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Watercolours: Intermediate Level
Start Date: 20th September 2024
Friday 2pm-4pm This course is for those with some basic knowledge who want to refresh their skills or wish to go a step further.
Drawing for Beginners
Start Date: 19th September 2024
Thursday 1.30-3.30pm - This course is suitable for complete beginners or those wishing to refresh their skills.
Batik Workshop
Start Date: 20th September 2024
Friday 10-12pm This is a self-help group most of whom are experienced and skilled, but who very much welcome new members and offer help and encouragement.
Mixed Media
Start Date: 17th September 2024
Tuesday 10-12pm - Mixed media is a term used to define art works that combine different painting and drawing media in the same work. It enables the student to experiment into areas of painting and drawing.
Development of Drawing Skills
Start Date: 18th September 2024
Wednesday 2-4pm - The course is intended for those students who have some experience drawing and want to develop their skills and experience and techniques in a wide variety of surfaces and mediums.
Printmaking - What is lino cutting?
Start Date: 17th September 2024
Tuesday 2-4pm - Keen to develop your existing skills in printmaking? Cut an image into a block of lino using the tools provided, roll specialist ink onto the surfaces of your block and make a series of prints on paper.
Acrylic Painting (including watercolour)
Start Date: 16th September 2024
Monday 1.30-3.30pm - This course will help you develop your painting skills focusing on colour mixing and application. We will use critical references to interpret a range of genres and build on techniques and personal ideas.
Intermediate Drawing
Start Date: 11th November 2024
Monday 10-12.30pm This course aims to help you to develop confidence, improve existing skills and realise your potential.
Chinese Brush Painting: Flower and Bird
Start Date: 16th September 2024
Monday 10-12pm - We will learn the Xieyi (free style) techniques for representing some of the traditional Chinese flowers and birds and we will look at some of the traditional compositional forms.
Beginners’ Watercolour
Start Date: 19th September 2024
Thursday 10-12pm - This course is suitable for anyone new to watercolour painting or those who wish to refresh their skills. Demonstrations, examples and individual help will introduce students to the core watercolour washes and colour mixing.
Art & Craft Club
Start Date: 20th September 2024
Friday 12.15-1.45pm - Why not join like-minded people each week in this self-led group? Bring your own art; drawing, painting, collage … whatever project you like.
Sew Crafty
Start Date: 6th November 2024
Wednesday 2-4pm - For all keen sewers and crafters whether beginners or more experienced. It is tutor led but with a freedom to pursue your own sewing or crafting goals too.
Portrait Painting Using Pastels
Start Date: 18th September 2024
Wednesday 10-12pm - The sessions will begin investigating portrait paintings by well known artists. The more experienced participants will be encouraged to use their own source photographic images.
Creative play with clay
Start Date: 16th November 2024
Saturday 10-3.30pm - Come and enjoy using air drying clay to make a range of products in a variety of techniques. This is an opportunity to make decorative or modelled items such as tree decorations, figurines, pots or other gifts.
Life Drawing
Start Date: 6th November 2024
It will teach beginners the core skills needed to create accurate life drawings and encourage those keen to build on existing skills to create more polished pieces.
Temperature - A Journey from Absolute Zero (-273.15 °C) to 5499 °C
Start Date: 5th November 2024
Tuesday 10-12pm - This is another journey through temperature and its changes. If there was no variation in temperature you would not even be able to read this text about temperature changes!
Local birds in theory and in practice
Start Date: 19th September 2024
Thursday 2-4pm - An introduction and exploration of the birds of woodland, wetland and farmland. Three of the five sessions will be local field trips.
The Wright Brothers and the Science of Flight
Start Date: 14th November 2024
Thursday 2-4pm - In 1903, the Wright brothers kick-started the modern era of high-speed travel by air. Their final mastery of powered flight is arguably humanity’s greatest engineering achievement.
Psychology: a lens for our lives
Start Date: 7th November 2024
Thursday 10-12pm - This course explores the relevance of Psychology to our daily lives in this complex world. All insights will be welcomed as we explore together this ever-evolving discipline.
Water, Waves and the Sea - Starting with a Spring!?
