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28 September 2026The Historic Houses & Heritage of DevonVisit
08 September 2026Albrecht Dürer Lecture
14 July 2026Cabbages, Carrots and Lamb. Spanish Still Life from 1600-1812 Lecture
02 July 2026Visit to AldeburghVisit
09 June 2026MonopolyLecture
15 May 2026A Private Guided Tour of The Audley End House PaintingsVisit
12 May 2026Scandinavian Landscape Painting (1840 to 1910)Lecture
14 April 2026151 years of the Royal School of NeedleworkLecture
10 March 2026"The irritating and influential Mr. Whistler” Lecture
10 February 2026Magical Protection in Islamic clothing and jewellery Lecture
28 January 2026“ All Things Blenheim!” 'CANCELLED'Special Event
28 January 2026Art in Venice : The Lion of the SeaSpecial Event
13 January 2026Kettle’s Yard: A Masterpiece of Curatorship Lecture
11 November 2025The Art of Celebrating ChristmasLecture
14 October 2025Glamorous Nights: Musical Theatre between the WarsLecture
25 September 2025RHS Garden Bridgewater & The Art & Heritage of Cheshire & the North WestVisit
09 September 2025Dutch paintings of everyday life from Hals to VermeerLecture
26 August 2025Medical Gold , the Art of Quackery and Medical Antiques !Special Event
16 July 2025Hever Castle and Gardens, KentVisit
08 July 2025Audley End House Silver CollectionLecture
10 June 2025John Singer Sargent: The Private RadicalLecture
19 May 2025Watts Gallery, Compton, SurreyVisit
13 May 2025Venice and the Contribution of Venetian WomenLecture
08 April 2025The Art of Mesopotamia: aesthetics and achievements long before the Graeco-Roman worldLecture
11 March 2025The Culture of the Elizabethan Court in Four Aspects: Poetry, Plays, Presents and PortraitsLecture
06 March 2025World War 1 TourVisit
11 February 2025The Grand Tour: Travel & Collecting in the 18th CenturyLecture
29 January 2025Understanding Antiques and the Value of ( your) pieces Special Event
14 January 2025Spanish Painter of Sunlight: Joaquin SorollaLecture
20 November 2024Visit to The National GalleryVisit
12 November 2024A Decorative Art: History of WallpapersLecture
14 October 2024Glyndebourne Opera Tour and the Heritage of Sussex and KentVisit
08 October 2024Misshapen Pearl: an overview of the music of the BaroqueLecture
19 September 2024Visit to Blickling Hall, Aylsham, Norfolk Visit
10 September 2024The Imperial Easter Eggs of Carl Fabergé: Before the RevolutionLecture
20 August 2024Women Artists of the 1930'sSpecial Event
17 July 2024Visit to Walmer Castle and Gardens, Kent Visit
09 July 2024Edith Durham’s bold Edwardian collection of beautiful Balkan thingsLecture
11 June 2024The Fate of Art in the Nazi EraLecture
16 May 2024The Art, History & Palladian Villas of Veneto & Northern ItalyTour
16 May 2024The Art, History & Palladian Villas of Veneto & Northern ItalyVisit
14 May 2024The Housekeeper’s Tale: The Women who really ran the English Country HouseLecture
09 April 2024Velázquez: The Great Magician of ArtLecture
20 March 2024Visit to Gainsborough’s House and Lavenham Guildhall Visit
12 March 2024The Life and Work of May Morris: A Remarkable WomanLecture
13 February 2024Mauve to Mumbai: the recent history of colour in textilesLecture
25 January 2024Wilde About Oscar: Famous for Being FamousSpecial Event
09 January 2024‘Les Trois Grandes Dames’ of Impressionism: Marie Bracquemond, Mary Cassatt and Berthe MorisotLecture
21 November 2023Bletchey ParkVisit
14 November 2023Power and Propaganda: Art and Architecture at the Court of Federico da Montefeltro of UrbinoLecture
10 October 2023Gilbert & Sullivan and the Birth of English OperettaLecture
17 September 2023Tour - The Art & History of LiverpoolVisit
12 September 2023‘The Shakespeare of Dogs’: Sir Edwin Henry Landseer (1802-1873)Lecture
22 August 2023The Edwardian Garden – Glorious and DeliciousSpecial Event
19 July 2023Belton House, Grantham (National Trust) CANCELLEDVisit
11 July 2023The Great Age of the Shogun: Art and Culture in Edo Period JapanLecture
