Norwich Lifelong Learning
What’s in a Name?
Our names are an integral part of our self-identity. They are our personal shadow, a constant presence in our lives.…
Norwich Lifelong Learning
Ethics & Technology
Our need to understand the relationship between humans and technology has never felt so urgent. This day school considers the…
Norwich Lifelong Learning
The Mysterious World of the Male Soprano and Countertenor Voices
Enjoy a day of dazzling vocal music, discovering the highest-pitched male voices from the castrati superstars of the High Baroque,…
Norwich Lifelong Learning
The 30 Years’ War 1618—1648
This course explores one of the longest and most devastating conflicts in European history. Drawing in nearly all the major…
Norwich Lifelong Learning
The Victorian Schoolmistress in Norwich
This day school will explore the lives of women who taught Elementary education to the children of parents who ‘made…
Norwich Lifelong Learning
Between Two Wars: Politics in Norwich and Norfolk
We will consider the 1918 Khaki election, the end of the wartime coalition, the Flapper election and votes for (some)…
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A Taste of History: A Tudor Gentleman’s ‘Productive Garden’
Please note: this course will now start at 2.00pm, and finish at 4.00pm. We apologise for any inconvenience. This half-day…
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The Wilton Diptych and the Westminster Portrait: Windows into the Reign of Richard II
In the last decade of his reign, Richard 11 commissioned two works of art that we now know as the…
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A Midwinter’s Read: Poetry and Short Stories for Wintertime
In this day school we will explore poems and short stories that capture the spirit of winter’s invitation to both…
Norwich Lifelong Learning
Writing for Pleasure
Many of us write thousands of words during our careers — emails, letters, reports, notes, minutes — but in this…
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The 1960s Cinema of Jean-Luc Godard
Between Breathless in 1960 and 1967’s Weekend, Jean-Luc Godard made a series of films which revolutionised the form and techniques…
Norwich Lifelong Learning
Securing Our Future Food Supplies
We depend on only a few crops as the main sources of our nutrition. Currently, there are major challenges in…
Norwich Lifelong Learning
Postwar America: Power, Prosperity and Protest
Emerging from the Second World War as an unrivalled economic, military and political power, the United States has assumed global…
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Norfolk Uncovered: From Prehistoric Landscape to 20th Century Industry
This course explores Norfolk’s evolution from prehistoric origins to industrial powerhouse. We will use aerial photography and landscape analysis to…
