Residential Course Programme

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Course Tutor Date
English Romantics in the Twentieth Century with Mark Bebbington and Friends Mark Bebbington Tea Tuesday 28 – Breakfast Friday 31 May
The Isle is Full of Noises: The Unique Development of English Music from Elgar to the Second World War Roderick Swanston Dinner Friday 31 May – Lunch Sunday 2 June
Abydos: Ancient Egypt's Most Sacred Place Lucia Gahlin Dinner Friday 31 May – Lunch Sunday 2 June
The Continuing Fascination of The English Country House Mike Hope Dinner Friday 31 May – Lunch Sunday 2 June
An Adventure in Spanish Language Chris Pollard Dinner Friday 7 – Lunch Sunday 9 June
Grottesco, Gothick and Fantastic Art David Cuthbert Dinner Friday 7 – Lunch Sunday 9 June
Wildlife & Natural History Painting using Gouache Simon Williams Dinner Friday 7 – Lunch Sunday 9 June
Photographic Portraiture Justin Orwin Dinner Friday 7 - Lunch Sunday 9 June 2013
Shakespeare in Love Dr Paul McDonald Dinner Friday 14 – Lunch Sunday 16 June
Wildlife on The West Coast Nigel Phillips Dinner Friday 14 – Lunch Sunday 16 June
Art & Archaeology of Africa & The Africans: A Comparative Journey Dr Geoffrey Tassie Dinner Friday 14 – Lunch Sunday 16 June
Mount Cutting Techniques - Learning How to Mount Pictures John Hill Dinner Friday 14 – Lunch Sunday 16 June
The Dillington Summer Music Festival with Ashley Wass and Friends Ashley Wass Tea Thursday 20 – Breakfast Monday 24 June
Gardens of the West Country Nick Rigden Tea Monday 24 – Lunch Friday 28 June
A Medieval Odyssey: From Sutton Hoo To The Wilton Diptych Mark Cottle Tea Monday 24 - Lunch Thursday 27 June
Bobbin Lacemaking – British & European Patricia Bury Tea Sunday 30 June – Breakfast Saturday 6 July
Bookbinding John Jameson Lunch Monday 1 - Lunch Friday 5 July
Creative Watercolour Shari Hills Tea Sunday 7- Lunch Wednesday 10 July
Stumpwork Sheep in a Summer Meadow Annette Bolton Tea Sunday 7- Lunch Wednesday 10 July
Somerset & Dorset: Industrial Heritage Along the Line Dr Peter Stanier Tea Sunday 7- Lunch Wednesday 10 July
Lancastrians, Yorkists & The Wars of The Roses Mark Cottle Tea Sunday 14 – Lunch Wednesday 17 July
Miniature Painting For Beginners & Improvers Aza Adlam Tea Sunday 14 – Lunch Wednesday 17 July
A Week in The West Country Not applicable Monday 15 – Saturday 20 July
Fabulous Flamenco Amarita Vargas Tea Monday 15 – Lunch Wednesday 17 July
The Romantic Movement Jennifer Spiers MA Tea Wednesday 17 – Lunch Friday 19 July
A Force of Nature: An Abstract Approach to the Landscape David Cuthbert Tea Wednesday 17 – Lunch Friday 19 July
Playing it for Laughs: Shakespeare's Comedies Dr Paul McDonald Tea Wednesday 17 - Breakfast Saturday 20 July
Summer Leaves in Watercolour Susan Hillier Tea Sunday 21 - Lunch Tuesday 23 July
The Quest for the Grail – Lohengrin & Parsifal Joan Burns MBE Tea Sunday 21 - Breakfast Friday 26 July
Summer Flowers in Watercolour or Coloured Pencils Susan Hillier Tea Wednesday 24 - Lunch Friday 26 July
The Dillington Classical Guitar Summer School Directed by Peter Rueffer Peter Rueffer Tea Sunday 28 July - Breakfast Saturday 3 August
DILLINGTON SUMMER SCHOOL WEEK ONE Summer School Tutors - Week One Sunday 4 - Saturday 10 August
Be a Better Painter with Clare du Vergier Summer School Tutors - Week One Sunday 4 - Saturday 10 August
Antiques Roadshow with Mark Coray Summer School Tutors - Week One Sunday 4 - Saturday 10 August
Castles & Fortified Houses with Mike Hope & Wayne Bennett Summer School Tutors - Week One Sunday 4 - Saturday 10 August
Paris - The Tale of a Great City with Chris Pollard Summer School Tutors - Week One Sunday 4 - Saturday 10 August
Ten Great Operas with Chris Pollard Summer School Tutors - Week One Sunday 4 - Saturday 10 August
