Dr Diana Hallam and Dr Michael Cade-Stewart have taught and lectured widely on English literature. They both studied literature at Oxford University and are passionate about bringing insider knowledge of classic novels, poetry and plays to a wider audience. Mad for books, they comb the literary research in search of the most thoughtful, instructive, eye-opening, entertaining, and juicy details for their lectures.

22 Jan: 'A Streetcar Named Desire' by Tennessee Williams: Never Rely on the Kindness of Strangers.

29 Jan: 'The Wife of Bath' by Geoffrey Chaucer: The Most Emancipated Woman in English Literature?

5 February: 'The Great Gatsby' by F. Scott Fizgerald: Who is the Mysterious Jay Gatsby?

19 Feb: Shelley and Byron: Young Romantics Writing Romantically?

26 Feb: 'Frankenstein' by Mary Shelley: My Hideous Progeny.

4 March: ‘Othello’ by William Shakespeare: Motiveless Malignity?

Entry £8 on the door

10-11am

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