WOVEN TAPESTRY DAY (MATERIALS PROVIDED)

Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United Kingdom

Taster or refresher. Come with no experience or bring work you want help with. Looms will be ready-warped. Be shown how to weave simple shapes, mix colours and control your 

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TALK & TEA: LOST CUMBRIA ON FILM

Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United Kingdom

We will be heading back in time for a nostalgic trip into the past all over the county with the Cumbria Film Archive. A unique afternoon of entertainment enjoying genuinely 

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TALK & TEA: THE PHILOSOPHY OF MIDLIFE

Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United Kingdom

Why does midlife often induce incongruous changes in one’s life? Is it that the things we have spent our lives pursuing no longer hold value? Making reference to philosopher Kieran 

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TRY FOR A DAY: BOTANICAL PAINTING FOR THE TERRIFIED

Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United Kingdom

You will spend the morning building confidence by practising watercolour techniques painting petals, leaves and berries. The afternoon is spent painting flowers and plants from the beautiful gardens here at 

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MAKING SENSE OF MID-LIFE, MENOPAUSE AND THE AGEING PROCESS

Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United Kingdom

This AGEING Day offers an introduction to Individuation Analytical psychologist Carl Jung believed that our human lived experience (conscious experience) represents a relatively small part of our total psychological functioning. 

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TALK & TEA: A PHILOSOPHER’S GUIDE TO AUTHENTICITY

Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United Kingdom

What does it mean to be authentic? Just how does one ‘keep it real’? Have ideals of authenticity been corrupted by an excessively individualistic Western culture? In this talk Nietzsche 

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TALK & TEA: A PHILOSOPHER’S GUIDE TO IDENTITY

Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United Kingdom

Who are you? Is the self immutable? Are you still the same person after you retire? In this talk, with the help of philosopher Amartya Sen, we will explore not only the 

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TRY FOR A DAY: BOTANICAL PAINTING

Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United Kingdom

This informal and relaxed workshop is a gentle introduction to the delights of drawing from nature. You will spend the morning building confidence while closely observing individual flower petals, leaves and 

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