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Drop in Art & Craft Sessions on Wednesdays
Start Date: 17th September 2025
Every Wednesday 12.15pm - 1.45pm
Drop-In Art & Craft Sessions on Fridays
Start Date: 19th September 2025
Every Friday 10am - 12pm
Drop-In Art & Craft Sessions on Fridays
Start Date: 19th September 2025
Every Friday 11.45am - 1.45pm
Chinese Brush Painting: Spring Flowers
Start Date: 14th March 2026
Saturday Workshop 1pm-4pm
Botanical Stained Glass Workshop
Start Date: 23rd February 2026
Monday Workshop 10.30-2.30pm
Print & Stitch – A Day of Creative Exploration
Start Date: 9th March 2026
Monday Workshop 10am-3.30pm
Wildflower Wonders: Silk Ribbon Embroidery Workshop
Start Date: 14th April 2026
Tuesday
10am-12pm
Neurodiversity : continuing the conversations
Start Date: 7th March 2026
Saturday 10am-12pm
The Structure of the Great Medieval Cathedrals
Start Date: 14th March 2026
Saturday Workshop 10am-12pm
Bedford School Observatory Visit
Start Date: 16th March 2026
You are warmly invited to a special astronomy session at the Bedford School Observatory on Monday 16th March, led by Mr Linton Guise, Head of Astronomy. The weather on the day of our visit will determine how the session is structured. If the sky is clear, two or three demonstrators from the local Astronomical Society…
Rocks and Minerals - What Do You Have In Your Collection?
Start Date: 15th April 2026
Wednesday
10am-3.30pm
Pilates Intermediate
Start Date: 9th January 2026
This is a more challenging class for those who have done Pilates for at least 2 years. It is not suitable for beginners.
Tai Chi
Start Date: 9th January 2026
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.
Bodyaware
Start Date: 9th January 2026
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.
Pilates Improver
Start Date: 9th January 2026
This class is suitable for those with a basic knowledge of Pilates but not absolute beginners.
Rothsay Ramblers
Start Date: 15th September 2025
The Rothsay Ramblers, our outdoor walking group, invites you to embrace the beauty of the Bedfordshire countryside, while enjoying the benefits of healthy exercise!
Bridge for Everyone: A Friendly Course for All Levels
Start Date: 6th January 2026
Tuesday 10am-12pm
Walk and Talk - History Local to Rothsay Gardens
Start Date: 16th April 2026
Thursday
2pm-4pm
The Bloomsbury Group (c.1907-1950s). Creating Across Boundaries
Start Date: 14th March 2026
Saturday Workshop 10am-3.30pm
The Israel-Palestine Conflict - how did we get here?
Start Date: 21st March 2026
Saturday Workshop 10am-1pm
Augustine of Hippo: the Polymath who shaped the Western Mind
Start Date: 6th January 2026
Tuesday 10am-12pm
The Breakdown of International Order 1919-1939
Start Date: 9th January 2026
Friday 10am-12pm
Classical Mythology: A Visual and Literary Tour
Start Date: 26th February 2026
Thursday 2pm-4pm
Wisdom in an Age of Upheaval: What the Great Thinkers Can Teach Us About Modern Life
Start Date: 24th February 2026
Tuesday 10am-12pm
Understanding Immigration: An Evidence-Based Analysis
Start Date: 15th April 2026
Wednesday
10am-3.30pm
French Improvers
Start Date: 7th January 2026
You've studied this language before and can understand common expressions related to personal life, work and routine matters.
Italian Absolute Beginners
Start Date: 6th January 2026
Do you fancy learning a language? Our Absolute Beginners classes focus on learning through basic every day useful conversation scenarios.
Spanish Improvers
Start Date: 14th January 2026
You've studied this language before and can understand common expressions related to personal life, work and routine matters.
French Lower Intermediate
Start Date: 8th January 2026
You've studied this language before and can understand and participate in conversations on a variety of topics; express opinions, describe experiences in detail.
Spanish Beginners Plus
Start Date: 13th January 2026
You've learnt this language before and understand familiar everyday expressions.
Spanish Intermediate / Advanced
Start Date: 14th January 2026
You've studied this language before and can understand and participate in conversations on a variety of topics; express opinions, describe experiences in detail.
