Residential Course Programme

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Course Tutor Date
The Social History of Opera Daniel Snowman Dinner Friday 10 – Lunch Sunday 12 February
Positive Psychology Dr Chris Johnstone Dinner Friday 10 – Lunch Sunday 12 February
Looking Good Feeling Good Jenny Webb Dinner Friday 10 – Lunch Sunday 12 February
Traditional Jacobean Crewel Work Clare Clensy Dinner Friday 10 - Lunch Sunday 12 February
The Language of Drawing David Chandler Tea Monday 13 – Breakfast Friday 17 February
English Literature Through the Ages Keith Chandler Tea Monday 13 – Breakfast Friday 17 February
Jane Austen’s Library: Reading 18th Century Novels Dr Lucien Jenkins Dinner Friday 17 – Lunch Sunday 19 February
Music in Church Tim Porter Dinner Friday 17 – Lunch Sunday 19 February
The History of Theatre Michael Nyman Dinner Friday 17 – Lunch Sunday 19 February
Guitar Orchestra Weekend Peter Rueffer Dinner Friday 17 – Lunch Sunday 19 February
Creative Watercolour Shari Hills Dinner Friday 24 – Lunch Sunday 26 February
Music in Our Time Roderick Swanston Dinner Friday 24 – Lunch Sunday 26 February
Song & Landscape – Dillington & Beyond Candy Verney Dinner Friday 24 – Lunch Sunday 26 February
Food & Farming in The Roman World Nick Griffiths FSA Dinner Friday 24 – Lunch Sunday 26 February
Improve your French Michael Evans Dinner Friday 2 – Lunch Sunday 4 March
The Sounds of English: The Poetry of Victorian England Dr Leslie Hoose Dinner Friday 2 – Lunch Sunday 4 March
Caspar David Friedrich's Pomerania Mark Powell Dinner Friday 2 – Lunch Sunday 4 March
Overcoming Writer’s Block Joan Wiles Dinner Friday 2 – Lunch Sunday 4 March
Acoustic Guitar Improvers Al Summers & Ray Bradfield Dinner Friday 2 – Lunch Sunday 4 March
A History of Keyboard Music – Part Two (1700 – 1800) Colin Booth & Steven Devine Dinner Friday 9 – Lunch Sunday 11 March
Australian Aboriginal Culture Dr Kim Fleet Dinner Friday 9 – Lunch Sunday 11 March
Managing Watercolours and/or Acrylics Stella Murray Whatley Dinner Friday 9 – Lunch Sunday 11 March
Medieval and Tudor History in Film Mark Cottle Dinner Friday 16 – Lunch Sunday 18 March
Picture Framing Peter Dunnett Dinner Friday 16 – Lunch Sunday 18 March
Silk Shading with Goldwork Clare Clensy Dinner Friday 16 – Lunch Sunday 18 March
Crowds, Disorder and the Law in South West England (1740-1830) Dr Steve Poole Dinner Friday 16 – Lunch Sunday 18 March
Drawing Forth – Experimental and Exploratory Drawing David Cuthbert Dinner Friday 23 – Lunch Sunday 25 March
The Spain of The Conquistadors Chris Pollard Dinner Friday 23 – Lunch Sunday 25 March
First Hits in Croquet Cliff Jones Dinner Friday 23 – Lunch Sunday 25 March
Extremadura - An Adventure into Deepest Spain Chris Pollard Sunday 25 - Friday 30 March
With Heart & Voice: The Vocal & Orchestral Music of Richard Strauss Gwyn Parry-Jones Dinner Friday 30 March – Lunch Sunday 1 April
Uneasy Crowns: The Fall of English Monarchs Canon John Rogan Dinner Friday 30 March – Lunch Sunday 1 April
Punching Above Their Weight: Mark Cottle Dinner Friday 30 March – Lunch Sunday 1 April
Cornwall: Coast & Landscape Dr Peter Stanier Dinner Friday 30 March – Lunch Sunday 1 April
Botanical & Natural History Illustration Susan Hillier Tea Sunday 1 – Breakfast Thursday 5 April
An Introduction to Jewellery Making Ruth Facey Tea Tuesday 3 – Breakfast Thursday 5 April
Filling a Landscape Sketchbook Stella Murray Whatley Tea Tuesday 10 – Lunch Friday 13 April
Buddhism – A Philosophy for Life John Preston Tea Tuesday 10 – Lunch Friday 13 April
