{"id":4131,"date":"2021-08-20T15:23:30","date_gmt":"2021-08-20T14:23:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/?page_id=4131"},"modified":"2022-01-14T11:20:46","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T11:20:46","slug":"london-and-the-fantastic-start-25-august","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/?page_id=4131","title":{"rendered":"London and the Fantastic (Spring 2022)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Due to Circumstances beyond our control, this course has to be postponed until later in the year. Tony Keen will be in touch, if you have expressed an interest or booked a place for this course.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Tony Keen<\/p>\n<div class=\"g-group l-lg-mar-bot-6 l-md-mar-bot-4 \">\n<div class=\"g-cell g-cell-10-12 g-cell-md-1-1\">\n<div class=\"has-user-generated-content\">\n<div class=\"text-body-medium\" data-automation=\"listing-event-description\"><strong>Come and find out about London&#8217;s place in fantastic literature.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div data-automation=\"listing-event-description\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"g-group l-mar-bot-6 l-sm-mar-bot-4\">\n<div class=\"structured-content g-cell g-cell-10-12 g-cell-md-1-1\">\n<div class=\"has-user-generated-content\" data-automation=\"about-this-event-sc\">\n<div class=\"structured-content-rich-text structured-content__module l-align-left l-mar-vert-6 l-sm-mar-vert-4 text-body-medium\">\n<p>Throughout the 2,000 years of its history, London has been a place of myths and legends, from Boadicea being buried under the platforms of King\u2019s Cross station to Harry Potter using those same<br \/>\nplatforms to reach Hogwarts. Classes will discuss how these texts, from Victorian Gothic novels to the latest episodes of Doctor Who, engage with the city, and what it is in London that attracts<br \/>\nthe interest of writers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Recommended reading<\/strong> :<br \/>\nHadas Elber-Aviram, Fairy Tales of London: British Urban Fantasy, 1840 to the Present (London: Bloomsbury, 2021)<\/p>\n<div class=\"structured-content-rich-text structured-content__module l-align-left l-mar-vert-6 l-sm-mar-vert-4 text-body-medium\">\n<p><strong>Mondays<\/strong>:\u00a0 11.30-13.30 pm GMT\u00a0 starting <strong>10 January 2022\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>10 weeks from <strong>10 January to 21 March 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Virtual Learning Environment<\/strong>: Zoom<\/p>\n<p>Single lecture:<\/p>\n<table width=\"560\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"52\"><strong>Price<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"119\"><strong>Concessions<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"168\"><strong>Minimum No.<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"221\"><strong>Maximum No.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"52\">\u00a38<\/td>\n<td width=\"119\">*<\/td>\n<td width=\"168\">1<\/td>\n<td width=\"221\">50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>You can book individual lectures via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/london-and-the-fantastic-individual-sessions-tickets-227780626987\">Eventbrite<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bookings for all lectures<\/p>\n<table width=\"560\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"52\"><strong>Price<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"119\"><strong>Concessions<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"168\"><strong>Minimum No.<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"221\"><strong>Maximum No.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"52\">\u00a375<\/td>\n<td width=\"119\">*<\/td>\n<td width=\"168\">1<\/td>\n<td width=\"221\">50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>To book, complete the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/MANCENT-booking-form-new.pdf\" data-slimstat=\"3\">MANCENT booking form<\/a> and send it with payment to the address below. Alternatively, you can book the entire course\u00a0 via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/london-and-the-fantastic-full-course-tickets-227766364327\">this Eventbrite link<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Contact:<br \/>\nTony Keen, c\/o\/MANCENT administrator<br \/>\n55 Broadwalk, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5PL<br \/>\nemail: agk044@gmail.com<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Due to Circumstances beyond our control, this course has to be postponed until later in the year. Tony Keen will be in touch, if you have expressed an interest or booked a place for this course. &nbsp; Tony Keen Come and find out about London&#8217;s place in fantastic literature. 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