Some courses will run as online courses and some will start at Stoke Lodge or St Pauls. You can see the starting venue/format for each course listed below. We reserve the right to change the format of the course, in term, should safety advice change.
Ancient History
NEW An introduction to the Life of Cleopatra
Everyone has heard of Cleopatra, but how much do you know of her life? This short one-off course presents a brief biography of her extraordinary life and invites the questions of whether she was an innocent caught in a tangled political web, or an arch intriguer and plotter.
Tuesday 10am to 12.30pm Richard Stride
1 session on 17 May £20/£12 HRC4 Stoke Lodge
This course will be delivered at Stoke Lodge
European History
NEW ‘The Cousins’ War’ – An Introduction to the Wars of the Roses
One-off ‘taster session’ in advance of a longer course next Autumn or Spring – an overview of the events and characters of late 15th century Britain.
Tuesday 10am to 12.30pm Richard Stride
1 session on 14 June £20/£12 HRR4 Stoke Lodge
This course will be delivered at Stoke Lodge
British Titans of the Nineteenth Century
We consider ten towering figures, ranging from men of action like General Gordon and David Livingstone to opinion formers like Cardinal Newman and TH Huxley and including also writers such as Anthony Trollope and Rudyard Kipling.
Wednesday 1pm to 3pm John Stevens
8 sessions from 27 April £126/£76 HJS7 Stoke Lodge
This course will be delivered at Stoke Lodge but will move online if necessary, using ZOOM
They Made History: Great Historians in Context
We cannot know history first hand: we weren’t there! We focus on the people who have brought it to us, their various agendas and how they shape our perception of the past. Macaulay and AJP Taylor are among many considered. Their personal lives were often interesting, too!
Thursday 1pm to 3pm John Stevens
8 sessions from 28 April £126/£76 HJS8 Stoke Lodge
This course will be delivered at Stoke Lodge but will move online if necessary, using ZOOM
Spanish History
The Spanish Civil War and its implications for Contemporary Spain
This course aims to understand the enduring debate about the Civil War in Spanish society by analysing the conflict, its consequences and how they conditioned Spain’s past and present-day society.
Thursdays 12.45pm to 14.45pm Gorka Diaz
5 sessions from 9 June £70/ £42 SCW1 Stoke Lodge
This course will be delivered at Stoke Lodge but will move online if necessary, using ZOOM