The three days will consider the importance and significance of furniture in our lives – individual items like chairs and tables but also how we furnish our homes and make spaces to live in. We will look at vocabulary and idioms related to furniture and read a wide variety of literature. Charles Dickens was fascinated by rooms, how they are furnished and those who inhabit them and we will look at his writings in particular. 

The first day - August 5th - will involve much discussion and the sharing of thoughts and experiences. We will also read and discuss poems and prose about individual items of furniture and the way we think of them. 

COURSE TWO The second day – August 6th - will focus more on rooms. We will read both prose and poems but concentrate mostly on how classic novelists describe rooms and the atmosphere they create. 

COURSE THREE On the third day – A Play in a Day - August 12th - we will read and discuss Terence Rattigan’s Separate Tables. 

Following earlier study days on Jane Austen and Fathers & Jane Austen and Sex, we’ll look at sisters in the 6 novels and also in some of her other work. Best friends, confidantes who share every thought, strangers in everything but blood ties, rivals, enemies, hangers-on, pupils and scroungers, we’ll look at the whole delicious gamut Jane explores and exposes - with lots of group participation and discussion. 

We’ll read and discuss this compelling, witty and soul-searching play that speaks to all times.

The day will consider a range of naturally occurring conversations. Focusing on transcribed recordings of real conversations, the course introduces some of the ways speech can be analysed. With a focus on accessibility, we’ll look at how speakers co-operate in paired and group talk, how we manage politeness, and how conversation is structured. We’ll also touch on gender styles. Using linguistic methods, we’ll then explore how these aspects can be applied to a range of extracts taken form modern and classical drama. 

We’ll read and discuss this chilling, unsettling play, focusing on power, manipulation, psychology and lies. 

Each day will run from 10.00 to 3.30. There will be breaks for coffee and lunch. The days are all bookable individually. 

The charge will be the same as last year i.e. £45 per day. Everyone is advised to bring their own coffee and lunch but if there is a significant number of those who would like Tufig to provide these then this can be arranged – probably c. £10 per day.

Please pay the course facilitator directly, indicating the course number as payment reference e.g. If you wish to attend Sue’s course on ‘Separate Tables’ then please send the payment with ‘Course Three’ as your reference. The course numbers are organised chronologically. 

Study Day fee – £45.00 per day. 

To book Susan's Study Days, please pay £45 (with a reference giving your surname and course number) to: 

Mrs Susan Hamlyn 

Natwest 

Sort code; 60-07-10 

Account number 87413841 

To book Ros's Study Days, please pay £45 (with a reference giving your surname and course number) to: 

Rosalind Ashley 

Sort code; 16-58-10 

Account number 21548161 

To book Alexander’s Study Days, please pay £45, (with a reference giving your surname and course number) to: 

Alexander Fairbairn-Dixon Tuition 

Monzo Business Account 

Sort Code: 04-00-04 

Account Number: 43715503