GERRARDS CROSS SUMMER SCHOOL 2018 at the Memorial Centre, East Common, Gerrards Cross SL9 7AD

GERRARDS CROSS

SUMMER SCHOOL FOR ADULTS

23rd JULY - 3rd AUGUST 2018

THE MEMORIAL CENTRE, EAST COMMON, GERRARDS CROSS, SL9 7AD TEL: 01753 883759

www.gxca.org.uk/summer-school GERRARDS CROSS SUMMER SCHOOL 2018 at The Memorial Centre, East Common, Gerrards Cross SL9 7AD

This is the thirty fifth year of Summer School and we look forward to welcoming former students and meeting new ones. There is always a friendly atmosphere and a high standard of tutors.

The organisers are all volunteers and it is our intention to provide first class courses with efficient administration.

Manda Adams Lorene Butcher Norman Holmes Angela Inger Rita Lines Sue Richardson Treasurer: Jacqui Robinson Wendy Watts

Check our website for details of courses and a downloadable copy of the application form. It will also be updated for course availability and any last minute changes to the programme. www.gerrardscrosssummerschool.co.uk

Deliver application forms to: Gerrards Cross Summer School, The Memorial Centre, East Common, Gerrards Cross, Bucks, SL9 7AD

The Memorial Centre office deals with general enquiries only, on 01753 883 759 and does not deal directly with enrolments.

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2 GENERAL ARRANGEMENTS AND TERMS 1. Fees & Times: The cost of a course including all refreshments: £50 Day Courses 10.00am - 4.00pm Morning session 10.00am - 12:30pm Afternoon session 2.00pm - 4.00pm

2. Refreshments: Morning coffee & biscuits. A lunch of soup or juice, a cold buffet and dessert with coffee. Afternoon tea. A licenced bar is available during the lunch break

3. Booking: Bookings will only be accepted on an official form and are dealt with in strict order of receipt. Please ensure that you provide one s.a.e. with your booking form to ensure you receive acknowledgement of your booking. (Refer to payment details on booking form)

4. Cancellation If you need to cancel, you must advise us in writing. In order by Student: to comply with fire regulations, please let us know the change of name if a friend takes your place. The following sums will be deducted before a refund is made:

Before 23rd June £10 Before 6th July Half of the fee 16th July or after No refund

5. Cancellation Whilst we have every intention of running the advertised by Organisers: courses, the organisers reserve the right to cancel if too few students enrol. Anyone involved will be informed immediately and full fees will be returned. Occasionally it may be necessary to make changed due to circumstances beyond our control.

6. Health: Students attending courses involving physical activity should be medically fit. No responsibility can be accepted by the Gerrards Cross Community Association.

7. Property: No responsibility can be taken for any item lost or damaged on The Memorial Centre premises.

8. Special Any specific instructions for courses will be sent to students Instructions: with the acknowledgement of their bookings.

9. Seating and Students may find the seats more comfortable if they bring a Classrooms: cushion. Three classrooms are on the first floor. Please check when you book if you have problems with stairs.

3 PROGRAMME 2018 - WEEK 1 PROGRAMME 2018 - WEEK 2

Monday Three Great Dutch Masters - Hals, Rembrandt and Vermeer Hilary Williams D1 Monday A Trip Around the Monopoly Board Sally Botwright D36 23rd Floristry for Beginners Sara Coker D2 30th Public Speaking and Presenting - Less is More Charles Crawford D37 July Anyone Can Draw David Lewry D3 July Beading: Design and Make Your own Necklace Sharon Hurst D38 20 Best Uses for Your iPad - Beginners Susan Mills D4 20 Best Uses for Your iPad - Beginners Susan Mills D39 D40 Jewish Background to the New Testament - Part 2 Paul Luckraft D5 Bridge - Signals and Discards Rob Wilkinson D41 Tuesday The House of Tiffany Maggie Knight D8 France and England: The Migration of Cathedral Architecture Keith Hasted Tuesday D43 24th Bridge - Declarer Play in Suit Contracts Tim Chanter D9 Creative Genius Versus State Repression: Russian Music Julian Williamson 31st Bridge - Sacrificing and 2 Suited Overcalls Rob Wilkinson D44 July Pottery Su Rogers D10 July Silk Painting Sharon Hurst D45 Upcycled Denim Jean Bag Mary Gamester D11 The Wisdom of the Greek Philosophers Peter Gibson D46 Getting started on Your Family Tree Tricia Lockhart D11a Lord Austin and Lord Nuffield: Giants of the British Motor Industry Julian Hunt D47 Rich and Poor in London: Lives in Maps Colin Oakes D12 Garden and Plant Photography Gill Ferguson D48 Introduction to Rocks and Minerals Jill Eyers D13 Wednesday Passionate Patrons: Victoria and Albert and the Arts Barbara Askew D50 Wednesday The Enigma of Edward II Tim Porter D15 1st Acrylics - Step By Step Heather McDowell D51 25th Willow Weaving - Dragonflies and Bird Feeders Mary Sibley D16 August Silk Painting Sharon Hurst D52 July Pottery Su Rogers D17 Make a Photobook Using Photos on Your Device Susan Mills D53 Make a Photobook Using Photos on Your iPad Susan Mills D18 How to Make Your Gardening Easier Letta Jones D54 Solving Cryptic Crosswords Tricia Lockhart D18a Embroidery: Over the Garden Wall Kay Dennis D55 What Makes a Masterpiece in Art? Richard Box D19 Thursday None But the Lonely Heart: Music of Tchaikovsky Gerald Seaman D57 Garden of Delight in Transfer Painting Mary Gamester D20 2nd Art and History: Painting in the 18th Century Scott Anderson D58 Thursday From Pageant to Pop - The History of Music in London Roger Askew D22 August Watercolour for the Terrified Geoff Thorpe D59 26th Milord Abroad - The Grand Tour William Forrester D23 Wildlife on Your Doorstep John Tyler D61 July Pen and Ink Drawing Linnette Bell D24 Charles Dickens: The Man Behind the Novels Lucinda Hawksley D62 The Gospel and Letters of St. John Rev Jeremy Hurst D25 Friday Yoga and Pilates Michelle Pound D64 Emotional Intelligence - Understanding Yourself and Others George Siantonas D26 3rd Hard Choices: Three Diplomatic Dilemmas Charles Crawford D65 Ice Age to Iron Age Jill Eyers D27 August Soft Pastels Geoff Thorpe D66 Friday Charles I, Art and Patronage Peter Humfrey D29 More Best Uses for Your iPad - Improvers Susan Mills D67 27th Haydn - The Complete Master Tim Porter D30 Beginners Watercolour Denis Pannett D68 July Drawing Flowers in Coloured pencil David Lewry D31 Embroidery: Mushrooms and Toadstools Kay Dennis D69 More Best Uses for Your iPad - Improvers Susan Mills D32 Creative Arts and Crafts Avoiding Scams and Staying Safe Online Tricia Lockhart D32a Bridge / Music Fashionable Edwardian Shopping Yvonne Bell D33 History & Art History Phones, Tablets & Computers General Interest

4 PROGRAMME 2018 - WEEK 1 PROGRAMME 2018 - WEEK 2

Monday Three Great Dutch Masters - Hals, Rembrandt and Vermeer Hilary Williams D1 Monday A Trip Around the Monopoly Board Sally Botwright D36 23rd Floristry for Beginners Sara Coker D2 30th Public Speaking and Presenting - Less is More Charles Crawford D37 July Anyone Can Draw David Lewry D3 July Beading: Design and Make Your own Necklace Sharon Hurst D38 20 Best Uses for Your iPad - Beginners Susan Mills D4 20 Best Uses for Your iPad - Beginners Susan Mills D39 D40 Jewish Background to the New Testament - Part 2 Paul Luckraft D5 Bridge - Signals and Discards Rob Wilkinson D41 Tuesday The House of Tiffany Maggie Knight D8 France and England: The Migration of Cathedral Architecture Keith Hasted Tuesday D43 24th Bridge - Triumphs and Pitfalls of Pre-Emptive Bidding Tim Chanter D9 Creative Genius Versus State Repression: Russian Music Julian Williamson 31st Bridge - Sacrificing and 2 Suited Overcalls Rob Wilkinson D44 July Pottery Su Rogers D10 July Silk Painting Sharon Hurst D45 Upcycled Denim Jean Bag Mary Gamester D11 The Wisdom of the Greek Philosophers Peter Gibson D46 Getting started on Your Family Tree Tricia Lockhart D11a Lord Austin and Lord Nuffield: Giants of the British Motor Industry Julian Hunt D47 Rich and Poor in London: Lives in Maps Colin Oakes D12 Garden and Plant Photography Gill Ferguson D48 Introduction to Rocks and Minerals Jill Eyers D13 Wednesday Passionate Patrons: Victoria and Albert and the Arts Barbara Askew D50 Wednesday The Enigma of Edward II Tim Porter D15 1st Acrylics - Step By Step Heather McDowell D51 25th Willow Weaving - Dragonflies and Bird Feeders Mary Sibley D16 August Silk Painting Sharon Hurst D52 July Pottery Su Rogers D17 Make a Photobook Using Photos on Your Device Susan Mills D53 Make a Photobook Using Photos on Your iPad Susan Mills D18 How to Make Your Gardening Easier Letta Jones D54 Solving Cryptic Crosswords Tricia Lockhart D18a Embroidery: Over the Garden Wall Kay Dennis D55 What Makes a Masterpiece in Art? Richard Box D19 Thursday None But the Lonely Heart: Music of Tchaikovsky Gerald Seaman D57 Garden of Delight in Transfer Painting Mary Gamester D20 2nd Art and History: Painting in the 18th Century Scott Anderson D58 Thursday From Pageant to Pop - The History of Music in London Roger Askew D22 August Watercolour for the Terrified Geoff Thorpe D59 26th Milord Abroad - The Grand Tour William Forrester D23 Wildlife on Your Doorstep John Tyler D61 July Pen and Ink Drawing Linnette Bell D24 Charles Dickens: The Man Behind the Novels Lucinda Hawksley D62 The Gospel and Letters of St. John Rev Jeremy Hurst D25 Friday Yoga and Pilates Michelle Pound D64 Emotional Intelligence - Understanding Yourself and Others George Siantonas D26 3rd Hard Choices: Three Diplomatic Dilemmas Charles Crawford D65 Ice Age to Iron Age Jill Eyers D27 August Soft Pastels Geoff Thorpe D66 Friday Charles I, Art and Patronage Peter Humfrey D29 More Best Uses for Your iPad - Improvers Susan Mills D67 27th Haydn - The Complete Master Tim Porter D30 Beginners Watercolour Denis Pannett D68 July Drawing Flowers in Coloured pencil David Lewry D31 Embroidery: Mushrooms and Toadstools Kay Dennis D69 More Best Uses for Your iPad - Improvers Susan Mills D32 Creative Arts and Crafts Avoiding Scams and Staying Safe Online Tricia Lockhart D32a Bridge / Music Fashionable Edwardian Shopping Yvonne Bell D33 History & Art History Phones, Tablets & Computers General Interest

5 D1 THREE GREAT DUTCH MASTERS: Monday 23rd July HALS, REMBRANDT AND VERMEER D3 ANYONE CAN DRAW Monday 23rd July Tutor: Hilary Williams studied Art History at the University of East Anglia and Tutor: David Lewry, BA (Hons), SWSBA, UKCPS runs a number of very was a postgraduate in English Baroque Architecture at the Courtauld Institute successful classes and workshops in watercolour and drawing. He tutors on of Art. She joined the British Museum and became Superintendent of the Print cruise ships where he has inspired many people to take up an exciting new Room. Hilary is a specialist in 17th century art and has published on hobby. As an accomplished Botanical Artist, he was awarded a silver medal by Rembrandt. She is currently Art History Education Officer at the British Museum the Royal Horticultural Society in 2009 and has contributed illustrations to and is also a guide lecturer at the Wallace Collection. several award-winning books and magazines.

