Happy 2024, one and all!

As regular readers will know, our preparation window after last term was somewhat scuppered, so we’re a little later than hoped in announcing the last two courses for this term as promised. But now that we’ve got this term underway and are properly back in the saddle, we’re delighted to announce… [cue the hare and hound fanfare]…

Decadence and Delirium:

The dark side of nineteenth-century art

Gilgamesh: The world’s first epic

Each of these Short & Sweet courses has been requested from various angles by some of you for a while now, and as you know, we always do our best to respond to requests!

Decadence and Delirium takes our explorations of art into a remarkable late nineteenth century movement, which espoused art for art’s sake, and very much marched to the beat of its own drum - finding beauty in the grotesque, and the grotesque in beauty.

With Gilgamesh, we’re building on our new “Wrightington Notes” strand, in light of the positive comments on The Odyssey and The Aeneid (and regular requests for us to give this treatment to Gilgamesh!). We’ll explore this profoundly influential text via a synopsis (we’ve read it so you don’t have to!) and discussion of key points arising - all lovingly gift-wrapped in the context of the history of ancient Sumeria.

We hope that you’re as excited about our new offerings as we are!

Finally, a quick reminder of our upcoming Short & Sweet on Monet - it’s not too late to book!

Well that’s our news for now. We’ll be in touch again soon to announce our programme for next term, but hope that these courses will provide some appealing entertainment in the meantime!