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The Age of Churchill
Oxford | The Oxford Experience | Sun, 30 Jun 2013 | Course full
Winston Churchill’s monumental contribution as a political radical, chronicler, anti-totalitarianism and war leader in the period from Victorian times to the Cold War will be explored on the course through study of his life and writings. More information
British Spies in Fact and Fiction, 1900-2013
Oxford | The Oxford Experience | Sun, 30 Jun 2013 | Course full
This course will examine the 20th century history of British spying, counterespionage and betrayal through the lenses of both historical research and contemporary spy fiction. More information
Cathedrals of Britain
Oxford | The Oxford Experience | Sun, 30 Jun 2013 | Course full
Britain’s cathedrals are admired as one of the finest legacies of the middle ages. This course will explore the geography, history, archaeology and architecture of cathedrals in England, Wales and Scotland from their origins to the present day. More information
The Elizabethan World
Oxford | The Oxford Experience | Sun, 30 Jun 2013 | Course full
The Elizabethan World was an era of change, discovery and invention. This course will explore this era, focusing on the experiences of everyday life and the reactions of Elizabeth I’s subjects to the events they lived through. More information
Oxford Murder
Oxford | The Oxford Experience | Sun, 30 Jun 2013 | Course full
Why has Oxford been called ‘the home of lost corpses’? This course investigates the richness and variety of crime fiction set here through lively discussion of five key novels which students are asked to have read in advance. More information
The Real Queen Victoria
Oxford | The Oxford Experience | Sun, 30 Jun 2013 | Course full
Who was Queen Victoria and what emotions lay beneath her austere exterior? This course examines her public and private life, from early childhood, through to marriage, widowhood and final glory as head of the British Empire. More information
The Victorian and Edwardian Home
Oxford | The Oxford Experience | Sun, 30 Jun 2013 | Course full
Domestic life was central to Victorian and Edwardian society, represented in the architecture, social life, interior decoration and furnishings of the industrialists’ palace, the labourers’ tenement, and above all the prosperous middle-class home. More information