WRITING FICTION: POINT OF VIEW AND CHARACTER
Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, CumbriaA residential creative writing course aimed at both the beginner and intermediate writer interested in flash fiction, short stories, novellas or the novel. Consisting of lectures, writing exercises and individual
STOICISM AND THE ART OF LIVING: THE DISCIPLINE OF DESIRE
Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, CumbriaThis course will focus on what the Stoics referred to as 'The Discipline of Desire', which explores what it is, and is not, proper to want. In considering the application
SHAKESPEARE’S CONTEMPORARIES: WEBSTER’S THE DUCHESS OF MALFI
Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, CumbriaJoin us to explore John Webster's gruesome Jacobean tragedy, famous for its brilliant poetry, unexpected twists and feisty heroine, who defies her tyrannical aristocratic brothers to marry secretly for love.
L2303DH AN INTRODUCTION TO THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE ISLAMIC WORLD
Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, CumbriaThe classical philosophy of the Islamic world is largely an attempt to reconcile the Hellenistic philosophy of Aristotle and Plotinus with the doctrines of the Qur'an. We will trace the