The White Horse Summer School Programme 2025

All workshops, courses and lectures will break for lunch, and tea/coffee making facilities will be available throughout the day. Please also note, our Summer School Programme is for adults only. Refunds will only be issued if 48 hours' notice is given prior to the workshop date.

How to Book

For all the Art Workshops, Health Reset, Yoga and Creative Writing courses, please call us on 01672 512071, or pop in and see us to secure your place.

For anything else listed on the programme (author talks/lectures/music recital etc), you can either call us, pop into the shop, or purchase your ticket(s) online. Simply click on the price of whichever workshop you wish to attend, and it will take you to the relevant Event Ticket page of our website. Information sheets are available by clicking on the event/workshop you wish to view.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to get in touch!

We look forward to welcoming you to The White Horse Bookshop and Gallery.

To download a printable version of the programme, please click here

Date	Time	Workshops and Events	Tutor/Lecturer	Price
Tues 3rd June	10am - 3pm	Antique Valuation Day with Paul Martin	Paul Martin	FREE
Wed 4th June	10am - 4pm	Watercolours - Woodland Light	Catherine Beale	£85
Thurs 5th June - Fri 6th June	10am - 4pm	Sketching Summer Landscape in Oil (This is a TWO day workshop)	Jonathan Newey	£150
Tues 10th June - Wed 11th June	10am - 4pm	Drawing for Beginners (This is a TWO day workshop)	Jonathan Newey	£150
Thurs 12th June - Fri 13th June	10am - 4pm	Portraits in Pastel (This is a TWO day workshop)	Bill Mather	£150
Mon 16th June	10am - 4pm	Going Wild in Watercolour	Jake Winkle	£85
Tues 17th June	10am - 4pm	Loose & Lively Wildlife in Watercolour	Julia Cassels	FULL
Wed 18th June	10am - 4pm	Coastal Scene in Watercolour & Mixed Media	Kate Wade	£75
Thurs 19th June	10am - 4pm	Wiltshire Landscape in Watercolour	Kate Wade	£75
Thurs 19th June	6pm - 7pm	Author Event with John Miller - What's in a Year: *A Countryman's Tale Through The Seasons*	John Miller	£10
Sat 21st June	3pm - 4pm	Author Event with Jay Rayner - *Nights Out At Home: Recipes and Stories from 25 years as a Restaurant Critic* In association with Marlborough Festival	Jay Rayner	£15
Mon 23rd June	10am - 4pm	Summer Gardens in Watercolour	Claire Warner	FULL
Tues 24th June	10am - 4pm	Boats in the Mediterranean in Watercolour	Claire Warner	FULL
Wed 25th June	10am - 4pm	Atmospheric Watercolour 'Morning Mist and Light at the Lake'	Claire Warner	£85
Thurs 26th June	10am - 4pm	Beauty & Colour of Paris	Colin Palmer	£80
Fri 27th June	10am - 4pm	Beauty & Colour of the Mediterranean	Colin Palmer	£80
Sat 28th June	10am - 1pm	Life Drawing	Jenny Arthy	£65
Mon 30th June	10am - 4pm	Pen & Ink - Buildings of Character	Glyn Overton	£75
Tues 1st July	10am - 4pm	Pen & Ink Watercolour Wash	Kevin Scully	FULL
Wed 2nd July	10am - 4pm	Moody Watercolours	Kevin Scully	£75
Thurs 3rd July	10am - 4pm	Fast & Fun Pen and Watercolour Wash	Mark Peskett	£75
Fri 4th July	10am - 4pm	Pen & Wash - Building Confidence	Mark Peskett	£75
Sat 5th July	12pm - 12:45pm	Jazz & Latin Guitar recital	Bill Mather & David Sholl	£12
Mon 7th July	10am - 4pm	Silver Jewellery Workshop (All materials included)	Fiona Dowling	£130
Tues 8th July	10am - 4pm	Silver Jewellery Workshop (All materials included)	Fiona Dowling	£130
Wed 9th July - Thurs 10th July	10am - 4pm	Multi Coloured Jigsaw Lino Printing - Foraged Foliage (This is a TWO day workshop)	Bronte Adam	£170
Mon 14th July	10am - 4pm	Discovering Marlborough History	Nick Baxter	£35
Tues 15th July - Wed 16th July	9.30am - 1pm	Middle East Politics (This is a TWO day course)	Stuart Laing	£70
Thurs 17th July	10am - 4pm	Alexander the Great: Man or Superman?	John Osborne	£35
Thurs 17th July	6pm - 7pm	Author Event with Barney Campbell - *The Fires of Gallipoli*	Barney Campbell	£10
Fri 18th July	10am - 4pm	Health Reset: A One-Day Workshop to Kickstart Your Wellness Journey	Sarah Culpepper	£60
Mon 21st July - Thurs 24th July	10am - 12.30pm	Yoga - An Introduction (FOUR mornings)	Maura Barber-Oosterhuis	£120
Mon 21st July - Thurs 24th July	1.30pm - 4pm	Yoga - Going Deeper (FOUR afternoons)	Maura Barber-Oosterhuis	£120
Mon 28th July - Tues 29th July	10 am - 4pm	Creative Writing Course: 'Just Write' (This a TWO day course)	Fleur Lloyd	£120
Wed 30th July	10am - 4pm	'Is Democracy Doomed?'	Matt Gow	£35
Thurs 31st July	10am - 12pm	Lecture: Threats from Space a.k.a. 'Ah, OMG... We're all going to die!'	Nick Howes	£20
Thurs 31st July	2pm - 4pm	Lecture: The Legacy of Apollo - The Rise of Musk	Nick Howes	£20
Fri 1st Aug	10am - 1pm	Lecture: The First Four Crusades - Religious Warfare and Territorial Ambition in the Middle Ages	David du Croz	£25

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