If you enjoyed reading or watching Wolf Hall or the Shardlake stories, come and learn about Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, Thomas Cromwell and many others – and find out that fact is every bit as fascinating as fiction. Enrol online here. Course Dates 2019 – 2020 These courses take place at Stoke Lodge Wednesdays 7pm […]
History
The Turbulent 60s
An overview of the turbulent and dynamic decade, from an American perspective (but England will come into it a bit). Culture, war, politics and protest. From the wonders of space exploration to the event of Woodstock. Ten years in ten days. Enrol online here. Course Dates 2019 – 2020 These courses take place at Stoke […]
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The Founding Fathers and the Birth of the US Constitution
An overview of the men who fought for independence, led the new nation and drafted the US constitution—1776 to 1812. Enrol online here. Course Dates 2019 – 2020 These courses take place at Stoke Lodge Tuesdays 7pm to 9pm Russell Walker 10 sessions 21 April £126 / £76 AH3 New course dates will be available […]
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Working Class History from below – the Women who challenged Society in Bristol
A series of lectures that aim to present a different perspective of our collective history, the history of working class people, and in particular working class women. Topics covered amongst others will be Women in Port Cities, Women surviving a Bristol workhouse, and Pioneering Bristol Women in the Trades Union Movement Check out the tutor’s […]
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Europe, America and the World in the Nineteenth century
Adopting a world perspective we study among other things the American Civil War, the modernisation of China and Japan and the British and other European Empires. All in all, a tumultuous time. Visit the tutor’s profile Enrol online here. Course Dates 2019 – 2020 These courses take place at Stoke Lodge Mondays 7pm to 9pm […]
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Peace and Conflict in Europe 1815-1870
The age of Bismarck and Garibaldi still fascinates. We study how the great political forces – conservatism and liberalism, nationalism and socialism – contended for the hearts and minds, and in times of war or revolution, the lives of Europeans. Visit the tutor’s profile Enrol online here Course Dates 2019 – 2020 Mondays 7pm to […]
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Later Tudor England 1547 – 1603
We explore “Good Queen Bess”s reign and see, among much else, the nation challenged by the Spanish on the sea and Catholicism and radical Puritanism at home – the genius of Shakespeare meanwhile reaching its full fruition. Visit the tutor’s profile Enrol online here. Course Dates 2019 – 2020 These courses take place at Stoke […]
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The European Power Struggle, 1870-1919
Was the First World War inevitable or accidental? We study the national and international tensions that exploded in 1914 and conclude by examining the course and outcome of the conflict that changed the world for ever. Visit the tutor’s profile Enrol online here. Course Dates 2019 – 2020 These courses take place at Stoke Lodge […]
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The European Reformation 1500-1650
What happened when the authority of the Catholic Church broke down in the 1520’s and the Protestant Churches and rising nations struggled for supremacy with Rome, and with each other. A story whose interest is by no means merely religious. Visit the tutor’s profile Enrol online here. Course Dates 2019 – 2020 These courses take […]
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British Political Mavericks, 1660-2014
From Lord Shaftesbury in the C17 to Nye Bevan and Enoch Powell, we look at famous figures who have challenged the political establishment. Some are Right-wing, some Left-wing, others harder to categorise. All are fascinating. Visit the tutor’s profile Enrol online here. Course Dates 2019 – 2020 These courses take place at Stoke Lodge Wednesdays […]