Looking at the Golden Age of Dutch painting in the 17th century, we see Many would love to take up some art related hobby or even just sketch for fun but because they have no confidence or skills in drawing, decide that they are that there are many masters and a just 'not artistic’. This course will prove otherwise. In just a few hours you will handful of truly great exponents. This produce amazing drawings that will astound you. This course will break down course shows the context in which the barriers and show that absolutely anybody can learn to draw, in fact they Frans Hals (in Haarlem), Rembrandt already have the ability and skills within them, they just need to be shown how (in Amsterdam) and Johannes to access them! David has run this course for a number of years and it is always Vermeer (in Delft) were painting for extremely popular and many of his students have become accomplished artists. different aspects All materials provided - absolutely no experience needed. of a burgeoning market. The questions might be, would Rembrandt have D4 20 BEST USES FOR YOUR iPad - BEGINNERS Monday 23rd July painted "The Nightwatch" (1642) - now a national icon- Tutor: Susan Mills, Cert Ed, MA, experienced teacher. without Hals' influential contribution to painting military group portraits? Why was Rembrandt not only the Master During the day, I will show you how to get the best out of your iPad. There is of the Amsterdam School but also of the Dutch School? always so much more that you can do with this wonderful device. In the morning, we go through settings and look at the best way to make use of the apps pre- How was Vermeer quintessentially Delft School? How do loaded on your iPad. In the afternoon, I will introduce you to some of my these three greats offer us a window onto Dutch society, at a time of flux, and favourite apps and show you some of the amazing ways you can use the iPad onto a shifting political scene? to make your life easier. Step by step I will offer tips and tricks and ensure that by the end of the day you are confident and comfortable with your iPad. This course is a confidence booster and maybe afterwards you can show family D2 FLORISTRY FOR BEGINNERS Monday 23rd July members a thing or two! Tutor: Sarah Coker has a company called Expressit Flowers and an NVQ level Please bring your iPad and charging lead. 2 in Floristry. D5 JEWISH BACKGROUND TO Monday 23rd July The day will start with learning about the various types of flowers and how to THE NEW TESTAMENT – BEGINNERS condition them. You will be wiring leaves and freesia buds to make a corsage; Tutor: Paul Luckraft has a 1st class degree in Theology from the Open making a double ended oasis spray; a table centre and a front facing display Theological College and has spent many years teaching in local churches and which is the same principle as a pedestal display you elsewhere. He specialises in the Jewish world of Jesus and the New Testament. would make for a church. At each stage there will be The New Testament reflects a culture very different from our own. Once we demonstrations before you get hands on. All the understand its background we can start to appreciate better what we read and materials and flowers will be provided, there will be a let it ‘come to life’. The main topics to be covered will be what was expected of cost of £25 on the day. At the end of the day you will the predicted Messiah, the role and methods of Jewish teachers of the time have some beautiful items to take home. Also, each (later called Rabbis), and above all how Jesus fitted into all of this. We will also student will receive free raffle tickets for the tutor’s discuss the Hebraic mindset, based upon a very different language to the one samples. we know with illustrations from various New Testament texts. Come and

explore!

D1 THREE GREAT DUTCH MASTERS: Monday 23rd July D3 ANYONE CAN DRAW Monday 23rd July HALS, REMBRANDT AND VERMEER Tutor: David Lewry, BA (Hons), SWSBA, UKCPS runs a number of very Tutor: Hilary Williams studied Art History at the University of East Anglia and successful classes and workshops in watercolour and drawing. He tutors on was a postgraduate in English Baroque Architecture at the Courtauld Institute cruise ships where he has inspired many people to take up an exciting new of Art. She joined the British Museum and became Superintendent of the Print hobby. As an accomplished Botanical Artist, he was awarded a silver medal by Room. Hilary is a specialist in 17th century art and has published on the Royal Horticultural Society in 2009 and has contributed illustrations to Rembrandt. She is currently Art History Education Officer at the British Museum several award-winning books and magazines. and is also a guide lecturer at the Wallace Collection.

Looking at the Golden Age of Dutch Many would love to take up some art related hobby or even just sketch for fun painting in the 17th century, we see but because they have no confidence or skills in drawing, decide that they are just 'not artistic’. This course will prove otherwise. In just a few hours you will that there are many masters and a produce amazing drawings that will astound you. This course will break down handful of truly great exponents. This the barriers and show that absolutely anybody can learn to draw, in fact they course shows the context in which already have the ability and skills within them, they just need to be shown how Frans Hals (in Haarlem), Rembrandt to access them! David has run this course for a number of years and it is always (in Amsterdam) and Johannes extremely popular and many of his students have become accomplished artists. Vermeer (in Delft) were painting for All materials provided - absolutely no experience needed. different aspects of a burgeoning D4 20 BEST USES FOR YOUR iPad - BEGINNERS Monday 23rd July market. The questions might be, would Rembrandt have Tutor: Susan Mills, Cert Ed, MA, experienced teacher. painted "The Nightwatch" (1642) - now a national icon- without Hals' influential contribution to painting military During the day, I will show you how to get the best out of your iPad. There is group portraits? Why was Rembrandt not only the Master always so much more that you can do with this wonderful device. In the morning, we go through settings and look at the best way to make use of the apps pre- of the Amsterdam School but also of the Dutch School? loaded on your iPad. In the afternoon, I will introduce you to some of my How was Vermeer quintessentially Delft School? How do favourite apps and show you some of the amazing ways you can use the iPad these three greats offer us a window onto Dutch society, at a time of flux, and to make your life easier. Step by step I will offer tips and tricks and ensure that onto a shifting political scene? by the end of the day you are confident and comfortable with your iPad. This course is a confidence booster and maybe afterwards you can show family members a thing or two! D2 FLORISTRY FOR BEGINNERS Monday 23rd July Please bring your iPad and charging lead. Tutor: Sarah Coker has a company called Expressit Flowers and an NVQ level 2 in Floristry. D5 JEWISH BACKGROUND TO Monday 23rd July THE NEW TESTAMENT – BEGINNERS The day will start with learning about the various types of flowers and how to Tutor: Paul Luckraft has a 1st class degree in Theology from the Open condition them. You will be wiring leaves and freesia buds to make a corsage; Theological College and has spent many years teaching in local churches and making a double ended oasis spray; a table centre and a front facing display elsewhere. He specialises in the Jewish world of Jesus and the New Testament. which is the same principle as a pedestal display you The New Testament reflects a culture very different from our own. Once we would make for a church. At each stage there will be understand its background we can start to appreciate better what we read and demonstrations before you get hands on. All the let it ‘come to life’. The main topics to be covered will be what was expected of materials and flowers will be provided, there will be a the predicted Messiah, the role and methods of Jewish teachers of the time cost of £25 on the day. At the end of the day you will (later called Rabbis), and above all how Jesus fitted into all of this. We will also have some beautiful items to take home. Also, each discuss the Hebraic mindset, based upon a very different language to the one student will receive free raffle tickets for the tutor’s we know with illustrations from various New Testament texts. Come and samples. explore!

7 D8 THE HOUSE OF TIFFANY Tuesday 24th July D10 POTTERY Tuesday 24th July Tutor: Maggie Knight BA Fine Art, MA History of Art, PhD History of Art. Tutor: Su Rogers: BA (Hons) 3DD Contemporary Founded the Adult Education section at the V&A Museum. She ran her own Craft/ Ceramics, University of Creative Arts, classes in art and cultural history in London and is now teaching for The Arts Farnham Society and leading tours to Europe and America. The course will introduce a variety of pottery Louis Comfort Tiffany is best known as a designer of Art Nouveau glass but this techniques, including pinch pots and coil method to was only a part of his contribution to American design. Inspired by the English make a plant pot. We will roll out slab clay and use Aesthetic Movement he founded ‘Associated Artists’ who provided the interiors various decorative techniques and then make a commissioned for the most opulent American houses of the 1880s. His ‘Tiffany bud vase. Su will explain slip decoration, using Studios’ in the 90’s took the idea further with a ‘factory’ of talented makers masking tape, sponge marking and graffito. At the working under his direction. This study day is about Louis Comfort and his artists end of the day your best two pieces (one plant pot who gave American design international prestige at the end of the 19th century. and one bud vase) will be taken for firing and returned to the Memorial Centre for collection.

Please visit Su's website www.busstoppottery.com for further information.

D11 UPCYCLED DENIM JEAN BAG Tuesday 24th July Tutor: Mary Gamester: Cert Ed, City & Guilds Cert and Diploma in Patchwork and Quilting and Machine Embroidery. Currently teaching in several venues.

