Spring 2015

Welcome to Riseley WEA

Riseley WEA is an adult educational organisation where we offer two sessions of lectures per year on a variety of cultural subjects - a Spring Term and an Autumn term.

With a history going back nearly twenty seven years, we have covered a wide variety of subjects, from history, architecture, music, art, film and many more.

All our lectures are delivered by tutors with extensive knowledge of their subjects and a great deal of experience in teaching interested and enthusiastic adults.

Everyone is welcome.

We meet in the comfort of Riseley Village Hall Lounge where we start each meeting with a welcoming cup of tea or coffee and biscuits.

Spring 2015

The Plant Hunters

by 

Andrew Sankey

Ten lectures investigating the lives and travels of men who forded rivers, climbed mountains, faced danger and even death to bring wondrous plants back to Britain from around the globe. The Tradescants, Joseph Banks and 'Chinese' Wilson will feature together with three other great plant hunters.

 

Illustrated with film clips, maps and photos

Riseley Village Hall 10 am refreshments for 10.15am lecture

£48.00 for the complete course

Starting 14th January 2015

Welcome to Riseley WEA

Riseley WEA is an adult educational organisation where we offer two sessions of lectures per year on a variety of cultural subjects - a Spring Term and an Autumn term.

With a history going back nearly twenty seven years, we have covered a wide variety of subjects, from history, architecture, music, art, film and many more.

All our lectures are delivered by tutors with extensive knowledge of their subjects and a great deal of experience in teaching interested and enthusiastic adults.

Everyone is welcome.

We meet in the comfort of Riseley Village Hall Lounge where we start each meeting with a welcoming cup of tea or coffee and biscuits.

Autumn 2014 Courses

Now running every Wednesday  

Stout Boots and Strong Skirts

by 

Liz Carter

Ten lectures investigating the lives and travels of women who explored the world from Tobermory to Tibet, including   West Africa, the Nile, India, North America  and more - on foot, on horseback and by canoe.

Our first week looked at the Egeria, a Spanish Nun in AD 381, and the Pilgrimage of Etheria and the Ascent of Mount Sinai.

Our second lecture covered Celia Fiennes. and her journey, side saddle, on horseback all around England. Following on will be Amy Johnson, Mary Kingsley, Marianne North and others.

Riseley Village Hall 10 am refreshments for 10.30am lecture

£48.00 for the complete course

Now running every Tuesday

German Opera

by

Peter Bleasby

A series of ten lectures with videos, discussion and instruction.

Opera in German from Mozart’s Seraglio to Zimmerman’s Soldiers

It’s not just Wagner. Discover the importance of Weber, the influence of Spohr (who?) and Vampires. And don’t forget Mack the Knife

Riseley Village Hall 2pm reshments for 2.30pm lecture

£48.00 for the complete course

Welcome to Riseley WEA

Riseley WEA is an adult educational organisation where we offer two sessions of lectures per year on a variety of cultural subjects - a Spring Term and an Autumn term.

With a history going back nearly twenty seven years, we have covered a wide variety of subjects, from history, architecture, music, art, film and many more.

All our lectures are delivered by tutors with extensive knowledge of their subjects and a great deal of experience in teaching interested and enthusiastic adults.

Everyone is welcome.

We meet in the comfort of Riseley Village Hall Lounge where we start each meeting with a welcoming cup of tea or coffee and biscuits.

Autumn 2014 Courses

Starting Wednesday 17th September 2014 

Stout Boots and Strong Skirts

by 

Liz Carter

Ten lectures investigating the lives and travels of women who explored the world from Tobermory to Tibet, including   West Africa, the Nile, India, North America  and more - on foot, on horseback and by canoe.

Riseley Village Hall 10 am refreshments for 10.30am lecture

£48.00 for the complete course

Starting Tuesday 23rd September 2014

German Opera

by

Peter Bleasby

A series of ten lectures with videos, discussion and instruction.

Opera in German from Mozart’s Seraglio to Zimmerman’s Soldiers

It’s not just Wagner. Discover the importance of Weber, the influence of Spohr (who?) and Vampires. And don’t forget Mack the Knife

Riseley Village Hall 2pm reshments for 2.30pm lecture

£48.00 for the complete course

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Welcome to Riseley WEA

Riseley WEA is an adult educational organisation where we offer two sessions of lectures per year on a variety of cultural subjects - a Spring Term and an Autumn term.

With a history going back nearly twenty seven years, we have covered a wide variety of subjects, from history, architecture, music, art, film and many more.

All our lectures are delivered by tutors with extensive knowledge of their subjects and a great deal of experience in teaching interested and enthusiastic adults.

Everyone is welcome.

We meet in the comfort of Riseley Village Hall Lounge where we start each meeting with a welcoming cup of tea or coffee and biscuits.

Summer 2014 News

We have upgraded facilities for our next series of lectures!

RIseley Village Hall lounge is now equipped with a full HD projector to show pictures and video which fill our wide pull-down screen. 

The projector is complemented by a built in Sound Bar which provides a rich full sound for both music and speech.

The new equipment was first put into use by Riseley Wine Club when John Clarke gave a most interesting illustrated talk about his exploits trekking in Bhutan.

Since then Riseley sports fans have enjoyed watching England play in the World Cup - in full HD on the big screen.

Wea members will be able to enjoy this new facility to the full when our series of Opera lectures start again in September.

Welcome to Riseley WEA

Riseley WEA is an adult educational organisation where we offer two sessions of lectures per year on a variety of cultural subjects - a Spring Term and an Autumn term.

With a history going back nearly twenty seven years, we have covered a wide variety of subjects, from history, architecture, music, art, film and many more.

All our lectures are delivered by tutors with extensive knowledge of their subjects and a great deal of experience in teaching interested and enthusiastic adults.

Everyone is welcome.

We meet in the comfort of Riseley Village Hall Lounge where we start each meeting with a welcoming cup of tea or coffee and biscuits.

2014 Courses 

Our Spring Term courses have now completed

We have enjoyed  Europe Between the Wars with Stephen Corley and Opera - Verdi and Puccini with Peter Bleasby.

We have also enjoyed a Day Course The Berlin Wall with David Price

After our summer break we will be back with two further courses for Autumn Term, details of which we will confirm once final arrangements have been made.