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20 July 2026Charles Dickens: Man of the Theatre Lecture
17 July 2026The Riches of Islamic PotterySpecial Event
15 June 2026The Elgin Marbles: A History of Meaning Lecture
18 May 2026Who was Bruegel? Discovering the Master through his Sons Lecture
11 May 2026Visit to Broughton CastleVisit
20 April 2026A Celebration of Nature; Antoni Gaudi ( 1852-1926) and other Catalan ArchitectsLecture
25 March 2026Sunlight, Sunflowers and Cultivating ColourSpecial Event
16 March 2026From Downton to Gatsby: Jewellery and Fashion from 1890 to 1929Lecture
23 February 2026The Anatomy of a Masterpiece: Bathers at Asnières by Georges SeuratLecture
19 January 2026Sumptuous Veronese: the depiction of luxury goods in 16th century Venice Lecture
12 December 2025Jane Austen – Beyond the BonnetsSpecial Event
17 November 2025Now You See it Now You Don’t - The Art of Visual DeceptionLecture
24 October 2025Kyoto – The Sacred Heart of JapanSpecial Event
23 October 2025Guided visit to the Wallace CollectionVisit
20 October 2025The Mayan Civilisation of Central AmericaLecture
15 September 2025Searching for Arcadia: The Life, Art and Times of John Craxton Lecture
12 August 2025Jane Austen in ReadingVisit
21 July 2025David Hockney - The Old Master of the Modern World Lecture
30 June 2025Visit to Dorneywood, near Burnham, Buckinghamshire SL18 PYVisit
16 June 2025Colour in English garden design - why gardening can rank as a fine artLecture
06 June 2025The Art of Cornwall 1880-1975Special Event
19 May 2025Untouchable Art: The Rise of Non-Fungible Tokens and Speculation in the Art Market Lecture
14 April 2025Britain as Workshop of the World. The Great Exhibition of 1851 and the establishment of the Victoria & Albert Museum Lecture
28 March 2025The Venice of Bellini & Carpaccio Special Event
17 March 2025Renaissance Watercolours: Undiscovered Treasures from Dürer to Van DyckLecture
12 March 2025Visit to Pitzhanger Manor - private guided tourVisit
24 February 2025Sir Henry J. Wood: Founder of the Proms and Master MusicianLecture
20 January 2025A Dutch Leonardo: the extraordinary career of Jan van der Heyden Lecture
11 December 2024Nordic Arts: Denmark, Norway & FinlandSpecial Event
18 November 2024Celebrating the Centenary of Winnie-the-PoohLecture
21 October 2024Capturing the Moment: How the Brush and the Lens have captured Moments and Moods in Modern HistoryLecture
25 September 2024Visit to Kelmscott Manor, LechladeVisit
16 September 2024Caravaggio: a rebel with a causeLecture
06 September 2024The National Gallery – 200 Years of the Nation’s Favourite PaintingsSpecial Event
15 July 202410th Anniversary Celebrations at 6.30pm followed by Rome, Art and Emperors: the golden age of Roman art at 7.45pmLecture
05 July 2024Hatfield House and GardensVisit
17 June 2024Drawn from Life: the extraordinary art and life of Augustus JohnLecture
14 June 2024Scottish Art Special Event
20 May 2024The Rise of Modern British SculptureLecture
15 May 2024Leighton House and Sambourne House, Kensington Visit
15 April 2024Cinema from the Rubble: the post-war politics of Ealing StudiosLecture
05 April 2024Art DecoSpecial Event
18 March 2024Turner vs Constable: the great British paint-offLecture
19 February 2024A Yorkshire Textile RenaissanceLecture
17 February 2024Westminster Abbey - Purcell Club Musical TourVisit
15 January 2024The Classical Re-invented - the brilliant legacy of Sir Christopher WrenLecture
11 December 2023Cumberland Lodge, Windsor Great ParkVisit
24 November 2023Trees in Art from Giotto to KlimtSpecial Event
20 November 2023Norman Rockwell and the heyday of the illustrator Lecture