Take two pairs of old jeans to transform into a bag using a variation of Japanese folded patchwork. This technique involves circles of denim folded over squares of contrasting fabrics. It could be a memory bag using special fabrics in your D9 BRIDGE – DECLARER PLAY IN SUIT CONTRACTS Tuesday 24th July collection. This is a very portable technique making the individual squares which Tutor: Tim Chanter is an outstanding teacher from Richmond Bridge Club which can be stitched together to make a bag large or small. Summer School can is one of the leading clubs in the country, having attracted more players than provide some old jeans to use if you do not have any. any other EBU affiliated club. He is a regular tournament player on the English Bridge Circuit, and is a qualified EBU bridge teacher. He also teaches at Wimbledon, Brentham and the Hurlingham Club. D11a GETTING STARTED ON YOUR FAMILY TREE Tuesday 24th July Tutor: Tricia Lockhart, BSc; PGCE; PGD IT. Tricia has been teaching for over This seminar will discuss the main techniques to successfully bring home 30 years and is a part time tutor to PGCE students of Computer Studies at King’s contracts in trump contracts including: College, London. • Ruffing in the hand with fewer trumps Building a family tree is interesting and can be an • Setting up pitches or discards to dispose of losers absorbing hobby. For beginners this course will • Delaying drawing trumps and partial drawing of trumps give some ideas of free sources where information can be found and explain the options for using the • Setting up a long suit in dummy leading online and other databases to build a family • Loser on loser play tree. There will be opportunities to use resources for your own research during the day and for a few weeks after. As we will not • Keeping trump control be using the top floor computer room you will need to bring along a tablet or • Dummy reversals laptop to benefit from the course. Please bring power cables and know the password to be able to log on and use your device. The tutor may have a spare • Avoiding danger hand machine for those who cannot bring a portable device. Bring a note of any information about your ancestors to help you start your research.

8 D8 THE HOUSE OF TIFFANY Tuesday 24th July D10 POTTERY Tuesday 24th July Tutor: Maggie Knight BA Fine Art, MA History of Art, PhD History of Art. Tutor: Su Rogers: BA (Hons) 3DD Contemporary Founded the Adult Education section at the V&A Museum. She ran her own Craft/ Ceramics, University of Creative Arts, classes in art and cultural history in London and is now teaching for The Arts Farnham Society and leading tours to Europe and America. The course will introduce a variety of pottery Louis Comfort Tiffany is best known as a designer of Art Nouveau glass but this techniques, including pinch pots and coil method to was only a part of his contribution to American design. Inspired by the English make a plant pot. We will roll out slab clay and use Aesthetic Movement he founded ‘Associated Artists’ who provided the interiors various decorative techniques and then make a commissioned for the most opulent American houses of the 1880s. His ‘Tiffany bud vase. Su will explain slip decoration, using Studios’ in the 90’s took the idea further with a ‘factory’ of talented makers masking tape, sponge marking and graffito. At the working under his direction. This study day is about Louis Comfort and his artists end of the day your best two pieces (one plant pot who gave American design international prestige at the end of the 19th century. and one bud vase) will be taken for firing and returned to the Memorial Centre for collection.

Please visit Su's website www.busstoppottery.com for further information.

D11 UPCYCLED DENIM JEAN BAG Tuesday 24th July Tutor: Mary Gamester: Cert Ed, City & Guilds Cert and Diploma in Patchwork and Quilting and Machine Embroidery. Currently teaching in several venues.

9 D12 RICH AND POOR IN LONDON: LIVES IN MAPS Tuesday 24th July D15 THE ENIGMA OF EDWARD II Wednesday 25th July Tutor: Colin Oakes has taken walking tours and coach tours, lectures and Tutor: Tim Porter specialises in two subject areas: The conferences since 1982. Colin has a BA (Hons) in Archaeological Studies from Middle Ages and Music. He is an experienced lecturer, the University of Leicester and an MA in London Studies from Birkbeck College, including The Arts Society and the Ashmolean Museum, University of London. and works as a tour guide for specialist history groups.

Tyrant, playboy, victim – all these words have been The capital has a long history of mapping its streets from the Tudor period to applied to the King whose body lies in Gloucester (or modern times. These maps can tell us a lot about London through the ages. does it?...even this is controversial, like so much else There was a slow move towards richer people living in the West and poorer in that concerns him). This day course aims to tell his story the East with some notable exceptions. We will look on the course at how as plainly as possible, and raise those tantalising former villages were incorporated into London, industry affected the populous, questions which still can’t be answered. Clearly, this house building changed the metropolis, transport grew in importance and man was a misfit on the throne. But how much blame consumerism with recreation, is depicted in the maps. must attach itself to his father, the austere, driven, We will spend time with a myriad of examples of general, local and specific military-minded Edward I? And how did English people cartography to show what can be gleaned from such maps about London and react when old Edward died, to be replaced by young Edward with his easy- its people. There will also be an opportunity to work in groups on a specific map going ways and bisexual lifestyle? Some liked him and felt he had “the common to see what a wealth of insight it can offer. touch”; but others despised him and sought to drag him down, despite him being

God’s Anointed. And others again felt that his rule must be endured – after all,

God might be punishing the nation for its sins. Edward’s life-story is among the

most dramatic in English history. The love of his favourites and neglect of

government led to civil war. The rejection of his father’s policies led to defeat at

Bannockburn. Yet it’s the character of the man which ultimately remains an

enigma.

D16 WILLOW WEAVING Wednesday 25th July

Tutor: Mary Sibley is a retired art teacher and volunteered to work on the

Coronation Arches.

You will be weaving two projects during the day. First will be a beautiful Dragonfly. The second project is a bird feeder. Once finished it can be hung D13 INTRODUCTION TO ROCKS AND MINERALS Tuesday 24th July on a branch or bird stand in the garden where it will encourage a variety of wild Tutor: Dr Jill Eyers, PhD, BA (Hons), PGCE (TLHE) (Open) birds to feed. There will be tips and ideas given throughout the day. You will go home with two finished projects and a smile on your face! A small fee is A hands-on course with a large variety of the tutor’s own collections. What are charged for the materials on the day. minerals and what are rocks? The day will start with discovering how to identify the main types of mineral and how they form. As rocks are made from minerals we can then explore the world of rocks – how to identify them and to discover

what they tell us about the world around us.

The three main rock types will be explored: igneous (from volcanoes), sedimentary (from the world around us) and metamorphic (from ancient INSERT HERE “MAINLY DECO” ADVERT ¼ PAGE B&W mountains). A slide show will take us on a journey to where they were made. Prepare to be amazed!

10 D12 RICH AND POOR IN LONDON: LIVES IN MAPS Tuesday 24th July D15 THE ENIGMA OF EDWARD II Wednesday 25th July Tutor: Colin Oakes has taken walking tours and coach tours, lectures and Tutor: Tim Porter specialises in two subject areas: The conferences since 1982. Colin has a BA (Hons) in Archaeological Studies from Middle Ages and Music. He is an experienced lecturer, the University of Leicester and an MA in London Studies from Birkbeck College, including The Arts Society and the Ashmolean Museum, University of London. and works as a tour guide for specialist history groups.

God’s Anointed. And others again felt that his rule must be endured – after all,

God might be punishing the nation for its sins. Edward’s life-story is among the

most dramatic in English history. The love of his favourites and neglect of

government led to civil war. The rejection of his father’s policies led to defeat at

Bannockburn. Yet it’s the character of the man which ultimately remains an

enigma.

D16 WILLOW WEAVING Wednesday 25th July

Tutor: Mary Sibley is a retired art teacher and volunteered to work on the

Coronation Arches.

The three main rock types will be explored: igneous (from volcanoes), 6 Oak End Way, Gerrards Cross, Bucks sedimentary (from the world around us) and metamorphic (from ancient INSERT HERE Mainly “MAINLY DecoDECO” ADVERT ¼ PAGE01753 B&W 882066 mountains). A slide show will take us on a journey to where they were made. Prepare to be amazed! Ceramics and Glass bought and sold 1920’s - 1970’s mainlydeco.co.uk [email protected]

11 D17 POTTERY Wednesday 25th July D19 WHAT MAKES A MASTERPIECE IN ART? Wednesday 25th July Tutor: Su Rogers: BA (Hons) 3DD Contemporary Craft/ Ceramics, University of Tutor: Richard Box NDD, ATC, Dip.Hist.Art, AdvDipEd is an artist and a lecturer Creative Arts, Farnham. for The Arts Society. He gives talks and teaches drawing, painting and his particular system of textile art at various adult education centres as well as The course will introduce a variety of pottery techniques, including pinch pots independent organisations. and coil method to make a plant pot. We will roll out slab clay and use various decorative techniques and then make a bud vase. Su will explain slip decoration, Why are some art and craft objects defined as ‘masterpieces’? This day of using masking tape, sponge marking and graffito. At the end of the day your lectures, suitable for both novices and the knowledgeable, explores the various best two pieces (one plant pot and one bud vase) will be taken for firing and aesthetic and expressive canons that are considered to be fundamental to such returned to the Memorial Centre for collection. Please visit Su's website magnificent articles. There will be explanations how such criteria vary and www.busstoppottery.com for further information. change throughout the centuries, sometimes in curiously contradictory ways. Furthermore, seemingly hidden meanings such as iconography, symbolism and expressionism will be revealed. D18 MAKE A PHOTOBOOK Wednesday 25th July USING THE PHOTOS ON YOUR IPAD Tutor: Susan Mills, Cert Ed, MA, experienced teacher. D20 GARDEN OF DELIGHT IN TRANSFER PAINTING Wednesday 25th July Tutor: Mary Gamester: Cert Ed, City & Guilds Cert and Diploma in Patchwork In the morning we will explore some of the hundreds of providers and explain and Quilting and Machine Embroidery. Currently teaching in several venues cost structures and ease of use. In the afternoon, we will concentrate on one

site and demonstrate step by step, how to prepare your photos and how to start Come and enjoy block printing leaves and flowers to build up a flower garden on the design of your photobook. Of course, the best thing about creating a Photo Book is getting personal. And that’s what really matters…your memories using transfer paints on paper. Depending on your choice in this garden, you may find an elephant roaming, a peacock strutting or butterflies fluttering by! are important. You will be shown plenty of themes and layouts to play around This will be great fun as you play with block printing, and design your garden with. You can choose different papers, different finishes and different covers. which will be ironed, to transfer it onto the fabric. When layered up with wadding You will be offered creative inspiration along the way, but the decisions are in the fabric will be quilted with embroidery and embellished with beads, sequins, your hands. You will need to bring your iPad and charging lead. buttons, etc. By the end of the day you will have a beautiful printed and hand

stitched picture.

D18a SOLVING CRYPTIC CROSSWORDS Wednesday 25th July

Tutor: Tricia Lockhart, BSc; PGCE; PGD IT. Tricia has been teaching for over 30 years. Part time tutor to PGCE students of Computer Studies at King’s College, London.

