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LEARNING AT

ALDEBURGH LIBRARY

Programme of Courses &

Application Form

September – December 2018

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Welcome to the Autumn Brochure Inside, you’ll find details of new courses and new tutors; together with the very welcome return of our regular contributors. A full list of all that is on offer can be found on page 4 and the ‘Dates for your Diary’ section opposite, signposts our new ‘one-off’ events together with the date of the AGM. Please do continue to support the Library by taking the time to read through the brochure, book a course (or courses) and if you haven’t already done so, join the Friends of Aldeburgh Library (see below). We hope you enjoy your autumn courses; and thank you to all who contribute so readily to ensuring the Library continues as a community resource. Important Course Information

• For any questions regarding either the Courses or the Friends of Aldeburgh Library (FOAL) membership, please contact Abi Hassett either at [email protected] or 01394 421769 (between 09:00 and 17:00)

• The booking terms and conditions are on page 13, do please read these

• Courses typically take place in the Library. However, the Church Hall and the Darfield Gallery, Wentworth Hotel are being used again this year. Please check the venue

• The closing date for courses beginning in September is 31 August. Based upon past recruitment, early application is recommended

• We will normally contact you in advance of the start of a course. If you don’t hear from us please assume you are on the course(s) you applied for.

Friends of Aldeburgh Library (FOAL) The Friends scheme makes an additional and valuable contribution to supporting the expanding vision for our Library. Joining is voluntary and if you are not yet a member of FOAL, a special offer now applies with a reduced membership fee of £10.00 until 31 March 2019. Full details of the benefits of FOAL membership plus an application form and details of how to pay can be found on page 18. Loyalty Card leaflets are available at the Library and Aldeburgh Cinema.

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DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

'SUFFOLK IN FILM' - ONE DAY WORKSHOP Tuesday 7 August 2018 10:30am-3:30pm (ALF 236) Tutor: David Read Venue: Imogen Holst Room, The Red House, Golf Lane, Aldeburgh IP15 5PZ Full details on page 6 This workshop will look at Suffolk and the lives of the people through the eyes of three film makers, Peter Hall (Akenfield), David Gladwell (Requiem for a Village) and Tim Curtis (Life on the Deben). CHRISTMAS WREATHS Thursday 6 December Tutor: Teresa Cook Venue: Aldeburgh Library Full details on page 11 Create a gorgeous, bespoke Christmas wreath using greenery from the local area, spurred on by tea or mulled wine and a mince pie. Please use the booking form (page 14) for the above events. ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Thursday 22 November at 6:00pm Venue: Aldeburgh Library There will be a short meeting in which to conduct essential business; supper will be served at 6.30pm. Please do join us.

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Courses Page Numbers American History 6

Art (portraiture) 8

Craft Work 10, 11

Ethics 11

Film 6, 8, 9

Health and Fitness 5, 10

Languages 7, 8, 12

Literature 7, 9

Music 11

Photography 9

Practical Art 6

Yoga & Zumba 5

Library Events from September

Friendship Fridays: launching in September in collaboration with Ali Cherry, our Parish Nurse, a Health and Well-being Drop-In Café from 10:00 – 12:00. Enjoy tea coffee and biscuits with a programme of short talks, information session and activities. Come for the whole session or just pop in. All welcome! Friday 12 October at 7:00pm, a play ‘Talking in the Library’ by Jackie Carreira. This is a QuirkHouse Theatre Project in association with Suffolk Libraries. The play has previously been runner-up in the Audience Choice Award at the Brighton Fringe Festival. The show will finish around 9:00pm with a short interval. Tickets £5 each.

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THE PROGRAMME OF COURSES FOR AUTUMN 2018 WHAT’S ON MONDAYS?

ALF 232 Zumba 9:30am – 10:30am Tutor: Coral Stebbings Fee: £80.00 10 September – 26 November (10 sessions) No classes on 15 & 22 October Venue: The Church Hall, Aldeburgh A Dance Fitness class mixed with a hypnotic fusion of Latin style music and moves. It's Easy, It's Fun, and It’s Exercise in Disguise. Increase your strength and stamina, your fitness and your energy levels. It's a class with a 'feel good' factor'. Wear well-fitting arch support trainers and comfortable work-out clothing. All you need is a drink and a smile!

