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17 June 2026John Singer Sargent - the private radicalLecture
20 May 2026The subtle art and science of colour in the English country gardenLecture
15 April 2026Doctoring - a very fine artLecture
18 March 2026Composers overshadowed by their menfolkLecture
18 February 2026Votes for Women! - Art and the SuffragettesLecture
21 January 2026My Scrambling Affair - How Constable’s painting changed the face of Modern Art.Lecture
19 November 2025The De Beers Diamond Cartel : Romancing the stone Lecture
15 October 2025The Art of State Ceremonial MusicLecture
17 September 2025 Last Supper in PompeiiLecture
18 June 2025The Art of the AutomobileLecture
14 May 2025The Mysteries of van Eyck and the Arnolfini PortraitLecture
16 April 2025A Bit of a Carry-onLecture
19 March 2025Music in ArtLecture
19 February 2025David Hockney - the Old Master of the modern world Lecture
15 January 2025A Royal History of the Royal School of Needlework: Five coronations, three weddings and a funeral. Lecture
20 November 2024The Flowering of Art in the British RenaissanceLecture
16 October 2024The Arts and Crafts Movement in the CotswoldsLecture
18 September 2024The birth, growth and influence of London’s great auction housesLecture
29 July 2024The Castles and Heritage of Cardiff - Arts Society Hallamshire HolidayVisit
19 June 2024Shostakovich and Russian Music in the 20th CenturyLecture
15 May 2024To See Clearly: Why Ruskin MattersLecture
17 April 2024Going to the BallLecture
20 March 2024Cardiff Castle: A Welsh Victorian CamelotLecture
14 February 2024Fantasy comes from the GhostsLecture
17 January 2024The City of London ChurchesLecture
15 November 2023The Treasures of KelvingroveLecture
18 October 2023The Art of Glass. Emile Galle and Rene Lalique from Art Nouveau to Art DecoLecture
20 September 2023Baroque on a Roll; Classical Music in the Modern MediaLecture
21 June 2023The Art of Trickery: How Magicians are seen in Painting, Prints and CartoonsLecture
17 May 2023The Rise and Fall of Napoleon Bonaparte Lecture
19 April 2023​The Honourable and Dishonourable Art of ActingLecture
19 April 2023​The Honourable and Dishonourable Art of ActingLecture
17 March 2023VERMEER EXHIBITION AT THE RIJKSMUSEUMVisit
15 March 2023Salvador Dali- 21st Century Renaissance ArtistLecture
15 February 2023MEDIEVAL STAINED GLASS: THE COLOURS OF HEAVENLecture
18 January 2023Australian Artists - Who are they?Lecture
16 November 2022Meissen Ceramics - White Gold from SaxonyLecture
26 October 2022GLYNDEBOURNE 2022Visit
19 October 2022The Antiques Roadshow - 40 Years of DiscoveryLecture
21 September 2022The Architecture of the British Raj is Remarkable Let's Celebrate It!Lecture
15 June 2022King Charles 1's Spectacular Art CollectionLecture
18 May 2022Indians, Buffalos and Storms; The American West in 19th Century ArtLecture
20 April 2022Architecture, History and Materials of Moorish SpainLecture
16 March 2022150 Years of London Underground DesignLecture
01 March 2022A VISIT TO SHIBDON HALL, THE PIECE HALL AND HALIFAX MINSTERVisit
16 February 2022Bodies in Balance Asian Art in MedicineLecture
19 January 2022Edwin Lutyens, Architect to Dolls, Dukes and DynastiesLecture
17 November 2021"So What Have the Huguenots Ever Done for Us?Lecture
20 October 2021How Napier became the Art Deco capital of the WorldLecture
15 September 2021Tattooing - The British Tattoo RevealedLecture
21 July 2021The Artist as GardenerLecture
16 June 2021A Brief History of WineLecture
19 May 2021 Painting Manchester: Views of the City and its Inhabitants over the CenturiesLecture
17 March 2021Decoding Dress from the Tudors to the VictoriansLecture
17 February 2021Fakes and FortunesLecture
20 January 2021Architecture, History and Heritage of Britain's Canals A ZOOM PRESENTATIONLecture
18 November 2020Glorious Things; Byzantium Through its Art ON LINE PRESENTATIONLecture
21 October 2020Raphael - A Master in the Making ON LINE PRESENTATIONLecture
16 September 2020The Indestructable Lee Miller ON LINE PRESENTATIONLecture
15 July 2020Inside the 21st Century Global Art Market ON LINE PRESENTATION. 7.00 pmLecture
17 June 2020The Architecture of the British Raj is remarkable: let's celebrate itLecture
20 May 2020Indians, Buffalo and Storms: the American West in 19th Century ArtLecture
15 April 2020Two Great Collectors and a Dastardly Disperser: Kings Charles I and II and Oliver Cromwell Lecture
18 March 2020Inside the 21st Century Global Art Market REARRANGED TO 15th July 2020 ONLINELecture
19 February 2020From Holbein to Byrd; the Art and Music of the Tudor CenturyLecture
15 January 2020The Field of Cloth of Gold-- 6,000 Englishmen in France for 18 days—how did they do it?Lecture
20 November 2019Peasant Pastimes? The art of Pieter Bruegel the ElderLecture
07 November 2019FOUR SOCIETIES' LUNCHSpecial Event
16 October 2019Cosmonauts and Cotton Pickers – Soviet Central Asian Mosaics and the use of public art as propagandaLecture
13 October 2019GLYNDEBOURNE -HIGH CULTURE AND LOW FARCE IN THE RAINVisit
04 October 2019LICHFIELD: VISIT TO ERASMUS DARWIN'S HOUSE, SAMUEL JOHNSON'S BIRTHPLACE AND THE CATHEDRAL.Visit
18 September 2019The Bauhaus 1919-1933 One Hundred Years of Modern DesignLecture
13 March 2019SPRING LUNCH Special Event
23 November 2018MOORCROFT POTTERY & ST. GILES CHURCH, CHEADLE, STAFFSVisit
04 October 2018STUDY DAY ON JOHAN SEBASTIAN BACHSpecial Event
12 July 2018VISIT TO BOUGHTON HOUSEVisit
14 March 2018SHEFFIELD ASSAY OFFICESpecial Event
02 November 2017FOUR SOCIETIES' LUNCHSpecial Event
13 October 2017WALSALL NEW ART GALLERYVisit
28 September 2017THE FINAL YEARS OF CARAVAGGIOSpecial Event