Norwich Lifelong Learning
He who Pays the Piper: Creative Expression and Politics in the World of Opera
To survive economically as well as culturally, composers, librettists and singers have always had to be politically astute as well…
Norwich Lifelong Learning
F Scott Fitzgerald and The Great Gatsby
In 1926, Chatto & Windus published F Scott Fitzgerald’s third novel, The Great Gatsby. Not many people read that first…
Norwich Lifelong Learning
Deciphering Tudor and Stuart Handwriting: An Introduction to English Palaeography
Where does history come from? Much of our knowledge of the past derives from original documentary evidence and, the further…
Norwich Lifelong Learning
City of Gardens
19th-century Norwich citizens were enthusiastic gardeners, but in 1840 James Grigor, the eminent botanist and nurseryman, lamented that Norwich, “a…
Norwich Lifelong Learning
An Introduction to Russian Art
Russian visual arts are amongst the most breathtaking and challenging works in the world, whether you are passionate about exquisite…
