DORCHESTER: The WEA is offering a ‘Travellers Abroad’ course at The Dorford Centre which runs every Thursday for five weeks from January 29.

The syllabus will involve examining, comparing and discussing five novels featuring travelling heroines who are in search of escape, adventure, subsistence, marriage or personal fulfilment. Sessions start at 2.15pm and last around 1 hour 30 minutes. There is a £28 course fee.