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20th Century History Ancient or Classical History Animal Life Archaeology Astronomy British History Children's Literature Contemporary Issues Creative Writing
Drawing Environmental Studies Explore Q & A Fiction Film or Cinema or Video Geology Historical Studies History and Appreciation of Art History and Appreciation of Music Intellectual History
Literature Medieval History Painting Philosophy Plant Life Television




20th Century History

Saturday 13 Feb 10:00 E20102OR000262 Grand Strategy or Gross Stupidity - the Second Gulf War 2003 - 2009 1 x 5 hour sessions One Off Ridley Building 2 Open Session (booking not required)




Ancient or Classical History

Thursday 14 Jan 19:00 E20102OR000273 Brief Lives: Some People From the Early Middle Ages 5 x 1.5 hour sessions Every Two Weeks Ridley Building 2 Open Session (booking not required)


Saturday 06 Feb 10:30 E20102PE000280 Ancient Greek Theatre and Performance. 1 x 5 hour sessions One Off Ridley Building 2 Open Session (booking not required)


Saturday 20 Feb 10:30 E20102PE000282 The Olympics: Ancient and Modern 1 x 5 hour sessions One Off Ridley Building 2 Open Session (booking not required)


Saturday 13 Mar 14:00 E20102OR000264 Pink Underwear and Other Shocking Escapades From the Archives of the Egypt Exploration Society 1 x 2 hour sessions One Off Ridley Building 2 Open Session (booking not required)




Animal Life

Thursday 14 Jan 10:30 E20102OR000269 Birds of the Winter 7 x 1.5 hour sessions Weekly Field Trip Location Booking Required


Course finished


Archaeology

Tuesday 12 Jan 19:00 E20102OR000276 The Story of Stonehenge: Life and Death in Bronze Age Britain 7 x 1.5 hour sessions Weekly Ridley Building 2 Open Session (booking not required)


Thursday 21 Jan 19:00 E20102OR000272 Bernician Studies Group 5 x 1.5 hour sessions Every Two Weeks Ridley Building 2 Booking Required
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Saturday 30 Jan 12:00 E20102OR000266 Discovery and Significance of the Lichfield Angel 1 x 1 hour sessions One Off Bedes World Open Session (booking not required)


Saturday 27 Feb 12:00 E20102OR000267 Stone Walls and Styca Hoards, Recent Archaeological Work At Bamburgh Castle 1 x 1 hour sessions One Off Bedes World Open Session (booking not required)


Saturday 27 Mar 12:00 E20102OR000268 Bamburgh Research Project: Archaeology and Media From 2001 To 2010: Putting the Archaeologists Into Context 1 x 1 hour sessions One Off Bedes World Open Session (booking not required)




Astronomy

Wednesday 13 Jan 10:30 E20102PE000290 The Solar System 7 x 1 hour sessions Weekly Newcastle Arts Centre Open Session (booking not required)


Saturday 27 Feb 10:30 E20102PE000285 A Brief History of the Universe 1 x 5 hour sessions One Off Ridley Building 2 Open Session (booking not required)


Friday 26 Mar 18:00 E20103PE000341 Kielder Astronomy Weekend 10 x 1 hour sessions Weekend Kielder Youth Hostel Booking Required
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British History

Monday 11 Jan 10:00 E20102OR000274 Coaly Tyne: The Evolution of An Industrial River 7 x 1.5 hour sessions Weekly Bedson Building Booking Required


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Saturday 20 Feb 10:00 E20102OR000263 Tyneside and the Boer War 1899-1902 1 x 5 hour sessions One Off Ridley Building 2 Open Session (booking not required)




Children's Literature

Monday 11 Jan 10:30 E20102RE000311 Writing for Children 5 x 2 hour sessions Weekly Newcastle Arts Centre Booking Required


