Writing your family history with Joanna Moorhead

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Location: West Dean
£162
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About this course

Researching the life of a relative can be absorbing and immensely enjoyable, as can piecing it together into a book. Learn how to research, follow a narrative and organise material.

Timetable

Student registration: 9am
Course teaching: 9.15am - 5pm
Lunch is included

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Tutors

Joanna Moorhead

Joanna Moorhead is an award-winning freelance journalist who writes regularly for The Guardian, The Times, YOU magazine, Good Housekeeping, Easy Living, Mumsnet and BBC websites. She has been part of the BBC news team covering Papal elections and has edited The Guardian's women and health pages.

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