centre
2.00pm-4.00pm
FEE: £35
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The History of Turkey and the Ottomans.
CLASS V
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Lecturer: FRANCES BOARDMAN
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WEDNESDAYS
Feb 28 and Mar 6, 13, 20, 27 by Zoom
2.00pm-4.00pm
FEE: £25
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Treasures of the British Museum.
CLASS W
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Lecturer: MARGARET MILLS
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THURSDAYS
Feb 29 and Mar 7, 14, 21, 28 by Zoom
10.30am-12.30pm
FEE: £25
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George Eliot: Author and Feminist.