Course finished


Contemporary Issues

Wednesday 13 Jan 19:00 E20102OR000271 'on Afghanistan's Plains', the Coalition At War 2001 - 2009 5 x 1.5 hour sessions Weekly Ridley Building 2 Open Session (booking not required)




Creative Writing

Saturday 27 Mar 10:00 E20102RE000307 Writing From Life 1 x 4 hour sessions One Off Ridley Building 2 Booking Required
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Drawing

Saturday 23 Jan 10:30 E20102VI000294 Life Figure Workshop (Jan) 2 x 5 hour sessions Weekly Bolbec Hall Booking Required 1 Explore Topups required to cover costs specific to this course


Course finished
Saturday 27 Feb 10:30 E20102VI000295 Life Figure Workshop (Feb) 2 x 5 hour sessions Weekly Bolbec Hall Booking Required 1 Explore Topups required to cover costs specific to this course


Course finished


Environmental Studies

Thursday 04 Feb 19:00 E20103PE000337 The Great Debate: Humans in a Changing Climate 5 x 1.5 hour sessions Weekly Ridley Building 2 Open Session (booking not required)


Saturday 20 Mar 10:00 E20103PE000339 The Great Debate: Getting Real About Climate Change 1 x 5 hour sessions One Off Herschel Building Booking Required
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Explore Q & A

Monday 01 Feb 12:00 E20102PE000323 Members' Forum 1 x 0.5 hour sessions One Off Newcastle Arts Centre Open Session (booking not required)


Thursday 04 Feb 18:00 E20102PE000324 Members' Forum 1 x 0.5 hour sessions One Off Ridley Building 2 Open Session (booking not required)


Saturday 06 Feb 10:30 E20102PE000325 Members' Forum 1 x 2 hour sessions One Off Ridley Building 2 Open Session (booking not required)




Fiction

Tuesday 16 Feb 18:00 E20102RE000312 Writing: Inspirations 5 x 2 hour sessions Weekly Ridley Building 2 Booking Required
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Film or Cinema or Video

Friday 15 Jan 18:30 E20102VI000301 Great Directors of European Cinema 7 x 1.5 hour sessions Weekly Tyneside Cinema Booking Required


Course finished


Geology

Thursday 14 Jan 14:00 E20102OR000270 Changing Perspectives in Earth Science 5 x 1.5 hour sessions Weekly Claremont Tower Booking Required


Course finished
Saturday 06 Mar 10:00 E20102OR000261 Geological Sites and Stories: Tynemouth To Seaton Sluice 1 x 5 hour sessions One Off Field Trip Location Booking Required


Course finished


Historical Studies

Monday 11 Jan 19:00 E20102OR000277 Origins: Theme Talks 10 x 1.5 hour sessions Weekly Ridley Building 2 Open Session (booking not required)


Monday 15 Mar 00:00 Planning for New Newcastle: The Era of Wilfrid Burns and Dan Smith Ridley Building 2
Thursday 14 Jan 10:30 E20102OR000278 Origins: Theme Talks 11 x 1.5 hour sessions Weekly Newcastle Arts Centre Open Session (booking not required)


Thursday 18 Mar 00:00 The Newcastle That Never Was: The Industrial Age Newcastle Arts Centre
Thursday 25 Mar 00:00 The Newcastle That Never Was: Post-war To Future Newcastle Arts Centre
Thursday 14 Jan 12:30 E20102OR000279 Origins: Lunch Hour 11 x 1 hour sessions Weekly Newcastle Arts Centre Open Session (booking not required)


Thursday 18 Mar 00:00 Of Bears Feet, Lady's Mantles and Alchemy Newcastle Arts Centre
Thursday 25 Mar 00:00 England and France: love-hate past and present Newcastle Arts Centre


History and Appreciation of Art

Monday 11 Jan 10:30 E20102VI000303 Great Artists 10 x 1 hour sessions Weekly Newcastle Arts Centre Open Session (booking not required)


