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Course Brochure Cookery Craft Lifestyle MARCH 2018 - JANUARY 2019
Courses are in date order A unique experience, in a warm
04 Special Events and welcoming environment
06 March 2018
There’s something special about Denman
12 April 2018 Founded by the NFWI in 1948, we offer a wealth of opportunities
19 May 2018 to learn new skills, make new friends, and leave feeling rested and
inspired. Everyone is welcome – men and women – and you don’t
23 June 2018 have to be a WI member. We’ve got something for everyone, so
Did You Know?
The price of a Denman
29 July 2018 start browsing and call or book online today!
residential course includes
34 August 2018 Denman’s 70th Anniversary tuition from an expert tutor,
plus all accommodation, breakfast,
39 September 2018 Keep an eye out for special Platinum courses
morning coffee and pastries,
in 2018 and celebrate 70 years of Denman.
42 October 2018 two-course lunch, afternoon tea
We’ll be using our gorgeous gardens and the
and three-course dinners.
47 November 2018 original Denman swan logo as inspiration!
It’s practically
52 December 2018 all inclusive!
Become a Friend of Denman
55 January 2019 Whether you’re new to Denman or a long-term supporter,
57 Index becoming a Friend of Denman gets you closer to the college.
Not only will you have access to special events and this wonderful
62 Terms and Conditions support network, but every penny goes towards securing the
63 Platinum Event: future of Denman. For just £75 a year you’ll receive a welcome
Sounds of the Summer pack, membership card, special newsletters, 10% off all courses
and events, the residential room of your choice where available,
64 Application Form an exclusive tote bag and front row seats to events!
For more information, please call us on 01865 391 991
Denman and The WI Cookery School or email on info@denman.org.uk
are proudly sponsored by:
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M Price for Current WI Members hese premium courses are
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NM Price for Non-Members exclusive – and taught by
big names in the industry,
FoD Price for current Friends or they have fewer places
of Denman to allow for individual tuition.
These courses involve physical
activity, long periods of standing To join the waiting list of a
and/or require strong hands. sold out course or event,
please call 01865 391 991.
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SPECIAL Samuel Pepys,
Style & Make Up in Georgian Cooking! Talk and Q&A
with Catherine Sampson
A Magical Easter
with Food and Flowers
EVENTS
17th Century London 28 June 2018
27 March 2018
with Rosemarie FoD £36 M £40 NM £45 FoD £36 M £40 NM £45
Swinfield The Georgian era was the platform-building period for British
cuisine. It began with cooking methods barely changed from
Come and spend the day at Denman where we will
be showing you treats and tips for making Easter that
13 March 2018
the medieval period and ended with food still being cooked little bit special! The day will start with a demonstration
over an open fire in the kitchen. Yet the Georgians made by Kelly Mauger, Denman’s WI Cookery School
FoD £36 M £40 NM £45 great strides forward in attempting to contain and control Manager and renowned pastry chef. Following Kelly
is one of Denman’s returning tutors Alex Mackay,
Tim Bentinck – Join us at Denman for an
enchanting lecture on the
the heat source, and their experimentation enabled the
Victorians to finally invent the range. who will be showcasing alternative and traditional
Being David Archer and Other glamorous fashions of
Restoration London where
ideas with a twist and a sprinkling of magic to
make your Easter extra special. After a delightful
Unusual Ways of Earning a Living men wore wigs and women
painted their faces. Everyone
Denman lunch, Anna Steven, national teacher,
demonstrator and Chelsea gold medal
25 April 2018 wanted to look stylish in An Afternoon & Cookery winner and Denman tutor will be taking
FoD £49.50 M £55 NM £60 a society where being
unfashionable was seen as
Demonstration with Reverend. over from Alex for a seasonal
flower demonstration.
We are very excited to announce that the wonderful
Tim Bentinck will visit Denman to talk about his new book a social disaster! Rosemarie Kate Bottley
Being David Archer…. Tim’s mission is to take you behind will also present a fascinating 21 June 2018 FoD £49.50 M £55 NM £60
the scenes of the longest running drama series in the demonstration of the dramatic Join us for a very special afternoon with Reverend Kate Bottley, known for her
world, a British institution with a theme tune that Billy make-up worn by Restoration appearances on Channel 4’s BAFTA and National Television Award-winning series
Connolly wants to be the National Anthem! Join us beauties – and some men show Gogglebox, BBC One’s 2016 flagship Easter documentary In the Footsteps
at Denman for an insightful talk with a Q&A, following the whims of society! of Judas, Pause for Thought on Chris Evans’ Radio 2 Breakfast Show and most
afternoon tea and Tim will sign your free recently BBC One’s Celebrity MasterChef 2017. Kate has also written for a variety
copy of his book! This event is not of newspapers and magazines including The Guardian, The Independent and Radio
to be missed... Times. Kate will talk about her fascinating life and how it has changed since becoming
a well-known public figure, but also demonstrate some of her favourite recipes that she
produced on MasterChef as well as for her family.
The Bombshells – Live at Denman! Platinum Who Was Jane Austen?
11 May 2018
Riverside Cruise 3-4 June 2018
FoD £58.50 M £65 NM £70
Spend an evening at Denman listening to timeless
with Peter Lawrence FoD £143.10 M £159 NM £169
21 May 2018 No other novelist in late 18th and
classics such as ‘Que Sera Sera’, ‘Let’s Call the Whole early 19th century England wrote
Thing Off’ and ‘We’ll Meet Again’, sung by the brilliant with Jane Austen’s clarity or humour.
trio The Bombshells. Recreating musical history, The FoD £107.10 M £119 NM £129 Two hundred years on, her plots
Bombshells offer incredible harmonies and bubby Come to Denman for a fascinating and characters intrigue and delight
personalities; you won’t want to miss this! The event Talk & Tour of Chedworth Roman Villa London Cruise with our very own a modern audience of readers,
includes a two course dinner with a glass of wine. 29 March 2018 Peter Lawrence, one of Denman’s film-goers and television viewers.
most popular tutors. From the But who was the real Jane Austen?
ancient Britons, through the Roman Visits to locations that contributed
occupation to London’s development to her novelistic output, Steventon
FoD £49.50 M £55 NM £60 over the last millennium, the River
Join us at Denman for this one-off special event and Chawton in Hampshire, and
Thames has always been the single Winchester, where she died and is
celebrating all things mosaics! Visit Chedworth Roman most important reason for our capital’s
Villa, one of Britain’s largest Romano-British villas with buried, will also be on the itinerary.
existence. Whilst walking the streets Discover the woman behind the
fine mosaics. Dr Nick Humphris, a chartered mechanical is a fascinating way of learning about
engineer and a volunteer at the villa, will give an writing on this one-night special event.
