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ADULT EDUCATION COURSES, WORKSHOPS, TALKS, TOURS, EVENTS 2019
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  R   SUMMER 2019   R
  ADULT EDUCATION COURSES
1A Pelham Street, Brighton, BN1 4FA tel 01273 667704/88
Courses taught on Pelham Street campus unless otherwise stated.  Sessions are relaxed & friendly and there is no homework.
THERE MAY BE PROBLEMS ENROLLING FOR COURSES ONLINE AT PRESENT - IF SO TELEPHONE 01273 667704 MON- FRI, OR             
                                                                 ENROL IN PERSON  PELHAM STREET - CONTACT ME IF PROBLEMS.


THIS SATURDAY:
        R    SUMMER READING: BOOKS, BOOKS AND MORE BOOKS!

Unique course comprising literature and social and cultural history.

Books for summer reading - recommendations, discussion, background social 
Summer c.1958 by Donald Moodie (1892-1963)
history... and novels to read before class. If you like books, literature and social history – this is for you!  A different, unusual, exciting way of reading and learning in a friendly, relaxed group. We also view extracts of two of the novels that were made into films.

A reading list will be available from the tutor and you will be expected to participate in group discussion.

Saturday 27 April 10am-4pm *  Ref: CL0067-1C  
Fee: £25
Pelham Street campus. 
Enrol in person at Student Centre, Pelham Street, Tel 01273 667704

https://www.gbmc.ac.uk/brighton/study-at-the-met/courses/history-summer-reading-books-books-and-more-books

Short weekday course starts next Monday:
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       A GRAND TOUR OF GEORGIAN AND REGENCY INDULGENCE
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For those of you who are interested in the late Georgian and Regency period and of Brighton and its development. We look at high and low society, including some interesting personalities of the time.
Course aims and information:
We study different influences in architecture and fashion: neo-classicism, Gothick, Egyptian Revival and Chinoiserie style, including town and country gardens, grounds, public buildings, fashion and manners.
           
Excesses and vast wealth of a small section of society make us forget the other side of the Regency. Great poverty and hardship for the poor. We consider their conditions and contrast domestic society from aristocracy to residuum, including food, dining, household management, the role of servants and daily life above and below stairs in a Regency town house.

Jane Austen and the Regency go hand in hand. We read some of her charming and witty writings as well as those of other writers and romantic poets. 
Illustrated with images, period texts, maps, powerpoint and video.
   
 5 weeks Monday 1.30-3.30pm starting 29 April
Pelham Street campus Ref: CL0028-1C Fee: A £62 B £47 C £31 
Enrol in person at Student Centre, Pelham Street, Tel 01273 667704
https://www.gbmc.ac.uk/a-grand-tour-of-georgian-and-regency-indulgence

(Course eligible for Advanced Learner Loan – info here: https://www.gbmc.ac.uk/brighton/student-support/financial-assistance/advanced-learner-loan)    
Course is full but 2 extra places have been added   

Short Saturday Course:
R SUMMER IN THE CITY: EXPLORING BRIGHTON'S UNIQUE HISTORY 
Two classroom sessions and 3 field trips in Brighton

                  Royal Pavilion & Museums, Brighton & Hove
We study the fascinating history of Brighton in two classroom sessions giving a brief historical overview and looking at early maps.

This will be followed by three field trips, getting to know our unique city, discovering lots of hidden gems and understanding how Brighton evolved from a small Georgian fishing town to the vibrant seaside resort of today.

Pelham Street campus 
Ref: CL0027-1C Fee: £60 b. £44 c. £22       
5 weeks Saturday 11am-1pm starting 04 May

https://www.gbmc.ac.uk/brighton/study-at-the-met/courses/history-exploring-brightons-rich-history-short-course   

TEL 01273 667704 (667767/88)
Brighton Metropolitan College

Varndean College at Holy Cross Church Hall, Woodingdean
(Buses 2, 22, 22A stop outside, car park across road outside library) 

Women, Wartime and the Homefront (WWII)
We study domestic, working and social life on the home-front during World War Two, the impact it had during this period and its life-changing effects post-war.

When the men returned from war the women returned to the home – which they had not really left. Their stories are fascinating. Women, such as Ruby, the welder, were not allowed to carry on with jobs for which they were highly trained. And, what about life on the home-front? Women displayed their ingenuity and inventiveness.  Nurses writing home from overseas or who were stationed in Britain give us a touching insight into the lives of men and women during this period.