Maximum no: 20 ALF 233 Yoga 11:00am – 12:30pm Tutor: Louise Mangeot Fee: £125.00 10 September – 12 November (10 sessions) Venue: The Church Hall, Aldeburgh Whatever your age or physical ability, yoga exercises will enhance your physical and your mental wellbeing. The course will help you to improve your posture, postural alignment, strength, suppleness and balance. The focus and the quiet concentration is an excellent way to start the week. Please wear loose clothing.

Maximum no: 15 ALF 234 More Practical Herbal Medicine: 11:00am – 1:00pm Tutor: Dave Bescoby Fee: £32.00 15 & 22 October and 19 & 26 November (4 sessions) Venue: The Church Hall, Aldeburgh This short course, made up of four classes, will be of interest to anyone who has attended the Practical Herbal Medicine course earlier in the year, as well as newcomers. The four classes are:

• Making medicine for common ailments – 15 October

• Herbal First Aid – 22 October

• Culpepper’s Medicine- 19 November

• Winter Health – 26 November Maximum no: 20

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ALF 235 American 20th Century History 1:15pm – 3:15pm Tutor: Miles Macallister Fee: £48.00 10 September – 15 October (6 sessions) Many of us enjoy American culture or follow American politics, but how has the United States become the country it has today? This six-week course will offer a quick introduction to twentieth century American history, covering topics as diverse as the Great Depression, the Civil Rights Movement, the Atomic Bomb, and even the birth of Fox News.

Maximum no: 20

WHAT’S ON TUESDAYS?

ALF 236 Suffolk in Film 10:30am - 3:30pm Tutor: David Read Fee: £30.00 Tuesday 7 August 2018 Venue: Imogen Holst Room, The Red House, Golf Lane, Aldeburgh IP15 5PZ This workshop will look at Suffolk and the lives of the people through the eyes of three film makers. Peter Hall’s Akenfield is a work of poetic realism which portrays the life of a rural Suffolk community in the 1970s through the eyes of Tom, a young man planning to escape the entrapment of village life and reflecting on the lives of his ancestors. In David Gladwell’s Requiem for a Village the idyllic, rural past of a Suffolk village comes to life through the memories of an old man who tends the local graveyard and who conjures up the lives and deaths of his ancestors in some visually striking scenes. Tim Curtis’ Life on the Deben takes us on a journey into the Deben’s rich past, looking at its geography and environment and chronicling the daily lives of the people who have lived by its banks.

Maximum no: 20 Tea and coffee will be available: participants should bring their own lunches

ALF 237 Practical Art, Developing Acrylics 10:00am – 1:00pm Tutor: Susan Boddy Fee: £66 9 October – 6 November (5 sessions) Venue: The Church Hall, Aldeburgh For those who wish to develop their acrylic painting techniques, the course will revise the basics, look at colour harmony and limited palette, enhance your

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observational skills through still life and landscape images and encourage brush mark awareness and confidence.

Maximum no: 12

ALF 238 Conversational Spanish 1:05pm – 3:05pm Tutor: Adrian Nicholson Fee: £96.00 11 September – 4 December (12 sessions) No class on 23 October Learn Spanish in an interactive and fun way that will enable you to converse with growing confidence and fluency! The course is aimed at those who, while having a grasp of the basics, have not proceeded far beyond the early intermediate stage. You should be able to understand something like: ‘Quiero aprender español porque voy a España en septiembre.’ On the other hand, if you find the following easy to understand, the course may not be for you: ‘Aunque haya ido muchas veces a España, todavía no domino bien el idioma.’ Each class focuses on an everyday situation and puts into practice the relevant language using games and role play. A part of the class is set aside for grammar and work sheets are provided for study at home in preparation for the next week. To further stimulate enjoyment of and interest in all things Hispanic and Latino, we shall also look at aspects of life and culture in the Spanish-speaking world.

Maximum no: 12 ALF 239 Metaphysical Poetry 3:30pm- 5:30pm Tutor: David Read Fee: £48.00 11 September – 16 October (6 sessions) The term metaphysical poetry was coined by the critic Samuel Johnson to describe the works of a group of 17th century poets whose poems are marked by philosophical exploration, colloquial diction, ingenious conceits, irony and metrically flexible lines. They explored themes of love, religion and morality through unusual comparisons, frequently employing unexpected similes and metaphors in a fusion of thought and feeling. The course will explore the works of John Donne, George Herbert, Andrew Marvell and Richard Crashaw etc.