London, it is nothing compared with
insightful talk before you grab a hearty Denman buffet viewing London from the Thames.
lunch and set off to see Chedworth yourself!
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Cooking the Americas
MARCH 2018 MARCH 2018 178.892 14-16 March
COOKERY DAY SCHOOLS COOKERY RESIDENTIAL COURSES M £370 NM £410
This brand new course is a journey
Knife Skills Bread Baking for the Home through the Americas, with stops in
178.841 6 March 178.816 2-4 March Spanish influenced Argentina, Peru,
M £105 NM £125 M £370 NM £410 Mexico and the USA.
Learn the essential skills needed Learn how four simple ingredients can Peter Lien
to prepare meat, fish and vegetables be combined to produce wonderful
like a pro. In one of Denman’s most breads. Recipes include rosemary American Baking
popular courses, you’ll master the and potato focaccia, cinnamon swirls, 178.954 19-21 March
different techniques required to dice, sultana and walnut loaf and curried M £340 NM £380
julienne, and finely chop fruit and naan bread. Bake your way through delicious
vegetables, fillet fish and joint poultry. Alison Haigh goodies and desserts including
Peter Lien Florida’s key lime pie, donuts,
bagels, whoopie pies and New York’s
infamous cheesecake. Glass: An Introduction Silver Clay For Beginners
MARCH 2018 178.919 17 March 178.945 23 March
Kelly Mauger
CRAFT DAY SCHOOLS M £105 NM £125 M £105 NM £125
Vegetarian Italian This course is an introduction to the Ever wanted to design and make
178.939 21-23 March Sculpting: Wonderful Wax skills and techniques involved in glass your own real silver jewellery? With
M £300 NM £340 178.877 9 March fusing and slumping. We will make silver clay, a unique new form of real
Under the tuition of Italian cook and M £105 NM £125 three items during the day – glass silver, becoming a jewellery designer
food producer Mariella, cook some Working with locally sourced natural jewellery fused in a microwave and is within everyone’s reach. Soft and
delicious vegetarian dishes that even beeswax, you will be introduced two kiln-fired pieces. You will have pliable at first, the ‘clay’ is fired and
meat eaters will love; parmigiana di to a variety of techniques, used the opportunity to experiment with a turns to pure silver – like magic!
melenzane, risotto with Sagrantino across the world for thousands variety of ideas and glass materials. Even better, no specialist tools or
Shirley Eccles equipment are needed so by the end
March 2018
wine, rolls with avocado, rocket and of years. Abi will guide you through
March 2018
parmigiano, to name just a few. making jewellery, trinkets, household of the day you will feel confident to
Mariella Bliss décor, figurative sculpture or Stained Glass Leaded Panels continue making silver jewellery at
ornamental animals. 178.936 22 March home.
Ingredients Viennoiserie: Breakfast Pastries Abi Burt M £105 NM £125 Melanie Blaikie
are included in 178.944 23-25 March Make your own beautiful genuine
the cost of a M £340 NM £380 Silver Clay Jewellery stained glass small hanging panel Handmade Buttons
cookery course Learn to make your own pain au with Freshwater Pearls or window and learn the art of 178.973 26 March
What’s more chocolate, croissants, brioches and 178.895 12 March traditional stained glass work. An M £105 NM £125
danishes from a true pastry master. M £105 NM £125 array of coloured and textured glass Dorset and singleton buttons are two
they will all be Great British Bakes will be available to make your own ancient British thrift crafts. Originally,
prepared for you 178.885 9-11 March Katie Churchard Fancy a day designing and making
in advance! stunning silver jewellery? You will individual abstract panel. Anna will they were made on a disc cut from
M £340 NM £380 French Farmhouse Kitchen show you how to cut glass, ‘lead up’, the horn of Dorset sheep, which was
Take a whistle stop tour around the be taught how to use silver clay to
178.972 26-28 March create pendants, charms, brooches solder, cement and, if you wish, install covered with needle-worked thread.
British Isles to discover an assortment M £340 NM £380 your panel. Singleton buttons can be made from
of delicious regional baked goods or earrings and how to incorporate
Confits of duck and game, to serve freshwater pearls into your design. Anna Conti pretty fabrics and use up little scraps
For the Love of Gin from our very own shores. This course as simple-to-make dinner party effectively. Cheap as chips to make and
Louise Simmonds
178.1001 20 March
will cover a rich diversity of recipes dishes including hearty, salted belly Jewellery: Knotting on Silk incredibly beautiful, once you start you
with a variety of cooking techniques pork, rillettes and rillons of pork for Crochet for Absolute Beginners 178.950 23 March can’t stop making these little treasures.
M £105 NM £125 and skills including Welsh bara brith,
Do you love Gin? Why not kick start mouth-watering tartes and rich salads, 178.898 12 March M £105 NM £125 Natalie Green
Dundee cake, Banbury cakes, bishop crepinettes (home-made sausages) The central aim for beginners
your Easter weekend a day early cake and Cornish saffron cake.
M £105 NM £125
and join us for a day of celebrating and ham and parsley terrine for a This day course will get you started by is to learn how to knot a pearl
Jill Brand show stopping party centrepiece. necklace or bracelet on silk, using
and cooking with gin. We will be focussing on an iconic crochet motif, Take a photo of your
Lindy Wildsmith a Chinese knotting tool, as well as
making gin and tonic cupcakes, a Let’s Make Cheese the granny square. We will learn how
learning Indian-wiring as applied to cookery or craft projects
matcha gin and chocolate tart and a 178.891 12-14 March to make a crochet chain and work the and share it with us
rhubarb and custard gin pannacotta, treble crochet stitch, how to cluster drop earring-making, for those who
M £340 NM £380 wish to have a go! Improvers will do on social media! Find
plus Katie will demonstrate a stunning Louise will show you how to make a stitches and work from the centre our handles at the
gin cocktail dessert. in rounds. more practice knotting and undertake
range of soft cheeses using domestic more complex projects, including bottom of the page
Katie Churchard kitchen utensils and cover halloumi, Lindy Zubairy and use the hashtag
graduating pearls.
