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SUNDAY LECTURE: RUSKIN AND THE PRE-RAPHAELITE WOMEN
Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United KingdomJohn Ruskin’s attitude to Pre-Raphaelite women writers and artists reflected an unsympathetic age. The challenges faced by Christina Rossetti, Elizabeth Siddal, Georgiana Burne-Jones, Jane Morris, Evelyn de Morgan and Maria
SUNDAY LECTURE: ‘THE LADY OF THE LAKES’: CLARE ISOBEL FELL AND THE ROLE OF LOCAL SOCIETIES FOR WOMEN WORKING IN PREHISTORIC ARCHAEOLOGY
Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United KingdomNew research is beginning to reveal that women contributed far more to the story of archaeology than previously understood. Traditionally, narrators focussed on centres of academia and used publishing prowess
SUNDAY LECTURE: THE HIDDEN MAJORITY IN SOIL: WHY SOIL LIFE MATTERS
Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United KingdomIt has been estimated that 59% of all species on earth live in soil. This talk will explore the vast diversity of soil life: how it is distributed, what it
TALK & TEA: A PHILOSOPHER’S GUIDE TO NATURE
Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United KingdomEver pondered the profound mysteries of nature? Can Arne Naess’s deep ecology unveil the wisdom inherent in our connection with the natural world? How does Soga Ryojin’s assertion, “We cannot rise
A VERY SPECIAL WOODWIND RECITAL
Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United KingdomAn hour of memorable musical performances, held in our wonderful oak-floored lecture room. Laurence Perkins (bassoon) with Philippa Davies (flute), Colin Honour (clarinet) and Jan Willem Nelleke (piano). Bar open before
AN INFORMAL (& FREE) WOODWIND CONCERT – IN TWO HALVES
Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United KingdomAll are invited to attend two 45-minute concerts at 11am and 2pm given by diploma-standard players completing a masterclass here at Higham with Laurence Perkins. A little audience will be
SUNDAY LECTURE: THE INGENIOUS MR FLITCROFT
Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United Kingdom..."arguably the most significant Georgian architect of whom most people have never heard," Henry Flitcroft designed some of the greatest country houses of the 18th century including Woburn Abbey, Wimpole and
POWERS AND THRONES: WOMEN IN CHARGE OF THE ARTS IN PRE AND POST WAR BRITAIN
Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United KingdomThe talk will look at many, but by no means all, the powerful women who ran commercial and public galleries, were directors of arts organisations or major collectors in Britain
SHAKESPEARE IN THE GARDEN: THE TEMPEST
Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United KingdomThe Festival Players return, performing Shakespeare's fantastical and some say allegorical play about magic, betrayal, love and forgiveness. With a bit of romance, comedy and tragedy thrown in for good measure,
SUNDAY LECTURE: MEETINGS OF REMARKABLE MEN
The Langdale Valley, 1947 - an unlikely setting for a meeting between two of the most influential and toweringly important cultural figures of the twentieth century: the choreographer and movement