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Film & Media: Musicals - Strife, Low Life and High Society
In this course you will learn about the history, life and times behind a number of musicals.
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Dates:Thu 19/09/2024 -
Thu 21/11/2024Times:10:15am - 11:45amDuration:10 sessionsLocation:The Wycliffe Rooms
Freemasons Hall
George Street
Lutterworth
Leicester
LE17 4EDTutor:David PriceCourse code:Q00010253How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £56.70
Film & Media: Musicals - The Weird and the Wonderful
In this entertaining course, you will learn about the satire and politics behind a number of entertaining and interesting musicals from the 1930s to the modern day.
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Dates:Sat 21/09/2024 -
Sat 09/11/2024Times:10:00am - 12:00pmDuration:8 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:David PriceCourse code:Q00010250How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £51.80
History: Artists at War
How art has been employed by belligerent countries in the First and Second World Wars, but also to represent war, often patriotically, over many centuries. We’ll look at a range of different examples from western countries to show the different approaches to art depicting war and its effects and how sometimes this has been directed by governments, not always simply for propaganda purposes.
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Dates:Tue 24/09/2024 -
Tue 22/10/2024Times:7:00pm - 9:00pmDuration:5 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:David PriceCourse code:Q00018312How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £37.00
History: Brushstrokes of History
To gain and understanding of times past from a selection of great artworks.
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Dates:Tue 08/10/2024 -
Tue 26/11/2024Times:2:00pm - 4:00pmDuration:8 sessionsLocation:Kegworth Village Hall (Kegworth)
Nottingham Road
Kegworth
DE74 2FHTutor:David PriceCourse code:Q00010241How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £58.80
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History: Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot
On this two session course, we will look into the background to the Gunpowder Plot and what the plotters hoped to achieve.
Some disaffected Catholics felt it necessary to attempt to assassinate King James I because of the continuing religious conflict in England.
In the two sessions of this course we will focus on Guy Fawkes and how he came to have the responsibility for carrying out the operation to blow up the parliament chamber, as well as the involvement of some of the other people behind the plot, including Robert Catesby, generally regarded as the main instigator. We will also consider some of the consequences of the plot's failure and the deaths of most of the conspirators, and why some aspects of the story remain unexplained.
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Dates:Wed 30/10/2024 -
Wed 06/11/2024Times:7:00pm - 9:00pmDuration:2 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:David PriceCourse code:Q00018313How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £14.80
History: Paris 1800-1914
A look at the history of Paris in the 19th century, beginning with Napoleon's influence, and covering the various revolutions and rebellions and consequent bloodshed on the streets of the city, Haussmann's massive town-planning project that made Paris what it is today, how the bourgeoisie built on their gains from the original French Revolution, the lives of some of the notorious Courtesans, the Cancan, and works by great artists who documented the events and scenes of the time.
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Dates:Tue 14/01/2025 -
Tue 28/01/2025Times:7:00pm - 9:00pmDuration:3 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:David PriceCourse code:Q00012805How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £22.20
History: Behind the Iron Curtain
On this nine week course held in Rearsby, we will look at life in the six countries of Eastern Europe under Soviet control from the late 1940s until 1989. This is mostly a social history course, and only peripherally covers East-West tensions, often referred to as the Cold War. We’ll see how the Soviet Union and its proxies, the communist parties of the six countries, endeavoured to impose a new way of life on people, sometimes subtly through the media and propaganda and at other times using methods of coercive control. How it was to live there – the realities of being in a bureaucratic state with central planning and surveillance; why youth groups were considered so important; rebellions against the state; the Berlin Wall. If you are interested in history and culture, this course will be suitable for you.
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Dates:Tue 21/01/2025 -
Tue 18/03/2025Times:11:00am - 12:30pmDuration:9 sessionsLocation:Rearsby Village Hall (Rearsby)
1851 Melton Road
Rearsby
LE7 4YSTutor:David PriceCourse code:Q00013185How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £56.70
History: Brushstrokes of History
On this nine week history course held in Lutterworth we will learn what art can teach us about the times in which they were created. We will look at key events in the history of the Netherlands from 1300-1600; the significant political events in France before the Revolution, and also Napoleon’s rise to power. No prior knowledge is expected, just an interest in history and culture – the course will be accompanied by images of artworks. Learners are invited to ask questions if they choose to.
Topics of art will include the history of Antwerp - Charles V abdication; and the beginning of the Dutch Revolt and becoming a Protestant-dominated city; and Amsterdam; Louis XIV and the succession by Louis XV in 1715; and the reign of Louis XVI to 1789 when the French Revolution begins.
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Dates:Thu 23/01/2025 -
Thu 27/03/2025Times:10:15am - 11:45amDuration:10 sessionsLocation:The Wycliffe Rooms
Freemasons Hall
George Street
Lutterworth
Leicester
LE17 4EDTutor:David PriceCourse code:Q00013056How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £56.70
History: Vienna and Berlin 1814-1914
An exploration of the history of Vienna and Berlin in the 19th century. We will look at how they became capital cities; the revolution in 1848-49 and its effects; massive migration as a result of industrialisation; political events; cultural developments; and some of the personalities based in these cities during this period; including the ideas and activities of Freud, Strauss, Herzl, Hitler and Trotsky. We will examine the paradoxical nature of the monarchy in Vienna in presiding over progress in democracy and tolerance but remaining officially absolutist; and will consider how William II’s personality affected his political decisions both internally and in foreign policy.
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Dates:Fri 31/01/2025 -
Fri 14/03/2025Times:2:00pm - 4:00pmDuration:7 sessionsLocation:The Rothley Centre (Rothley)
12 Mountsorrel Lane
Rothley
LE7 7PRTutor:David PriceCourse code:Q00013039How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £50.40
History: Vienna 1814-1914
In the 19th century, the population of Vienna grew from about 300,000 people to more than 2 million and it became the sixth largest city in the world, capital of an empire of 53 million and a centre for the arts, scientific ideas, and political theorising. We will see how Vienna became a capital city and how its importance was solidified by the Congress of Vienna in 1814-15. We will also look at the revolution in 1848-49 and its effects, the development of the Ringstrasse, and the massive migration to the city as a result of large scale industrialisation.
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Dates:Tue 04/02/2025 -
Tue 18/02/2025Times:7:00pm - 9:00pmDuration:3 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:David PriceCourse code:Q00012810How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £22.20