mozzarella, mascarpone, butter, cream Frances Benton #MadeAtDenman
cheese and ricotta. Proud Sponsors of
Louise Talbot the WI Cookery School
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Needle Felting: Make an Easter Bunny Watercolours for Beginners Painting: Big Art Jacobean Crewel Embroidery Resin Work: Make a Clock and Coaster Watercolours: Atmospheric Landscapes
178.976 26 March 178.843 4-6 March 178.882 9-11 March 178.894 12-16 March 178.903 14-16 March 178.952 21-23 March
M £105 NM £125 M £300 NM £340 M £300 NM £340 M £540 NM £600 M £305 NM £345 M £300 NM £340
Needle felting is a dry form of Use watercolours to produce paintings Paint in a more free and expressive Experiment with colour and learn This course is a fantastic introduction Transparent, watercolour paint
feltmaking. Using a special felting in this delicate but expressive style. Create three linked large scale many interesting stitches using a to resin and you will make a unique lends itself to creating mood and
needle has barbs the wool is punched medium. Fun, enjoyment and getting paintings of flowers in acrylics to hang design inspired by 17th and 18th clock and coaster. There will also be atmosphere in landscape painting.
to ‘knit’ the fibres together and inspiration from inside and outdoors, at home. century tree of life bed hangings. time to make some resin jewellery You will try and capture such effects
creates a very firm finish. Starting form important aspects of the course. Sue Klemencic Julie Walsby as an added bonus. The clock will be by looking at how other painters
with pictures of rabbits in various Sue Klemencic made using upcyled materials and a have achieved it in their pictures.
poses the body is created with the Watercolour and Ink: Goldwork Embroidery: huge range of different colours and The course will include such subjects
eyes being the finishing touch that Knitting Creatively Experimental Techniques Easter Extravaganza pigments in resin. as morning and evening skies, rain,
gives your bunny its special character. 178.849 4-6 March 178.883 9-11 March 178.899 12-16 March Clare John mist, snow and sunsets.
Dress him up with a bonnet or a M £300 NM £340 M £300 NM £340 M £540 NM £600 Pat Gove
bunch of carrots and you have a This workshop is for those knitters A traditional watercolour and ink Discover the world of goldwork Embroidery Stumpwork: Exotic Birds
perfect Easter Bunny! who want to create unique pieces of approach can often be quite tricky. embroidery and be introduced to a 178.772 19-21 March Painting with Powertex and
Sue Pearl artwork. No sewing up, just use knit By breaking all the rules, having variety of techniques, either through M £300 NM £340 Mixed Media Canvasses
and purl stitches, shaping and casting a willingness to experiment, it is set designs or by developing your Exotic birds are admired for the 178.957 23-25 March
Calligraphy: Learn, Design and Create on and off. perfectly possible to move from own ideas. vibrancy of colour and the beauty M £300 NM £340
178.1000 29 March Jan Blight serendipity to control. By layering Hazel Everett of their feathery plumage. Taking Learn how to achieve simple crackle
M £105 NM £125 transparent inks over a watercolour them as our inspiration, you can bring effects, apply materials to create
The beauty of learning this script is it Make the Most of Your Overlocker base, beautiful and varied effects Bumper Craft Takeaway your embroidery to life in stumpwork texture, mix structure pastes and
is easier to master and personalise, 178.854 5-7 March can be achieved. 178.902 14-16 March using the 3D effect and fresh 21st more, before finishing with pigments
making it unique to you. Practising 178.874 7-9 March Stuart Green M £300 NM £340 century design. and waxes using dry brush and
the skills in this script, you will gain M £330 NM £370 Projects will include folded fabric Joanna Pout sponge techniques.
your confidence and finish the day Master the dreaded threading and
Embroidered Landscapes flowers and other ideas with scrap Liz Dixon
by making a small beautiful piece 178.732 12-14 March fabrics, lots of button crafts, simple Mosaics: A Terracotta Dish
unravel the mysteries of tension
such as a card, place name or gift adjustment. M £300 NM £340 jewellery, easy embroidery, work 178.935 19-21 March Patchwork: Learn Machine Patchwork
March 2018
tag. Using fantastic metallic inks May Martin An introductory course into with beads and threads, simple paper M £300 NM £340 178.943 23-25 March
March 2018
with calligraphy, your work will look a embroidering landscapes using a crafts and lots more. A lovely creative course where you M £300 NM £340
million dollars. Kumihimo Jewellery range of embroidery skills – crewel, Natalie Green will learn how to cut and “nibble” On this enjoyable and creative course
Jane Lappage 178.875 7-9 March stump, ribbons – to create a small tessarae to create a wonderful mosaic you will be opening the door to an
M £300 NM £340 embroidered picture. within a round terracotta dish. Using interest that will provide you with the
Kumihimo (Japanese braiding) is Deborah Hastings glass tiles, ceramic tiles, stained glass opportunity to discover a new and
MARCH 2018 a simple way of making beautiful fragments, mirror, Millefiori slices, exciting craft. You will learn how to
CRAFT RESIDENTIAL COURSES jewellery and decorative cords for
Silver Clay Jewellery with Fused Glass broken pottery, and a large variety of use all the tools associated with the
upholstery and trimmings. Create at 178.896 12-14 March other materials, you can then create a project and in the process make a
Trousers to Fit: Patterns and Toile least two necklaces using cord and M £300 NM £340 beautiful and unique piece of work for cushion.
beads from a choice of designs. Learn Always wanted to design and make your home. Patricia Robson
178.833 1-4 March
how to make unique jewellery to match stunning silver jewellery? You’ll be Lis Greensmith
M £485 NM £545 amazed at what you can produce
This course will teach you how your outfit or to give as presents.
Christine Mayer using this incredible material.
to apply your personal body Louise Simmonds
measurements to draft your own
Flowers for Spring and Easter
trouser pattern.
78.884 9-11 March Watercolour Pencils: Sketching Spring
Christine Eady 178.897 12-14 March
M £300 NM £340
Willow Baskets Now the winter has passed, come M £300 NM £340
and use the beautiful flowers of spring Techniques will include using the
178.832 2-4 March
to make lovely arrangements for pencils dry and wet, colour mixing,
M £300 NM £340 shading, wet in wet and using the
Weave your own round willow baskets your home.
Christine Pearce pencils with pen and wash. All
using various colours of willow from techniques and exercises will be
the Somerset levels and some more demonstrated by the tutor and the
unusual hedgerow materials. course will be run in a relaxed and
Norah Kennedy Join as a Friend of
friendly manner.
Denman for just
Jonathan Newey
£75 and enjoy
discounts, VIP seats
and more!