Post-war 1940s meant many adjustments and changes in relationships, social and domestic life. Schemes were put in place to get men and women back to work and cultural life, the cinema and holidays took on a renewed interest.  
Monday 10am-12pm 5 weeks
start 13 May (finish 17 June)
Fee £60 concessions £20/20 Tel: 01273 546604 
Enrolment also at Java Cafe, Woodingdean Thursday 25 April 10.30am-11.30am

Space Light and Speed: 
Art Deco and Modernism 1918-1939

For those of you who love the iconic style of Art Deco and clean lines of Modernism, this is the course which will explain the difference between the two and discover the influences that made these innovative forms.   

The Decorative Movement, Modernism or ‘moderne’, later described as ‘Art Deco’ was based on classical and other influences, including Egyptian - after the 1922 opening of Tutankhamun’s tomb.

The distinctive iconic style of space, light and speed, utilised modern technology 
and innovations such as plastic, chrome, aluminium and electricity. Smooth lines and geometric patterns featured on architecture, advertising, fashion, jewellery, furniture, glass, ceramics, lighting, metalware, technology and cinema.

Illustrated with powerpoint slideshows, books and paintings. and texts.         

5 weeks Tuesday 7-9pm. Start Tue 23 April   
Pelham Street campus Ref:  CL0068-1C    Fee: A £62 B £47 C £31  

Enrol in person at Student Centre, Pelham Street, Tel 01273 667704
https://www.gbmc.ac.uk/brighton/study-at-the-met/ courses/ history-space-light-speed-art-deco-and-modernism-1918-1939-1-day-course 


MET  at Whitehawk Inn Community Centre Whitehawk Rd BN2 5NS
GORGEOUS GEORGIANS : LIFE IN EIGHTEENTH CENTURY ENGLAND
Gorgeous, grand, ghastly, grotesque, greedy, gin-drinking, gluttonous, gamblers –   inventive, fabulously wealthy, devastatingly poor Georgians. We look at high and low society and study the elegant magnificence of the buildings and stunningly lavish life of a small handful of society contrasted with the devastatingly poor members of the lower class who lived in abject poverty and the grim goings-on of the underworld of pickpockets, prostitutes, thieves, gamblers and gin-drinkers – of all classes.
Not only a time of intrigue, debt and excess but also many interesting and colourful personalities – men and women who wrote, painted, sculpted, made beautiful gold, silver glass or pottery, dressed in the extremes of fashion, were witty or worthless, talented, intellectual but never dull. A hugely fascinating period.

8 weeks Wednesday 1-3pm start 24 April 
                    Ref: CL0328-1C: Fee £60, £26 EB/PC, £8 VOL/MBC TEL 01273 667704 (667767/88)
 or enrol in person at Brighton Metropolitan College, Pelham Street 
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The Regency Town House, Hove

THE WAY WE WERE AND WHAT WE WORE

A talk with costumes and accessories from the collection of Marion May followed by tea in the dining room and servant's kitchen, after which Sarah Tobias will give an illustrated talk on life in the Twenties and Thirties.

                                Saturday 8 June 2.30pm
                                   £15 plus booking fee £1.58  - 
                                                       FULL - Waiting List

 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-way-we-were-and-what-we-wore-between-the-wars-tickets-57378067344



THOMAS HIGHFLYER AND CEMETERY TOUR
Black History Project
SATURDAY 22 JUNE 11am-12.30pm
Woodvale Cemetery
To mark the anniversary of the death of the little rescued slave boy, Thomas Highflyer, who lived and went to school in Brighton and whose grave we shall visit. Tour ends in one of the chapels where interesting items will be displayed.

Tour is led by Sarah Tobias and Bert Williams OBE, who will give a short history of Thomas's life and how his gravestone was discovered in a poor condition which led to its restoration. 
Limited number of spaces
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 International Summer School 
For students 18-24 years mainly from non-UK countries

COOL BRITANNIA: HOW FASHION SHAPED BRITISH CULTURE  
(1750-2019)

2019 Session 2: 
4 weeks 22 July - 15 August   
Tutor Sarah Tobias 


Field trips include: Brighton Museum and Art Gallery, Museum of London, Victoria & Albert Museum (London) 

Course fees £2000 includes tuition and housing.  Deadline for application 02-04-2019   http://www.sussex.ac.uk/iss/apply 

US  Course and application enquiries:  

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 AUTUMN/WINTER 2019

Royal Pavilion & Museums, Brighton & Hove
A FABULOUS OCTOBER HALLOWEEN EVENT 


LANTERN TOUR OF PART OF WOODVALE EXTRA-
MURAL CEMETERY, BRIGHTON, 

FOLLOWED BY 
A TALK ON  THE ORIGINS  OF HALLOWEEN  
IN THE GOTHIC CHAPEL, 

AFTER WHICH SUPPER WILL BE SERVED.