An absorbing hobby that may help keep your brain working well, we will concentrate on cryptic crosswords typically those from the Daily or Sunday Telegraph. Types of clues will be discussed with examples of each; strategies to tackle the whole crossword will be introduced and a little about those who set these puzzles. A small dictionary may be useful as may a pencil and eraser. We will look at online options that can support the hobby or allow you to solve online but a computer is not vital. You may like to bring a tablet or laptop (don’t forget charging cables!) In the past, this course has taken place in the top floor computer room but this year, we will be on Level 1.

12 D17 POTTERY Wednesday 25th July D19 WHAT MAKES A MASTERPIECE IN ART? Wednesday 25th July Tutor: Su Rogers: BA (Hons) 3DD Contemporary Craft/ Ceramics, University of Tutor: Richard Box NDD, ATC, Dip.Hist.Art, AdvDipEd is an artist and a lecturer Creative Arts, Farnham. for The Arts Society. He gives talks and teaches drawing, painting and his particular system of textile art at various adult education centres as well as The course will introduce a variety of pottery techniques, including pinch pots independent organisations. and coil method to make a plant pot. We will roll out slab clay and use various decorative techniques and then make a bud vase. Su will explain slip decoration, Why are some art and craft objects defined as ‘masterpieces’? This day of using masking tape, sponge marking and graffito. At the end of the day your lectures, suitable for both novices and the knowledgeable, explores the various best two pieces (one plant pot and one bud vase) will be taken for firing and aesthetic and expressive canons that are considered to be fundamental to such returned to the Memorial Centre for collection. Please visit Su's website magnificent articles. There will be explanations how such criteria vary and www.busstoppottery.com for further information. change throughout the centuries, sometimes in curiously contradictory ways. Furthermore, seemingly hidden meanings such as iconography, symbolism and expressionism will be revealed. D18 MAKE A PHOTOBOOK Wednesday 25th July USING THE PHOTOS ON YOUR IPAD Tutor: Susan Mills, Cert Ed, MA, experienced teacher. D20 GARDEN OF DELIGHT IN TRANSFER PAINTING Wednesday 25th July Tutor: Mary Gamester: Cert Ed, City & Guilds Cert and Diploma in Patchwork In the morning we will explore some of the hundreds of providers and explain and Quilting and Machine Embroidery. Currently teaching in several venues cost structures and ease of use. In the afternoon, we will concentrate on one site and demonstrate step by step, how to prepare your photos and how to start Come and enjoy block printing leaves and flowers to build up a flower garden on the design of your photobook. Of course, the best thing about creating a Photo Book is getting personal. And that’s what really matters…your memories using transfer paints on paper. Depending on your choice in this garden, you may find an elephant roaming, a peacock strutting or butterflies fluttering by! are important. You will be shown plenty of themes and layouts to play around This will be great fun as you play with block printing, and design your garden with. You can choose different papers, different finishes and different covers. which will be ironed, to transfer it onto the fabric. When layered up with wadding You will be offered creative inspiration along the way, but the decisions are in the fabric will be quilted with embroidery and embellished with beads, sequins, your hands. You will need to bring your iPad and charging lead. buttons, etc. By the end of the day you will have a beautiful printed and hand

stitched picture.

D18a SOLVING CRYPTIC CROSSWORDS Wednesday 25th July

Tutor: Tricia Lockhart, BSc; PGCE; PGD IT. Tricia has been teaching for over 30 years. Part time tutor to PGCE students of Computer Studies at King’s College, London.

13 D22 FROM PAGEANT TO POP – Thursday 26th July D24 PEN AND INK DRAWING Thursday 26th July THE HISTORY OF MUSIC IN LONDON Tutor: Linnette Bell, BA (Hons) is an experienced artist and tutor of many years Tutor: Roger Askew gained an English Degree from Magdalen College, Oxford teaching various art media. She has a B.A. (Hons) degree in art and City & and taught English at Tiffin Boys’ School, Kingston upon Thames, for 10 years. Guilds certificate in teaching. He is a Lecturer for The Arts Society and Chairman of Windsor and Maidenhead branch, and President Emeritus of the Stoke Poges Society. Experience in drawing will be helpful, but not essential. Demonstrations and help will be given to achieve the following - Learn about different types of ink & With its six world-class orchestras, two opera houses and abundant venues and its effects on various papers, line drawing from still life or photographs, shading events, and a major centre of popular music, London techniques, drawing from still life or photographs, using a variety of drawing can be called the musical capital of the world. This styles and adding a subtle touch of water colour. course explores how the city developed its wonderful There will be a selection of photographs and items to draw. Examples of ink traditions of public music from the 16th century to the drawings and sketch books by the tutor and books with ink drawings in a variety present day; from royal court and coffee house to of styles by well-known artists will be available to see for your inspiration. concert hall, jazz club and rock stage. The story Handmade bamboo pen provided. involves many colourful individuals, Purcell, Handel, Elgar and Jimi Hendrix among them, who have left their mark on the musical life of the city. The course, richly illustrated with musical examples, also explores D25 THE GOSPEL AND LETTERS OF ST. JOHN Thursday 26th July how many of our national institutions, coronations and royal weddings are Tutor: The Rev Canon Dr. Jeremy Hurst M.A. Theology from Cambridge. Ph.D. inextricably linked to some of our greatest music. Church History from Reading. Formerly Rector of the Anglican parish of Langley; chairman of the Oxford Diocesan Board of Education. Since retirement lecturer in New Testament Studies for Windsor branch of the W.E.A. D23 MILORD ABROAD – THE GRAND TOUR Thursday 26th July Tutor: William Forrester, MA (Oxon), PGCE, Diploma in Art History, Tour Guide We commentators have always seen a difference between the first three for London and the City. Lecturer for the National Portrait Gallery, British Gospels and the fourth. We will address the questions; who wrote this Gospel, Museum, Arts Society, The National Gallery and the National Trust. when, where, for what purpose and for what readership. This will help us to understand its special characteristics. We begin with the perils and pleasures of the journey via Calais, Paris and the We will go on to ask, how should we read it today. And then those three short Alps. We visit Florence for sightseeing, study and shopping. We go on to letters; are they by the same hand, and do they supplement the Gospel? This Naples where the spectacular eruption of Vesuvius and the nubile charms of course is open to all enquirers. All you need to bring is a flexible mind, and a Emma Hamilton both proved to be great Bible (any version). attractions. In Venice, we of course consider

the career and work of Antonio Canaletto, undoubtedly the most famous view painter of the Grand Tour. We make a special study of Rome, the most important destination of all. There we meet the tutors, the tour guides, the art dealers and the swindlers. We examine the (sometimes dubious) purchases, the views of Rome by Panini, Piranesi et al, and, above all, the magnificent portraits by Mengs and Batoni of Milord Abroad. Finally, we return home to see how the tour influenced the exterior and interior of the British Town and Country House.

14 D22 FROM PAGEANT TO POP – Thursday 26th July D24 PEN AND INK DRAWING Thursday 26th July THE HISTORY OF MUSIC IN LONDON Tutor: Linnette Bell, BA (Hons) is an experienced artist and tutor of many years Tutor: Roger Askew gained an English Degree from Magdalen College, Oxford teaching various art media. She has a B.A. (Hons) degree in art and City & and taught English at Tiffin Boys’ School, Kingston upon Thames, for 10 years. Guilds certificate in teaching. He is a Lecturer for The Arts Society and Chairman of Windsor and Maidenhead branch, and President Emeritus of the Stoke Poges Society. Experience in drawing will be helpful, but not essential. Demonstrations and help will be given to achieve the following - Learn about different types of ink & With its six world-class orchestras, two opera houses and abundant venues and its effects on various papers, line drawing from still life or photographs, shading events, and a major centre of popular music, London techniques, drawing from still life or photographs, using a variety of drawing can be called the musical capital of the world. This styles and adding a subtle touch of water colour. course explores how the city developed its wonderful There will be a selection of photographs and items to draw. Examples of ink traditions of public music from the 16th century to the drawings and sketch books by the tutor and books with ink drawings in a variety present day; from royal court and coffee house to of styles by well-known artists will be available to see for your inspiration. concert hall, jazz club and rock stage. The story Handmade bamboo pen provided. involves many colourful individuals, Purcell, Handel, Elgar and Jimi Hendrix among them, who have left their mark on the musical life of the city. The course, richly illustrated with musical examples, also explores D25 THE GOSPEL AND LETTERS OF ST. JOHN Thursday 26th July how many of our national institutions, coronations and royal weddings are Tutor: The Rev Canon Dr. Jeremy Hurst M.A. Theology from Cambridge. Ph.D. inextricably linked to some of our greatest music. Church History from Reading. Formerly Rector of the Anglican parish of Langley; chairman of the Oxford Diocesan Board of Education. Since retirement lecturer in New Testament Studies for Windsor branch of the W.E.A. D23 MILORD ABROAD – THE GRAND TOUR Thursday 26th July Tutor: William Forrester, MA (Oxon), PGCE, Diploma in Art History, Tour Guide We commentators have always seen a difference between the first three for London and the City. Lecturer for the National Portrait Gallery, British Gospels and the fourth. We will address the questions; who wrote this Gospel, Museum, Arts Society, The National Gallery and the National Trust. when, where, for what purpose and for what readership. This will help us to understand its special characteristics. We begin with the perils and pleasures of the journey via Calais, Paris and the We will go on to ask, how should we read it today. And then those three short Alps. We visit Florence for sightseeing, study and shopping. We go on to letters; are they by the same hand, and do they supplement the Gospel? This Naples where the spectacular eruption of Vesuvius and the nubile charms of course is open to all enquirers. All you need to bring is a flexible mind, and a Emma Hamilton both proved to be great Bible (any version). attractions. In Venice, we of course consider the career and work of Antonio Canaletto, undoubtedly the most famous view painter of the Grand Tour. We make a special study of Rome, the most important destination of all. There we meet the tutors, the tour guides, the art dealers and the swindlers. We examine the (sometimes dubious) purchases, the views of Rome by Panini, Piranesi et al, and, above all, the magnificent portraits by Mengs and Batoni of Milord Abroad. Finally, we return home to see how the tour influenced the exterior and interior of the British Town and Country House.

