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SINGLE SATURDAY AT MET PELHAM STREET CAMPUS, BRIGHTON:
LOOKING AT VICTORIAN ART:
PAINTINGS AS SOCIAL HISTORY
A History of Fashion and Society 1700-2000 How social history has inspired fashion, just as clothes have influenced social and cultural history. We examine how the social and cultural background of the 18th & 19th centuries influenced British fashion. 8 weeks start Tuesday 1.30-3.30pm Start 25 January Ref CL0276-1C Fee £105 https://www.gbmc.ac.uk/a-history-of-fashion-and-society-1700-2000-brighton-metleisure
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ROTTINGDEAN WHITEWAY CENTRE,
Whiteway Lane, Rottingdean (Brighton) BN2 7HB
Covid Precautions: distancing at tables. Sanitizer available. Face covering to be worn in public areas, and in classroom if you wish. Windows and doors kept open.
Culture and Society Between-the-Wars (1918-1939)
Illustrated with powerpoint slideshows, film and documentary.
5 weeks Tuesday 10.30am-12.30pm Start 26 April £42
Booking opens 4 March. Enquiries: enrolments@rwc.org.uk
MET course at WHITEHAWK INN
The History of Brighton – a unique resort
Ref CL0671 -1C Fee A £20 B £10 (Benefits) 2 places remaining
https://www.gbmc.ac.uk/history-a-unique-resort-brighton-met-leisure
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for Sussex School of Archaeology and History:
The Victorian World:
Life, Death, Work and Leisure in Nineteenth
Century England
We study the worlds of wealthy, middle and working class - from large country estates and town houses to humble cottages and London rookeries of the residuum; their social and cultural life, living and working conditions. Course themes include the poor and their lack of amenities, deficient nutrition and medical attention and effect of their appalling lives. One session will be on the fascinating rituals of death and mourning (not morbid) and we also look at the colourful Arts & Crafts Movement headed by William Morris. Illustrated with powerpoint slideshows
5 weeks, Wednesday evening 7-9pm Start 27 April Course code VIC Fee £45 https://www.sussexarchaeology.org/about-3-1 T: 01323 811785 Enquiries: info@sussexarchaeology.co.uk
NOTE NEW START
https://www.gbmc.ac.uk/history-exploring-brightons-history-metleisure
Varndean College at The Church of the Holy Cross, Downsway, Woodingdean (Brighton) BN2 6BD 
An introduction into the world of the remarkable and influential Victorian period which spanned 64 years and saw many changes and advances, opening up spheres of communication, travel and consumerism, especially after the Great Exhibition of 1851.
6 weeks Monday 10.00 - 12.00 - Start 9 May
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SUMMER EVENT
followed by cocktails or/and tea at Metropole Hotel
Illustrated with powerpoint slideshow. Please read short novel before the session.
Fee £28 (plus booking fee) (Does not include refreshments at the Metropole for which you pay separately. Cocktails from £9, cup of tea £2.90, full afternoon tea £24 - two can share - Hotel suggests two afternoon teas shared by three - with additional cups of tea)
Lecturer and guide is ex-West Pier tour guide
ROTTINGDEAN WHITEWAY CENTRE,
Whiteway Lane, Rottingdean (Brighton) BN2 7HB
Nearby car park on seafront road. Buses stop on seafront outside White Horse Inn, and no. 2 in the High Street
The flowing, curvaceous lines of Victorian Art Nouveau, followed by and compared with the interwar geometrical style of iconic Art Deco.
Art Nouveau was organic, using elements found in nature e.g. flowers, insects and trees. Its style was sensual with whiplash lines, tendrils of hair and sprouting vines, creating an asymmetrical and fanciful appearance. In comparison, iconic Art Deco style was geometric. It was associated with the Jazz Age, so was also described as "jazzy". It utilised modern technology and innovations, such as plastic, chrome, aluminium and electricity. The smooth, regular patterns were found in everything from art to fashion, furniture, light fittings, ornaments, glass, ceramics and jewellery. Its elegance furnished homes in a new, exciting fashion and hugely influenced cinema: facades, interiors, film sets and costumes. Both styles were innovative and daring, emerging from earlier influences – Egyptian being a major feature of Art Deco. Illustrated with hundreds of colourful slides.
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OTHER EVENTS
13 Brunswick Square, Hove, BN3 1EH
A really exciting and unique event:
You will be welcomed with hot chocolate (or coffee) and plum cake in the kitchen followed by discussion on servant duties and then on to the basement of no. 10 Brunswick Square which is a time capsule, having been left undisturbed for many years, where you will enjoy a guided tour. Regency inspired lunch back at the Town House will be followed by an illustrated talk in the small servant hall on daily life for the wealthy who lived in the main part of the house - which we will then tour. Discussion, questions and answer session with afternoon tea and cake ends our pleasant day.
103-105 King's Road Arches, Brighton, BN1 2FN