16 October 2023The Life and Art of Georgia O’Keeffe Lecture
10 October 2023Visit to King's Cross Coal Drops YardVisit
27 September 2023The Forensic EyeSpecial Event
18 September 2023Dandy and Artist: The life and works of James McNeill Whistler Lecture
22 August 2023An Evening at the AuctioneersVisit
24 July 2023Tate Modern - much more than just a pile of bricksLecture
30 June 2023Describing a Continent - 50,000 years of Australian ArtSpecial Event
19 June 2023An Actor's Life for Me?Lecture
13 June 2023Dulwich Picture Gallery - Berthe Morisot exhibitionVisit
15 May 2023Arts in 19th Century Venice - poets, painters and private livesLecture
26 April 2023The Cultural Heritage of the HuguenotsSpecial Event
17 April 2023Picasso's GuernicaLecture
03 April 2023Royal Holloway CollegeVisit
20 March 2023Joaquin Sorolla: Painter of LightLecture
20 February 2023Sir Edwin Landseer: the Shakespeare of DogsLecture
16 January 2023Palmyra: Bride of the DesertLecture
21 November 2022Auctioneers' Tales: 30 years in the Art MarketLecture
16 November 2022RIVER OF LIGHT - The Seine - Birth Of ImpressionismSpecial Event
27 October 2022Marble Hill House and GardensVisit
17 October 2022Me Too! Women Patrons of Renaissance ItalyLecture
19 September 2022The Ghent AltarpieceLecture
17 August 20225,000 Years of GlassSpecial Event
18 July 2022Antony Gormley - a body of workLecture
06 July 2022Strawberry Hill HouseVisit
20 June 2022The Art of the CartoonistLecture
26 May 2022Danesfield House and Gardens – RAF MedmenhamVisit
16 May 2022The Two Faces of Russia: Moscow and St. PetersburgLecture
25 April 2022The Imperial Easter Eggs of Carl Fabergé - before the RevolutionLecture
21 March 2022 Denys Lasdun and the National Theatre: architectural masterpiece or was Prince Charles right after all?Lecture
23 February 2022The Royal Military Academy SandhurstVisit
21 February 2022A Carpet Ride to Khiva - exploring the revival of 15th century Timurid carpet designs from Persian illuminated manuscriptsLecture
17 January 2022‘A Picture a Day’: Peggy Guggenheim and the birth of mid-century ModernismLecture
15 November 2021Origins of our English ChristmasLecture
18 October 2021Inspired by StonehengeLecture
20 September 2021Two Gustavs, Mahler and KlimtLecture
16 August 2021'Taken by Surprise': a Revolution in the Art of the PosterLecture
19 July 2021A Personal Heaven; The Paintings of Stanley SpencerLecture
21 June 2021The Making of Landscape PhotographsLecture
17 May 2021Underground Cathedrals – The World Class Art, Architecture and Design of the London UndergroundLecture
19 April 2021Power, Propaganda and Men In Tights: English Art Under The TudorsLecture
15 March 2021Art and IllusionLecture
15 February 2021Eric Ravilious – Networks of Arts and DesignLecture
18 January 2021Gaudi and Catalan Modernista ArchitectureLecture
18 December 2020The Spirit of Christmas Lecture
16 November 2020Sing We Yule - A Musical Portrait of a Medieval ChristmasLecture
19 October 2020Beethoven at 250: Classical Music’s Greatest RomanticLecture
21 September 2020John Singer Sargent: Power of the PortraitLecture
17 August 2020The Impressionists and the Painting of Modern LifeLecture
22 June 2020Inspired by StonehengeLecture
02 June 2020Andrew Davies' Walking Tour - St Pancras and Kings Cross: A DiscoveryVisit
18 May 2020Through a Glass Darkly: A history of glass through the eyes of the artist Lecture
27 April 2020Two Gustavs: Mahler and Klimt Lecture
01 April 2020Strawberry Hill House Visit
24 March 2020WYVERN AREA STUDY DAYS 2020 - DAY 3 - European Art – Influences on Perceptions of ValueSpecial Event