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D26 EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE – Thursday 26th July www.bpcollins.co.uk/personal | 01753 889995 UNDERSTANDINGYOURSELF & OTHERS Tutor: George Siantonas Chairman of Global Management Consultancy specialising in leadership development. • Public Speaker and TED talks presenter • Sussex University Lecturer • MSc • Doctoral Researcher • Author of: ‘The 13 Key Performance Indicators for Highly Effective Teams’ Greenleaf Publishing, 2008. For life’s Emotional Intelligence is essential for effective communication and interpersonal relations, as well as for developing empathy with others. This interactive workshop provides practical guidance to aid self-awareness and big adventures. improved relationships with others by gaining insights into individual personality, strengths and weaknesses, likes and dislikes. Through examining the principles of Emotional Intelligence participants will understand how, by learning about our own Emotional Intelligence, we can improve the way we interact with others. Key topics include: qualities of Emotional Intelligence, understanding your own behavioural style and the effect it has on others and how to adapt your behavioural style in order to be more effective.

D27 ICE AGE TO IRON AGE Thursday 26th July Tutor: Dr Jill Eyers, PhD, BA (Hons), PGCE (TLHE) (Open) Climatic change is a hot subject and none can be hotter than the Ice Age! Current research has completely changed our views on this intriguing period. The last 2.6 million years have seen enormous changes in the world’s climate. As a result, the UK has been thrust from freezing wastes (as ice sheets spread southwards) to hot and humid interglacials. Such climatic upheavals have been responsible for biological changes. Importantly for us, it also provided the driving force for human evolution. During the day we will look at the evidence for the Ice Age locally and particularly look at the landscape, to discover the local story. We will explore how the Ice Age has shaped our landscape and then how humans further shaped it from the Stone Age through to the Iron Age. Individual sessions will include Palaeolithic, Neolithic, Bronze and Iron Age.

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by your side 17 D29 CHARLES I, ART AND PATRONAGE Friday 27th July D31 DRAWING FLOWERS IN COLOURED PENCILS Friday 27th July Tutor: Peter Humfrey is Emeritus Professor of Art History at Tutor: David Lewry, BA (Hons), SWSBA, UKCPS runs a number of very the University of St Andrews. He is the author of numerous successful classes and workshops in watercolour and drawing. He tutors on publications on Renaissance art, and has helped organize cruise ships where he has inspired many people to take up an exciting new several major international loan exhibitions, held in Scotland, hobby. As an accomplished Botanical Artist, he was awarded a silver medal by Italy and the USA. the Royal Horticultural Society in 2009 and has contributed illustrations to several award-winning books and magazines. The course will explore many of the themes highlighted in the recent exhibition at the Royal Academy, 'Charles 1: King Following a template and full colour drawing of a subject supplied by the tutor, and Collector', which closes April 15th 2018. We will examine the background students will be guided by full step-by-step instructions to produce a stunning to Charles' activity as collector of Old Masters in the court of his father James1 botanical portrait. This course is suitable for complete beginners or those with and the precedent set by the Earl of Arundel. In addition, we will discuss the some experience of the medium. The tutor will demonstrate the techniques achievement of Charles' favourite, the Duke of Buckingham, another great required and discuss elements of composition and presentation with regard to collector. Charles' greatest purchase was the entire collection of the Duke of the botanical illustrations. Mantua, so this too will will feature in our day's study. Charles did not simply purchase great works of art: he was patron of contemporary painters, in particular Rubens and Van Dyck. All of these works were displayed by Charles, D32 MORE BEST USES FOR YOUR iPAD – IMPROVERS Friday 27th July but after his execution in 1649 the entire collection was dispersed. Tutor: Susan Mills, Cert Ed, MA, experienced teacher. See links to exhibitions of interest: During the day, I will show you how to get the best out of your iPad. In the https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/exhibition/charles-i-king-and-collector morning, we review settings and how to make use of the apps pre-loaded on https://www.royalcollection.org.uk/collection/themes/exhibitions/charles-ii-art- your iPad. In the afternoon, I will introduce you to some of the newest ways that power/the-queens-gallery-buckingham-palace the iPad is becoming an indispensable helpmate. Step by step I will offer tips

and tricks to ensure that by the end of the day you and your iPad are working

together. There is always so much more that you can do with this wonderful D30 HAYDN: THE COMPLETE MASTER Friday 27th July device. Please bring your iPad and charging lead. Tutor: Tim Porter is an itinerant lecturer, working in the fields of Music and

Medieval History. He is a member of The Arts Society Register, a popular

speaker at the Ashmolean in Oxford and at other museums, colleges and D32a AVOIDING SCAMS AND STAYING SAFE ONLINE Friday 27th July societies. Tutor: Tricia Lockhart, BSc; PGCE; PGD IT. Tricia has been teaching for over 30 years. Part time tutor to PGCE students of Computer Studies at King’s It’s just over two hundred years since the death of this great genius; so, here’s College, London. a day course which offers an overview of his brilliant career. From the obscurity

of a village on the Austro-Hungarian plains, to international stardom, Haydn’s An online presence is almost a necessity these days, but how can we stay as life is a story of unrivalled appeal and fascination. As for the music, its vast safe as possible as well as reaping the benefits? Often small steps and habits scope and technical perfection have always been a source of wonder; and the can do a lot to improve your security. As well as avoiding such pitfalls, those aim of today is to get a little closer to understanding the forces which created it files we need to keep safe and refer to can sometimes be hard to find as the – a unique blend of vitality, spirituality, anger, melancholy and comedy. In his software seems to make decisions about where to locate them and even what own day, Haydn was the most successful composer the world had seen, and to name them. The top floor computer room is not used this year so if you want the way in which he created his own career is a subject in to practise some of the techniques, please bring a tablet, phone or laptop with itself. He led a double life, as servant to a princely family, charger and know your passwords. The tutor may have an additional device yet also as a self-made man, writing for the mass market that could be used by someone unable to bring one. There will be opportunities and striking deals with publishers across Europe. He mixed for participants to ask questions to influence areas covered in the session. with everyone, treated everyone equally. His is the greatest

of all musical lives, and his music chronicles every twist and turn of the story.

18 D29 CHARLES I, ART AND PATRONAGE Friday 27th July D31 DRAWING FLOWERS IN COLOURED PENCILS Friday 27th July Tutor: Peter Humfrey is Emeritus Professor of Art History at Tutor: David Lewry, BA (Hons), SWSBA, UKCPS runs a number of very the University of St Andrews. He is the author of numerous successful classes and workshops in watercolour and drawing. He tutors on publications on Renaissance art, and has helped organize cruise ships where he has inspired many people to take up an exciting new several major international loan exhibitions, held in Scotland, hobby. As an accomplished Botanical Artist, he was awarded a silver medal by Italy and the USA. the Royal Horticultural Society in 2009 and has contributed illustrations to several award-winning books and magazines. The course will explore many of the themes highlighted in the recent exhibition at the Royal Academy, 'Charles 1: King Following a template and full colour drawing of a subject supplied by the tutor, and Collector', which closes April 15th 2018. We will examine the background students will be guided by full step-by-step instructions to produce a stunning to Charles' activity as collector of Old Masters in the court of his father James1 botanical portrait. This course is suitable for complete beginners or those with and the precedent set by the Earl of Arundel. In addition, we will discuss the some experience of the medium. The tutor will demonstrate the techniques achievement of Charles' favourite, the Duke of Buckingham, another great required and discuss elements of composition and presentation with regard to collector. Charles' greatest purchase was the entire collection of the Duke of the botanical illustrations. Mantua, so this too will will feature in our day's study. Charles did not simply purchase great works of art: he was patron of contemporary painters, in particular Rubens and Van Dyck. All of these works were displayed by Charles, D32 MORE BEST USES FOR YOUR iPAD – IMPROVERS Friday 27th July but after his execution in 1649 the entire collection was dispersed. Tutor: Susan Mills, Cert Ed, MA, experienced teacher. See links to exhibitions of interest: During the day, I will show you how to get the best out of your iPad. In the https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/exhibition/charles-i-king-and-collector morning, we review settings and how to make use of the apps pre-loaded on https://www.royalcollection.org.uk/collection/themes/exhibitions/charles-ii-art- your iPad. In the afternoon, I will introduce you to some of the newest ways that power/the-queens-gallery-buckingham-palace the iPad is becoming an indispensable helpmate. Step by step I will offer tips

and tricks to ensure that by the end of the day you and your iPad are working

Medieval History. He is a member of The Arts Society Register, a popular speaker at the Ashmolean in Oxford and at other museums, colleges and D32a AVOIDING SCAMS AND STAYING SAFE ONLINE Friday 27th July societies. Tutor: Tricia Lockhart, BSc; PGCE; PGD IT. Tricia has been teaching for over 30 years. Part time tutor to PGCE students of Computer Studies at King’s It’s just over two hundred years since the death of this great genius; so, here’s College, London. a day course which offers an overview of his brilliant career. From the obscurity of a village on the Austro-Hungarian plains, to international stardom, Haydn’s An online presence is almost a necessity these days, but how can we stay as life is a story of unrivalled appeal and fascination. As for the music, its vast safe as possible as well as reaping the benefits? Often small steps and habits scope and technical perfection have always been a source of wonder; and the can do a lot to improve your security. As well as avoiding such pitfalls, those aim of today is to get a little closer to understanding the forces which created it files we need to keep safe and refer to can sometimes be hard to find as the – a unique blend of vitality, spirituality, anger, melancholy and comedy. In his software seems to make decisions about where to locate them and even what own day, Haydn was the most successful composer the world had seen, and to name them. The top floor computer room is not used this year so if you want the way in which he created his own career is a subject in to practise some of the techniques, please bring a tablet, phone or laptop with itself. He led a double life, as servant to a princely family, charger and know your passwords. The tutor may have an additional device yet also as a self-made man, writing for the mass market that could be used by someone unable to bring one. There will be opportunities and striking deals with publishers across Europe. He mixed for participants to ask questions to influence areas covered in the session. with everyone, treated everyone equally. His is the greatest of all musical lives, and his music chronicles every twist and turn of the story.

19 D33 FASHIONABLE EDWARDIAN SHOPPING Friday 27th July D38 BEADING: DESIGN & MAKE YOUR OWN NECKLACE Monday 30th July Tutor: Yvonne Bell’s extensive collection of Edwardian material illustrates and Tutor: Sharon Hurst is known for the vibrant colours and bold designs in all her informs her talks given over a wide area of the south west. She was work, from fantasy watercolour and silk scarves through to beaded jewellery. commissioned by Shire Publications to write a book – ‘The Edwardian Home’ – Entirely self-taught, she believes in breaking rules because, as she says, “No- my own way and experiment”! Sharon’s has appeared on television and radio and has had many articles published. one ever taught me any, so I just go work is available in galleries both here and abroad The Edwardian Period (1900-1914/18 War) was a time when Great Britain was exceedingly prosperous. Come along and join us for a beading day! Sharon has kits for everyone to buy Those with money were keen to spend it on extravagant (£8.50) and they will contain everything that you need to make your own pleasures and elaborate fashions, and the great London necklace either for yourself or as a gift. You will be working from a pattern and department stores catered for their every need. Following last year’s day course with Sharon’s help and tuition create something beautiful. Be warned though, on the Edwardian Home and Garden, we shall look at Shops & beading can be addictive! Magnifying visual aids may be useful for close work. Shopping, taking in such famous names as Harrods, Fortnum & Mason,

Liberty and more. D39 20 BEST USES FOR YOUR iPad – BEGINNERS Monday 30th July

Tutor: Susan Mills, Cert Ed, MA, experienced teacher.

