Explore the culture of the English country house from its architectural form, social manners and distinctions to the furnishings and artistic manifestations of taste, as an expression of power and influence in a changing society.
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Is there a true story that only you can tell? This course is designed to provide you with the skills you need to turn experiences, recollections and real-life phenomena into literary works that are enjoyable and accessible to a wider audience.
This course will give you a kaleidoscopic picture of colonialism as a dark and self-revealing experience, through the lenses of Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness, Virginia Woolf's The Voyage Out, and Katherine Mansfield's New Zealand stories.
This course is designed for anyone who would like to sing, but feels that they can't. Through a mixture of seminars and workshops, consideration will be given to various common vocal problems and their solutions.
Starting with the birth of Italian opera around 1600, this course charts its development through the masterpieces of Monteverdi, Handel, Mozart, Rossini, and Verdi.
Everyone has an interesting life story and this course will enable you to present your own. We shall consider different ways of exploring the life of an individual in ways which recognise each person as unique.
Learn the fundamentals of screenwriting as you explore key concepts and techniques – and discover how to apply them to your own cinematic writing.
Want to learn how to write fiction, or hone your skills? This course demystifies the process and craft of fiction writing with many practical tips and tricks. The emphasis is on learning through doing your own writing, in a fun and supportive atmosphere.
What makes a compelling character, and how do we write one? In this course we'll look at the characters we love and investigate how to breathe life into characterisation in our own work through a series of practical writing exercises and class discussion.
You will learn and hone essential techniques for writing traditional forms of poetry, as well as free verse, in the talks and workshops of this course.
This course will explore the way different texts have been adapted from page to screen. We will look at a variety of original sources, from classic novels and plays to more recent texts, examining the mechanisms by which one form is adapted into another.
How can art give form to the invisible? This course explores the theological and philosophical idea of beauty in Renaissance art, examining how artists used various visual elements to make the divine visible.