Tour guided by Sarah Tobias  
This event is a collaboration between her and Sussex Food Tours


     YOU ARE INVITED TO  
Mid 19c mourning brooch  
Royal Pavilion & Museums, Brighton & Hove
A    M O U R N I N G   B R E A K F A S T 
(OR SUPPER)

IN THE GOTHIC CHAPEL OF THE EXTRA-MURAL CEMETERY, BRIGHTON

Sarah Tobias discusses  Victorian Rituals of Death and Mourning and there is a rare opportunity to view the  short film noir"Dido's Lament: Victorian Rituals of Death and mourning", written and produced by Sarah Tobias and Valentina Lari - who is also the award winning director. 

(The film has been shown at Sicily Film Festival and at the Komedia, Brighton, 12th Cinecity Film Festival  and other venues) 

Dates throughout the year. Details to follow

A collaboration between Sarah Tobias and Sussex Food Tours 



THE HISTORY OF TEA DRINKING AND AFTERNOON TEA
Royal Pavilion & Museums, Brighton & Hove

AT THE GRAND HOTEL, BRIGHTON or/and OLD SHIP HOTEL  (tbc)

Dates throughout the year. Details to follow

A collaboration between Sarah Tobias and Sussex Food Tours
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2019/20 ADULT EDUCATION COURSES START OCTOBER
They are taught at Brighton Metropolitan College, Pelham Street, Historic Preston Manor, Whitehawk Inn Community Centre and Woodingdean


Class taking place in the Macquoid Room of Preston Manor March 2019 Photo: Sarah-Mary Geissler


Autumn

Life in Late Georgian and Regency England 1785-1830 Mons 1.30-3.20

Cool Britannia: How Fashion Shaped British Culture (1750-2019) Tues 7-9pm

A History of Christmas & Winter Traditions 
(Preston Manor) Tues 10.30-12.30

Art Deco and the ‘Moderne’  (1918-1939) 
(Preston Manor) Tues 1-3pm

The Novel as Social History: Homes of Every Sort 
(Fortnightly Saturdays) 

Upstairs, Downstairs in the Edwardian House (Preston Manor)  1 day Sat 11-3pm

"Beautiful and Useful" - Victorian Arts & Crafts 
(1 day Saturday) 11am-3pm

A Sussex Christmas: Customs, Myths and Legends of Winter in the Festive Season 
(1 day Saturday) 11am-3pm

A Victorian Christmas Merriment  
(Preston Manor) (1 day Saturday) 11am-3pm

Spring 2020

Arts Culture and Society in Regency England (1790-1830) Mons 1.30-3.20

Cool Britannia: How Fashion Shaped British Culture (1750-2019)
(Preston Manor) Tues 10.30-12.30

The Edwardians (1900-1914) (Preston Manor) Tues 1-3pm

The Novel as Social History:  Life and Living 
(Fortnightly Saturdays) 11am-2pm

"The Whiplash Curve" Art Nouveau (1890-1910) 
(1 day Saturday) 11am-3pm

Summer 2020

The World of Iconic Art Deco-Interwar Modernism 1918-1939 Tues 7-9pm

Summer Reading: Books, books and more books! (1 day Saturday) 10am-4pm

Introducing the Victorians 
Mons 1.30-3.20

Summer in the City: exploring Brighton's unique history 
SATS 11am.1pm



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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:
College canteen. Tea and coffee bar on balcony of Main Building. Vending machine. 
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

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, 22A 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 
Delicatessen cafe and public houses opposite and in Preston Drove. Chalet restaurant in park.

Sussex University
Falmer, Brighton, BN1 9RH
Location:
Campus located in the South Downs National Park
Transport & Parking:
Buses and rail nearby into town and elsewhere
Car parks
Refreshments:
Cafes and restaurants on campus. 
Co-op, pharmacy, books and stationery shops

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