Start Date: 17th September 2024
Tuesday 10-12pm - This course looks at the science that connects water, waves, the sea and even a boring spring completely. They are so connected and fundamental that we may even get as far as how quantum physics is built from them.
Physics in a Nutshell
Start Date: 4th November 2024
Monday 10-12pm - Five sessions on each of the following topics: CERN Medical Imaging Black holes Special Relativity Exotic Materials Each session is supported with student access to PowerPoint presentations.
What is Wellbeing?
Start Date: 8th November 2024
Friday 2-4pm - How much of our wellbeing can be within our control? This course looks at the science of neuroplasticity and practices such as mindfulness, laughter, compassion, and gratitude.
WeBox – Boxercise style full body workout
Start Date: 19th September 2024
Thursday 2-2.45pm - Friendly, fun, effective workout working in pairs using gloves and pads. Classes take place at Priory Methodist Church, Newnham Avenue, Bedford.
Bodyaware
Start Date: 20th September 2024
Friday 1-2pm - Bodyaware is a great way to start an exercise programme or as a development to other forms of exercise and helps with body posture, function, movement and balance. We go through many variations of exercise to improve mobility and stability.
Pilates Intermediate
Start Date: 20th September 2024
Friday 9.30-10.45am - Pilates is a body conditioning method that works by targeting the deep postural muscles, rebalancing the body and toning and stretching the muscles. This is a more challenging class for those who have done Pilates for at least 2 years.
Tai Chi (evening)
Start Date: 24th September 2024
Tuesday 5-5.45pm - Tai Chi is a slow mind/body exercise using yoga type principles to help improve movement including correcting breathing, posture, toning muscles, and improving flexibility.
Yoga
Start Date: 6th November 2024
Wednesday 12-1pm - Multi-style yoga stretches for health and wellbeing of mind, body and soul. Over the year, we will explore breath work, physical movement and meditative relaxation techniques.
Improvers Bridge
Start Date: 24th September 2024
Tuesday 2-4pm - Would you like to improve your card play, plan your strategy, learn more conventions or develop your hand evaluation skills? We will tailor our classes to progress your game to a higher level.
Beginners Bridge
Start Date: 1st October 2024
Tuesday 10-12pm - Whether you're a complete beginner who's never played before or have some knowledge of bridge, we will teach and consolidate your learning so that you'll be able to join local clubs, or play casually with friends.
Tai Chi
Start Date: 20th September 2024
Friday 2.15-3.45pm - Tai Chi is a slow mind/body exercise using yoga type principles to help improve how we move including correcting our breathing, posture, toning muscles, and improving flexibility.
Live Stronger Longer
Start Date: 19th September 2024
Thursday 3-3.45pm - A full body workout. We’ll be using a wide range of equipment in a circuit style class. Classes take place at Priory Methodist Church, Newnham Avenue, Bedford.
Tai Chi (evening)
Start Date: 24th September 2024
Tuesday 6-7pm - Tai Chi is a slow mind/body exercise using yoga type principles to help improve how we move including correcting our breathing, posture, toning muscles, and improving flexibility.
Pilates for Beginners
Start Date: 23rd September 2024
Monday 3.30-4.15pm - This course starts the Pilates Journey by exploring the principles of the method enabling you to go onto any Pilates matwork course to deepen your knowledge. Held at the Centre.
Yoga (evening)
Start Date: 5th November 2024
Tuesday 4.45-5.45pm - Multi-style yoga stretches for health and wellbeing of mind, body and soul. Over the year, we will explore breath work, physical movement and meditative relaxation techniques.
Pilates Improver
Start Date: 20th September 2024
Friday 11-12.15pm - Pilates is a body conditioning method that works by targeting the deep postural muscles, rebalancing the body and toning and stretching the muscles: This class is suitable for those with a basic knowledge of Pilates. It is not suitable for beginners.
L S Lowry and Edward Hopper
Start Date: 16th November 2024
Saturday 10-3.30pm - The aim of this one day course is not to argue that Lowry and Hopper have something in common-though both are noted for their bright colours-but to show how their different responses to modernity help to deepen our understanding of it, as well as increase our appreciation of these painters themselves.