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Jewellery: Pearl Knotting, a Floating Pattern & Dress Making: Focus on Fitness, Dance and Fun Rennie Mackintosh and Have you Ever Thought about Writing Ramble and Explore:
Pearl Necklace and Drop Earrings Bodice & Sleeve Blocks 178.834 2-4 March Influences on Design your Life Story? Blenheim Park (6 Miles)
178.951 23-25 March 178.974 26-29 March M £300 NM £340 178.852 7-9 March 178.938 19-22 March 178.963 25-27 March
M £300 NM £340 M £485 NM £545 Dancing has been found to be one M £340 NM £380 M £445 NM £505 M £335 NM £375
The aim is to learn silk knotting and If you make your own clothes and of the best forms of exercise. As An exploration of the history, inspiration Writing your life story is a wonderful Walk in the grounds of Blenheim
make a fully-knotted pearl necklace find commercial patterns don’t fit your well as dancing, keep fit will also be and craftsmanship found in many reflective and enjoyable occupation. Palace, following some of the less
and/or bracelet, on silk using a body shape, you will find working included, as well as relaxation, a basic of our magnificent country houses. You will revisit and recapture tales frequented paths. In the afternoon
Chinese knotting tool, together with with your personal body and sleeve massage, and lively talks. It is for all Visits will be made to the gloriously from the older generation of your explore more of Blenheim Park and
a spaced ‘floating’ pearl necklace on templates the key to creating made- ages and levels of fitness, in a friendly renovated 78 Derngate, Northampton, family, along with memories of your cross the Grand Bridge with fine views
jewellery wire with bracelet and drop to-measure patterns that fit well and and fun atmosphere. a delightful interior designed by childhood, school days, work and of Vanbrugh’s monumental Palace.
earrings for students who can and are comfortable. This course will Gill Avery Charles Rennie Mackintosh. family life. This course is designed We end the day in the market town of
want to do more. teach and support you in the process Anna Steven to give you the help and inspiration Woodstock, rich in historic interest.
Frances Benton of developing basic bodice and Meditation Methods: An Introduction you need to plan, write and organise John Harris & Christine Booth
sleeve blocks, which are the basis 178.818 2-4 March Blenheim and the Churchills your own unique life story, creating an
Ribbon Embroidery: A Cottage Garden of developing patterns for dresses, M £300 NM £340 178.893 12-14 March enduring record of your life and times. Yoga: An Introduction
178.959 23-25 March blouses and jackets. Meditation is a state of open M £345 NM £385 Chrissie Hall 178.962 25-27 March
M £300 NM £340 Christine Eady awareness where the mind is free John Churchill was born a commoner M £300 NM £340
Silk ribbon is easy to work with as it is from thoughts and totally engaged with no expectation of fame but Singing: Elizabethan Madrigals The course will consist of a gentle
soft and malleable and grows quickly; Sewing: Learn to use a Sewing Machine in the moment. In order to reach through a mixture of good luck and skill 178.961 21-23 March evening yoga session and a more
a perfect course for beginners and the Part 2 this state one practices mediation became a duke and an internationally M £300 NM £340 energetic morning session. After the
more advanced embroiderer. 178.975 26-29 March techniques designed to quieten and respected soldier and statesman who The Elizabethans loved their music, morning session, explore methods of
Marilyn Pipe M £445 NM £505 focus the mind. This course aims was promised a palace by his grateful and they loved to sing and play. meditation and look at different types
Make two cushions that combine skills to introduce different meditation queen. Look at his life and career, and Gathering together of an evening, of prananyama (breath work) and
Silver Clay Jewellery For Beginners such as piping, zip insertion, simple and mindfulness practices so that visit the amazing house that is still friends would get out the part-books it’s uses.
178.958 23-25 March patchwork, appliqué and buttonhole participants can find the method they home to his descendants today. and sing madrigals. These were Jacqueline Rice
M £330 NM £370 sewing, plus more detail on cutting, are most suited to. John Vigar songs in three or more parts, to be
Enjoy an adventure into a world of paper patterns, ideas for beginner Alan Baker sung un-accompanied. With food, The Easter Story in Art and Music
Mistresses and their Houses
March 2018
silver with one of the UK’s foremost dressmaking projects, interfacings wine and madrigals, much fun was 178.971 27-29 March
March 2018
teachers and this amazing new and lots more.
Art on the London Streets: 178.901 14-16 March had by all. M £300 NM £340
form of pure silver. Learn wonderful Natalie Green An Armchair Journey M £350 NM £390 Kate Eckersley This quiet, serene and contemplative
techniques and tips to design and 178.842 4-6 March Discover the fascinating stories of royal course is for those who wish to
create real silver jewellery using just a M £300 NM £340 courtesans, their families and houses. Digital Photography and Photoshop: experience how the Easter story has
few simple tools. You’ll make at least Learn about the incredible amount of From the professional mistress to Out and About inspired many composers and artists
four beautiful, finished pieces that can variation, history and amusement there those who fell in love, we look at the 178.956 21-23 March to create wonderful works that have
even be hallmarked. MARCH 2018 is on London’s streets through the part they played in English history. M £300 NM £340 been truly emotional, both heart-
Melanie Blaikie LIFESTYLE RESIDENTIAL COURSES medium of art. From memorials, statues, John Vigar Improve your skills taking digital rending and heart warming.
murals and graffiti, there is so much to photographs and using computers Richard Box
Patchwork: Happy Scrappy make you think and smile. From the Bridge: Brush Up Your Bidding to edit and manage your shots. We’ll
Patchwork For Beginners Think You Can’t Learn Italian? warmth and comfort of Denman we and Playing use the grounds to improve your
178.960 25-27 March Think Again! will travel around London, picking out 178.905 14-16 March technique then either bring your own Don’t forget
M £300 NM £340 178.831 2-4 March hot-spots of art that fascinates both M £300 NM £340 laptops or use the Denman computers to pick up
Always fancied having a go at M £300 NM £340 Londoners and tourists alike. Bridge is a fascinating and rewarding to Photoshop elements to make the a Denman
patchworking but not known where to Have you always wanted to learn Peter Lawrence game, which can be played with great most of your pictures. souvenir in our
start? This is the course for you! another language but struggled enjoyment at any level, but there is David Clarke shop on your
Christine Green at school or have distant memories Literature: Jane Austen’s Letters Part 1 always room to develop skills and next visit!
of learning by rote and dreary 178.845 4-7 March techniques! This fun, practical course
Sewing: Fabulous Fabric Flowers lessons? Well, things have changed! M £485 NM £545 will help you brush up your basic
178.965 25-27 March This course will focus on lots of fun Jane Austen’s letters to her family bidding and play techniques, and
M £300 NM £340 and speaking practice, and give you and friends provide a unique insight feel more confident and competent
Recycling at its best with stunning insight into the structure and grammar into the author’s response to her life when bidding.
results! Have fun manipulating, of the language. and times. Invariably witty and often Ann Lee
burning, folding and sewing your Sue Mckenna wickedly irreverent, she records her
favourite leftover fabrics into stylish thoughts on dancing and fashion,
flowers to give your outfit and marriage, men and women, gossip
accessories the “wow factor”. and scandal, with a sharply observant
Jan Cadman eye; little escapes her critical gaze.
