12th August 2020 from 8-9pm
Zoom: Evening concert
Mark Wallace, Head of Economics and Pianist, invites you to a performance on the piano of music by Gershwin, Porter and Duke Ellington sung by jazz greats such as Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday. As a pianist Mark has accompanied many of the UK’s jazz legends such as Digby Fairweather and Roy Williams as well as working with singers such as Wendy Neiper.
14th August 2020 from 1-2pm
Zoom: Lunchtime lecture
In Western Christianity, epiphany refers to the visit of the Magi to the Christ Child. In common usage, a sudden understanding, in literature, moments of culminating beauty. Poems exist to lead us to epiphany. Join Luke Maxted, teacher of English, to hear what poetry was for in the centuries preceding the eighteenth...
19th August 2020 from 8-9pm
Zoom: Evening talk
The Portland spy case, 1960, was one of the most notorious of the Cold War. Gay Search tells the story of her family's involvement with the case, the MI5 and the Soviet spy ring.
20th August 2020 from 1-2pm
Zoom: Lunchtime lecture
At an exciting time when what history teaches rather than how it is taught suddenly matters, this talk by Jonathan White, Head of History, will focus on the slippery issue of what we mean by 'objective historical truth'...
26th August 2020 from 8-9pm
Zoom: Evening masterclass
A masterclass combining two of Rachel Collier's great passions: language and cookery. This talk will be all about pastry, exploring the Latin and Greek roots of the word and demonstrating how to make three classic pastry dishes (koulibiac, spanakopita and tarte au citron) in your kitchen at home.
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