European Capital Cities Part 2
Start Date: 19th September 2024
Thursday 2-4pm - This course takes you on a journey to 6 of Europe’s capital cities. An eclectic exploration through the history, culture, geography and people of these cities hopefully will be both stimulating and enjoyable.
Poetry Appreciation
Start Date: 20th September 2024
Friday 10-12pm - This course fosters a love of poetry through the discussion of a variety of carefully selected poems. Do come and join us and share in the rewards of reading poetry together in a circle.
Virginia Woolf: The Waves with an introduction by Jeanette Winterson
Start Date: 19th September 2024
Thursday 10-12pm - This novel is a masterpiece. It is regarded as Woolf’s most experimental work. Why does the romantic Percival, to whom they all refer, never speak? We will also examine extracts from Woolf’s diaries and look at her place in British modernism.
A History of Western Philosophy I: Ancient Greek
Start Date: 17th September 2024
Tuesday 2-4pm - Western philosophy begins with the ancient Greeks. Traditionally divided into 3 periods: Ancient Greek; Medieval; Modern.
This course considers (principally) the ancient Greek period.
Writing your Memoirs
Start Date: 17th September 2024
Tuesday 2-4pm - Would you like to write the story of your life or that of someone else? 'Writing your Memoirs' tells you how to plan, begin and structure your story.
The English Bible from Wycliffe to the KJV (1382 - 1612)
Start Date: 16th September 2024
Monday 2-4pm - 'John Wycliffe's doomed determination to present a Bible in English anticipated Martin Luther's Protestantism, and William Tyndale in Henry VIII's time contributed greatly to the Reformation in Christian philosophy.
Who ‘invented’ Christianity?
Start Date: 17th September 2024
Tuesday 10-12pm - We take it for granted that ‘Christianity’ and the ‘Church’ existed ‘from the beginning’, but in the beginning neither existed.
The Israel-Palestine conflict: How did we get here?
Start Date: 16th November 2024
Saturday 10-3.30pm - This course follows the history of the latest war between Israel and the Palestinians. It is not straightforward but this course will help you make greater sense of the stories, events and characters behind the news.
Movie Mix
Start Date: 18th September 2024
Wednesday 6-7pm. Each week we will look at a film available to watch on television from any period, genre, or country, one that can be deemed Film of the Week.
Economics in the news
Start Date: 19th September 2024
Thursday 10-12pm - During our sessions we will discuss economic issues in the news at the time. We will start with the news drawing out and analysing the economic theory behind the respective election campaigns.
The History of France, 1815-1914
Start Date: 20th September 2024
Friday 10-12pm - This course will analyse how political, religious, and social divisions in post-1815 France led to further regime changes in 1830, 1848, and 1870. The failures of the Bourbon and July monarchies will be explored.
In the News
Start Date: 19th September 2024
Thursday 1.30-3.30pm - Interested in current news? Enjoy lively debate? Then this is the class for you. Current news forms the basis of spirited discussion with participants encouraged to contribute to the topics covered.
Modern Beauty
Start Date: 7th November 2024
Thursday 10-12pm - Has anybody really successfully defined beauty? No. People tend to get round the question by referring to Aristotle’s famous expression that beauty lies in the eye of the beholder. This course will focus on what has been considered beautiful in painting in different periods.
Criminology, Crime & Policing
Start Date: 4th October 2024
Friday 10-12pm - This series of talks will provide you with an understanding of how criminology, criminologists and the UK Police Force make sense of the diverse and often complex issues around crime and criminal behaviours.
The Poetry of Seamus Heaney 1966-75
Start Date: 19th September 2024
Thursday 2-4pm - Seamus Heaney is probably the most renowned British poet of the past fifty years. His writing is moving, profound and linguistically extraordinary. This course will explore his first four collections of poetry.
More Old News – the past through old newspapers
Start Date: 18th September 2024
Wednesday 10-12pm - Ever wondered how newspapers reported events that we now consider to be significant? We will look at local and world news through the prism of an old newspaper, where possible linked to anniversaries or topical news events.
Who do you think you are?