Hazel Jones
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Simple Super Foods Everyday
APRIL 2018 APRIL 2018 178.1061 9-11 April Flavours of Asia
178.1121 18-20 April
APRIL 2018
COOKERY DAY SCHOOLS COOKERY RESIDENTIAL COURSES M £340 NM £380
CRAFT DAY SCHOOLS APRIL 2018
Super foods are everywhere you M £370 NM £410 CRAFT RESIDENTIAL COURSES
look: in the news, supermarkets, Join Peter on a journey through
Introduction to Fermentation Let’s Make Cheese: Part 2 magazines and on television. But do the Far East, stopping off in Japan, Needle Felting: Pigs and Piglets
178.1082 12 April 178.1011 4-6 April you know which ones you can use China, South East Asia and the Indian 178.1104 7 April
Kumihimo Jewellery
M £105 NM £125 M £340 NM £380 to create tasty everyday recipes the subcontinent. Starting with a selection 178.1014 3-5 April
M £105 NM £125
Discover the processes of Louise will show you how to make whole family will enjoy? of Pan-Asian street food which you Everybody loves piggies, there is M £300 NM £340
fermentation and how it can be clotted cream and a range of hard Ashley Keen will prepare for lunch, the course will something about their floppy ears and Kumihimo (Japanese braiding) is
used to enhance our menu planning cheeses including cheddar and include miso glazed salmon, mee snout that attracts. You will use an a simple way of making beautiful
and health. This course will cover camembert. She will also share Magic Fridge goreng, beef rendang and dal with easy process with a special needle jewellery and decorative cords for
techniques and recipes to create some great recipes that incorporate 178.1092 16-18 April roti bread. called a felting needle, which has upholstery and trimmings. Create
tasty fermented foods and drink like cheese. This is a follow-on course M £370 NM £410 Peter Lien little barbs on to catch the wool fibres at least two necklaces using cord
kombucha tea, sauerkraut, labneh, so it is essential that you have The course to inspire you and give and ‘knit’ them together to make a and beads from a choice of designs.
yoghurt and pickles and even create completed the introductory course as you the tools to cook simple and Patissiere: Part 2 solid sculpture. Using beautiful soft Learn how to make unique jewellery
your own sourdough starter for it will have given you the grounding delicious food every day without 178.1122 20-22 April wool in a myriad of colours you can to match your outfit or to give as
homemade sourdough. and knowledge to make these more spending a fortune. It has all the M £340 NM £380 produce the most realistic little pigs presents.
Ashley Keen complex cheeses. advantages of cheating without This course is ideal for anyone who and piggies. Christine Mayer
Louise Talbot the guilt because you prepare and has joined us for our first patisserie Sue Pearl
preserve the magic yourself. From course and would like to extend their Free Machine Embroidery:
there on in, just swing open your knowledge. It will bring new ideas and Knitting Hints, Tips and Finishing Thread and Texture and Soluble Fabric
Ingredients fridge door for a little magic whenever further creative techniques as you make Techniques for a Professional Finish 178.1102 3-6 April
are included in you want to eat well. an opera gateau and a Paris brest. 178.1050 9 April M £445 NM £505
the cost of a Alex Mackay Katie Churchard M £105 NM £125 Come and see just how versatile free
cookery course On this course you will learn some machine embroidery is and take lots
What’s more
Mediterranean Cuisine quick knitting tips and new techniques of samples home with you.
they will all be Proud Sponsors of 178.1134 23-25 April from a professional hand-knitting Claire Muir
April 2018
April 2018
prepared for you the WI Cookery School M £370 NM £410 designer so your own hand-knitted
Join our cruise through the Med Stained Glass Box Lamps
in advance! garments and projects look better
stopping off in the sun drenched ports 178.1015 3-6 April
finished and well-presented. Some
of the Greek Islands, North Africa, knitting experience and knowledge M £485 NM £545
Spain, France and Italy. We’ll make of how to read knitting patterns is This course is a great introduction
the most of the fantastic ingredients required. into making lampshades. You will
that the region has to offer. Linda Parkhouse be able to choose a design or draw
Peter Lien your own and decide on your colour
Making Willow Piglets scheme. Working with beautiful
Brilliant Bread for Beginners 178.932 20 April glass, you will build a four sided lamp
178.1145 25-27 April M £105 NM £125 and learn how to attach a bulb to
M £340 NM £380 Using some simple basket making illuminate it. If you don’t want to plug
Learn how four simple ingredients can techniques and different colours of it in, you can choose instead to make
be combined to produce a variety of willow, you will make a delightful piglet a lantern using the same process by
wonderful breads, including a muesli to display in your home or garden. replacing the electrics with a candle!
loaf, olive oil bread and teacakes, Learn how to make the body, floppy Anna Conti
as well as discovering kneading and ears, little fat trotters and a curly tail –
proving techniques. Linda will also the only thing you will not be making
include some delicious complimentary is the squeak!
accompaniment recipes including jam, Norah Kennedy
red pepper pesto and hummus.
Linda Hewett
Artisan Bread
178.1166 27-29 April
M £340 NM £380
“This visit was my second to Denman and it was fantastic.
The food and room were really good and the ambassador
was extremely pleasant. The course with May was superb,
Take your bread making to another
level by learning the art of sourdoughs as May is an excellent tutor, giving loads of advice whilst
and long fermentation dough.
“
giving you confidence in yourself. Julia and I have already
Dede Liss booked for another visit in 2019!
