Thursday 5 January 2017

Brighton, Sussex - Adult Education Courses, Poetry Readings 



For Adult Education Classes, Courses, Saturdays, Dayschools -
and more in Brighton 

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Modern British History
Social and Cultural History
Art History
Cinema
Literature
Fashion History
Brighton, Sussex, History

Stuarts * Georgians * Regency * Victorians * Edwardians * Between the Wars * Modernism * Art Deco * Cinema * Local History * Novels and History * Film History * Art and History * History of Fashion * Wartime WWI & II * Christmas Customs * Death & Mourning * History in Literature * 

2017/18 courses are taught in Brighton at Greater Brighton Metropolitan College MET (formerly City College), Whitehawk Community Centre, Varndean College, Holy Trinity Church Hall (Woodingdean) and Preston Manor (Preston Park)

2017/18

AUTUMN 2017

Conflict and revolution: The Stuart Age 1603-1702
Cinema and Society 1896-1960
The Novel as Social History: 20th Century Women Writers
Late Victorian Britain 1875-1902
Culture and Society Between the Wars 1918-1939
The Edwardians (1900-1910)
Single Saturdays:
Looking at Art as Social History: Victorian Narrative Painting
An Edwardian Christmas
A Sussex Christmas: customs, myths and legends of winter in the festive season

SPRING 2018

Eighteenth-Century England from Anne to George II (1702-1760)
Making Waves: the development of Brighton - a unique resort
The Novel as Social History: Comparing 20th Century Male and Female Novelists
In the Shadow of the Century: Life and Leisure 1900-1914
Single Saturdays:
Victorian Rituals of Death and Mourning
"Beautiful and Useful" Victorian Arts and Crafts
Space, Light and Speed: Art Deco and Modernism 1918-1939

SUMMER 2018

Innovation and Experiment: Georgian England 1760-1800
From Page to Screen: the film of the novel
Summer Reading: Books, books and more books!
Summer in the City: exploring Brighton's unique history 
(2 classroom sessions and 3 Brighton Field trips)


The Grange Rottingdean
SEA PICTURES
Readings to accompany Mike Bensleys exhibition of marine paintings. He will be giving a short talk before the readings.
Saturday 29 July 2-3pm  
Read by Anita Gilson and Sarah Tobias
Refreshments and cream teas will be available outside in the Grange Gardens or the Barn
Admission to the readings £4 refreshments paid separately

KIPLINGS POEMS
Amusing and entertaining 
read by Sarah Tobias and Anita Gilson
Sunday August date tba 2-3pm
Refreshments and cream teas will be available outside in the Grange Gardens or the Barn
Admission to the readings £4 refreshments paid separately

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