Monday 15 Mar 00:00 Walter Sickert Newcastle Arts Centre
Monday 11 Jan 12:30 E20102VI000304 Visions Lunch 10 x 1 hour sessions Weekly Newcastle Arts Centre Open Session (booking not required)


Tuesday 12 Jan 10:30 E20102VI000296 Visual Narrative: Art That Tells Stories (Am) 5 x 2 hour sessions Weekly Newcastle Arts Centre Booking Required


Course finished
Tuesday 12 Jan 14:00 E20102VI000300 Visual Narrative: Art That Tells Stories (Pm) 5 x 2 hour sessions Weekly Newcastle Arts Centre Booking Required


Course finished
Wednesday 13 Jan 10:30 E20102VI000298 Five Artists in Renaissance Italy 5 x 2 hour sessions Weekly Claremont Tower Booking Required


Course finished
Wednesday 13 Jan 14:00 E20102VI000302 Art Detectives 5 x 2 hour sessions Weekly Newcastle Arts Centre Open Session (booking not required)


Monday 01 Feb 15:00 E20102VI000299 1960s Art and Design 5 x 2 hour sessions Weekly Claremont Tower Open Session (booking not required)


Wednesday 17 Feb 14:00 E20102VI000297 Dressed To Impress: Style and Fashion in Paintings 5 x 2 hour sessions Weekly Newcastle Arts Centre Open Session (booking not required)


Saturday 27 Feb 10:30 E20103PE000338 Landscape Art: Warm South and Cold North 2 x 2.5 hour sessions Unspecified Ridley Building 2 Open Session (booking not required)




History and Appreciation of Music

Tuesday 12 Jan 19:00 E20102PE000292 Understanding Music - An Introduction 7 x 1.5 hour sessions Weekly Ridley Building 2 Booking Required


Course finished
Wednesday 20 Jan 15:15 E20102PE000288 The Great American Songbook 2 x 2.5 hour sessions Weekly Kings Road Teaching Centre Open Session (booking not required)


Saturday 20 Feb 10:30 E20102PE000281 Understanding Jazz 1 x 4 hour sessions One Off Ridley Building 2 Open Session (booking not required)




Intellectual History

Monday 11 Jan 10:30 E20102PE000289 For Want of a Nail: a History of Connections 7 x 1.5 hour sessions Weekly Claremont Tower Open Session (booking not required)


Wednesday 13 Jan 12:30 E20102PE000291 Lunchtime Perspectives: Behind the News 7 x 1 hour sessions Weekly Newcastle Arts Centre Open Session (booking not required)


Saturday 20 Feb 10:30 E20102PE000286 The Spice of Life: The European Quest for Spice 1 x 5 hour sessions One Off Ridley Building 2 Open Session (booking not required)




Literature

Tuesday 12 Jan 10:30 E20102RE000317 Great Writers 10 x 1.5 hour sessions Weekly Newcastle Arts Centre Open Session (booking not required)


Tuesday 16 Mar 00:00 Brian Friel Newcastle Arts Centre
Tuesday 12 Jan 12:30 E20102RE000321 Readings Lunch Hour: The Page That Changed My Life 10 x 1 hour sessions Weekly Newcastle Arts Centre Open Session (booking not required)


Wednesday 13 Jan 18:30 E20102RE000319 Great Writers 10 x 1.5 hour sessions Weekly Ridley Building 2 Open Session (booking not required)


Wednesday 17 Mar 00:00 Guy De Maupassant Ridley Building 2
Wednesday 13 Jan 10:30 E20102RE000315 The Golden Age of Women Detective Writers 7 x 1.5 hour sessions Weekly Newcastle Arts Centre Booking Required


Course finished
Thursday 14 Jan 10:30 E20102RE000313 M. R. James and the English Ghost Story 7 x 1.5 hour sessions Weekly Newcastle Arts Centre Booking Required


