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Founder and Director of Studies
The East India company opens the door to Britain gaining an empire: the sun never sets over British Empire. How was the Empire acquired ? What areas of the world were controlled by Britain? What was the impact upon Britain?
£220
Starting: 8/04/24 10 am -12 pm
Weekly on Mondays (10 weeks)
Founder and Director of Studies
Is there any truth in the story about David and Goliath? How does Zadok the Priest it into the story of Israel? Was the Queen of Sheba real?
The books of Samuel and Kings will be the focus of our studies this term.
£220
Starting: 10/04/24 10 am -12 pm
Weekly on Wednesdays (10 weeks)
History
The General Election of 1868 was a watershed,, marking the beginning of an active and significant Welsh impact on British politics, coinciding with the rivalry between William Gladstone and Benjamin Disraeli. The emergence of industrial and urban Wales was dominated by Nonconformist Liberalism. A seminal period in the history of modern Wales.
£120
Starting: 4/06/24 2 pm -4 pm
Weekly on Tuesdays (5 weeks)
Founder and Director of Studies
Jonathan Swift(1667-1745) was 21 years old when the Glorious Revolution brought William III and Mary II to the throne; Britain became a Protestant country. The author was raised in the Anglican Church of Ireland and his family were royalists. He was ordained but devoted a great deal of his time to writing. Gulliver’s Travels is a political satire written in a period of great change.
£100
Starting: 3/07/24 10 am -13 pm
Weekly on Wednesdays (3 weeks)