Workshop
Embroidered Brooches
Come and craft your own one-of-a-kind embroidered brooch in this cosy and creative workshop. You’ll learn a variety of embroidery stitches to create intricate patterns and textures, then transform your […]
Simple Free Motion Embroidery – Sew your favourite seaside place
Fun times for sewists and their sewing machine at any level. Complete beginners or long time stitchers … everyone is welcome to spend a Saturday morning with us, sewing and […]
Slow Stitched Meditation Rolls
Unwind and find your creative flow in this mindful slow-stitching workshop. You’ll create a beautiful, textured meditation roll using hand-stitching techniques and a curated selection of fabrics and threads. The […]
Introduction to Watercolours
This 2-hour workshop is aimed at those who have never used watercolours before or those who want to start with some basic skills. We will discuss how to choose between […]
Sensational shirring skills
Fun times for sewists and their sewing machine at any level. Complete beginners or long time stitchers … everyone is welcome to spend a Saturday morning with us, sewing and […]
Still Life Drawing Club: Dramatic Black Paper
July 5th - Dramatic Black Paper: working with vibrant colours on black paper. Vanessa has been running a Still Life Drawing Club for the last three years in Newark on […]
Invisible Zip Skills
Fun times for sewists and their sewing machine at any level. Complete beginners or long time stitchers … everyone is welcome to spend a Saturday morning with us, sewing and […]
Felt flower reels
Join us for a fun and creative workshop where you’ll make an embroidered felt flower presented on a vintage cotton reel. You’ll learn how to cut, shape, and assemble a […]
Beautiful buttonhole and button skills
Fun times for sewists and their sewing machine at any level. Complete beginners or long time stitchers … everyone is welcome to spend a Saturday morning with us, sewing and […]
The economics behind the AI revolution
Nick Gardener will answer your questions about the astonishing rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in recent times. Is it a threat? How far might it replace human intelligence and decision […]
Roots to Remedies: A Medicinal Talk by Resident Artist Becky Ullah
Join us on the 17th July when one of our Resident Artists, Becky Ullah will be giving a free talk on her medicinal series of artworks. Think all plant-based medicines […]
The Leaning Tower of Pisa
This iconic building came perilously close to collapse in the 1990s owing to its inadequate foundations. An international team of engineers succeeded in saving it, but the road to salvation […]
FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY – LETCHWORTH
🎤 A brilliant night of stand-up comedy featuring Garrie Grubb, Mary Bourke, Arthur Smith & MC Gary G Knightley 🗓 Saturday 19 July 2025, 7–10pm 🚪 Doors open at 6:15pm […]
Writing Convincing Dialogue
‘A good story is life with the dull parts taken out.’ Alfred Hitchcock Great writers write great dialogue – they know what to leave in and what to leave out. […]
Dynasty: The Shape of Chinese History
Chinese history for over 2,000 years has been all about the rise and fall of successive dynasties. The empire was founded around the same time as the Roman Empire and […]
Introduction to Watercolours
This 2-hour workshop is aimed at those who have never used watercolours before or those who want to start with some basic skills. We will discuss how to choose between […]
Sixty years on: was 1965 music’s best ever year?
Sixty years ago, the music world was on the crest of a creative wave unlike any experienced before or since. Bob Dylan forsook folk music to go electric while the […]
Tai Chi & Qigong: Swords & Fans
This two hour taster session of Tai Chi Sword (Jian) and Tai Chi Kung Fu Fan will give those students who have already gained experience of the Tai Chi Hand […]
Corruption in British Politics in the 1850s
Learn how voters could be corrupted. Who could vote? Which political parties were involved? Who became MPs? Which issues gave rise to reform and how were they suppressed? What events […]
Painting Animals in Acrylic
Learn how to use acrylic paints to create realistic images of animals. This course covers painting birds, horses, dogs and cats but all animals and pets can be visualised.
Art Nouveau and its National Varieties
This talk reviews the development of various national varieties of Art Nouveau at the turn of the 20th century. It also points out the connections and differences between Art Nouveau […]
Make a Country Frame Basket
Make a willow frame basket for harvesting garden produce, foraging or collecting eggs. In this workshop you will make an ancient style of basket by constructing a frame with hoops, […]
Collage Workshop with Callum Abbott
Join artist Callum Abbott for his collage workshop, where he will be showing you a variety of 20th century collages as well as his own artwork as preparation to create […]
The 1960s and the birth of modern protest
The 1960s were a tumultuous decade in American social and political history, marked by a rising culture of protest that reshaped the way Americans engage with their political process. This […]
Map as Art; Art as Mapping
Maps can be very beautiful, and many, over the centuries, have been considered to be art. More recently, contemporary art has adopted mapping – its conventions, aesthetics and ways of […]
Threads of Confidence: Patchwork & Quilting for Every Level
Join Sheena Roberts for this fun one day workshop. Suitable for all. Find out more at https://bit.ly/4kY5UP7 Email the tutor, Sheena@greenmanquilts.co.uk, to get the materials list. NB you will need […]
Willow Bread Basket Workshop
Suitable for beginners, this workshop will teach you traditional stake and strand weaving to make a small basket for serving bread or storing foods such as eggs or fruit. You […]
A Beginner’s Guide to Dating Buildings by Eye
Have you ever wandered down a picturesque high street or through a lovely old church and wondered what the architecture around you was telling you? In this two-hour session we […]
Make a Crown Book
Discover how you can make a small crown book which can be used as a folio to store prints, postcards or notes. This book is made from just two pieces […]
Easy Rider and American Graffiti (A Classic Albums soundtrack special)
Released four years apart and aimed at young Americans disaffected by the Vietnam war and the Nixon years, Easy Rider and American Graffiti were seminal films on so many levels, […]
An introduction to Classical Studies
An introduction to Classical Studies: the Ancient History and Civilisations of the Greeks and Romans from the perspective of many different disciplines, including architecture, archaeology, art, drama, literature, philosophy, politics, […]
