Margaret Beaufort and the Origins of Tudor England
Start: 15th February 2013 at 6:00pm
End: 17th February 2013 at 2:00pm
Lady Margaret Beaufort
The Tudor dynasty, which ruled between 1485 and 1603, transformed England, and monarchs such as Henry VIII and Elizabeth I are instantly recognizable. So where did the Tudors come from, why were they so successful and what was the significance of Henry VII’s remarkable mother, Lady Margaret Beaufort? This weekend course will explore, amongst other things, the Tudors’ struggle for power during the Wars of the Roses and the life and times of Margaret Beaufort.
Mon 27 - Fri 31 May 2013 Celebrating ‘Pride and Prejudice’ (4 nights)
Two hundred years ago, a novel written in a Hampshire rectory and revised in a Hampshire cottage was published anonymously in London. That novel was Jane Austen’s ‘Pride and Prejudice’. Elizabeth Bennet is probably the best-loved of all Jane Austen’s …
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Fri 7 - Sun 9 June 2013 Large Wholecloths – Small Machines
Would you like to make a wholecloth quilt for your bed by machine but are worried about quilting something that size on a small sewing machine? Perhaps you just fancy making a wholecloth quilt to hang on the wall …
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