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Italy italian rome

Italian Beginners

Monday 8 Sep - Monday 1 Dec, 2025 9:30am - 11:00am
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Watercolour flower expressive

Watercolours

Monday 8 Sep - Monday 20 Oct, 2025 9:30am - 12:00pm
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get writing

Get Writing for All – Monday Morning

Monday 8 Sep - Monday 20 Oct, 2025 10:00am - 12:00pm
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Italy italian rome

Italian Beginners Plus

Monday 8 Sep - Monday 1 Dec, 2025 12:00pm - 1:30pm
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German germany berlin

German Beginners Plus

Monday 8 Sep - Monday 1 Dec, 2025 12:15pm - 1:45pm
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Paris french france

French Improvers

Monday 8 Sep - Monday 1 Dec, 2025 2:00pm - 3:30pm
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German germany berlin

German Improvers

Monday 8 Sep - Monday 1 Dec, 2025 2:00pm - 3:30pm
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Paris french france

French Beginners

Monday 8 Sep - Monday 1 Dec, 2025 6:00pm - 7:30pm
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Italy italian rome

Italian Lower Intermediate

Tuesday 9 Sep - Tuesday 2 Dec, 2025 9:30am - 11:30am
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get writing

Get Writing for All – Tuesday Morning

Tuesday 9 Sep - Tuesday 21 Oct, 2025 10:00am - 12:00pm
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Tai chi chuan practitioner

Tai Chi & Qigong

Tuesday 9 Sep - Tuesday 2 Dec, 2025 10:00am - 11:00am
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Italy italian rome

Italian Upper Intermediate

Tuesday 9 Sep - Tuesday 2 Dec, 2025 12:15pm - 2:15pm
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get writing

Get Writing for All – Tuesday Afternoon

Tuesday 9 Sep - Tuesday 21 Oct, 2025 12:15pm - 2:15pm
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Lucy sugden beginner tapestry landscape

Woven Tapestry

Tuesday 9 Sep - Tuesday 21 Oct, 2025 7:00pm - 9:00pm
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Adrian

Get Writing for All with Adrian Poynton – Tuesday Evening

Tuesday 9 Sep - Tuesday 21 Oct, 2025 7:30pm - 9:30pm
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Improvers bark hazel godfrey

Contemporary Basketry for all abilities

Wednesday 10 Sep - Wednesday 22 Oct, 2025 10:00am - 1:00pm
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get writing

Get Writing for All – Wednesday Morning

Wednesday 10 Sep - Wednesday 22 Oct, 2025 10:00am - 12:00pm
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Iconic Structures

The Structure of Iconic Buildings

Wednesday 10 Sep - Wednesday 8 Oct, 2025 10:00am - 12:00pm
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Paris french france

French Intermediate – Wednesday

Wednesday 10 Sep - Wednesday 3 Dec, 2025 10:00am - 11:30am
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German germany berlin

German Beginners

Wednesday 10 Sep - Wednesday 3 Dec, 2025 11:00am - 12:30pm
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Paris french france

French Advanced Conversation – Morning

Wednesday 10 Sep - Wednesday 3 Dec, 2025 11:45am - 1:15pm
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Paris french france

French Advanced Conversation – Afternoon

Wednesday 10 Sep - Wednesday 3 Dec, 2025 1:30pm - 3:00pm
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Adrian

Get Writing for All with Adrian Poynton – Wednesday Evening

Wednesday 10 Sep - Wednesday 22 Oct, 2025 7:30pm - 9:30pm
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Paris french france

French Intermediate – Thursday

Thursday 11 Sep - Thursday 4 Dec, 2025 9:30am - 11:30am
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Singer songwriters

Singer-songwriters of the 60s & 70s

Thursday 11 Sep - Thursday 16 Oct, 2025 10:00am - 12:00pm
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Paris french france

French Beginners Plus

Thursday 11 Sep - Thursday 4 Dec, 2025 11:45am - 1:15pm
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Italy italian rome

Italian Advanced Conversation

Thursday 11 Sep - Thursday 4 Dec, 2025 12:30pm - 2:00pm
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Italy italian rome

Italian Beginners Plus (Level 1)