13 June 2023Greek Myths and Legends in ArtLecture
18 May 2023The Shuttleworth Collection, BiggleswadeVisit
09 May 2023From Garbo to Garland: the Magical Art of HollywoodLecture
11 April 2023From Marchpane to Mutton: A Taste of Shakespeare’s TimeLecture
21 March 2023Marble Hill Park, Twickenham (English Heritage)Visit
14 March 2023Banksy: Fraud or Genius Lecture
14 February 2023Nursery Rhymes of London Town: A Miscellany of Poem, Picture and AnecdoteLecture
25 January 2023Trannies, Taste and Teddy Bears – Uncovering the world of Grayson Perry Special Event
10 January 2023Dick Whittington: International Man of Myth and Myster(ie)Lecture
15 November 2022The Imperial War MuseumVisit
08 November 2022 Fire, Smoke and Iron. Spanish artists and the Bilbao iron industryLecture
14 October 2022Glyndebourne’s ‘La Boheme’ & the Heritage of Sussex & KentVisit
11 October 2022The art and scandalous lives of the Bloomsbury GroupLecture
20 September 2022Visit to the Victoria and Albert Museum, for the Beatrix Potter ExhibitionVisit
13 September 2022From Biscuits to Blouses: Garibaldi and the BritishLecture
23 August 2022The Enigma of Edward ElgarSpecial Event
12 July 2022A Highland Thing? 18th to 20th Century Scottish ArtLecture
14 June 2022Frank Thrower and Dartington GlassLecture
10 May 2022The Strand Magazine: a social history in 60 yearsLecture
12 April 2022Elizabeth Vigée le BrunLecture
08 March 2022Peggy GuggeheimLecture
08 February 2022Go Crystal Tears: The Art of MelancholyLecture
25 January 2022Why Paris? –The Allure of the City of Light 1900-1945 Special Event
11 January 2022How to get down from a yak: adventures in Central Asian nomadic textilesLecture
07 December 2021Bruegel, the Seasons and the WorldLecture
09 November 2021The Drama Behind the Taj Mahal: Mughal painting at its zenith and the life and times of the Indian Emperor Shah Jahan.Lecture
12 October 2021The Black-Brow'd Cantor - Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel (1805-47)Lecture
14 September 2021Cleopatra: 'The Most Womanly of Women, and the Most Queenly of Queens'Lecture
24 August 2021Magic Lanterns to Metro Goldwyn Mayer: The birth of the silver screen and the art that surrounded it.Special Event
13 July 2021Discovering MacDonald Gill: architect, artist and mapmaker Lecture
08 June 2021Food and Art through the Ages: From Renaissance Sugar Sculpture to 3D PrintingLecture
11 May 2021‘Diplomacy with Axe, Lance and Sword: The Field of the Cloth of Gold (7th-24th June 1520)’Lecture
13 April 2021Art and Architecture of TravelLecture
09 March 2021The Silver Thread: Silver Filigree and Traditional Arts of KosovoLecture
09 February 2021Viva Mexico! The Paintings of Frida Kahlo and Mexican Popular CultureLecture
12 January 2021Fine Art Forgery: Craftsmanship or Conjuring Trick?Lecture
08 December 2020The Well-Dressed Gentleman: Male Sartorial Elegance 17th – 20th CenturiesLecture
10 November 2020A Day in the Life of a Picture Restorer: The conservation and restoration of easel paintings. Lecture
13 October 2020Shaken by an Earthquake – Igor Stravinsky, the Ballets Russes, and the astonishing 1913 premiere of The Rite of SpringLecture
08 September 2020Diocletian's Palace at SplitLecture
12 August 2020From Magic Lanterns to MGM - the birth of the silver screen , and the art that surrounded it. CANCELLEDSpecial Event
14 July 2020A Highland Thing? 18th to 20th Century Scottish ArtLecture
18 June 2020KEW GARDENS - CANCELLEDVisit
09 June 2020Silk Road: A Textile JourneyLecture
20 May 2020Holkham Hall and Gardens - CANCELLEDVisit
12 May 2020The Glamour Holiday: the Grand Era of Travel in the 1920s and 1930sLecture
21 April 2020THE SHELDONIAN THEATRE - CANCELLEDVisit
14 April 2020Elizabeth Vigée le BrunLecture
19 March 2020THE CARTOON MUSEUMVisit
10 March 2020Stories in Stained GlassLecture
11 February 2020The GPO Film UnitLecture
28 January 2020The real stories behind stolen art and Nazi-looted artSpecial Event
14 January 2020ARTISTS AND ESPIONAGE: THE LAWN ROAD FLATS IN NW3Lecture