In praise of Urchfont Manor!
A revolutionary centre of learning
If you need time away from slaving over a hot keyboard, why not challenge your creativity with one of the wonderful courses at Urchfont Manor? I did a drawing course there and absolutely loved the fact that there were no computers – just an opportunity to re-discover the dormant motor skills needed to hold a pencil and start drawing again. Wonderfully therapeutic grounds for walking in, yummy food and brilliant tuition all wrapped up in a graceful Georgian House just outside Devizes. As the Principal, Jim Ross, says in his delightfully anarchic and inspired introduction to this year’s programme of courses: ‘Urchfont is one of a tiny band of revolutionary centres. By coming here you will be in the beginning of a new world order, part of an underground movement engaged in a dangerous idea called learning. You’ll find like-minded revolutionaries, passionate about an incredibly diverse range of subjects – Yoga, Homer, Fred Astaire, Poetry, QiGong, Mosaics….. And if you don’t have time for a weekend workshop, then give your chakras a twirl with one of their day workshops. Vive la revolution!