Maximum no: 20

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ALF 240 Britain in Film 2 - the 21st Century 3:30pm – 5:30pm Tutor: David Read Fee: £48.00 30 October – 4 December (six sessions) A further look at Britain and the lives of its people through the eyes of contemporary film makers such as Molly Dineen, Gideon Koppel, Penny Woolcock, Julian Temple, Virginia Heath and Mark Cousins. Their work explores Britain past and present, employing a range of styles and techniques from carefully selected and edited archive footage to the intimacy and immediacy of the hand held camera.

Maximum no: 20 ALF 241 Approaches to Portraiture 6:00pm – 7:30pm Tutor: Jack Stephenson Fee: £36.00 11 Sep – 16 Oct (6 sessions) The first session will offer a live demonstration of my own practice as a portrait artist. Further sessions will consider a range of individual painters and their various approaches, concentrating on their techniques and methods and how their mastery of their craft allowed them to produce so much more than mere likenesses.

Maximum no: 20 Each session will be one and a half hours, with the usual refreshment break

ALF 242 Reawaken your French 6:00pm – 8:00pm Tutor: Colin Harbin Fee: £48.00 30 Oct – 4 Dec (6 sessions) Would you like to revive the French you learned at school or college, but feel may be faltering through lack of practice? You will be surprised how quickly it comes back. By reminding you of the grammar and encouraging enjoyment of the literature, this short course will aim to reawaken your interest in the French language and have you conversing with confidence before you know it.

Maximum no: 12

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WHAT’S ON WEDNESDAYS?

ALF 243 Beginners Guide to using your DSLR camera 1:00pm – 3:00pm Tutor: Andy Greenacre Fee: £48.00 12 Sep - 17 Oct (6 sessions) This course is for students who are new to photography and would like to develop their knowledge of key digital photographic ideas and principles. Over the six weeks students will become familiar with photographic history, camera structure, composition, shutter speed, aperture, ISO, white balance and good practice. Additionally, students will have the confidence to leave ‘auto’ controls and experiment with their camera settings. Access to a DSLR camera is needed to take part in the course.

Maximum no: 12 ALF 244 The Fantastic in Victorian Art & Literature 6:00pm – 8:00pm Tutor: Dr. Nick Clark, Britten-Pears Foundation Fee: £48.00 5 Sep – 24 October (six sessions) No classes on 19 Sep & 17 Oct The Victorians were fascinated by nonsense, the supernatural and mythology – quintessential elements of what can be broadly described as ‘fantasy’. Fantasy forms the basis of Lewis Carrol’s apparent whimsy, Tennyson’s Arthurian saga, the medievalism of the Pre-Raphaelites, Oscar Wilde’s ghostly humour and the darkness of Stevenson’s Jekyll and Hyde. In this course, we’ll look at the background and context of a range of examples of art, poetry, prose and music relating to the Victorians’ interest in this strange but engaging genre. We’ll examine the impact these works had in their original format and focus on their enduring appeal and relevance through translation into film and television.

Maximum no: 20 ALF 245 Film Directors 6:00pm – 8:00pm Tutor: Dr. Lucy Walker, Britten-Pears Foundation Fee: £ 48.00 31 Oct - 12 Dec (six sessions) No class on 22 Nov For this 6-week course we will be looking at the oeuvre and creative role of 6 very different film directors. The directors featured will be: Steven Spielberg, Jane Campion, Kathryn Bigelow, Christopher Nolan and the directing/ writing/ producing partnership of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. In the

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remaining week, there will be a shortlist of 12 from which the class will democratically select one! The class will be encouraged to see at least one film of the director in question in the lead-up to each week’s session, where we will discuss the role of director, what constitutes their cinematic world-view, and how that is expressed through choice of subject, the ‘grammar’ of their cinematic vision and the development of their individual style.

Maximum no: 20

WHAT’S ON THURSDAYS? ALF 246 Make Your Own Jewellery, 1:00pm – 3:00pm for presents, pleasure and profit Fee: £66.00 Tutor: Rosie Price 13 September – 18 Oct (six sessions) Rosie Price will teach you step by step how to create your own beautiful jewellery. Beginning by making simple earrings, later lessons will include fashioning bracelets and necklaces. As your skills develop, you will be encouraged to create your own designs; participants will be encouraged to help each other, sometimes working in pairs. Materials for each lesson (including beads, wire, leather ribbon and findings) will be supplied. This course is suitable for beginners and those who have already completed a previous class with Rosie.

