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30/07/2010
Milton Keynes Branch - open to all residents of Milton Keynes. If there was an expression of sufficient interest from the Newport Pagnell community, the WEA would be happy to consider doing a course/day-school at a local venue.
For further information contact Roy Chapman: 01908 568921 Half Day-School: A Herbal Walk Tutor: David Hammond Details: Sunday 05/09/2010 2.00pm – 4.00pm Fee £8 Venue: Rectory Cottages, Church Green Road, Bletchley Take a gentle stroll to look at the herbs growing wild around the Rectory Cottages area. David will be telling you a little about the herbs and how they are used medicinally today, and also some lore about how they were used in the past.
Poetry of the 60’s Tutor: Peter Leyland Details: Wednesdays 2.30 - 4.30pm 5 meetings from 22/09/2010 Venue: York House Centre, London Rd., Stony Stratford Fee: £40 The course is for those who are interested in the upsurge in performance poetry during the Sixties which continues today in the work of poets like Benjamin Zephaniah. This upsurge could be said to have started at the great Albert Hall Poetry Festival in 1965 and continued in books like the Mersey Sound. You are invited to the experience of this poetry with a tutor who has both written and performed his own work in the past. Day-School: Modern Architecture in the City of London Tutor: Keith Hasted Details: Saturday 25/09/2010 10.30am – 3.30pm Fee: £20 Meeting Place: Benugo Cafe, Museum of London The architecture of London displays the work of UK architects of international standing. A number of the most important of these buildings are clustered around the Bank of England in the City of London. We will take a walking tour around this central area of the City to see buildings such as James Stirling’s Number One Poultry, Norman Foster’s 30 St Mary Axe (the Gherkin) and Richard Rogers’ Lloyds Building and 88 Wood Street
North American Medley Part 2 Tutor: Ann Severn Details: Mondays 10.30am - 12.30pm 6 meetings from 27/09/2010 Venue: Rectory Cottages, Church Green Road, Bletchley Fee: £48 Our North American literary theme continues with poems by E.E.Cummings and Ogden Nash, followed by 'Death of a Salesman' by Arthur Miller, and finishing with 'The Stone Diaries' by Carol Shields
Day-School: An Introduction to Modern China Tutor: Charles Tyzack Details: Saturday 02/10/2010 10.30am – 4.30pm Fee £24 Venue: Rectory Cottages, Church Green Road, Bletchley Since the death of Chairman Mao in 1976 China has undergone a massive transformation, and is now spoken of as a rival to the US for world leadership. During this day school we will look at political and social changes, economic achievements, growing freedoms, and the problems China faces in the new century. Day-School: Growing Fruit and Vegetables the Organic Way Tutor: Martin Horne Details: Saturday 23/10/2010 10.30am - 4.30pm Fee: £24 Venue: York House Centre, London Rd., Stony Stratford This workshop will provide an opportunity to discover ways of growing fruit and vegetable crops by organic methods, both in allotments and domestic gardens and enable you to relate the information and experience gained to your own garden or allotment. An introduction to Herbal Medicine Tutor: David Hammond Details: Thursdays 10.30am - 12.30pm 5 meetings from 04/11/2010 Venue: Rectory Cottages, Church Green Road, Bletchley Fee: £40 This course will look at modern herbal medicine, and how natural plant based medicines are used today to treat a wide variety of conditions safely. In addition, we will be looking at how you can make your own tinctures, teas, creams, ointments etc, from herbs that grow in your garden and in the countryside around you. Day-School: Great Book Illustrators Tutor: William Prescott Details: Saturday 06/11/2010 10.30am - 4.30pm Fee: £24 Venue: Methodist Church, Silver Street, Stony Stratford Great illustrations help to make memorable books. This study day explores great illustrated books from the early days of printing through Dickens, Lewis Carroll, Beatrix Potter, Arthur Rackham, E.H. Shepard (Winnie-the-Pooh) to Ardizzone, Ronald Searle and the fine children's illustrators of the present day. There is much to explore and enjoy.
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