Kath Harvey
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Jazzy Jewellery! Beaded, Michele’s Little Art Course (Part 2) Ribbon Embroidery: Fabulous Fuchsias Patchwork: Patch and Quilt All in One Acrylic Painting: Paint Like the Goldwork Embroidery
Knitted, Crocheted and Wired 178.1051 9-11 April 178.1052 11-13 April 178.1057 12-13 April Impressionists 178.1088 16-20 April
178.1103 3-6 April M £300 NM £340 M £300 NM £340 M £180 NM £200 178.1095 15-18 April M £540 NM £600
M £445 NM £505 This is a follow on from ‘How to With the aid of pictures and Learn how to design for scrappy M £445 NM £505 Discover the world of goldwork
Spend a few days exploring the Draw’ and ‘Beginners Watercolours’. demonstration of all stitches, by the patchworking and quilt all at the same This is a course aimed at beginners embroidery and be introduced to a
wonderful world of mixed media This time you will tackle watercolour end of the course your lovely flowers time using a lovely array of fabrics. and students with some knowledge variety of techniques, either through
jewellery. Using bead weaving, landscapes. You will consider the will be mounted ready to be framed You will make a quilted glasses case that will show you how the French set designs or by developing your
knitting, crochet with beads and techniques of big washes, textures, on your return home. Silk ribbon is embellished with beads and buttons impressionists painted landscapes. own ideas.
bead loom weaving there will be composition and perspective, and soft and malleable, so easy and quick and some simple embroidery, and Jonathan Newey Hazel Everett
four projects including lots of discover how to put it all together. At to work with, creating beautiful flowers once you’ve made this you could
variations. You can choose to create the end of the course you will be able with ease. go on to bigger and more ambitious Watercolours: Glorious Tulips Watercolours: Spring Flowers
necklaces, pendants and bracelets to construct beautiful landscapes with Marilyn Pipe projects. 178.1079 15-18 April 178.1110 18-20 April
or decorative pieces which are just confidence. Christine Green M £465 NM £525 M £300 NM £340
a few of the uses to which you can Michele Floyd Crochet for Improvers The course provides all the basics We will be spending time during this
apply your treasures! 178.1062 11-13 April Sculpting: Working with Wax of watercolour painting – materials, course concentrating on making
Sally Boehme M £300 NM £340 178.1081 12-13 April colour, how to mix it paints, accurate drawings of spring flowers
This improvers course will recap M £180 NM £200 techniques and picture instruction. such as daffodils, tulips, hellebores,
Willow Garden Structures the basic stitches that underpin all This course gives you an insight into The tutor will take you through the anenomes from observation.
178.1017 3-6 April crochet work, as well colour changing, the endless possibilities of sculpting history of tulips in small informative Pat Gove
M £445 NM £505 increasing and decreasing, working with wax. The tutor will guide you bites. You will also spend a morning at
Learning some basic willow weaving in the round, creating a lacy border, through making whatever you the Ashmolean Museum discovering Quilling for Beginners
techniques to enable you to make a and reading more complex crochet wish, including jewellery, trinkets, tulips in art, guided by Anna Steven, 178.1101 18-20 April
variety of willow sculptures for your patterns. You will also have a go at household décor, figurative sculpture art historian and floristry artist. M £300 NM £340
garden, including a dragonfly, a plant textured stitches and colour work or ornamental animals. Michele Floyd & Anna Steven Do you have an old quilling kit
support, a willow rabbit/hare and a through fans, chevrons, bobbles, Abi Burt lurking at the back of the cupboard?
bird feeder. puffs, popcorns and waffles. Sewing: Nip and Tuck: Altering Clothes Dust it off and discover the endless
Victoria Conner
Platinum Special: Silver Clay Lindy Zubairy Silver Clay Filigree Jewellery 178.1114 16-20 April possibilities of rolled paper strips. All
Jewellery Make a Silver Leaf 178.1094 15-17 April M £600 NM £660 the basic techniques will be covered,
April 2018
Painting: Acrylic with Texture
April 2018
An Introduction to Hand Weaving on a M £300 NM £340 Breathe new life into your wardrobe. together with lots of quilled inspiration.
Rigid Heddle Loom 178.1116 18 April 178.1083 11-13 April You’ll be amazed at what you Students will go home with a clutch of
Re-shape those ill fitting garments.
178.1055 9-11 April M £105 NM £125 M £300 NM £340 can produce using this incredible Learn tips and tricks for fabulous completed projects to delight family
Fancy a day designing and Acrylic paint is a wonderfully versatile material, with lots of guidance and alterations. and friends.
M £330 NM £370
making stunning silver jewellery? medium. By utilising one of the many inspiration to help you and absolutely May Martin Diane Boden
Learn how to weave unique, exciting
You’ll be amazed at what you modelling or structure pastes and gels no experience is needed. Firstly
and creative cloth on a simple rigid
can produce using this incredible available, and adding sand or sawdust you will be using syringe clay, which
heddle loom using colourful hand-
material in just one day! Firstly, to the paint it is possible to create is a similar technique to icing but
knitting yarns and then take home
you’ll pick your leaf from the a variety of textures and surfaces transforms into delicate filigree
with you a lovely scarf.
Denman gardens and using producing an almost sculptural effect. silver. Then, you will learn rolling and
Linda Parkhouse
silver clay paste you’ll transform Stuart Green texturing and how to transform a real
it into a pure silver leaf to create leaf into a pendant.
a stunning pendant or pair of Patchwork: Start a Sampler Quilt Louise Simmonds
earrings which look impressive 178.1080 11-15 April
“I have just had a wonderful
weekend at Denman. Great
but are in fact simple to make.
Louise Simmonds
M £540 NM £600
Suitable for beginners, this course
course (crochet flowers), will introduce you to a variety of
amazing accommodation patchwork and applique designs, how
and food. Met some lovely Knitting with Wire to construct, quilt and finish them into
178.1067 9-11 April a beautiful quilt.
people too. The meals are Pat Lumsdale
M £300 NM £340
super, the dairy free items Knitting with wire is a great way of
are marked so I know what either learning new skills or adding
I can have and there is even skills to knitters. You will be taught
often a choice for me, and how to knit a bracelet and a necklace Find out more
“ using wire and beads. If you can cast about our special
all so delicious. Thanks on, knit and cast off, you will be fine. one-off events!
Denman, I will be back. You will leave wearing your matching See pages 4-5
Barbara Wiseman necklace and bracelet.
Susan Burns
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Step into your New Style Murder Sex and Mayhem in Old Churches
APRIL 2018 APRIL 2018 178.1063 9-12 April 178.1093 15-17 April
LIFESTYLE DAY SCHOOLS LIFESTYLE RESIDENTIAL COURSES M £465 NM £525 M £320 NM £360
Raise the bar and find out which is This course looks at the weird and
Drum for Fun Ramble and Explore your most flattering look and why. wonderful images, carvings and
178.1072 14 April The Thames Path (4 - 5 Miles) From shades of colour to shapes of inscriptions that take us into another
M £105 NM £125 178.1012 3-6 April clothes we all have our own individual world of murder, sex and mayhem.
