The Channel Coast Lands

Tutor : Geoffrey Mead

10 meetings, on Tuesdays from 2.00pm to 4.00pm

From 12 January 2010, at the Archway Theatre Function Room, The Drive, Horley

Fee : £68

The Channel coastlands are a mix of natural features - cliffs, beaches and river mouths, along with human settlements as diverse as ports, resorts and sleepy hollows! We will study both aspects of the coast and how all these link together.
 

Ireland upon the Dissecting Table 1880-1921

Tutor : Gareth Jenkins

10 meetings, on Wednesdays from 7.30pm to 9.30pm

From 6 January 2010, at the Centenary Hall, Wheelers Lane, Smallfield

Fee : £68

Described as 'the political issue of the age' this course will provide an introduction to the protracted battle for Irish Home Rule. It will primarily focus upon the politics, personalities and movements involved in this bitter struggle.
 

Eating Our Words Unfortunately, we are now unable to offer this course

Tutor : John Parham

10 meetings, on Wednesdays from 7.30pm to 9.30pm

From 6 January 2010, at the Centenary Hall, Wheelers Lane, Smallfield

Fee : £68

Examining the role of food in literature this course looks at how writers success-fully recreate the pleasures of eating. The writers to be studied will include Lewis Carroll, Doris Lessing, Joanne Harris (Chocolat), John Lanchester and Ali Smith.
 

Diaries and Journals Revealed

Tutor : Jennifer Goldsmith

10 meetings, on Thursdays from 7.30pm to 9.30pm

From 7 January 2010, at the Centenary Hall, Wheelers Lane, Smallfield

Fee : £68

For centuries people have confided their thoughts on events, public and private, to diaries. A wonderful collection of local diaries from 17th Century onwards survives - join us to glimpse historic events through the words of people who actually experienced them.