Maximum no: 12 ALF 247 Practical First Aid 3:30pm – 5:30pm Tutor: Herman Hadley Fee: £24.00 13, 20 & 27 Sep (3 sessions) A basic first aid course giving essential lifesaving skills including: patient assessment, CPR, recovery position, choking, bleeding, burns etc. Attendees may use this as a first aid course for work, when for a fee of £7 they will be able to take an assessment at the end of the course. Upon successful completion, they will be awarded an EMERGENCY FIRST AID IN THE WORKPLACE certificate from Qualsafe awards. Maximum no: 10/12

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ALF 248 Ethics – Philosophy of Ultimate Concern 3:30pm- 5:30pm Tutor: Sue Pine Fee: £48.00 4 Oct – 8 Nov (6 sessions) This course examines some of the most profound questions of human existence. We will explore the thoughts of great philosophers on these issues. There will also be plenty of time for our own discussion. There will be a session on each of the following: Does God actually exist? Why would a good God allow evil? What is a person that is different from an animal? Am I the same person I was yesterday? Is there life after death? Can we be sure about anything? Maximum no: 20 ALF 249 Six Mozart Operas 6:00pm – 8:00pm Tutor: Chris Milton Fee: £48.00 13 Sep – 18 Oct (6 sessions) Mozart's operas sit firmly in the repertoire as some of the finest and most dramatically and musically compelling as any in the genre. In these operas we find Mozart at his most inventive, his most inspired and his most profound. In this course we shall explore Mozart's glorious music and the philosophy of the Englightment through the prism of six of his operas: Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Le nozze di Figaro, Così fan tutte, Don Giovanni, La clemenza di Tito and Die Zauberflöte. ALF 250 Christmas Wreaths 3:30pm – 5:30pm Tutor: Teresa Cook Fee: £12.00 Thursday 6 December Join us in the Library for a fun session creating a gorgeous homemade Christmas wreath using greenery from the local area. With a cup of tea or a glass of mulled wine with a mince pie, you learn how to make a bespoke wreath that you will be proud to take home and hang on your front door. You will need to bring a pair of scissors or secateurs, some string or floristry binding wire with you. You may also bring any embellishments to add to your wreath, such as cinnamon sticks, baubles or luxury bows; there will be a

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selection of these items available to purchase at cost. No previous experience is required. Maximum no: 30

WHAT’S ON FRIDAYS? ALF 251 Conversational German 10:30am – 12:30pm Tutor: Gabriella Wetzl Fee £96.00 14 September – 30 November (12 sessions) Venue: Darfield Gallery, Wentworth Hotel This class aims to help improve practical German skills through active conversation and use. Welcoming all levels, lessons will be custom made to suit members’ particular needs and wishes. Our focus will be on learning by practice and enjoyment while reading, speaking and singing, without neglecting those niggling grammatical structures. Maximum no: 12 ALF 252 Conversational Italian (Intermediate) 1:15pm – 3:15pm Tutor: Gabriella Cordaro Fee: £96.00 14 September – 30 November (12 sessions) A full-immersion conversation class with plenty of opportunity to put your Italian to practical use. We accept all levels of ability as long as you feel comfortable reading intermediate-advanced texts and enjoy interacting orally in the language with speakers of varied ability. We dip into grammar; acquire vast amounts of vocabulary; express ourselves in Italian on a variety of prevailing and, why not, often controversial subjects; and enjoy the odd video and song. If you like learning the language mainly by practice and acquisition, and having a spot of fun, why not join us?

Maximum no: 12 ALF 253 Conversational Italian (Beginners) 3:30pm – 5:30pm Tutor: Gabriella Cordaro Fee: - £96 14 September – 30 November (12 sessions) A relaxed class studying elementary Italian. Having covered some grammar basics including the present tense in the first term of this course, we will be reviewing the work covered before moving onwards, step-by-step, without neglecting pronunciation, written, spoken, comprehension and even singing

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skills. If you have a very elementary knowledge of Italian and would like to follow a structured method towards proficiency, this could be the class for you.

Maximum no: 12

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Terms & Conditions for Aldeburgh Library Foundation Courses We have set some standard terms of booking for all participants to ensure that courses remain viable and we can fulfill our contractual commitments to our Tutors. Please note that in booking a place on these courses, you will be committing yourself to the following conditions.

• Courses are open to everyone aged 16 years and over.

• To secure your place, courses must be booked and paid for in advance of the course start date. Your application will be held with others until we know that particular course will run. Your cheque will only be cashed once you have been notified of your confirmed place on the course.