Drumming is great fun, very focusing, M £485 NM £545 look. Be confident that even as trends You will look at examples countrywide
a powerful way of making music with The Thames Path provides an easy change your personal style remains and enjoy a full day out visiting
other people. It is an accessible way and accessible way of exploring the with you. Find out the tricks and tips churches to look at the symbolism
into music as well as being a genre beautiful valley of the River Thames on the use of cosmetics, choosing and imagery. Unbelievable stories
in its own right. Working in a drum near to the old market towns of styles and enjoying accessories. will be told of grisly deaths, feats of
circle, you will start with body beats Henley and Wallingford. Liz Prest derring-do and of carnal lust. Not one
and percussion, rhythm games and John Harris & Christine Booth for the fainthearted!
activities, and learn how to make Drum for Fun John Vigar
Textiles: Let’s Twist Again and Impressionist Landscapes in Acrylic our own rhythms, polyrhythms, and Tai Chi for Beginners 178.1059 11-13 April
African drum rhythms. 178.1016 4-6 April M £300 NM £340 Music Appreciation: Church Choral Music
Make a Bag 178.1142 23-26 April Working in a drum circle, you will 178.1091 16-18 March
Heather Summers M £300 NM £340
178.1112 20-22 April M £445 NM £505 start with body beats and percussion, M £320 NM £360
Millions of people in the Western
M £300 NM £340 This is a course for anyone who Computer Skills: iPad for Beginners world practice Tai Chi for its rhythm games and activities, and For centuries the Church has been
This is a fun and experimental course wants to learn to paint in acrylics. You 178.1071 15 April learn how to make our own rhythms, at the forefront of musical innovation
will be taught in a structured way, be remarkable benefits – reduced stress,
with a chance to use all the pieces M £105 NM £125 polyrhythms, and African drum – from the earliest plainsong through
introduced to the medium and work improved health, lifelong vitality and
of your material stashed away and You will look at the basics of setting rhythms. to Lloyd-Webber’s Requiem. If you
with others in a tranquil and focused stamina. Time magazine called Tai
transform them into beautiful blooms! up your iPad tablet, joining networks, Heather Summers can sing, at whatever standard, be
atmosphere. The course will help you Chi ‘the perfect exercise’. This course
Marilyn Pipe understanding how to use it and get prepared to do so! Includes a visit an
will be fun, as well as giving you
develop your powers of perception
the best from it. You will also practical skills to take control of your
Gardening: Right Plant, Right Place Oxford college for choral evensong.
Willow Creatures and understanding of colour, 178.1058 11-13 April Carl Attwood
investigate apps, photos, music and health.
178.1124 20-22 April composition and painting techniques. M £300 NM £340
books. Lots of work, but it will be Jason Boden
April 2018
Discovering Spas and Pleasure Resorts
April 2018
M £300 NM £340 Richard Box Choosing the best plants for your
fun too!
An enjoyable course where you
Embroidery by Hand: Italian Casalguidi David Yallop What’s in a Word: English Etymology conditions and ornamental effect is 178.1115 17-20 April
will discover simple basket making 178.1060 9-11 April the key to successful gardening. M £475 NM £535
techniques while you create unique 178.1135 23-27 April Bridge for Beginners We will look at soil, aspect, and Today we take holidays for granted
M £540 NM £600 M £300 NM £340
willow creatures using different 178.1151 28 April position for trees, shrubs and but how did they start and who went
Learn this little known 19th century Tracing the antecedents and relatives
colours of willow. M £105 NM £125 herbaceous plants considering size, on them? This course looks at the
Italian technique by making a pin of words from a dictionary and
Norah Kennedy Have you ever thought about having shape, seasonal features, colour, amazing progression from visits to
cushion or small bag. Traditionally specialist sources will demonstrate
a go at Bridge, but been put off by contributions to the modern fragrance and wild life interest. With health resorts to the development of
How to Draw a white-on-white embroidery, it walks in Denman’s glorious gardens the seaside holiday. This fun course
the complicated-seeming rules? This English vocabulary. The existence,
178.1137 23-25 April has areas of raised stem band and for practical plant identification looks at the history of spas and
course is designed for you. Bridge is development, and usage of English
M £300 NM £340 needlelace flowers on a pulled fabric and inspiration, you will go away pleasure resorts through the eyes of
a stimulating, enjoyable and sociable words will be examined through
Come and take those first creative background. with a personalised garden plan to those who used them. It’s a mixture of
game, and we are sure you will enjoy directed and assisted participant
steps and see how fulfilling and fun it Pat Trott implement once back home social, topographical and architectural
this taster, which will leave you keen presentations and group discussions.
is. Learning to draw is learning how to learn more! Letta Jones history with an icing of literature! We
to look at things in a simpler way Patchwork: Hand Techniques for The etymological aspects will not be
will study several dozen towns in
Absolute Beginners Part 2 Ann Lee overly academic and so all that is
and then becoming familiar with the
required is an enquiring mind.
Computer Skills: iPad for Improvers England and Wales and there will be
techniques to translate what you have 178.1167 26-29 April 178.1096 15-17 April a full day outing to Bath to discover its
Brian Jaques
seen on to paper. You will be amazed M £445 NM £505 M £300 NM £340 historical development.
at what you can achieve when shown Discover some more advanced Photography: Landscape Photography Do you have an iPad or thinking of John Vigar
how, and how your confidence will grow. patchwork techniques that can be 178.1053 9-12 April getting one? Have you been on a
Michele Floyd worked by hand. In Part 2 we will beginner’s course? This is for all those
M £445 NM £505
discover more advanced English who want to go beyond the basics.
Patchwork: Woodpile Quilt On this course you will learn how to
paper piecing shapes, work on a David Yallop
take landscape images which really
178.1131 23-27 April “Snow Puzzle” table runner, learn the
engage and tell stories. Combining
M £540 NM £600 art of wool applique by hand using
“Please
learning on good photographic
Woodpile is a fast-strip piecing luxury threads and try our hand at
technique, strong composition and a convey our thanks to all at Denman for their efforts
method for making a small quilt American Punch needle! to make our visit this weekend a success. Our members were
good dose of patience, we will use the
commonly known as faux log cabin. Sallieann Harrison
Patricia Robson
beautiful scenery around Denman to full of praise for the tutors, the food and the accommodation.
lift your landscape photography to a
new level.
I hope having taken 56 who had not been to Denman before
“
Simon Gregor that we have some more converts to Denman.
Lyn Hand
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Wildlife Walks: Fritillaries and Cream The Arts and Crafts Movement!