Liberty and more. D39 20 BEST USES FOR YOUR iPad – BEGINNERS Monday 30th July

Tutor: Susan Mills, Cert Ed, MA, experienced teacher.

D36 A TRIP AROUND THE MONOPOLY BOARD Monday 30th July During the day, I will show you how to get the best out of your iPad. There is Tutor: Sally Botwright is a qualified London Blue Badge Guide. Born in London, always so much more that you can do with this wonderful device. In the morning, which is still her favourite place. She feels fortunate to be able to show visitors we go through settings and look at the best way to make use of the apps pre- from abroad and the UK around our wonderful capital city. She also gives loaded on your iPad. In the afternoon, I will introduce you to some of my lectures on London to clubs and groups in Bucks, Berks and Surrey. favourite apps and show you some of the amazing ways you can use the iPad to make your life easier. Step by step I will offer tips and tricks and ensure that Most people have played the game of Monopoly at some time in their life and by the end of the day you are confident and comfortable with your iPad. This enjoyed being the owner of the houses and hotels at grand addresses or maybe course is a confidence booster and maybe afterwards you can show family ended up stony broke and in jail! These days you can buy a game of Monopoly members a thing or two! Please bring your iPad and charging lead. with a variety of themes and for many different cities but the London version is the one that we all know. My talk will take us on a tour to all of these places, from the Old Kent Road to Mayfair including the stations plus more, to see what is there - the history, the people and the stories that make up the area. D40 BRIDGE – SIGNALS AND DISCARDS Monday 30th July Tutor: Rob Wilkinson is an EBU qualified bridge teacher who runs The Bridge School at Gerrards Cross. He teaches beginner, intermediate and advanced D37 PUBLIC SPEAKING AND PRESENTING Monday 30th July classes, runs regular half-day seminars and has extensive playing experience. Tutor: Charles Crawford is a former diplomat who has written speeches for the Royal Family and different Ministers. He now gives public speaking Great defence involves a combination of many techniques and in this seminar, masterclasses for the United Nations. In 2016/17 he won a speechwriting Cicero you will get to fully understand two key aspects that will definitely improve your Award. defender skills. Signals: Count, attitude and suit preference signals give partners extremely This course explains a basic life-skill: conveying messages in a way that is useful information to help with their decision making on leads and card retention. memorable and convincing. We will discuss how to prepare and deliver Discards: When discarding a card, suit preference signals will often help outstanding persuasive speeches and presentations on any occasion partner’s possible future leads but the best defenders also have the habit of (seminars, conferences, weddings, funerals). It uses vivid examples of success knowing which cards to retain when discarding. How often have you thrown and failure to show what makes a great speech, covering both content and away the wrong ones? You won’t after this seminar! delivery and how to identify a ‘Big Idea’. Themes include messages, structure, signposts and stories. Participants will learn how to match a speech to the The day is suitable for players of all standards and will help make everyone a context, audience and room; how to pace a speech/presentation; how to use better defender and improve your scoring at duplicate bridge. There will be silence; how to present facts and numbers; how to start and finish strongly; how plenty of practice hands to hone your defensive skills! to tackle cultural and gender concerns; how to lay out speaking-notes; how to use surprise and humour; and how to work with interpreters if necessary. 21 D41 FRANCE AND ENGLAND: Monday 30th July D44 BRIDGE – SACRIFICING Tuesday 31st July THE MIGRATION OF CATHEDRAL ARCHITECTURE AND TWO SUITED OVERCALLS Tutor: Keith Hasted studied History of Art at Oxford and has an M.A. in History Tutor: Rob Wilkinson is an EBU qualified bridge teacher who runs The Bridge of Architecture from Reading University where he focused on Italian School at Gerrards Cross. He teaches beginner, intermediate and advanced Renaissance palace architecture. He lectures at Oxford University Continuing classes, runs regular half-day seminars and has extensive playing experience. Education and for the WEA. Sacrificing is when you bid a contract expecting to go down but aim to give away We will explore the development of great church architecture in Normandy and fewer points than your opponents would score in their contract. This is a crucial around Paris (including St-Denis and Notre Dame) and see how it influenced and exciting part of duplicate bridge. Bidding higher tends to happen when you cathedral and abbey building in England with examples such as Canterbury, have support for partner's suit when they have a two-suited hand. To show a Westminster and Lincoln. Architectural development in France had a direct weak or even strong two-suited hand after an opponent has opened, you can impact on the great churches of England. The Romanesque of Normandy use a simple convention called ‘Ghestem’ which involves either a cue bid in the flowed into Edward the Confessor's Westminster and into Canterbury after the opponent’s suit or a 2NT or 3♣ overcall. These can be very powerful bids and Conquest. The master mason William of Sens brought the new Gothic style of especially good for finding sacrificial contracts, so the topics very much go hand Northern France and to Canterbury a century later. in hand. The day will focus on the competitive auction and will be suitable for intermediate players. There will be plenty of practice hands to hone your We will consider how judgement on how and when to sacrifice! subsequent Gothic development took divergent paths - through the High Gothic and Rayonnant D45 SILK PAINTING Tuesday 31st July styles in France, and from the Tutor: Sharon Hurst is known for the vibrant colours and bold designs in all her Early English to the work, from fantasy watercolour and silk scarves through to beaded jewellery. Perpendicular in England. Louis Entirely self-taught, she believes in breaking rules because, as she says, “No- IX's Sainte Chapelle was greatly one ever taught me any, so I just go my own way and experiment”! Sharon’s admired in England, and Henry work is available in galleries both here and abroad III's Westminster abbey took its architectural lead from France. This course, working with silk and heat set silk paints, is suitable for both beginners and improvers. We will have time to explore various techniques, using gutta to design your piece and different salts for effect, and we will have design books to help with ideas. Silk is available at a cost of £5 per metre and D43 CREATIVE GENIUS VERSUS STATE REPRESSION: Tuesday 31st July ready-made silk scarves at £4.50 each. RUSSIAN MUSIC OF THE 20TH CENTURY Tutor: Julian Williamson LTCL (Trinity College), conductor of many orchestras and choirs in Great Britain and overseas. He is also an experienced lecturer. D46 THE WISDOM OF THE GREEK PHILOSOPHERS Tuesday 31st July Tutor: Dr Peter Gibson was for many years Head of Philosophy at the Royal Shostakovich was without doubt one of the greatest musicians of the 20th Grammar School, High Wycombe. His first degree was in English, and he Century. recently completed a PhD in Philosophy at Birkbeck, London. He runs a philosophy website: philosophyideas.com His legacy includes symphonies, concertos, string quartets, piano music, a raft of ballet scores, film music, jazz, and one of the world’s great operas. But he The history of ancient Greek philosophy will be covered in four was one of the many Russian artists who had to try and produce their work talks. They will follow a historical sequence, but the main aim is under the yoke of one of the most repressive regimes the world has known. to sketch all of the great problems that were raised, and show the variety of responses proposed by the philosophers. The topics This day course will trace the amazing music produced, not only by will include metaphysics, physics, logic, knowledge, the mind, art, ethics and Shostakovich, but also by his many contemporaries all of whom struggled to politics. It is hoped that by the end you will appreciate the awesome range of display their genius under the shadow of a paranoid dictator who nearly thinking that was explored, over two thousand years ago. The talks will be: 1) destroyed the creative life of a whole nation. The Beginnings and Socrates; 2) Plato; 3) Aristotle; 4) The Schools (Cynic, Epicurean, Stoic, Sceptic).

22 D41 FRANCE AND ENGLAND: Monday 30th July D44 BRIDGE – SACRIFICING Tuesday 31st July THE MIGRATION OF CATHEDRAL ARCHITECTURE AND TWO SUITED OVERCALLS Tutor: Keith Hasted studied History of Art at Oxford and has an M.A. in History Tutor: Rob Wilkinson is an EBU qualified bridge teacher who runs The Bridge of Architecture from Reading University where he focused on Italian School at Gerrards Cross. He teaches beginner, intermediate and advanced Renaissance palace architecture. He lectures at Oxford University Continuing classes, runs regular half-day seminars and has extensive playing experience. Education and for the WEA. Sacrificing is when you bid a contract expecting to go down but aim to give away We will explore the development of great church architecture in Normandy and fewer points than your opponents would score in their contract. This is a crucial around Paris (including St-Denis and Notre Dame) and see how it influenced and exciting part of duplicate bridge. Bidding higher tends to happen when you cathedral and abbey building in England with examples such as Canterbury, have support for partner's suit when they have a two-suited hand. To show a Westminster and Lincoln. Architectural development in France had a direct weak or even strong two-suited hand after an opponent has opened, you can impact on the great churches of England. The Romanesque of Normandy use a simple convention called ‘Ghestem’ which involves either a cue bid in the flowed into Edward the Confessor's Westminster and into Canterbury after the opponent’s suit or a 2NT or 3♣ overcall. These can be very powerful bids and Conquest. The master mason William of Sens brought the new Gothic style of especially good for finding sacrificial contracts, so the topics very much go hand Northern France and to Canterbury a century later. in hand. The day will focus on the competitive auction and will be suitable for intermediate players. There will be plenty of practice hands to hone your We will consider how judgement on how and when to sacrifice! subsequent Gothic development took divergent paths - through the High Gothic and Rayonnant D45 SILK PAINTING Tuesday 31st July styles in France, and from the Tutor: Sharon Hurst is known for the vibrant colours and bold designs in all her Early English to the work, from fantasy watercolour and silk scarves through to beaded jewellery. Perpendicular in England. Louis Entirely self-taught, she believes in breaking rules because, as she says, “No- IX's Sainte Chapelle was greatly one ever taught me any, so I just go my own way and experiment”! Sharon’s admired in England, and Henry work is available in galleries both here and abroad III's Westminster abbey took its architectural lead from France. This course, working with silk and heat set silk paints, is suitable for both beginners and improvers. We will have time to explore various techniques, using gutta to design your piece and different salts for effect, and we will have design books to help with ideas. Silk is available at a cost of £5 per metre and D43 CREATIVE GENIUS VERSUS STATE REPRESSION: Tuesday 31st July ready-made silk scarves at £4.50 each. RUSSIAN MUSIC OF THE 20TH CENTURY Tutor: Julian Williamson LTCL (Trinity College), conductor of many orchestras and choirs in Great Britain and overseas. He is also an experienced lecturer. D46 THE WISDOM OF THE GREEK PHILOSOPHERS Tuesday 31st July Tutor: Dr Peter Gibson was for many years Head of Philosophy at the Royal Shostakovich was without doubt one of the greatest musicians of the 20th Grammar School, High Wycombe. His first degree was in English, and he Century. recently completed a PhD in Philosophy at Birkbeck, London. He runs a philosophy website: philosophyideas.com His legacy includes symphonies, concertos, string quartets, piano music, a raft of ballet scores, film music, jazz, and one of the world’s great operas. But he The history of ancient Greek philosophy will be covered in four was one of the many Russian artists who had to try and produce their work talks. They will follow a historical sequence, but the main aim is under the yoke of one of the most repressive regimes the world has known. to sketch all of the great problems that were raised, and show the variety of responses proposed by the philosophers. The topics This day course will trace the amazing music produced, not only by will include metaphysics, physics, logic, knowledge, the mind, art, ethics and Shostakovich, but also by his many contemporaries all of whom struggled to politics. It is hoped that by the end you will appreciate the awesome range of display their genius under the shadow of a paranoid dictator who nearly thinking that was explored, over two thousand years ago. The talks will be: 1) destroyed the creative life of a whole nation. The Beginnings and Socrates; 2) Plato; 3) Aristotle; 4) The Schools (Cynic, Epicurean, Stoic, Sceptic).