German Improvers
Start Date: 6th January 2026
You've studied this language before and can understand common expressions related to personal life, work and routine matters.
German Beginners Plus
Start Date: 9th January 2026
You've learnt this language before and understand familiar everyday expressions.
German Advanced Conversation
Start Date: 9th January 2026
You are able and confident in speaking the language and reading about many topics. We use lots of different authentic materials to help you refine how you use this language.
French Conversation: Intermediate
Start Date: 7th January 2026
This class is an intermediate level conversation group and as such is not suitable for beginners.
Italian Advanced
Start Date: 7th January 2026
You are able and confident in speaking the language and reading about many topics. We use lots of different authentic materials to help you refine how you use this language.
German Upper Intermediate
Start Date: 6th January 2026
You've studied this language before and can understand and participate in conversations on a variety of topics; express opinions, describe experiences in detail.
French Absolute Beginners
Start Date: 7th January 2026
Do you fancy learning a language? Our Absolute Beginners classes focus on learning through basic every day useful conversation scenarios.
French Upper Intermediate
Start Date: 5th January 2026
You've studied this language before and can understand and participate in conversations on a variety of topics; express opinions, describe experiences in detail.
French Conversation Intermediate to Advanced
Start Date: 8th January 2026
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.
Italian Intermediate
Start Date: 7th January 2026
You've studied this language before and can understand and participate in conversations on a variety of topic; express opinions, describe experiences in detail.
Spanish Advanced Conversation
Start Date: 13th January 2026
Is your Spanish a bit rusty? Ven a nuestra clase a practicarlo. No importa que lo hayas olvidado un poco, pronto lo recordarás.
French Intermediate
Start Date: 8th January 2026
You've studied this language before and can understand and participate in conversations on a variety of topic; express opinions, describe experiences in detail.
French Advanced
Start Date: 5th January 2026
You are fluent in this language speaking and writing on any topic even in complex discussions.
Italian Improvers
Start Date: 6th January 2026
You've studied this language before and can understand common expressions related to personal life, work and routine matters.
German Lower Intermediate
Start Date: 9th January 2026
You've studied this language before and can understand and participate in conversations on a variety of topics; express opinions, describe experiences in detail.
Spanish Absolute Beginners
Start Date: 13th January 2026
Do you fancy learning a language? Our Absolute Beginners classes focus on learning through basic every day useful conversation scenarios.
Italian Beginners Plus
Start Date: 7th January 2026
You've learnt this language before and understand familiar everyday expressions.
Recorder for Intermediates
Start Date: 6th January 2026
Did you play the recorder at school and are wondering about playing again? Come and join our friendly intermediate group.
Recorder Ensemble
Start Date: 6th January 2026
The Recorder Ensemble is a friendly group of players who enjoy exploring works of composers from the 13th century to the present day.
Learning Music and Recorder for Beginners
Start Date: 6th January 2026
We gradually learn to read music and play the recorder in a friendly and supportive group.
Rodgers and Hammerstein: Musical Theatre’s Quiet Revolutionaries
Start Date: 14th April 2026
Tuesday
10am-12pm
Quiz Night 19th March 2026
Start Date: 19th March 2026
Time to get those thinking caps on!
Revisiting Classics: Philip Larkin
Start Date: 21st March 2026
Saturday Workshop 10am-12pm
Revisiting Classics: Hamlet by William Shakespeare
Start Date: 7th March 2026
Saturday Workshop 10am-12pm
Revisiting Classics: The Great Gatsby
Start Date: 14th March 2026
Saturday Workshop 10am-12pm
Afternoon Tea and Tales - The Scandal of Frank Spooner
Start Date: 14th March 2026
The Scandal of Frank Spooner tells the hundred-year-old story of the first Director of Education for Bedfordshire. Mark Steinhardt was given access to the telegrams, memos and notes of phone calls that were kept as the scandal unfolded, so he has been able to reconstruct it almost moment by moment. Frank Spooner was a complex…
Afternoon Tea and Tales - Tristan and Iseult
Start Date: 16th May 2026
Join Mark Steinhardt for his latest Afternoon Tea and Tales – Tristan and Iseult. This tragic love story was the greatest hit of the High Middle Ages. In a few decades it spread from Iceland to Bohemia, adapting as it travelled to the new literary fashions of chivalry and courtly love. And yet it probably…