Antique Furniture Repair & Refinishing Paul Brain Tea Tuesday 10 – Lunch Friday 13 April
The Art of Documentary Film Philip Grabsky Dinner Friday 13 – Breakfast Monday 16 April
Wildlife on Somerset’s Coast Nigel Phillips Dinner Friday 13 - Lunch Sunday 15 April
Upstairs, Downstairs: A Social History of the English Country House (1714-1914) Peter Street Dinner Friday 13 – Lunch Sunday 15 Apri
Debussy & Ravel Terry Barfoot Dinner Friday 20 - Tea Sunday 22 April
Flappers, Vamps & All That Jazz: The Roaring Twenties Dr Paul McDonald Dinner Friday 20 - Lunch Sunday 22 April
Beginners Greek Roger Priest Dinner Friday 20 - Lunch Sunday 22 April
The Prehistoric Gold of Wessex Dr Alison Sheridan Dinner Friday 27 - Tea Sunday 29 April
James Joyce’s Ulysses – Why Should I Bother? Keith Chandler Dinner Friday 4 - Lunch Sunday 6 May
Recorder Weekend Helen Hooker Dinner Friday 4 - Lunch Sunday 6 May
Managing Your Oils or Acrylics Stella Murray Whatley Dinner Friday 4 - Lunch Sunday 6 May
Rapu Nui - Landscapes of Construction Professor Sue Hamilton & Dr Colin Richards Dinner Friday 4 - Lunch Sunday 6 May
Tchaikovsky’s Last Years Terry Barfoot Dinner Friday 11 – Tea Sunday 13 May
Dada, Reason and Unreason David Cuthbert Dinner Friday 18 – Lunch Sunday 20 May
Creative Music Weekend – Write That Tune Al Summers & Ray Bradfield Dinner Friday 18 – Lunch Sunday 20 May
Chinese Brush Painting Kaili Fu Dinner Friday 18 – Lunch Sunday 20 May
Prehistoric Exmoor Dr Josh Pollard Dinner Friday 18 – Lunch Sunday 20 May
The History & Ecology of the Bristol Channel Nigel Phillips Tea Sunday 20 – Lunch Wednesday 23 May
Spanish Adventure Chris Pollard Tea Wednesday 6 – Lunch Friday 8 June
Creative Writing – Excavating the Past Joan Wiles Tea Wednesday 6 – Lunch Friday 8 June
The Czech Tradition in Music with The Wihan String Quartet & Michael Dussek (piano) Czech Traditional Music Tea Wednesday 6 – Breakfast Sunday 10 June
Beginners Drawing & Painting In & Out of Doors Stella Murray Whatley Dinner Friday 8 – Lunch Sunday 10 June
Bloody Spain – War & Conflict on the Iberian Peninsular Chris Pollard Dinner Friday 8 – Breakfast Monday 11 June
Innovative Jazz Musicians David Price Dinner Friday 15 – Lunch Sunday 17 June
Painting Wildlife using Gouache (Opaque Watercolour) Simon Williams Dinner Friday 15 – Lunch Sunday 17 June
The World of India The World of India Lunch Monday 18 – Breakfast Friday 22 June
Two Golden Ages in Italian Art – Ferrara & Siena Jan D. Cox MA Dinner Friday 22 – Lunch Sunday 24 June
Land, Sea and Sky – The Artists & Landscape of West Penwith Wayne Bennett Tea Sunday 24 – Lunch Thursday 28 June
Gardens of the West Country Nick Rigden Tea Sunday 24 – Lunch Thursday 28 June
Bobbin Lacemaking – British & European Patricia Bury Tea Sunday 24 – Breakfast Saturday 30 June
An Introduction to the Mycenaean Civilisation Dr Anna Simandiraki-Grimshaw Tea Sunday 1 – Lunch Wednesday 4 July
Creative Watercolour Shari Hills Tea Sunday 1 – Lunch Wednesday 4 July
Glasgow Girls and Glasgow Boys Jennifer Spiers MA Tea Sunday 1 – Lunch Wednesday 4 July
Reinventing Monarchy: Shakespeare & The First Elizabeth Dr Paul McDonald Tea Sunday 1 – Lunch Wednesday 4 July
Haydn: The Complete Master Tim Porter Tea Wednesday 4 – Breakfast Saturday 7 July
Colour, Light & Space David Cuthbert Tea Wednesday 4 – Breakfast Saturday 7 July
The Archaeology of the Ancient Greek Myths Dr Anna Simandiraki-Grimshaw Tea Wednesday 4 – Breakfast Saturday 7 July
