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Classes

Listed below is a selection of classes provided over the last few seasons.  

LITERATURE

 

JAMES JOYCE – DUBLINERS

THE SHORT STORIES OF KATHERINE MANSFIELD

THE LIFE, WORKS AND TIMES OF JANE AUSTEN

THE BRONTË FAMILY

HENRY JAMES – THE TURN OF THE SCREW AND THE ASPERN PAPERS

T S ELIOT – THE WASTE LAND and THE LOVE SONG OF J ALFRED PRUFROCK

SHAKESPEARE – JULIUS CAESAR   and   ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA

 

POETRY

 

POETS AND LANDSCAPES

TO GO ON PILGRIMAGES (CHAUCER)

METAPHYSICAL AND MODERN

 

ART

 

THE RENAISSANCE IN UMBRIA:  ART AND CULTURE

LOVE, ART AND MARRIAGE IN RENAISSANCE ITALY

SCULPTURE FROM THE MIDDLE AGES TO MODERNISM

 

HISTORY

 

THE GEORGIANS AND MEDICINE

THE VICTORIANS AND MEDICINE

HISTORY OF IRAQ

HISTORY OF BRITISH POLICING

FROM PILGRIMAGE TO REALITY TV:  A History of Brentwood

HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES: Is a United Germany a threat to the stability of Europe?

EMINENT VICTORIANS

ANCIENT PERSIA: SECRET AND ENIGMATIC

A JOURNEY THROUGH ANCIENT EGYPT

THE USA AS A WORLD POWER

 

PHILOSOPHY

 

AN INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY

PHILOSOPHY OF FREEDOM

A CRITICAL INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY

 

MUSIC

 

A SHORT INTRODUCTION TO WESTERN ART MUSIC

A TALE OF TEN WORKS: MUSICAL MASTERPIECES AND THEIR MEANINGS

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

FROM FORT TO COUNTRY HOUSE: CASTLES IN ESSEX AND BEYOND

ART AND ARCHITECTURE IN ESSEX CHURCHES

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