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10 September 2026Now you see it, Now you don't - The Art of Visual DeceptionLecture
11 June 2026The subtle Science and Exact Art of Colour in the English GardenLecture
28 May 2026Garden Visit Barcroft HallVisit
14 May 2026Sandro Botticelli and the Golden Age of Renaissance ArtLecture
16 April 2026Turner and Constable - Romantic RivalsLecture
12 March 2026Screening the Novel - Books into FilmsLecture
12 February 2026Diego Velázquez and the Court of Philip IVLecture
08 January 2026The Car in ArtLecture
13 November 2025From Tchaikovsky to Tin Pan Alley - uplifting music for ChristmasLecture
09 October 2025The most dissolute man in London - the Duke of Devonshire and the building of Chatsworth.Lecture
11 September 2025Tinker, Tailor, Canvas, Chair: How modernism became a cold war.Lecture
12 June 2025She loves you - the music of the sixtiesLecture
08 May 2025American ImpressionismLecture
24 April 2025From Negative to Positive - how photography became art.Lecture
13 March 2025The Frick Collection, New York - a feast for the eyes.Lecture
13 February 2025The big three in Florence: Michelangelo, Leonardo and RaphaelLecture
09 January 2025The Festival of Britain 1951Lecture
05 December 2024SPECIAL SOCIAL EVENT AND LECTURE - . John Singer Sargent: The Private RadicalLecture
14 November 2024The Artists of Montmartre - The Pilgrims of Babylon. AGMLecture
10 October 2024Courtly life in Mantua; hunchbacks, dwarves and giantsLecture
12 September 2024The Mayan civilisation of Central AmericaLecture
13 June 2024The healing power of plantsLecture
09 May 2024Artemisia Gentileschi: Daughter of Rome, painter of EuropeLecture
11 April 2024From Rome to Kent: The Baroque Style in English FurnitureLecture
14 March 2024The Rijksmuseum: Rembrandt's Night Watch and much moreLecture
08 February 2024Frida Kahlo & Diego Rivera: The golden age of Mexican PaintingLecture
11 January 2024An actor's life for meLecture
09 November 2023The Painting Secrets of Freud and BaconLecture
12 October 2023Wilde about Oscar: Famous for being Famous (& Infamous)Lecture
14 September 2023A Photographic Odyssey:Shackelton’s Expedition on Camera Lecture
08 June 2023Great Operatic Rivalries~Handbags at DawnLecture
11 May 2023From Biscuits to Blouses : Garibaldi and the BritishLecture
13 April 2023Black Artists Working in Britain since the 1980sLecture
09 March 2023Norman Rockwell :Great American ArtistLecture
09 February 2023Caravaggio - Painter Extraordinaire - A flawed Genius - A MurdererLecture
12 January 2023‘Jolly January’ A’fun’ lecture by an amazing Showman Lecture
10 November 2022THE SISTINE CHAPELLecture
13 October 2022LORD FITZWILLIAM AND THE FITZWILLIAM MUSEUMLecture
08 September 2022Harlots, Rakes & Crashing China. An accidental Introduction to ceramics through William HogarthLecture
09 June 2022THE CULTURE AND TREASURES OF UKRAINE Lecture
12 May 2022SS GREAT BRITAINLecture
21 April 2022THE ELGIN MARBLES........Please note change of DATELecture
10 March 2022THE ENGLISH COUNTRY CHURCHLecture
10 February 2022THE SILK ROADLecture
13 January 2022THE MAKING OF LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHSLecture
11 November 2021WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM THEIR FRIENDS- THE BEATLES AND THEIR ARTISTSLecture
14 October 2021FIRST CATCH A SQUIRREL- HISTORICAL MATERIALS AND PAINTING TECHNIQUES C15- C18Lecture
09 September 2021Due to Unforeseen Circumstances Sarah Dunant's Lecture is changed to.....Getting Under Their SkinsLecture
08 July 2021CHANGE OF LECTURE...............THE FIELD OF CLOTH OF GOLDLecture
10 June 2021LAWRENCE OF ARABIA - EXCAVATING A LEGENDLecture
13 May 2021PRINCE AND PROPHETLecture
08 April 2021THE ARTS OF ISLAMIC PERSIA: BEHIND THE VEILLecture
11 March 2021FROM GARBO TO GARLAND. THE MAGICAL ART OF HOLLYWOODLecture
11 February 2021THE GENIUS OF BEETHOVENLecture
14 January 2021SECRETS AND SYMBOLS IN PAINTINGSLecture