Artists of the Dutch Golden Age Jennifer Spiers MA Tea Wednesday 4 – Breakfast Saturday 7 July
1066 and All That: The Story of Anglo-Norman England Mark Cottle Tea Sunday 8 – Breakfast Wednesday 11 July
South Somerset’s Industrial Heritage Dr Peter Stanier Tea Sunday 8 – Lunch Wednesday 11 July
Vibrant Summer Colours – Silk Painting Course Lyn Marie Whiteman Tea Sunday 8 – Lunch Wednesday 11 July
Taking the Waters Barbara Shaw Tea Wednesday 11 – Breakfast Saturday 14 July
Before the Normans Came: The Society & Culture of Anglo-Saxon England Mark Cottle Tea Wednesday 11 – Breakfast Saturday 14 July
Discovering Printmaking Mavina Baker Tea Wednesday 11 – Breakfast Saturday 14 July
Wagner – Two Song Contests Joan Burns MBE Tea Sunday 15 – Breakfast Friday 20 July
Charles Dickens – The Craft of Storytelling Keith Chandler Tea Sunday 22 – Lunch Wednesday 25 July
First Steps in Coloured Pencils Susan Hillier Tea Sunday 22 – Lunch Wednesday 25 July
The Wonderful World of Gilbert & Sullivan Eric Wetherell Tea Sunday 22 – Breakfast Saturday 28 July
Pebbles, Eggs & Feathers Using Watercolour or Coloured Pencils Susan Hillier Tea Wednesday 25 – Breakfast Saturday 28 July
The Dillington Guitar Summer School Directed by Peter Rueffer Guitar Summer School Tutors Tea Sunday 29 July – Breakfast Saturday 4 August
Summer School at Dillington 2011 - Week One Roger Priest Tea Sunday 5 – Breakfast Saturday 11 August
Creative Writing for Pleasure Elizabeth Hawksley Tea Sunday 5 – Breakfast Saturday 11 August
Galicia Chris Pollard Tea Sunday 5 - Breakfast Saturday 11 August
Summer School at Dillington 2011 - Week Two Roger Priest Tea Sunday 12 – Breakfast Saturday 18 August
The 2012 Dillington Jazz Week John Petters Tea Sunday 19 - Breakfast Saturday 25 August
Cities of Vesuvius: Pompeii & Herculaneum Bill Manning Tea Tuesday 28 – Lunch Friday 31 August
Chinese Brush Painting - “Four Gentlemen”: Plum, Orchid, Chrysanthemum & Bamboo in Freehand Style Kaili Fu Tea Tuesday 28 August – Breakfast Saturday 1 September
The Language of Drawing David Chandler Tea Tuesday 28 August – Breakfast Saturday 1 September
September in Somerset Not applicable Monday 3 – Saturday 8 September
Northern Landscapes: From Scandinavia to The Group of Seven Jan D. Cox MA Tea Monday 3 – Lunch Wednesday 5 September
Painting with Soft Pastels Keith Stott Tea Monday 3 – Breakfast Saturday 8 September
A Tudor Traveller Tim Porter Tea Wednesday 5 – Breakfast Saturday 8 September
Stained Glass for Beginners Aza Adlam Tea Sunday 9 – Tea Tuesday 11 September
The Monastic Foundations of Somerset Professor James Clark Tea Sunday 9 – Lunch Wednesday 12 September
The Landscapes of Wessex Dr David Field & Wayne Bennett Tea Sunday 9 – Breakfast Saturday 15 September
Miniature Painting for Beginners & Improvers Aza Adlam Tea Wednesday 12 – Tea Friday 14 September
Spirit House – A Three Dimensional Pop-Up Model Paul Johnson Tea Wednesday 12 – Breakfast Saturday 15 September
Musical Endings & Beginnings – From Romanticism into the Twentieth Century Gwyn Parry-Jones Dinner Friday 21 – Lunch Sunday 23 September
The Alberni String Quartet Weekend Alberni String Quartet Dinner Friday 21 – Tea Sunday 23 September
Wildlife & Natural History Painting in Gouache Simon Williams Tea Monday 24 – Breakfast Friday 28 September
Singing for Larks – Jazz & Swing Harmonies Weekend Faith Watson Dinner Friday 28 – Tea Sunday 30 September
Argyll Scottish Country Dancing Weekend Argyll Scottish Dancing Group Dinner Friday 5 – Lunch Sunday 7 October
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