Saturday 14 July 2012

1.00-1.50pm Landscapes & Gardens of New Zealand - John Patrick

1.50-2.20pm Break

2.20-3.10pm Gardens in Spanish Culture - John Patrick

3.20-4.10pm Landscapes & Gardens of Nth California - Richard Barley

Saturday 28 July 2012

1.00-1.50pm The Triumph of Italian Art - Prof. Bernard Hoffert

1.50-2.20pm Break

2.20-3.10pm Houses & Gardens of Sth England - Richard Heathcote

3.20-4.10pm Literary Rambles in the Wye Valley - Dr Shelley Meagher

Saturday 11 August 2012

1.00-1.50pm Romania Revealed - Christopher Wood

1.50-2.20pm Break

2.20-3.10pm Poland: The Heart of Europe - Christopher Wood

3.20-4.10pm Art & Architecture in the USA - Kenneth W Park

Saturday 25 August 2012

The Lure of Paradise: Visiting Writers in the South of France

Susannah Fullerton, literary tour leader and President of the Jane Austen Society of Australia presents talks about 3 writers - a Scot, an American and an Englishman - who visited and fell in love with the South of France

1.00-1.50pm Robert Louis Stevenson adored France and wrote one of the great travel books of all time Travels with a Donkey. Learn about the man, his travels in France and his famous book.

1.50-2.20pm Break

2.20-3.10pm F. Scott Fitzgerald came to France with his wife Zelda and lived the high life in Paris and the Riviera. It was in a luxurious

hotel there that he wrote his last book Tender is the Night.

3.20-4.10pm W. Somerset Maugham was so successful as a writer that he was able to buy a luxurious villa in the South of France. There he entertained artists and writers, lived the high life and wrote powerful novels and short stories.