23 D47 LORD AUSTIN & LORD NUFFIELD: Tuesday 31st July D51 ACRYLICS – STEP BY STEP Wednesday 1st August GIANTS OF THE BRITISH MOTOR INDUSTRY Tutor: Heather McDowell, having re-discovered her painting skills, continues to Tutor: Julian Hunt was Local Studies Librarian for Buckinghamshire from 1988 develop her style alongside teaching beginner’s workshops in to1997 and later worked at the County Records Office and County Museum. He Buckinghamshire. was co-author of ‘A History of Gerrards Cross’ published in 2006, to mark the centenary of the opening of the railway to Gerrards Cross. A step by step acrylic painting workshop, suitable for complete beginners, with the option of extra challenges for those with some experience. No drawing skill Herbert Austin and William Morris both came from humble backgrounds yet is needed. Working from a photograph, we will produce a (more or less!) finished made fortunes in the motor industry in the first half of the 20th century. Their work by the end of the day. All materials are provided for a small fee and we will approaches to motor manufacture were very different however, with Austin be working on a stretched box canvas so your work will be ready to hang or give controlling every aspect of design and production, whilst Morris bought in most as a gift. of the parts for his cars. Both were significant donors to the universities and hospitals of Birmingham and Oxford respectively and both had complex private lives. D52 SILK PAINTING Wednesday 1st August Tutor: Sharon Hurst is known for the vibrant colours and bold designs in all her D48 GARDEN AND PLANT PHOTOGRAPHY Tuesday 31st July work, from fantasy watercolour and silk scarves through to beaded jewellery. Tutor: Gill Ferguson, LRPS, is a freelance photojournalist, lecturer and qualified Entirely self-taught, she believes in breaking rules because, as she says, “No- tutor of Adult Education. She lectures on various aspects of photography and one ever taught me any, so I just go my own way and experiment”! Sharon’s leads practical workshops. work is available in galleries both here and abroad.

This course will consider how to capture the beauty of garden vistas and how to This course, working with silk and heat set silk paints, is suitable for both create striking individual flower portraits. A wide range of projected images will beginners and improvers. We will have time to be shown to illustrate creative garden and flower compositions and the use of explore various techniques, using gutta to design colour. There will also be hands-on practical challenges giving everyone the your piece and different salts for effect, and we will opportunity to put the theory to the test. Please bring a Digital SLR or Digital have design books to help with ideas. Compact camera with you, together with the camera manual. Silk is available at a cost of £5 per metre and D50 PASSIONATE PATRONS: Wednesday 1st August readymade silk scarves at £4.50 each. VICTORIA AND ALBERT AND THE ARTS Tutor: Barbara Askew BA (Hons) History, Diploma in Education. Barbara is an historian, an Arts Society Lecturer and a lecturer, examiner and Course Director on Blue Badge Guide Training Courses. She regularly conducts tours of D53 MAKING A PHOTOBOOK Wednesday 1st August Windsor Castle, the Albert Memorial and the Victoria and Albert Museum. FROM PHOTOS ON YOUR DEVICE Tutor: Susan Mills, Cert Ed, MA, experienced teacher. This Study Day celebrates the 200th Anniversary of the births of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert who were first cousins and In the morning we will explore the variety of providers and explain cost structures born just three months apart in 1819. Their shared enthusiasm and ease of use. In the afternoon, we will concentrate on one site and for art and music endured throughout the twenty-two years of demonstrate step by step, how to prepare your photos and how to start on the their marriage. They demonstrated their love for one another design of your photobook. Of course, the best thing about creating a Photo through the works of art and jewellery they gave each other for Book is getting personal. And that’s what really matters…your memories are birthdays, Christmases and anniversaries. They understood important. You will be shown plenty of themes and layouts to play around with. and appreciated paintings and sculpture more than any of their predecessors You can choose different papers, different finishes and different covers. You since Charles I. Together they furnished and extended Buckingham Palace and will get offered creative inspiration along the way, but the decisions are in your commissioned two other royal residences, Balmoral Castle and Osborne House. hands. You will need to bring your device and camera if you need help Theirs was a partnership of patronage by a monarch and her consort which is downloading photographs. Don’t forget your charging leads. unique in the history of the British monarchy. After Prince Albert’s untimely death in 1861, Victoria commemorated her beloved husband in architecture, Suitable for those able to navigate their own device. paintings, busts and statuary.

24 D47 LORD AUSTIN & LORD NUFFIELD: Tuesday 31st July D51 ACRYLICS – STEP BY STEP Wednesday 1st August GIANTS OF THE BRITISH MOTOR INDUSTRY Tutor: Heather McDowell, having re-discovered her painting skills, continues to Tutor: Julian Hunt was Local Studies Librarian for Buckinghamshire from 1988 develop her style alongside teaching beginner’s workshops in to1997 and later worked at the County Records Office and County Museum. He Buckinghamshire. was co-author of ‘A History of Gerrards Cross’ published in 2006, to mark the centenary of the opening of the railway to Gerrards Cross. A step by step acrylic painting workshop, suitable for complete beginners, with the option of extra challenges for those with some experience. No drawing skill Herbert Austin and William Morris both came from humble backgrounds yet is needed. Working from a photograph, we will produce a (more or less!) finished made fortunes in the motor industry in the first half of the 20th century. Their work by the end of the day. All materials are provided for a small fee and we will approaches to motor manufacture were very different however, with Austin be working on a stretched box canvas so your work will be ready to hang or give controlling every aspect of design and production, whilst Morris bought in most as a gift. of the parts for his cars. Both were significant donors to the universities and hospitals of Birmingham and Oxford respectively and both had complex private lives. D52 SILK PAINTING Wednesday 1st August Tutor: Sharon Hurst is known for the vibrant colours and bold designs in all her D48 GARDEN AND PLANT PHOTOGRAPHY Tuesday 31st July work, from fantasy watercolour and silk scarves through to beaded jewellery. Tutor: Gill Ferguson, LRPS, is a freelance photojournalist, lecturer and qualified Entirely self-taught, she believes in breaking rules because, as she says, “No- tutor of Adult Education. She lectures on various aspects of photography and one ever taught me any, so I just go my own way and experiment”! Sharon’s leads practical workshops. work is available in galleries both here and abroad.

25 D54 HOW TO MAKE YOUR GARDENING EASIER Wednesday 1st August D58 ART AND INDUSTRY: Thursday 2nd August Tutor: Letta Jones, MA, is a lecturer in Horticulture and Garden History. She PAINTING IN THE 18TH CENTURY teaches in London and at Denman WI and Woodbrooke Quaker Colleges. She Tutor: Dr Scott Anderson, MA, PhD, FNAVA, ASFAV, Senior Lecturer at leads her own garden study tours with ACE Cultural Tours. The next tour is the Southampton Solent University. He is an Arts Society Lecturer and has spoken Republic of Ireland in May 2019. All are welcome. For details contact to many audiences on Victorian art and design in England and abroad. He has [email protected] 01223 841 055 also worked on BBC’s Flog It.

Making a garden less labour intensive, yet still attractive all year round is the The widespread developments in art and industry, in science dream of many garden lovers. This course will give you the skills and knowledge and technology and social behaviour in the 18th century laid to plan your garden for the future, minimising time, energy and expense looking the foundations of the modern Britain that we know today. after it. Choosing the right plant for the right place, soil conditioning and This was the age of the Enlightenment and of the Industrial mulching, ground cover and drought tolerant plants will be considered. We will Revolution, events that were to change and mould British life select fail-safe plants from a selection of small trees, evergreen and deciduous for the next two hundred years. This course looks at some of shrubs and perennials. You will go away with inspiration and support to plan the main characters and events of the period such as Joseph your own garden for easier maintenance. Wright of Derby who painted the very spirit of the Industrial Revolution; Josiah Wedgwood who modernised the ceramics D55 EMBROIDERY: OVER THE GARDEN WALL Wednesday 1st August industry; the Lunar Society whose members gave the Tutor: Kay Dennis is a freelance, professional embroiderer who specialises in Enlightenment tangible meaning and the foundation of the stumpwork, Elizabethan embroidery, needle lace and three-dimensional Royal Academy of Arts which instituted the creativity of the country’s arts in embroidery. Kay has City & Guilds qualifications in lace, embroidery and painting and architecture. stumpwork.