Start Date: 16th November 2024
Saturday 10-1pm - Have you ever researched your family tree and got frustrated with visiting Record Offices and Family History Centres? Or are you just curious and watching "Who do you think you are?" wondering about your own ancestry?
The Nazi State: history’s most radical and destructive regime 1933-39
Start Date: 7th November 2024
Thursday 10-12pm - We will understand how exactly the Nazi Party arrived in power, how it secured that position and, most crucially, how its own internal and unstoppable dynamism made the Nazi State ungovernable.
Turbulent Bedford
Start Date: 18th September 2024
Wednesday 10-12pm - We explore the colourful medieval and early modern past of Bedford (illustrated by chronicles, pictures, and photographs). This was a time of turmoil. Saxons, Vikings, and Normans invaded.
Berthold Lubetkin (1901-1990)
Start Date: 7th November 2024
Thursday 2-4pm - Berthold Lubetkins' company, Tecton, introduced continental ideas to a conservative nation and left an indelible mark on its landscape from London Zoo to Bethnal Green. We shall examine his career and remarkable buildings.
How to Self Publish on Amazon
Start Date: 16th November 2024
Saturday 10-3.30pm - Have you got a book to publish? How about doing it yourself? This one-day workshop will guide you through the tools you need and give you the confidence to do it yourself.
Oliver Hill (1887-1968)
Start Date: 19th September 2024
Thursday 2-4pm - Over 5 weeks we shall explore his many buildings from The Thatched House to Morecombe’s Midland Hotel through to his post-war work.
Spy Story
Start Date: 18th September 2024
Wednesday 10-12pm - This course celebrates the centenary of Conrad’s death by looking at The Secret Agent (1907), which depicts English society with ironic detachment.
Mists and Mellow Fruitfulness: Odes to Autumn
Start Date: 16th November 2024
Saturday 10-3.30pm - Join us to consider closely autumnal poems by classic and contemporary poets to include Shakespeare, John Clare, Gillian Clarke, Clive James and of course John Keats to celebrate this most beautiful time of year.
Politics on the Edge
Start Date: 16th November 2024
A one-day course exploring Rory Stewart's "Politics on the Edge" will delve into the author's candid account of his decade in British politics.
The USA Election
Start Date: 4th November 2024
Monday 4th Nov 10am-1pm
This workshop is one day before election day and it will help you prepare for, perhaps, THE event of the year. We will reflect on a most unusual campaign before answering a number of key questions?
Italian Absolute Beginners
Start Date: 17th September 2024
Tuesday 12.30-1.30pm - The aim of this course is to present the basics of spoken and written Italian. During the course students will learn how to communicate in simple, everyday situations and will be introduced to some aspects of Italian culture.
German Upper Intermediate
Start Date: 17th September 2024
Tuesday 10-12pm - This class is for students who have a good knowledge of the language and are reasonably confident in all skills. The first part of the lesson is devoted to conversation.
French conversation intermediate to advanced
Start Date: 19th September 2024
Thursday 10-12pm - This is an intermediate to advanced level conversation group. No need to talk perfect French, but you need the confidence to hold a substantial conversation. This is not a structured class and there is no grammar included. Conversations can be on any topic of your choice.
French lower intermediate
Start Date: 19th September 2024
Thursday 12.15-1.45pm - A progression from the beginners plus level, we will be using a variety of media such as reading, listening comprehension , role-plays and more to boost your confidence in the language.
German Lower Intermediate
Start Date: 20th September 2024
Friday 2-4pm - A course designed for those who have a good foundation in German, through previous study. All aspects of the language are covered in a fun and lively way with lots of interaction.
Lipreading and managing hearing loss
Start Date: 25th September 2024
Wednesday 10-12pm - Lipreading is something we all do to a degree, but as your hearing deteriorates you rely on it more. These classes build on this skill in a supportive environment; building confidence in conversation, based on what you see as well as what you can hear.
French Conversation: Intermediate
Start Date: 18th September 2024
Wednesday 10-12pm - This class is not suitable for beginners as it is an intermediate level conversation group. You need a reasonable level of vocabulary and enough French grammar to be able to participate in a group conversation.
