NB this course commences Tuesday 16th January and will run for four weeks then six weeks after half term.

We study an age of elegant and not so elegant living in the countryside and town. This was a time of enlightenment, the arts, culture, literature, the Grand Tour, scientific experiment, observance of nature and new ideas. 

Science, anatomy and the study of the human form were of great interest. There were many innovators, inventors and original thinkers spawned in this era, including the Lunar Society; and we see the Industrial Revolution and all that it inspired, including the use of mass-produced goods, textiles, machinery and technology.  

This was also the age of travel with improvements to roads and carriages which led to coaching inns. The era saw the beginnings of consumerism and shopping and was a period of ideas and advancement in every form and the beginnings of our modern society

Half term 12th -16th February

Formerly an Associate Tutor for CCE at the University of Sussex, Sarah Tobias is an experienced and sympathetic adult education tutor who started her teaching career 24 years ago at Rottingdean Whiteway Centre. She has a Diploma in European Humanities; BA Hons in History and European Humanities; Master’s Degree in Histories and Cultures and Certificates in Further Education Teaching. Sarah is a social, cultural and local historian and an established, experienced university lecturer, college tutor, public speaker (over 30 subjects), tour guide and writer. She is also an occasional dramatic narrator, costumed role player, playwright and filmmaker. https://sarah-tobias.blogspot.com/