The garden wall has trailing flowers surrounding a stylish gate. D59 WATERCOLOUR FOR THE TERRIFIED Thursday 2nd August Over the wall is a hidden garden full of colourful flowers and shrubs. Tutor: Geoff Thorpe attended Lichfield School of Art. He is a demonstrator and At the other end of the garden is another wall, again with scrambling tutor for the Society of all Artists (SAA) and at Earnley Concourse, Chichester. flowers and a garden gate. Using simple stitches, beads and He also offers workshop courses in all mediums in Harwich, Essex. Geoff firmly ribbons students can choose to make just a wall, flowers and gate believes that painting should be fun. or go on to make a small concertina book featuring some or all of the hidden garden. Students will also have the choice of flowers to cover their wall in either The course is designed for all levels of ability, and as a confidence builder in the a raised or surface embroidery technique. The class is suitable for all abilities. approach to watercolour. Overcoming the challenges that this " medium " brings, and what can be achieved in a fully explained and demonstrated D57 NONE BUT THE LONELY HEART: Thursday 2nd August technique with the emphasis on simplicity. The course will be a " paint along " MUSIC OF TCHAIKOVSKY with subject matter supplied on the day. One to Tutor: Gerald Seaman, formerly Professor of Musicology at Auckland University, one tuition will be offered throughout the course. later Oxford University, is a world authority and writer on Russian music. Having Offering an interesting day full of the usual lived in Russia, he has a unique knowledge of Russian culture. frustrations, but assuring participants greater understanding of watercolours. It is important to The title of Tchaikovsky’s best-known song is appropriate since it characterises have a good quality watercolour paper for best some essential elements in Tchaikovsky’s personality – his loneliness and results, this will be available on the day for a small isolation. Despite his personal problems however, Tchaikovsky produced a charge series of works which are as beautiful as they are unique. No one apart from Tchaikovsky wrote such dramatic symphonies and symphonic poems, no one created such unforgettable ballet music, nor is there any work so Russian as his marvellous setting of Pushkin’s Eugene Onegin. Following the recent opening of the archives in Russia, previously closed to both Russian and Western INSERTBates BATES REMOVAL ¼ PAGE b&w ADVERT scholars, much information has come to light, one can now obtain a much Removals Ltd clearer picture of the composer. Richly illustrated with excerpts from DVD’s and Removals and Containerised Storage CD’s, this course will appeal to all interested in music and culture. 6 Oak End Way, Gerrards Cross, Bucks SL9 8BR 01753 882066

- mainlydeco.co.uk [email protected] D54 HOW TO MAKE YOUR GARDENING EASIER Wednesday 1st August D58 ART AND INDUSTRY: Thursday 2nd August Tutor: Letta Jones, MA, is a lecturer in Horticulture and Garden History. She PAINTING IN THE 18TH CENTURY teaches in London and at Denman WI and Woodbrooke Quaker Colleges. She Tutor: Dr Scott Anderson, MA, PhD, FNAVA, ASFAV, Senior Lecturer at leads her own garden study tours with ACE Cultural Tours. The next tour is the Southampton Solent University. He is an Arts Society Lecturer and has spoken Republic of Ireland in May 2019. All are welcome. For details contact to many audiences on Victorian art and design in England and abroad. He has [email protected] 01223 841 055 also worked on BBC’s Flog It.

- mainlydeco.co.uk [email protected] D61 WILDLIFE ON YOUR DOORSTEP Thursday 2nd August D64 YOGA AND PILATES Friday 3rd August Tutor: John Tyler B. A. (Oxon) Zoology; M. Sc. (University College London) Tutor: Michelle Pound is an experienced Yoga & Pilates Teacher having Conservation. Ex-Fellow, Royal Entomological Society. Worked for 25 years in completed courses with BWY, FRYOG and Active IQ and is also qualified to nature conservation, most recently as Warden of teach pre & postnatal, as well as children. Michelle also has an Award in the Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve in Kent. Author Education and Training diploma. of 'The Glow-worm'. An introduction to Yoga & Pilates and the differences between the two. I aim to A gentle introduction to the rich diversity of make this a fun and interesting day that will be suitable for all ages and abilities, plants, animals and fungi in our area, designed with beginners very welcome! We will look at the benefits of both and how they to help you to get more from a walk in the can help with back pain, using the six movements of the spine, ‘We are as young countryside. We will look at local habitats and the as the spine is flexible’. Yoga can also help to aid sleep, concentration and species to be found in them. We will also discuss dissolve anxiety, we will look at some of these different methods. This day will some of the challenges facing our local wildlife and what we can do to protect include a Pilates & Yoga taster session. Then a further Yoga session which will it. The course will culminate, weather permitting, in an expedition onto the include breathing techniques (pranayama) and a calming, relaxation session to Common to practise some of our new skills finish the day. We will also look at how to get the best from our bodies and help them to stay strong, healthy and rejuvenated.

D65 HARD CHOICES, THREE DIPLOMATIC DILEMMAS Friday 3rd August D62 CHARLES DICKENS: Thursday 2nd August Tutor: Charles Crawford is a former UK Ambassador with extensive operational THE MAN BEHIND THE NOVELS experience in complex and morally challenging diplomatic postings: communist Tutor: Lucinda Hawksley is an author and broadcaster, who has written more Yugoslavia; apartheid South Africa; post-Soviet Russia; post-conflict Bosnia and than 20 books, including three books about Charles Dickens and the biography Serbia; and Poland as it joined the European Union of his daughter, the artist Kate Perugini. She was a pupil at Dr Challoner’s High School. In addition to writing books, she lectures in art history and literature and This course gives a unique frank insight into the difficult decisions of high-level is a regular speaker at the National Portrait Gallery. She is also a Patron of the diplomacy. Why Diplomacy is Difficult - A country’s diplomatic strengths and Charles Dickens Museum in London. weaknesses; how to measure policy success or failure over time; the limits of policy and law in a democracy; knowledge and espionage. Come and discover the real Charles Dickens, the man behind some of the The End of Apartheid - How South Africa organised its population and politics world's most famous works of fiction, as author Lucinda Hawksley talks about by ‘race’. How the UK supported the anti-apartheid cause. South Africa now – her great great great grandfather’s life and his family. success or failure? The Collapse of Yugoslavia - Was the collapse of Yugoslavia avoidable? The In this workshop you will discover how Dickens’s international response to successive crises in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, childhood experiences and his early working life and Serbia/Kosovo. Is the ‘best’ outcome for a war negotiated stalemate - or helped to shape some of the best-known characters in outright victory? Bad Leaders - The acute diplomatic problems created by literature and how he gained inspiration for his novels. leaders whose policies create ruination/confrontation: Syria, Zimbabwe, North It will also look at his journalism, his charity and Korea. The limits of intervention: what’s possible, what’s legal, what’s wise? campaigning work and the causes that helped to inspire some of his greatest writing. D66 SOFT PASTELS Friday 3rd August Tutor: Geoff Thorpe attended Lichfield School of Art. He is a demonstrator and Lucinda will also talk about the writing of her own tutor for the Society of all Artists (SAA) and at Earnley Concourse, Chichester. books about Dickens, including Charles Dickens and He also offers workshop courses in all mediums in Harwich, Essex. Geoff firmly his Circle, Dickens and Christmas and the book she is believes that painting should be fun. currently writing on Charles Dickens and travel. She will also talk about the research for, and writing of, her An interesting day working simply to achieve results. Learn to layer pastel in recently updated biography of Kate Perugini. building up to final results. One to one tuition will be offered throughout the course. Subject matter is supplied on the day to participants. It is important to have a quality pastel paper to achieve excellent results. This will be available on the day for a small charge.

28 D61 WILDLIFE ON YOUR DOORSTEP Thursday 2nd August D64 YOGA AND PILATES Friday 3rd August Tutor: John Tyler B. A. (Oxon) Zoology; M. Sc. (University College London) Tutor: Michelle Pound is an experienced Yoga & Pilates Teacher having Conservation. Ex-Fellow, Royal Entomological Society. Worked for 25 years in completed courses with BWY, FRYOG and Active IQ and is also qualified to nature conservation, most recently as Warden of teach pre & postnatal, as well as children. Michelle also has an Award in the Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve in Kent. Author Education and Training diploma. of 'The Glow-worm'. An introduction to Yoga & Pilates and the differences between the two. I aim to A gentle introduction to the rich diversity of make this a fun and interesting day that will be suitable for all ages and abilities, plants, animals and fungi in our area, designed with beginners very welcome! We will look at the benefits of both and how they to help you to get more from a walk in the can help with back pain, using the six movements of the spine, ‘We are as young countryside. We will look at local habitats and the as the spine is flexible’. Yoga can also help to aid sleep, concentration and species to be found in them. We will also discuss dissolve anxiety, we will look at some of these different methods. This day will some of the challenges facing our local wildlife and what we can do to protect include a Pilates & Yoga taster session. Then a further Yoga session which will it. The course will culminate, weather permitting, in an expedition onto the include breathing techniques (pranayama) and a calming, relaxation session to Common to practise some of our new skills finish the day. We will also look at how to get the best from our bodies and help them to stay strong, healthy and rejuvenated.

29 D68 BEGINNERS WATERCOLOUR Friday 3rd August Tutor: Denis Pannett is a professional artist and experienced adult education tutor. Honorary Freeman of the Painter Stainers Livery Company, Past President of The Wapping Group of Artists, Fellow of The Guild of Aviation Artists and Chairman of the Chiltern Painters.

This course is designed to help beginners and less experienced painters to learn the basic stages of tackling a landscape in watercolour. All students will complete a painting step by step under the guidance of the tutor, with tips on materials, composition, colour mixing, tones and painting skies, trees, foregrounds and water etc. Open term times and by special arrangement

Top quality watercolour paper will be available from the Freshly brewed coffee, teas, cakes and a selection of sandwiches. tutor at £3 per sheet. Catering to suit your specific needs also available. Contact Chris Thompson for details: 01753 883759

D69 EMBROIDERY: MUSHROOMS AND TOADSTOOLS Friday 3rd August Tutor: Kay Dennis is a freelance, professional embroiderer who specialises in stumpwork, Elizabethan embroidery, needle lace and three-dimensional embroidery. Kay has City & Guilds qualifications in lace, embroidery and stumpwork.

Mushrooms and Toadstools with their sometimes unusual shapes, colours and textures make wonderful subjects for embroidery. Using simple stitches and techniques students can choose to make their mushrooms in a variety of ways, either in surface embroidery, three dimensional or raised embroidery, whimsical or true to life. The class is suitable for all abilities.

30 27 D68 BEGINNERS WATERCOLOUR Friday 3rd August Tutor: Denis Pannett is a professional artist and experienced adult education tutor. Honorary Freeman of the Painter Stainers Livery Company, Past President of The Wapping Group of Artists, Fellow of The Guild of Aviation Artists and Chairman of the Chiltern Painters.

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