New residential course open to all at
Wortley Hall, Wortley Village, near Sheffield
S35 7DB
Keywords – Class, Status, Work and Aspirational
                       		A weekend of discussion
Friday - Sunday 21– 23 August 2015

This residential will partly follow the pattern of recent RW events at WHall and elsewhere. However, this will not feature external expert speakers; there will be a facilitator (Joseph Boughey) for each session, but the progress of discussion will depend on individual participants.   As with sessions in Philosophy in Pubs, or Discussions in Pubs, the aim will be a series of democratic discussions in which all can feel able to take part, although no one need feel that they must! 
The weekend is based on Raymond Williams’ classic book Keywords and will feature a task that may be fulfilled by the end of the weekend – which is to work on a new keyword, one that of considerable relevance to current political discourse – “aspirational”.  
Friday 21 March
 Arrival and registration.    From 14.00 hrs on…
17.00 hrs.   Welcome and introductions followed by a warm-up session;    Dinner    18.30
 From then on the discussion circle sessions will last about 90 minutes.
Break times and meal times will be confirmed but are likely to be:     breakfast 08.30;  coffee  11.00;  lunch 13.00;  afternoon tea 16.00;   dinner 18.30.
Heading home on Sunday after lunch…
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 Pre-course Reading:
Raymond Williams   Keywords  (1976 and 1983)
New Keywords  (Edited by Tony Bennett…  2005)    
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Special fee (subsidized by RWF grant):  £110.00 pp   (all-in, with en suite bedroom)
 Up to four bursaries available for those in receipt of benefit or any young people, 16 to 25 - with preference given to those who have not been to Wortley before:   £35 only, all-in. Ring 01538 528178 to arrange.
Application form attached, or available on RWF web
 Maximum enrolment = 15     The weekend will be viable with 8 participants.
 Enquiries:  Tel   01538 528178
 Full programme and timetable will be sent to all who book.
bookings@raymondwilliamsfoundation.org.uk