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Monday, January 25, 2027
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Tuesday, January 26, 2027
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January 26, 2027 -19th Century Londoners at Work and Play on the River Thames – GI 26 178
19th Century Londoners at Work and Play on the River Thames – GI 26 178
The Thames was a bustling river providing drinking water, employment and leisure activities for Londoners. In the 19th century polluted water was linked to cholera epidemics and new docks brought changes to the way the river was used. Life on the Thames developed with commercial traffic, rowers, regattas, and pleasure seekers all vying for space on the busy […]
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£50.75 – £57.25
Wednesday, January 27, 2027
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January 27, 2027 -The Romance and the Reality of 1940: Britain’s ‘Finest Hour’ – T415
The Romance and the Reality of 1940: Britain’s ‘Finest Hour’ – T415
With a range of powerful human stories Phil has collected from the heroes of 1940, this lecture promises to entertain and surprise in equal measure. Containing many stirring stories of love, loss, heroism and sacrifice, along with some authentic ‘naughty’ jokes and songs from the period. But also raising a series of provocative questions. You […]
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£7.00
Thursday, January 28, 2027
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January 28, 2027 -Architects in the Garden – Sir Edwin Lutyens – GI 26 179
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January 28, 2027 -Introduction to Mandala Drawing – GI 26 180
Architects in the Garden – Sir Edwin Lutyens – GI 26 179
Probably the foremost Edwardian garden designer, Sir Edwin Lutyens’s designs had a lasting impact on the residential garden style - formal with strong, clean lines, unfussy, often mirroring the design of the house. As a boy he lived between London and Thursley, in Surrey. Lutyens was mentored by Gertrude Jekyll and subsequently formed a close partnership with her that lasted over forty years. The focus of this talk will be on his life and his garden designs. Please note that […]
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£12.50 – £14.50
Introduction to Mandala Drawing – GI 26 180
Whether you need to wind down after the festive season or are looking for a new, calming, creative outlet for 2027, mandalas might be just what you're looking for! Working on paper with a black pen, you will slowly build up your image with repeated patterns. The workshop is led by Kate Alger, a local artist-printmaker and freelance tutor. Suitable […]
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£32.50 – £35.50
Friday, January 29, 2027
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January 29, 2027 -The Silver Age in Russian Literature – GI 26 181
The Silver Age in Russian Literature – GI 26 181
The session gives a brief introduction to the Silver Age in Russia (c. 1890-1917), a vibrant period of cultural flowering when the realism and naturalism of great Russian novelists such as Tolstoy and Dostoevsky gave way to the Symbolist poets and the avant-garde. Key names of the period are: Blok, Mandelstam, Akhmatova, Pasternak, Tsvetaeva, Mayakovsky, Bely, Stanislavsky and Meyerhold.
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£21.25 – £24.25
Saturday, January 30, 2027
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Sunday, January 31, 2027
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