• Courses must be booked as a whole course and cannot be booked as individual sessions. Fees are non-transferable and cannot be carried forward from course to course.

• We do not offer refunds and any missed sessions in a course cannot be refunded separately.

• Cancellations by one or two people can mean the cancellation of the whole course; we have reluctantly introduced a policy that means cancellations within 14 days of the start of a course or ‘no shows’ will normally be charged at the full course fee.

• Places are subject to availability and given the popularity of certain courses, you may be put on a waiting list.

• If you are unable to attend a course, your space cannot be guaranteed at the same class on a future course, but you are always welcome to re-apply.

• We will normally notify you of the outcome of your application; however, if you don’t hear from us please assume you are on the course.

• Due to emergency or unforeseen circumstances we may need to re-schedule the date, day of the week or time of a session at short notice. We will always do our best to contact you in advance.

• Any changes to a course will be made on our website – please ensure you keep an eye out for these.

Aldeburgh Library Foundation Data Policy

COURSES: We will hold your data only as a necessary part of running these courses and keeping you informed about the Library and other course related events. We do not share your data with other organisations. If you wish to receive no further information, let us know after your course. Data is stored

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securely but you may request information on what we hold or its deletion at [email protected]

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COURSE APPLICATION FORM The closing date for courses beginning in September is 31 August 2018. SURNAME......................................................................... FORENAME....................................................................... ADDRESS........................................................................................... ............................................................................................................ POSTCODE........................TEL: ....................................................... Email .................................................................................................. Date of this application……………………………………….

COURSE CODE

COURSE TITLE FEE £

Cheques should be made payable to: Aldeburgh Library Foundation. Please return applications to Aldeburgh Library, Victoria Road, Aldeburgh IP15 5EG. Please mark your envelope ‘Autumn Courses’

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Please note: Abi Hassett our administrator will be available in the Library to offer support on booking courses and answer any queries on Mondays 2, 9, 16 and 23 July, from 10:00 to 12:00

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Meet the Tutors

Dave Bescoby is a fully qualified medical herbalist and runs a busy East Suffolk practice from Beccles and Wickham Market. He is a member of the National Institute for Medical Herbalists and an honorary lecturer at the University of East Anglia. Dave’s interest in botanical medicine and traditional healing arts spans over 25 years; he is a passionate promoter of the importance of botanical medicine in contemporary healthcare. Susan Boddy has been painting in watercolour for 17 years and more recently in acrylics. She leads weekly courses and workshops in the area and is in demand to work with local art groups organising workshops and giving demonstrations. Susan is a regular tutor at Tindalls Art Shop, Colchester. Since 2006, she has had four solo exhibitions and her work is regularly exhibited locally. She has lived in East Anglia all her life and is constantly inspired by the beautiful landscape. Nick Clark PhD is the Librarian at the Britten Pears Foundation. During the first part of his career he taught a range of courses focusing on all major periods in English Literature. In 2002 he switched fields professionally and came to work at the Library and Archive at The Red House, Aldeburgh. Teresa Cook is a trained and award-winning florist, who has run many successful workshops. She also runs ‘The Crown’ at Snape. Andy Greenacre is a practicing photographer and artist, specialising in creating editorial content for online and magazine publications. Having grown up in Suffolk he went onto study Fine Art at BA and MA level in Lancashire. Andy is passionate about helping people get the most from their cameras. He has five years’ experience of teaching photography and runs local PhotoWalkshops as well as teaching on leisure learning courses. Heman Hadley is involved in health and safety with a specific focus on first aid and is a freelance trainer with his own business. He is also an on-call crew commander with Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service and an Ambulance Service first responder. Colin Harbin studied languages at university in Durham and Leicester. He is interested in all aspects of French literature and culture, particularly in the