Thursday 11 Sep - Thursday 4 Dec, 2025 3:00pm - 4:30pm
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Italy italian rome

Italian Beginners Plus (Level 2)

Thursday 11 Sep - Thursday 4 Dec, 2025 6:30pm - 8:00pm
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Classical studies

Classical Studies

Friday 12 Sep - Friday 17 Oct, 2025 10:00am - 12:00pm
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Myth

Myth in Greek Tragedy

Friday 12 Sep - Friday 17 Oct, 2025 1:00pm - 3:00pm
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Exploring

Exploring Mixed Media

Saturday 13 Sep - Saturday 25 Oct, 2025 10:00am - 12:00pm
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Workshop Images

Crochet for Beginners & Improvers

Saturday 13 Sep - Saturday 25 Oct, 2025 10:00am - 12:00pm
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Leather 5419637 1280

Traditional Upholstery Morning

Monday 15 Sep - Monday 8 Dec, 2025 9:30am - 12:30pm
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Spain spanish

Spanish Beginners Plus

Monday 15 Sep - Monday 8 Dec, 2025 9:45am - 11:15am
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Psychology

Forensic Psychology

Monday 15 Sep - Monday 20 Oct, 2025 10:00am - 12:00pm
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Spain spanish

Spanish Improvers

Monday 15 Sep - Monday 8 Dec, 2025 11:30am - 1:00pm
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Art paint oil abstract

Abstract Painting

Monday 15 Sep - Monday 20 Oct, 2025 12:30pm - 2:45pm
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Memoirs

Writing your Memoirs

Monday 15 Sep - Monday 20 Oct, 2025 1:00pm - 3:00pm
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Leather 5419637 1280

Traditional Upholstery Afternoon

Monday 15 Sep - Monday 8 Dec, 2025 1:30pm - 4:30pm
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Sewing

Simply Sewing

Monday 15 Sep - Monday 8 Dec, 2025 4:15pm - 6:15pm
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Woman art drawing

Drawing Portraits – Email correspondence

Tuesday 16 Sep - Tuesday 2 Dec, 2025 12:00am - 12:00am
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Charcoal drawing life

Drawing for Beginners EMAIL COURSE

Tuesday 16 Sep - Tuesday 2 Dec, 2025 12:00am - 12:00am
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Charcoal drawing life

Drawing for Improvers

Tuesday 16 Sep, 2025 12:00am - 12:00am
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Patchwork quilting autumn sheena

Patch to Quilt – Build your quilting confidence one stitch at a time

Tuesday 16 Sep - Tuesday 25 Nov, 2025 9:45am - 12:15pm
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Spain spanish

Spanish Intermediate Two

Tuesday 16 Sep - Tuesday 9 Dec, 2025 9:45am - 11:15am
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Watercolour landscape

Expressive Watercolours Online

Tuesday 16 Sep - Tuesday 9 Dec, 2025 10:30am - 12:30pm
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Spain spanish

Spanish Intermediate One

Tuesday 16 Sep - Tuesday 9 Dec, 2025 11:30am - 1:00pm
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Art paints

Applied Arts

Tuesday 16 Sep - Tuesday 21 Oct, 2025 12:30pm - 2:45pm
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Pride and prejudice

Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen

Tuesday 16 Sep - Tuesday 14 Oct, 2025 1:30pm - 3:30pm
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Spain spanish

Spanish Improvers Plus

Tuesday 16 Sep - Tuesday 9 Dec, 2025 2:00pm - 3:30pm
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Leather 5419637 1280

Traditional Upholstery Evening

Tuesday 16 Sep - Tuesday 9 Dec, 2025 6:30pm - 9:00pm
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Watercolour landscape

Expressive Watercolours

Wednesday 17 Sep - Wednesday 10 Dec, 2025 10:00am - 12:30pm
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Sea shells sketchbook drawing

The Sketchbook

Wednesday 17 Sep - Wednesday 5 Nov, 2025 12:30pm - 2:30pm
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Book 4646735 1280

The Poetry of Seamus Heaney 1966-75

Wednesday 17 Sep - Wednesday 15 Oct, 2025 1:00pm - 3:00pm
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Economics

