ENTERTAINING AND EDUCATIONAL- EXCITING EVENTS IN SUSSEX UK - FUN AS WELL AS FACTUAL
DETAILS OF VENUES AT END - SCROLL DOWN TO BOTTOM OF PAGE.
PLEASE CHECK ALL VENUES, FEES, DAYS BEFORE BOOKING.
Details given as accurately as possible, but may change, be postponed or cancelled.Keep visiting this site for regular updates.
2017/18
Autumn 2017
Conflict and Revolution: The Stuart Age 1603-1702
Monday 10 weeks 1.30-3.30pm start 18 September
Cinema and Society 1896-1960
Tuesday 10 weeks 7-9pm start 19 September
The Novel as Social History: 20C Women Writers
5 Fortnightly Saturdays 11am-1pm start 23 September
Autumn Single Saturday
Looking at Art as Social History: Victorian
Narrative Painting
Saturday 14 October 11am-3pm
Fee £20
A Sussex Christmas
Saturday 25 November 11am-3pm Fee £20
Brighton Metropolitan College (City
College)
at Whitehawk Community Centre
at Whitehawk Community Centre
Late Victorian
Britain 1875-1902
Wednesday
10 weeks 1-3pm start 20 September -TBC
BRIGHTON METROPOLITAN COLLEGE (City College)
AT PRESTON MANOR – Unique venue
AT PRESTON MANOR – Unique venue
The Edwardians
Tuesday
8 weeks 1-3pm start 3 October
Surrenden Road, Brighton
(bus no. 5b stops outside)
(bus no. 5b stops outside)
The Edwardians at Christmas
Saturday 2 December 11am-2pm
Spring 2018
Saturday 2 December 11am-2pm
Spring 2018
Eighteenth-Century
England from Anne to
George II (1702-1760)
Monday 10 weeks 1.30-3.30pm start 15 January
Making Waves: the development of Brighton – a
unique resort
Tuesday 10 weeks 7-9pm start 16 January
SPRING Saturday course:
The Novel as Social History: Comparing 20th
Century Male and Female Novelists
5 Fortnightly Saturdays 11am-1pm start 13 January
BRIGHTON METROPOLITAN COLLEGE (City College)
AT PRESTON MANOR – Unique venue
AT PRESTON MANOR – Unique venue
In the Shadow of the Century: Life and
leisure 1900-1914
Tuesday
8 weeks 1-3pm start 23 January
SPRING Single Saturdays at Brighton Metropolitan (City College),
Pelham Street:
Victorian Rituals of Death and Mourning
Saturday 03 February 11am-3pm Fee £20
Space, Light &
Speed: Art Deco and Modernism 1918-1939
Saturday 17 March 11am-3pm Fee £20
Surrenden Road, Brighton
(bus no. 5b stops outside)
(bus no. 5b stops outside)
"Beautiful and Useful" - Victorian Arts & Crafts
Saturday 3 March 11am-2pm
Saturday 3 March 11am-2pm
Summer 2018
Innovation and Experiment: Georgian England
1760-1800
Monday 5 weeks 1.30-3.30pm start 16 April
From Page to Screen: the film of the novel
Tuesday 5 weeks 7-9pm start 17 April
SUMMER Saturday courses
Summer Reading: Books, books and more books!
2 Saturdays 11am-2pm 21 April & 5 May
Summer in the City: exploring Brighton’s unique
history
2 classroom sessions & 3 Brighton field trips
11am-1pm start 12
May
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Sarah Tobias MA, BA Hons, Dip Eur Hum
Entertaining lecturer in social, cultural and local (Brighton, Sussex, UK) history
Contact me for talks/guided walks/visits for groups, clubs, societies.
Current list of 30+ topics
Also contact me for poetry readings and narrations.
More information about me, my subjects, research and contact:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-tobias-0318943a?trk=nav_responsive_tab_profile
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Courses -Venue Addresses, transport and refreshments
Brighton Metroplitan College MET (formerly City College)
Pelham Street, Brighton BN1 4FA
Location:
Behind York Place & London Road, turn up Cheapside – Aldi supermarket on corner. Or, turn left in Trafalgar St walking down from Station.
Transport & Parking:
Lots of buses nearby.
Nearby car park, about 5 minutes walk.
Railway station few minutes walk
Refreshments and further information:
Restaurant. Tea and coffee bar on balcony of Main Building.
Coffee shops, small cafés and public houses in nearby London Road
London Road and Trafalgar Street: many shops, some banks and supermarkets
Whitehawk Inn Community Centre
Whitehawk Road Brighton, BN2 3NS
Transport & Parking:
Buses stop nearby and some outside venue
Metered street car parking
Refreshments:
Café and garden area
Further information:
Shops, Co-op, public library in same road.
Few minutes walk to sea, beach and Marina or East Brighton Park
Varndean College
Surrenden Road, Brighton, BN1 6WQ
Transport & Parking:
Car park, bus no. 5b stops outside
Refreshments:
Vending machine for cold drinks
Holy Cross Church Hall, Woodingdean
Warren Road, Brighton, BN2 6ND
Transport & Parking:
Car park outside Library and Community Centre over the road, opposite church hall. Bus nos 2, 22 stop nearby.
Refreshments:
Tea-making facilities in hall. Small cafes nearby. Downs Hotel almost next door serves tea, coffee and refreshments at bar and has outside area.
Further information:
Woodingdean public library over the road. Shops, Co-op, dry cleaners nearby
Preston Manor
Preston Drove, Brighton BN1 6SD
Location:
Situated at end of Preston Park.
Transport & Parking:
Buses and rail nearby
Free parking outside and in adjacent street.
Refreshments:
No cafe. Refreshments provided by staff
Chalet restaurant in park and public houses opposite
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