CALL Events
The Cambridgeshire Alliance of Lifelong Learners ("CALL") organises its own study days and health walks in addition to the courses provided by its affiliated groups.
Study Mornings
On Saturdays 1st and 8th February we will be holding study mornings with Michael Wilson on Literary Lies, Hoaxes and Impostures: A Lie to Tell a Truth?
Whether to seek fame, to make money, or out of sheer devilment, writers have been lying to us for centuries: women have pretended to be men; young poets have pretended to be medieval; nobodies have pretended to be somebodies.
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On Saturday 16th November 2024 we held a study day with David Price on Women in the Shadows at Alconbury Memorial Hall
Our Autumn Gathering was held on 12th October 2024 in Bluntisham. There was also a talk by Keith Grimwade on ‘What the Historical Geographer Saw’.
In June and July 2024 we had walks in Cambridge under the title ‘Friars, Fairs and Fountains’ conducted by Gerald Smith.
On Saturday 18 May 2024 we ran a full day's course Fashion in Film with Christopher Budd.
On Saturday 16th March 2024 we ran a morning Session on Sword, Sceptre and Sainthood
A Journey Through the Royal Collection with Deborah Monteiro on ZOOM.
In February 2024 we ran a Short Course - The Four Seasons Through Artists’ Eyes with Rachel Holland-Hargreaves.
In November 2023 we ran a short course at Bluntisham Baptist Chapel Hall on The Sun King: Louis XIV, Grandeur, War and Oppression with Anne Stott
In September 2023 we ran a walk 'Hidden Cambridge' with Gerald Smith.
In May 2023 we ran a short course at Gt Stukeley Village Hall on The history and legacy of watermills on the River Great Ouse – from industry to the picturesque with Keith Grimwade and Bridget Flanagan.
In February/ March 2023 we ran a short course on Welcome Relief: a Social History of the Privy with Rosemary Williams.
In January 2023 we ran a half day course on 1888 – A Year of Art and Life with Deborah Monteiro.
In November 2022 we ran a short course on Religious Reformations in Huntingdonshire: Welcome or Tolerated? led by Dr Ken Sneath
In October 2022 we ran an Autumn Gathering which included a talk on Charlotte: The First People’s Princess by Anne Stott
In June 2022 we ran a short course on Great, but Little Known, Gardens with Andrew Sankey
In April 2022 we ran a short course on The Glory of London’s Paddington Station, Victoria and London Bridge, with Mike Grundy
In March 2022 we ran a short course on Stand and Deliver: Highwaymen versus the Georgian Judicial System with Stephen Poulter
In November/December 2021 we ran a short course on Into the Light: Turner as Visionary with Deborah Monteiro
In October 2021 we ran an Autumn Morning Workshop on Climate Change with Professor Mark Maslin
In June 2021 we ran a short course on: The Relationship between Science and Christianity – a Historical Review with Paul Ranford.
In April 2021 we ran a short course on: The Glory of North London’s Four Historic Railway Termini
In February 2021 we ran a Zoom short course on The Adventurous History of the Hanse with Rosemary Williams
In November 2020 we ran a ZOOM short course on A Work of Art or Nature? – Visual Culture in the Age of Darwin with Kajsa Berg
Our first study day was held on 30th November 2019 at Bluntisham. It was a talk by Fiona Lucraft entitled Leonardo da Vinci: Renaissance Artist and was a sell-out success.
We aim to run at least two day schools a year, so please check back on this page for updates on the courses on offer.
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