KEYNES and his ECONOMICS

Wednesday 17 Sep - Wednesday 15 Oct, 2025 1:00pm - 3:00pm
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Kim Lino

Lino Cut

Wednesday 17 Sep - Wednesday 29 Oct, 2025 1:00pm - 3:00pm
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Beach yoga health wellbeing

Yoga

Wednesday 17 Sep - Wednesday 22 Oct, 2025 1:30pm - 2:30pm
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Spain spanish

Spanish Advanced

Wednesday 17 Sep - Wednesday 10 Dec, 2025 2:00pm - 3:30pm
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Pilates – all levels including beginners

Wednesday 17 Sep - Wednesday 10 Dec, 2025 2:45pm - 3:45pm
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Patchwork quilting autumn sheena

Patch to Quilt – Build your quilting confidence one stitch at a time

Wednesday 17 Sep - Wednesday 26 Nov, 2025 7:00pm - 9:30pm
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Portraiture

Portraiture

Thursday 18 Sep - Thursday 23 Oct, 2025 10:00am - 12:30pm
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Paint oil

Oil Painting

Thursday 18 Sep - Thursday 23 Oct, 2025 12:30pm - 2:45pm
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Unification of Germany

The Unification of Germany, 1789-1871

Thursday 18 Sep - Thursday 27 Nov, 2025 1:00pm - 3:00pm
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Lucy sugden beginner tapestry landscape

Woven Tapestry

Friday 19 Sep - Friday 24 Oct, 2025 10:00am - 12:00pm
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Spain spanish

Spanish Beginners

Friday 19 Sep - Friday 12 Dec, 2025 11:30am - 1:00pm
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Watercolor art painting

Watercolour: Freestyle Portrait Painting

Friday 19 Sep - Friday 24 Oct, 2025 12:30pm - 3:00pm
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Donna davies slow stiched journey applique sew

Seasons in stitching: A slow stitch applique journey

Monday 22 Sep - Monday 1 Dec, 2025 7:00pm - 9:00pm
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Brush paint

Chinese Brush Painting: Flower and Bird

Tuesday 23 Sep - Tuesday 21 Oct, 2025 10:00am - 12:30pm
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Sewing

Simply Sewing Afternoon

Wednesday 24 Sep - Wednesday 10 Dec, 2025 4:30pm - 6:30pm
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Sewing

Simply Sewing Evening

Wednesday 24 Sep - Wednesday 10 Dec, 2025 7:15pm - 9:15pm
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Sewing

Simply Sewing

Thursday 25 Sep - Thursday 11 Dec, 2025 4:15pm - 6:15pm
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Willie Lotts Cottage Aotl

Art of the Landscape

Friday 26 Sep - Friday 5 Dec, 2025 9:30am - 12:00pm
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friday flowers flower arranging helen

Friday Flowers

Friday 26 Sep - Friday 12 Dec, 2025 10:00am - 12:00pm
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Jill winch botanical art botanicals

Botanical Art Improvers

Tuesday 30 Sep - Tuesday 9 Dec, 2025 1:00pm - 3:30pm
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China chinese beijing

Chinese Upper Intermediate

Friday 3 Oct - Friday 12 Dec, 2025 10:30am - 12:30pm
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China chinese beijing

Chinese Intermediate

Friday 3 Oct - Friday 12 Dec, 2025 1:45pm - 3:45pm
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China chinese beijing

Chinese Beginners

Friday 3 Oct - Friday 12 Dec, 2025 4:00pm - 5:15pm
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Watercolour flower expressive

Watercolours

Monday 3 Nov - Monday 8 Dec, 2025 9:30am - 12:00pm
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get writing

Get Writing for All – Monday Morning

Monday 3 Nov - Monday 8 Dec, 2025 10:00am - 12:00pm
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Abstract wall art painting canvas print

Abstract Painting

Monday 3 Nov - Monday 8 Dec, 2025 12:30pm - 2:45pm
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Memoirs

Writing your Memoirs

Monday 3 Nov - Monday 8 Dec, 2025 1:00pm - 3:00pm
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get writing