Spanish Beginners
Start Date: 17th September 2024
Tuesday 10-11.45am - This course will offer you the opportunity to learn a new language, with little previous knowledge. Learning through basic everyday useful conversation scenarios.
Spanish Improvers
Start Date: 18th September 2024
Wednesday 2-4pm - This course is for students who have some knowledge of Spanish and wish to progress learning the language. Vocabulary, useful phrases all to be practiced and reinforced. The course will help develop speaking, understanding, reading and writing skills.
Ancient Greek
Start Date: 19th September 2024
Thursday 10-12pm - We will be continuing to develop our knowledge of this most fascinating language, which has made its way into so many English words but has also made invaluable contributions via its culture to modern life.
German Advanced Conversation
Start Date: 20th September 2024
Friday 10-12pm - A good level of fluency is ideal. Emphasis is on conversation in a relaxed atmosphere. Sometimes we read articles providing a basis for discussion, or revise tricky points of grammar.
French Advanced
Start Date: 16th September 2024
Monday 1.30-3.30pm - This course is aimed at those who have studied French previously and are able to cope fairly fluently in a variety of situations. The aim is to build your confidence and skills.
Spanish Intermediate / Advanced
Start Date: 18th September 2024
Wednesday 12.15-2pm - This course is for students who have learned Spanish before for a few years, and wish to progress in learning the language. The course will help you to develop your speaking, understanding, reading and writing skills.
Basic British Sign Language
Start Date: 25th September 2024
Wednesday 2-4pm - British Sign language is a full, expressive, visual language with its own structure and vocabulary. Joanna teaches British Sign Language over 3 terms building on the language learnt in previous terms (or elsewhere).
Spanish Beginners Plus
Start Date: 17th September 2024
Tuesday 12-2pm - This course is for students who have learnt some Spanish before. The aim of the course is to reinforce what you learned previously and to help students progress with their speaking- listening – reading and writing skills.
French Lower intermediate (evening)
Start Date: 24th September 2024
Tuesday 5.30-7pm - This class is a progression from the beginners plus level. We will be using a variety of media such as reading, listening comprehension, role-plays and more to boost your confidence in the language.
Spanish Advanced Conversation
Start Date: 17th September 2024
Tuesday 2.15-4.15pm - Is your Spanish a bit rusty? Ven a nuestra clase a practicarlo. No importa que lo hayas olvidado un poco, pronto lo recordarás. Conversaremos sobre temas de actualidad.
French Upper Intermediate
Start Date: 16th September 2024
Monday 10-12pm - Students in this class will have learnt some French before; they will for example have done 4 years or so of part-time study or will have done their O Level (or A Level) some time ago.
Spanish Beginners Plus (evening)
Start Date: 24th September 2024
Tuesday 6-7pm - This course is for students who have learnt some Spanish before. The aim of the course is to reinforce what you learned previously and to help students progress with their speaking, listening, reading and writing skills.
French Improvers
Start Date: 18th September 2024
Wednesday 10-12pm - This course is aimed at those who have completed about 3 years part-time study. Its aim is to develop the different skills (speaking, reading, & listening)
Spanish Absolute Beginners (evening)
Start Date: 24th September 2024
Tuesday 5-6pm - This course will offer you the opportunity to learn a new language, with no previous knowledge. Learning through basic everyday useful conversation scenarios.
Italian Beginners Plus
Start Date: 18th September 2024
Wednesday 12.30-1.30pm - The aim of this course is to introduce students to new key structures and vocabulary of Italian and to some aspects of Italian culture. The course is strongly focused on communication.
German Improvers
Start Date: 17th September 2024
Tuesday 1-3pm - Ideally you will need 3 years+ previous study for this course. The group is friendly, relaxed and welcoming. Currently we are working from a Coursebook and Activity book with exercises.
German Beginners Plus
Start Date: 20th September 2024
Friday 12.30-1.30pm - 'This course is a follow-on from the Absolute beginners course which ran last year. It is therefore not suitable for those without previous knowledge while new students are always welcome.
