The Art of the Whodunit: English Murder Mysteries on QM2
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- I’m comfortable with some walking throughout the day
- I expect to get on and off of a coach, and I’m ready to stroll through cities and to stand for a few hours when we’re learning in museums
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Hotel check-in from 3 p.m.
Orientation, 5:00 p.m.: The Group Leader will greet everyone and lead introductions. We will review the up-to-date program schedule, discuss roles and responsibilities, logistics, safety guidelines, emergency procedures, and answer que...
Getting on/off motorcoach, driving under 1/2 hour. Minimal walking.
We will travel by motorcoach to North Oxford and then walk into the city center, as well as explore Summertown, and discover why this area holds such a special place in the genre of detective, m...
Minimal walking; getting on/off boat.
We’ll board a motorcoach for a short journey to the largest and most prestigious of all Oxford Colleges, Christ Church, passing the police headquarters in St Aldate’s, where Colin Dexter’s characters Morse and Lewis work, as...
Getting on/off motorcoach. Walking and standing on city pavements up to 3 hours.
The motorcoach will take us to Blackwell's Bookstore, with its extensive range of Oxford mystery novels and books about Oxford itself. We’ll continue on to Exeter College, the fourt...
Getting on/off motorcoach for a journey of approximately 2 and a half hours and 70 miles.
Transfer to Southampton to board the Queen Mary 2.
Take some time to settle in and begin to familiarize yourself with the ship. There will also be a mandatory Safety ...
Full day aboard ship.
In our private meeting room, we will begin our first lecture from our Study Leader, who will look at the roots of detection in the late Victorian era and the character and stories of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Free Tim...
Full day aboard ship.
In our second lecture, our Study Leader will analyze The Detection Club. This discussion will investigate how Agatha Christie and her colleagues in a mysterious literary club transformed crime fiction between the wars by delving deep into t...
Full day aboard ship.
We will enjoy a lecture from our Study Leader on “locked room” mysteries, a sub-genre wherein murder is committed in a small or sealed-off area, seemingly impossible for the culprit to escape. Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express is a cl...
Full day aboard ship.
We’ll enjoy another illuminating lecture by exploring true crime, including the case of Hawley Harvey Crippen, and crime fiction.
Free time. When not performing in the ship’s theatre, members of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art give ...
Full day aboard ship.
We’ll enjoy a unique experience, hearing first-hand about our Study Leader’s "life of crime”—writing crime fiction.
Free time. You may wish to explore the history of the Cunard Line at a unique exhibition running through the halls of the ship.
At leisure.
In the venue of your choosing.
In the venue of your choosing.
Britannia Restaurant.
Full day aboard ship.
Our Study Leader explores two interesting locations for crime fiction: cruise ships and the city of Oxford. Be afraid!
Free time.
At leisure. Enjoy your last evening onboard and prepare for disembarkation
Aboard ship.
Aboard ship.
Aboard ship.
Disembark the Queen Mary 2 after breakfast. Independent transfers.
If you are returning home, safe travels. If you are staying on independently, have a wonderful time. If you are transferring to another Road Scholar program, detailed instructions are included in...
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