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What Is This Thing Called 'Mind'?
Are you mystified about how we humans evolved into thinking creatures? How we perceive, experence, remember, think, invest and imagine? Do you ever wonder how such an intelligent creature as “Homo Sapiens” could make such a mess of the world? Then this course is for you. It explains in simple language the evolution and architecture of the mind and...
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Calligraphy: An Introduction
A taster session forming part of NSW Seniors Festival 2020. All materials included....
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Introducing your Digital Camera
This class is for the beginner. Learn how to use your camera more effectively than just pressing the shutter button. Take control of the essential functions to effect changes in your photographs. Learn techniques for functional and creative application. Practical class exercises, visual displays and practical homework assignments are set each week...
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Capturing (Difficult) Truth in Memoir
If life is a puzzle and if each of us represents one small piece of this puzzle, then we owe it to life, we owe it to ourselves and most importantly we owe it to each other to capture the colours and contours of our life. When we write the truth – even the most difficult truth and especially the most difficult truth – we give a gift to ourselves...
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Mindfulness, Mindset & Self-care
This workshop is designed to inform people about the emerging fields of mindfulness, mindset, performance and recovery and to explore ways we can integrate into our lives to foster engagement and flourishing. The workshop draws together research and practice from the emerging fields of Sports Science, Mindfulness, Mindset and Attention Restoration...
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The Cultures and History of Medieval Catalonia
The area between Barcelona and Nimes has a distinctive atmosphere, and its position between the Mediterranean, the Iberian Peninsula, and northern Europe meant that from the Romans onwards the region has been strategically significant. Today visitors encounter a unique tapestry of classical, Visigoth, Jewish, Muslim and Christian influences,...
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Gothic Cathedrals
The great medieval cathedrals of Britain and Europe are extraordinary and beautiful works of architectural and engineering ingenuity that still dazzle and thrill the viewer, yet they were planned and built in times when much of human life was cheap and ugly, brutal and brief. The cathedral was a concrete reminder of what they felt as the close...
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Victorian and Federation Sydney - Sydney CBD Walking Tour
Meet at Downing Centre, 143-147 Liverpool Street. The story of the founding of colonial Sydney is well known, but what is less well known is the Victorian and Federation period, where the city we know today really took shape. Between 1850 and 1900 the population of Sydney increased eight-fold, and became for a time the 15th biggest city in the...
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Celebrate Your Voice
You’ve made it! Celebrate your voice in style with this cracker of a course! Level 5 of the series of Love, Develop, Enrich and Challenge Your Voice. This course encapsulates the vocal challenges, breath management, rhythmic skills, theoretical knowledge and practical aspects of singing needed for the continuing aspiring singer. This course is the...
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The Celts and their World
This course will explore the world of the Celts from earliest times (800BC), through the classical eras of Ancient Greece and Rome, to Medieval Ireland and Wales and then on to Celtic revival politics in the European Union. Who were the Celts? What did they believe in? How did they live? What legacy have they left to the modern world? We will seek...
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