French beginners continued (evening)
Start Date: 24th September 2024
Tuesday 4.15-5.15pm - This is a continuation from a course started in January 2024. If you wish to join this class you must have some knowledge of the language already. The study book we have been using (available to purchase) has illustrations and dialogues of every day situations, homework pages, basic grammar as well as a CD.
Italian Improvers
Start Date: 17th September 2024
Tuesday 2-4pm - The aim of this course is to consolidate the basics of spoken and written Italian and to help students acquire new structures of Italian grammar, learn new vocabulary and explore some aspects of Italian culture. The course is strongly focused on communication.
Italian Advanced
Start Date: 18th September 2024
Wednesday 10-12pm - The aim of this course is to help students learn advanced structures of Italian grammar, vocabulary and to explore contemporary aspects of Italian culture. The course is strongly focused on communication.
Italian Intermediate
Start Date: 18th September 2024
Wednesday 2-4pm - The aim of this course is to help students progress in learning new structures of Italian grammar and vocabulary and to explore aspects of Italian culture. The course is strongly focused on communication.
French intermediate
Start Date: 19th September 2024
Thursday 10-12pm - A progression from the lower intermediate level, the course will offer a variety of media: articles from magazines, reading, listening comprehension, role-plays, conversation, possibly a pocket book. All to boost your confidence.
Classical Guitar
Start Date: 16th September 2024
Monday 10.30-12.30pm - Ensemble playing forms a large part of what we do; the combination of several relatively simple parts provides a fun way to learn, and enjoy, the classical guitar.
Music to Your Ears - a guided journey through the world of Classical music
Start Date: 18th September 2024
Wednesday 2-4pm - If you have ever wanted to delve deeper into the world of Classical music and gain a better understanding of what you are listening to but feel a little overwhelmed and unsure of where to start, or indeed what to listen for, then this course may be for you.
Singing for Pleasure
Start Date: 20th September 2024
Friday 2-4pm - If you are looking to join a choir that is friendly and enthusiastic then Singing for Pleasure is the group for you! The sessions consist of vocal warm-ups, some easy songs to sing along to.
Robert and Clara Schumann
Start Date: 27th September 2024
Friday 9.45-11.45am - We will examine their music and lives and some of the lesser-known corners of the sound world they created during one of the most exciting times in musical history.
Recorder for Beginners
Start Date: 17th September 2024
Tuesday 9.15-10am - Have you wondered about joining the Recorder Ensemble class on Tuesday morning but haven't played the recorder before, or played it at school but not since? Worry not, we are a friendly lot.
Recorder Ensemble
Start Date: 17th September 2024
Tuesday 10.15-12.15am - The Recorder Ensemble is a friendly group of players who enjoy exploring works of composers from the 13th century to the present day. The Consort plays in parts Descant, Treble, Tenor and Bass.
The Making of a Masterpiece: Women Artists IV
Start Date: 16th September 2024
Monday 1.45-3.45pm - Taking a close look at some of the most famous works by women artists such as Paula Rego, Maggi Hambling, Judy Chicago, Marina Abramovic, The Guerrilla Girls, Jenny Saville, Celia Paul, Sonia Boyce, Tracey Emin, and Cornelia Parker.
Caravaggio: The Revolutionary Story teller
Start Date: 8th November 2024
Friday 10-12pm - This course will explore his rise to fame and fall from grace, his unorthodox painting style and the key works of art that still influence artists, photographers and film makers today.
Truly Modern Men?
Start Date: 20th September 2024
Friday 10-12pm - We will consider the unconventional subject matter of Manet, explore the isolation of urban Paris frequently depicted by Caillebotte’s pieces and compare them with Tissot’s sumptuous genre paintings of high society.
Rothsay Ramblers
Start Date: 16th September 2024
Monday Mornings - Every Monday there is a choice of 3, 4 and 5 mile walks with occasional longer walks or special interest walks.
Monet Trip- Courtauld Gallery
Start Date: 18th October 2024
Our first trip of this academic year is the highly anticipated Monet and London Views of the Thames Exhibition at the Courtauld Gallery in London. The Trip Will Include Transport to and from The Courtauld Gallery Entrance to the Gallery and Monet Exhibition The Details Claude Monet (1840—1926) is world renowned as the leading figure…