Teas in the Cotswolds (5 miles) 178.1133 23-26 April
MAY 2018
178.1111 19-22 April M £510 NM £570 CRAFT DAY SCHOOLS
M £490 NM £550 The Cotswolds Arts and Crafts School
Spring flowers are a delight in the has left a legacy of superb design. Glass: Kiln Carving and Metal Inclusions
awakening countryside, from the This course will explore the work of 178.1199 5 May
rarities of open meadows, chequered the many talented artists inspired by M £105 NM £125
snakeshead fritillaries and elusive William Morris. You will visit Kelmscott In this course you will explore different
pasqueflowers, to the ancient wood Manor and Rodmarton Manor, the last design and fusing techniques to
classics of primroses, celandines, great house built by Ernest Barnsley. create lovely unique glass artworks
violets and anemones. We will look for Anna Steven of your own. They can either be
all of these in the beautiful Cotswolds functional or decorative.
countryside and visit the very best Singing: The Rat Pack Shirley Eccles
meadow for stunning fritillary carpets, 178.1143 25-27 April
at Cricklade next to the infant Thames. M £300 NM £340 Stained Glass: Panels
Christopher Everett & Pam Hopwood In their 1960s heyday, jazz vocalists 178.1261 18 May
Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jnr M £105 NM £125
Ukulele 3: Songs of the Two World Wars and Dean Martin ruled the roost in Make your own beautiful stained
178.1127 20-22 April Las Vegas, playing sell-out shows glass small hanging panel or window
M £300 NM £340 together and filling casinos’ coffers and learn the art of traditional
The songs associated with the two as their fans flocked to the city to hear stained glass work. An array of
world wars are of enduring popularity the most popular voices of the era, coloured and textured glass will be
and poignancy. Explore the music who’d been dubbed by journalists available to make your own individual
Yoga: An Introduction that gave such succour to the soldiers – ‘The Rat Pack’. Now it’s our turn Gourmet Salads abstract panel.
178.1125 18-19 April MAY 2018 178.1310 21-23 May
on the battlefield and to those who to have a go at hits by all three in Anna Conti
M £180 NM £200 remained at home, coping with this fun, accessible group-singing COOKERY DAY SCHOOLS M £370 NM £410
Each day will start with a morning fear, food shortages, bereavement workshop. Colourful, nutritious, filling and Jewellery: Floating Necklace or
yoga class, followed by meditation and bombardment. Soldiers’ Jo Sercombe Tempting Salads portable, learn the secrets of how Bracelet and Drop Earrings
April 2018
and an exploration of different to use pulses and grains alongside
May 2018
songs, sentimental songs, songs 178.1180 1 May 178.1260 18 May
breathing techniques, in the afternoon from the music halls and the great M £105 NM £125 fresh or roasted vegetables, herbs M £105 NM £125
we will do a gentle yoga session, entertainers, as well as swing era hits and nuts to create dishes that work
on both days we will cover a different
Mother and A selection of satisfying, interesting
as individual meals or buffet table
The central aim is to learn how
by bandleaders such as Glenn Miller Daughter Weekend salads that will cover dinner, lunch or to make a spaced ‘floating’ pearl
aspect of yogic theory and look at – we will learn a selection of these, both, eat as they are or topped with winners. necklace or bracelet on jewellery wire;
a restorative yoga pose. and the course will culminate in a brief a piece of fish or meat. No boring Peter Lien as well as learning Indian-wiring as
178.1070 13-15 April
Jacqueline Rice sing-along concert for the college. packed lunches ever again! applied to drop earring-making.
Richard Partridge
M £350 NM £390 Flavours of Sicily
Fashion History: The Roaring Twenties A weekend packed with Ashley Keen Frances Benton
178.1316 23-25 May
178.1129 19-22 April Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park: workshops, fun and
entertainment to bring the
M £340 NM £380 Creative Papercutting 3D
M £485 NM £545 Its Legacy and Centuries of History generations together: mothers,
MAY 2018 Given the important geographic 178.1292 21 May
Look at how we lost our waists and 178.1136 23-25 April COOKERY RESIDENTIAL COURSES position and fertile land Sicily, M £105 NM £125
raised our hems! This was a time of daughters, grandmothers, known as the bread basket of the
M £320 NM £360 granddaughters, aunts, nieces, Master the basics of this highly
very great change after WWI, when This course traces the history of the Mediterranean, has long been a rewarding, low cost, creative craft.
young girls found a whole new set of sisters or friends. Learn a Deliciously Vegan meeting point and melting pot of
Stratford location through 2,000 years selection of new skills in the You will learn how to design for
rules and an economic freedom they 178.1244 11-13 May cultures from both east and west.
of history, it’s abandonment in the stunning environs of Denman successful paper cutting and how to
had not experienced before! We will last quarter of the 20th century and M £340 NM £380 With culture comes food and the incorporate lettering in to the design.
visit museums to see costumes of the and spend some quality time Spice up your recipe repertoire with traditions of the Sicilian kitchen
then rising from obscurity, through with your nearest and dearest. You’ll create a unique 3D card that
period and also attend a specialised the success of the 2012 Olympics, to an array of creative, exciting, modern reflect the island’s rich history. could be a birthday, anniversary
study group where we can look at This includes three workshops and nutritionally balanced vegan Lindy Wildsmith
become the amazing public open space with all materials or ingredients, design or abstract.
items not usually on display. As well that we can enjoy today. Since the snacks and meals. Christine Green
as this, we will be looking at how two nights of accommodation, Ashley Keen Let’s Make Cheese
Romans settled in London, Stratford, a cookery demonstration on
the age was reflected in architecture 178.1326 25-27 May
or “Street Ford”, has been the premier the Friday night, Saturday night Afternoon Teas
of the time and study how this all M £340 NM £380
crossing over the River Lea into East entertainment, welcome drinks, 178.1265 18-20 May Share your experience
evolved with pictures from before and Louise will show you how to make
Anglia. It subsequently became the breakfast, lunch and three- of Denman with us
after this specific period. M £340 NM £380 a range of soft cheeses using
place of Elizabethan proclamations, course dinners. on social media. Find
Fran Saltmarsh Create high-end afternoon tea domestic kitchen utensils and cover
burning of heretics, place of residence Tutors Various our handles at the
pastries, cakes and sandwiches halloumi, mozzarella, mascarpone,
for Quaker banking families and the bottom of the page
with a mixture of traditional and butter, cream cheese and ricotta, as
centre for East of England railways. and use the hashtag
modern styles. well as a discussion on the principles
Peter Lawrence #SnappedAtDenman
Katie Churchard of hard cheese.
Louise Talbot
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