Course finished
Tuesday 19 Jan 14:00 E20102RE000316 Forgotten Women Writers of the 1950s 7 x 1.5 hour sessions Weekly Bedson Building Booking Required


Course finished
Thursday 21 Jan 10:30 E20102RE000314 Introduction To Trollope and Thackeray 8 x 1.5 hour sessions Weekly Claremont Tower Booking Required


Course finished
Friday 22 Jan 14:15 E20102RE000348 Introduction To Trollope and Thackeray 8 x 1.5 hour sessions Weekly Bedson Building Booking Required


Course finished
Saturday 13 Feb 10:00 E20102RE000320 The Short Story in Focus 1 x 4 hour sessions One Off Ridley Building 2 Booking Required
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Friday 19 Feb 10:30 E20102RE000310 The New Historical Novel 5 x 2 hour sessions Weekly Newcastle Arts Centre Booking Required


Booking now closed
Saturday 06 Mar 10:00 E20102RE000306 Poetry of John Keats 1 x 4 hour sessions One Off Ridley Building 2 Booking Required


Course finished
Thursday 11 Mar 10:30 E20102RE000308 The Fin De Siecle (1) 1 x 4 hour sessions One Off Newcastle Arts Centre Booking Required


Course finished
Saturday 13 Mar 10:00 E20102RE000305 Shakespeare and War 1 x 4 hour sessions One Off Ridley Building 2 Booking Required


Course finished
Thursday 18 Mar 10:30 E20102RE000309 The Fin De Siecle (2) 1 x 4 hour sessions One Off Newcastle Arts Centre Booking Required


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Medieval History

Tuesday 12 Jan 14:00 E20102OR000275 People and Places: Monks and Farmers in the Landscape 7 x 1.5 hour sessions Weekly Newcastle Arts Centre Booking Required


Course finished


Painting

Saturday 13 Mar 10:30 E20102VI000293 Paint the Town in Oils or Acrylics 1 x 5 hour sessions One Off Ouseburn Regeneration Centre Booking Required 1 Explore Topups required to cover costs specific to this course


Course finished


Philosophy

Monday 11 Jan 18:00 E20102PE000327 Newcastle Philosophy Society: Philosophy in Literature 3 x 3 hour sessions Every Four Weeks Ridley Building 2 Open Session (booking not required)


Tuesday 12 Jan 14:00 E20102PE000283 Just Imagine: 7 Thought Experiments in Philosophy 7 x 1.5 hour sessions Weekly Claremont Tower Open Session (booking not required)


Wednesday 20 Jan 19:00 E20102PE000329 Newcastle Philosophy Society: Freedom Group 3 x 2 hour sessions Every Four Weeks Ridley Building 2 Open Session (booking not required)


Monday 25 Jan 19:00 E20102PE000284 Beginning Philosophy 7 x 1.5 hour sessions Weekly Ridley Building 2 Booking Required


Course finished
Wednesday 27 Jan 19:00 E20102PE000331 Newcastle Philosophy Society: Wittgenstein Group 3 x 2 hour sessions Every Four Weeks Ridley Building 2 Open Session (booking not required)


Wednesday 03 Feb 19:00 E20102PE000330 Mind Group 2 x 2 hour sessions Every Four Weeks Ridley Building 2 Open Session (booking not required)


Wednesday 10 Feb 19:00 E20102PE000328 Newcastle Philosophy Society: Continental Philosophy Group 2 x 2 hour sessions Every Four Weeks Ridley Building 2 Open Session (booking not required)




Plant Life

Saturday 20 Mar 10:00 E20102OR000265 The Rites of Spring: Dock Puddings, Ledger Pies and Other Traditional Uses of Springtime Plants. 1 x 5 hour sessions One Off Ridley Building 2 Open Session (booking not required)




Television

Thursday 14 Jan 18:30 E20102RE000318 The Wire: 21st Century Dickens? 10 x 1.5 hour sessions Weekly Ridley Building 2 Open Session (booking not required)


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