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history of the French language. He has taught French to adults for a number of years and believes firmly that the learning process should be fun. Miles Macallister is writing his PhD at Princeton University in New Jersey. There he has taught classes on US Foreign Relations, early American History and 20th Century Capitalism. Miles grew up in Knodishall and regularly returns to Suffolk. Louise Mangeot is a highly experienced Yoga teacher and Yoga for Sports Coach. She works with all levels of ability from athletes to the elderly and draws on 30 years of teaching experience underpinned by training and personal practice. Chris Milton is the Director of Music at Woodbridge School and has been giving highly successful courses on music at Aldeburgh Library since 2012. He read music at Oxford and Cambridge and previously worked in Aldeburgh at the Britten-Pears Foundation. Adrian Nicholson is our Spanish tutor and you may have heard him playing the classical guitar at a variety of local venues. Sue Pine is a specialist in Religious Education and Philosophy. She was a high school head of RE for 17 years. Nowadays she concentrates on adult education and teaches Philosophy for the WEA and Coastal Leisure Learning. She also teaches classes in the ancient Chinese exercise system, Chi Kung. Rosie Price gained an HND in Goldsmithing and Jewellery design. In 2007, she started ‘The Brightsmiths’ workshops, offering bespoke handmade silver, gold and gemstone jewellery. Although her courses and commissions are in constant demand, she still enjoys teaching jewellery basics (involving beads, wire, pliers and good humour) to groups in schools, libraries, social clubs and festivals. David Read is a freelance tutor with a background in adult and higher education, specialising in Literature and the Visual Arts, a playwright whose work has featured on BBC Radio and in theatres. Coral Stebbings is a local, popular, well-known and very experienced dance teacher, examiner and fitness instructor.

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Jack Stephenson has concentrated on several aspects of figurative painting and has become best known for his portraits and ‘conversation pieces’ but is also concerned with ways of representing the human form in its context, usually the studio. He teaches portraiture and life painting in oil at his studio in the grounds of Theberton House. He has exhibited locally and at the Royal Academy and his work is in several private collections in Europe and the USA. He has been a member of the Suffolk Group of Painters, Sculptors and Print Makers and is president of the Southwold Art Circle. Lucy Walker PhD is the Director of Public Programming and Learning at the Britten-Pears Foundation. Her day job finds her running the extensive events programme and overseeing learning projects at The Red House, and she makes occasional appearances as a speaker for other organisations - such as Snape Maltings, Glyndebourne, Britten Sinfonia and English Touring Opera. Outside work, her main interest is films and cinema history, mainly from the 'classic' Hollywood era, but also British cinema and more contemporary films. Gabriella Wetzl-Cordaro read German and French at Exeter University in the 1980s. Her parents being of Austro-Hungarian origin, she was comfortably bilingual in the German language by the end of her studies. She has maintained her fluency and love for the language over the years regularly visiting Germany and the South Tyrol. Following her degree, she moved to Italy in 1987 where she later married an Italian and lived and worked there as a teacher for over 30 years. She is now of dual Italian-British nationality and speaking Italian has also become second nature to her.

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Friends of Aldeburgh Library (FOAL) Run by the Aldeburgh Library Foundation, FOAL is here to help maintain and develop the library and its facilities for our community. To become a FOAL member, we ask that you buy an Aldeburgh Loyalty Card which gives you a 10% discount in over 50 local businesses – a great reason to sign up! Other benefits include:

• a newsletter with updates on developments at the Library

• an invitation to the AGM and voting rights Member contributions make a difference, including helping to refurbish the library to a high standard and this year, supporting additional work hours for the Library Manager. The cost of an annual subscription to FOAL is £15.00 and members receive a card and a list of participating local businesses. www.aldeburghlibraryfoundation.org.uk also has up to date details. However, if you are interested in becoming a FOAL member now, we are offering a special subscription rate of £10 until 31 March 2019. To become a friend please return this form with your payment of £10 (cheque made payable to Aldeburgh Library Foundation) to the library in an envelope marked 'FOAL SUBS'. Your Loyalty Card can either be collected from the Library or if you would prefer it to be posted to you, please enclose a SAE. NAME (block capitals).................................................................................. ADDRESS ....................................................………………………………………………….. ……………………………………………………………………………… POST CODE .................. TELEPHONE…………………………… EMAIL............................................................ SIGNATURE .................................................... DATE ............................. We very much appreciate your support

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ALDEBURGH CAFÉ

Visit ALDEBURGH CAFE for delicious cakes & much, much more......

OPEN EVERY DAY FOR BREAKFAST, LUNCH and SNACKS

With a varied menu that features an abundance of locally sourced seasonal products.

We are fully licensed and dog friendly. The cafe is available for private functions and we

offer an outside catering service,

Tel: 01728 454891 [email protected]

Find us on Facebook/aldeburghcafe

The Aldeburgh Library Foundation is a Company Limited by Guarantee, registered in England number 8211480, and a Registered Charity number 1150450, registered office Aldeburgh Library, Victoria Road,

Aldeburgh IP15 5EG