Get Writing for All – Tuesday Morning

Tuesday 4 Nov - Tuesday 9 Dec, 2025 10:00am - 12:00pm
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Astronomy

The Story of Astronomy

Tuesday 4 Nov - Tuesday 9 Dec, 2025 10:00am - 12:00pm
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Jill winch botanical art botanicals

Botanical Art Beginners

Tuesday 4 Nov - Tuesday 9 Dec, 2025 10:00am - 12:30pm
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get writing

Get Writing for All – Tuesday Afternoon

Tuesday 4 Nov - Tuesday 9 Dec, 2025 12:15pm - 2:15pm
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Art paints

Applied Arts

Tuesday 4 Nov - Tuesday 9 Dec, 2025 12:30pm - 2:45pm
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Winter Meadow Lucy Sugden Tapestry Weaving

Woven Tapestry

Tuesday 4 Nov - Tuesday 9 Dec, 2025 7:00pm - 9:00pm
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Adrian

Get Writing for All with Adrian Poynton – Tuesday Evening

Tuesday 4 Nov - Tuesday 9 Dec, 2025 7:30pm - 9:30pm
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Improvers bark hazel godfrey

Contemporary Basketry for all abilities

Wednesday 5 Nov - Wednesday 10 Dec, 2025 10:00am - 1:00pm
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get writing

Get Writing for All – Wednesday Morning

Wednesday 5 Nov - Wednesday 10 Dec, 2025 10:00am - 12:00pm
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Bridges

Pioneering Bridges

Wednesday 5 Nov - Wednesday 3 Dec, 2025 10:00am - 12:00pm
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Sea shells sketchbook drawing

The Sketchbook

Wednesday 5 Nov - Wednesday 10 Dec, 2025 12:30pm - 2:30pm
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Beach yoga health wellbeing

Yoga

Wednesday 5 Nov - Wednesday 10 Dec, 2025 1:30pm - 2:30pm
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Adrian

Get Writing for All with Adrian Poynton – Wednesday Evening

Wednesday 5 Nov - Wednesday 10 Dec, 2025 7:30pm - 9:30pm
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Portraiture

Portraiture

Thursday 6 Nov - Thursday 11 Dec, 2025 10:00am - 12:30pm
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1945

1945: The first months of peace

Thursday 6 Nov - Thursday 11 Dec, 2025 10:00am - 12:00pm
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Paint oil

Oil Painting

Thursday 6 Nov - Thursday 11 Dec, 2025 12:30pm - 2:45pm
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Rollins Dartmoor Landscape

Landscape in Acrylics

Thursday 6 Nov - Thursday 11 Dec, 2025 1:30pm - 4:00pm
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Gender social psychology

Introduction to Psychology

Thursday 6 Nov - Thursday 11 Dec, 2025 7:00pm - 9:00pm
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Winter Meadow Lucy Sugden Tapestry Weaving

Woven Tapestry

Friday 7 Nov - Friday 12 Dec, 2025 10:00am - 12:00pm
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Classical studies

Classical Studies

Friday 7 Nov - Friday 12 Dec, 2025 10:00am - 12:00pm
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Watercolor art painting

Watercolour: Freestyle Portrait Painting

Friday 7 Nov - Friday 12 Dec, 2025 12:30pm - 3:00pm
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Myth

Myth in Greek Tragedy

Friday 7 Nov - Friday 12 Dec, 2025 1:00pm - 3:00pm
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Interior Design Laura Halsey 2

Exploring Interior Design

Saturday 8 Nov - Saturday 6 Dec, 2025 10:00am - 12:00pm
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Victorians

Meet the Victorians

Monday 10 Nov - Monday 15 Dec, 2025 10:00am - 12:00pm
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Sewing machine abcs craft

Simply Sewing Focus on Technique

Tuesday 11 Nov - Tuesday 9 Dec, 2025 3:30pm - 6:00pm
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Harem

A Journey through the Harem: its History and Purpose and its Effect on Literature, Painting and Architecture

Thursday 13 Nov - Thursday 11 Dec, 2025 10:00am - 12:00pm
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Exploring

Exploring Mixed Media

Saturday 15 Nov - Saturday 13 Dec, 2025 10:00am - 12:00pm
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