Monastic Houses of England with Tim Porter Summer School Tutors - Week One Sunday 4 - Saturday 10 August
Medieval Art & Music with Tim Porter Summer School Tutors - Week One Sunday 4 - Saturday 10 August
A World By Itself: Five Novels From the Different Lands of the British Isles with Liz Merry Summer School Tutors - Week One Sunday 4 - Saturday 10 August
The Patchwork of Your Life: Writing Workshop with Elizabeth Hawksley Summer School Tutors - Week One Sunday 4 - Saturday 10 August
London – A Nation Not a City with Dr Paul McDonald Summer School Tutors - Week One Sunday 4 - Saturday 10 August
DILLINGTON SUMMER SCHOOL WEEK TWO Summer School Tutors - Week Two Sunday 11 - Saturday 17 August
The Joy of Spanish with Chris Pollard Summer School Tutors - Week Two Sunday 11 - Saturday 17 August
Painting for Pleasure with Stella Murray Whatley Summer School Tutors - Week Two Sunday 11 - Saturday 17 August
Antiques Repair Workshop with Mark Coray Summer School Tutors - Week Two Sunday 11 - Saturday 17 August
Great Monasteries, Abbeys & Churches with Mike Hope Summer School Tutors - Week Two Sunday 11 - Saturday 17 August
The A to Z of New Technology with Wayne Bennett Summer School Tutors - Week Two Sunday 11 - Saturday 17 August
Adventures Across the Internet Summer School Tutors - Week Two Sunday 11 - Saturday 17 August
The Yorkist & Early Tudor World with Tim Porter Summer School Tutors - Week Two Sunday 11 - Saturday 17 August
Glories of Gothic Architecture with Tim Porter Summer School Tutors - Week Two Sunday 11 - Saturday 17 August
A World By Itself: Five Novels From the Different Lands of the British Isles with Liz Merry Summer School Tutors - Week Two Sunday 11 - Saturday 17 August
A Brief History of 20th Century Art with Wayne Bennett Summer School Tutors - Week Two Sunday 11 - Saturday 17 August
DILLINGTON SUMMER SCHOOL ACTIVE Summer School Tutors - Active Week Sunday 18 - Saturday 24 August
War, Peace & Social Change - AA312 OU Revision Course Dr John Kirkaldy Lunch Tuesday 20 - Lunch Friday 23 August
War, Peace & Social Change - AA312 OU Revision Course Dr John Kirkaldy Lunch Tuesday 27 - Lunch Friday 30 August
Papermaking for Textile Artists Jonathan Korejko Tea Tuesday 27 - Lunch Friday 30 August
The Life & Art of Stanley Spencer Jan D. Cox MA Tea Tuesday 27 - Lunch Friday 30 August
Chinese Brushpainting - Landscape & Flowers in Freehand Style Kaili Fu Tea Tuesday 27 - Lunch Friday 30 August
The City in the Greek & Roman World Professor Bill Manning Tea Sunday 8 – Lunch Wednesday 11 September
Bookbinding Sarah Jarrett-Kerr Lunch Monday 9 - Lunch Friday 13 September
September in Somerset Not applicable Monday 9 – Friday 13 September
Pop-Up Toy Theatres Paul Johnson Tea Monday 16 - Breakfast Thursday 19 September
Individual Voices: Three Musical Greats of The Twentieth Century Gwyn Parry-Jones Dinner Friday 20 – Lunch Sunday 22 September
The Alberni String Quartet Weekend Alberni String Quartet Dinner Friday 20 - Tea Sunday 22 September
Wildlife & Natural History Painting Using Gouache Simon Williams Tea Monday 23 - Breakfast Friday 27 September
Some Secret Operations of World War Two: Agents, Codes, & The War Beneath the Waves Dr Mark Baldwin Tea Wednesday 25 – Lunch Friday 27 September
Argyll Scottish Country Dancing Weekend Argyll Scottish Dancing Group Dinner Friday 4 – Lunch Sunday 6 October
Argyll Scottish Country Musicians Weekend Argyll Scottish Dancing Group - Musicians Weekend Tutors Dinner Friday 4 – Lunch Sunday 6 October
Singing for Larks – Singing in Harmony Weekend Faith Watson Dinner Friday 11 – Tea Sunday 13 October
No Boundaries Acoustic Band Course Al Summers & Ray Bradfield Tea Sunday 27 - Lunch Thursday 31 October
AA306 Shakespeare - Text & Performance Awaiting tutor information. Dinner Friday 11 - Lunch Sunday 13 April 2014
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