Event Category: Life Long Learning

  • Antiques Couse

    The Autumn Antiques course has been booked for Tuesday afternoons, starting on 7th October. More details to follow. Read more

  • The Future of Plant Food Production

    About 18 months ago the UK Government legalised the planting of gene edited crops outside the laboratoryenvironment. Gene modification (GMO) is still illegal in the UK and EU for most plants and animals anddefinitely for human embryos. In the US there is extensive use of GMO in the food chain – hence a block totrade… Read more

  • Sixty Years that shook Physics

    with Randal RichardsFridays 24th and 31st January; 7th,14th,21st February At the end of the 19th Century many involved in physics believed the age of discovery was over and all thatremained was the determination of wavelengths, physical constants etc. In a few short years twodiscoveries and one theoretical development turned this belief upside down, starting a… Read more

  • Art History

    Six lectures featuring Writers, Bridges, Mirrors, Marriages, Beds and Cafes given by Tania Harrington. All lectures are at the same time and place every Tuesday until 25th February Read more

  • Shocking, Sensational and Salacious – Noteworthy Murder Cases

    with Mark Mower: Putting the crime of murder into context.Media coverage and public attitudes to violent crime.A sample of local murder cases and some observations on their relevance in the study of criminality. Mark Mower is a crime writer and historian whose work has appeared in over forty books. He has lecturedfor the Workers’ Educational… Read more

  • Poetry Writing Workshop

    with James McDermott. Note: The newsletter has the date as 17th which is a Friday. Read more

  • Crime and Punishment in Nineteenth Century Suffolk

    with Mark Mower: The changing social and economic backdrop to crime in East Anglia.How murder related to other local crimes.An overview of how the criminal justice system was changing.Some examples of local sentencing and punishment. Mark Mower is a crime writer and historian whose work has appeared in over forty books. He has lecturedfor the… Read more

  • A day’s improvisation

    A day’s improvisation, with Gilly Spencer. Read more

  • How to find joy in today’s troubled world

    How to find joy in today’s troubled world, with Alan Browne. Fridays 8th and 15th November both 10.00 to12.00. Venue Wymondham Abbey Hall. Read more

  • Writing for Wellness

    Writing for Wellness, with Lyn Hazleton, a writer and a qualified psychotherapeutic counsellorMondays 16th, 23rd and 30th September, 21st and 28th October and 4th November, all from 2.00 to 4.00. VenueCentral Hall Becket Room Read more