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Drr. Todd Gray, FrHistS. MBE. is to present these online courses:
Each Zoom lecture is illustrated and will be followed by a question and answer session. Each course has a featured book which could be read alongside the lectures. Booking via www.Stevensbooks.co.uk
2020
Devon’s travellers’ tales, 1600-1950
An examination of the impressions made by visitors to Devon mostly from their personal manuscript journals. These accounts reveal previously unknown details of the county’s villages, towns and countryside.
Over four weeks
Tuesday mornings, 10.30 - 11.45am
24 November – 15 December 2020
Fee: £24
Featured book: Todd Gray, Exeter: The Travellers’ Tale available to course members at a discount price of £8 through www.Stevensbooks.co.uk
History that Hurts
Four difficult topics will be discussed from a Devon viewpoint: looting in the second world war, the rise of fascism in the 1930s, black and white slavery from 1563 to 1834, and discrimination in Exeter from 1530 to 1945
Over four weeks
Thursday mornings, 10.30 - 11.45am
26 November – 16 December 2020
Fee: £24
Featured book: Todd Gray, Not One of Us available to course members at a discount price of £14 through www.Stevensbooks.co.uk
2021
Devon’s travellers’ tales, 1600-1950 Part Two
Further examples of the experiences of visitors in Devon – topography, food, buildings and people are just some of the aspects of life that were recorded. Many of the accounts have not been previously published.
Over four weeks
Tuesday mornings, 10.30 - 11.45am
12 January – 2 February 2021
Fee: £24
Featured book: Todd Gray, East Devon: The Travellers’ Tale available to course members at a discount price of £8 through www.Stevensbooks.co.uk
Devon’s garden history, 1500-1900
Five different aspects of Devon’s garden history will be examined through printed and manuscript sources: exotic plants, garden nurseries, herb gardens and selected gardens such as Nutwell, Shute, Oxton and Cockwood.
Over five weeks
Thursday mornings, 10.30 – 11.45 am
14 January – 11 February 2021
Fee: £30
Featured book: Todd Gray, The Art of the Devon Garden available to course members at a discount price of £18 through www.Stevensbooks.co.uk
England’s carved bench ends, 1450-1700
An examination of the late medieval timber carvings found in churches in the South West (Devon, Cornwall, Dorset and Somerset) with those of East Anglia, Central England.
Over five weeks
Thursday mornings, 10.30 – 11.45 am
18 February – 18 March 2021
Fee: £30
Featured book: Todd Gray, Devon’s Ancient Bench Ends available to course members at a discount price of £16 through www.Stevensbooks.co.uk
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