23 March 2020The Art of PartyingLecture
26 February 2020WYVERN AREA STUDY DAYS 2020 - DAY 2 - Japanese History Art and CultureSpecial Event
24 February 2020Figures in the City: Picturing people in post-war London Lecture
27 January 2020Rembrandt and Vermeer: Titans of the Golden Age of Dutch ArtLecture
22 January 2020WYVERN AREA STUDY DAYS 2020 - DAY 1 - The Visual Art of Power and Rank at the Chinese Imperial CourtSpecial Event
29 November 2019Backstage Tour of the Royal Opera HouseVisit
25 November 2019Christmas Backstage at the OperaLecture
15 November 2019Welsh Architectural EccentricitiesSpecial Event
28 October 2019Last Supper in PompeiiLecture
01 October 2019Watts Gallery - Artists' VillageVisit
23 September 2019Les ParisiennesLecture
25 July 2019A Provocative Beauty: Art of Grayson Perry Lecture
05 July 2019Mexican Art and Culture – Past and PresentSpecial Event
27 June 2019 A Decorative Art: The History of Wallpaper Lecture
10 June 2019National Maritime Museum, GreenwichVisit
23 May 2019Photography as Fine Art Lecture
01 May 2019Hidden Reading - an architectural walk tour, take 2Visit
25 April 2019Florentine Disegno versus Venetian Colorito: Fact and Fiction in Early Art Theory Lecture
03 April 2019Hidden Reading - an architectural walking tourVisit
28 March 2019Captain James Cook and the Art of ExplorationLecture
27 March 2019Cultural Legacies - Romans in BritainSpecial Event
13 March 2019The Image of the Annunciation Special Event
28 February 2019Mantegna and Bellini Lecture
27 February 2019The British Empire and Imperial IndiaSpecial Event
30 January 2019The Normans in England 1066-1215Special Event
24 January 2019Temples, Tombs and Treasures: In Search of the Queen of Sheba Lecture
08 December 2018Westminster Abbey - Purcell Club tourVisit
23 November 2018Treasures of the Silk Road Special Event
22 November 2018The Age of Jazz Lecture
25 October 2018Painters in Paradise: Visions of French Indochina Lecture
11 October 2018Gold - Ashmolean Museum, OxfordVisit
20 September 2018The Secret Language of Sacred Places: Religious Architecture of the World Lecture
26 July 2018The Visual Feast of Raoul DufyLecture
13 July 2018 Art Nouveau: Paris and Vienna 1900Special Event
28 June 2018Tapestries: The ultimate wall decoration Lecture
26 June 2018Ham House and Richmond-Upon-ThamesVisit
24 May 2018Medieval Illuminated Books of Hours Lecture
26 April 2018The History of the Harp - from Mediterranean Antiquity to C20th Europe Lecture
19 April 2018Street Art - A walking tour of London's East EndVisit
23 March 2018The Music and Life of J S BachSpecial Event
22 March 2018ColourLecture
21 March 2018Wyvern Area - Exploring the relationship between the Visual and other Art Forms - Art and LiteratureSpecial Event
22 February 2018Urban Noir: Edward Hopper's “Nighthawks” Lecture
21 February 2018Wyvern Area - Exploring the relationship between the Visual and other Art Forms - Art and the TheatreSpecial Event
31 January 2018Wyvern Area - Exploring the relationship between the Visual and other Art Forms - Art and MusicSpecial Event
25 January 2018Hidden Canvases - Street Art and the City Lecture
04 December 2017Winchester Cathedral and Christmas MarketVisit
24 November 2017The Road to Shakespeare: the Development of Theatre from the Medieval Period up to the Age of ElizabethSpecial Event
23 November 2017Getting under their Skins - Finding character and story in Renaissance art Lecture
26 October 2017Travellers Among Mountains and Streams - Masterpieces of Chinese Landscape PaintingLecture
06 October 2017Another private tour of Englefield HouseVisit
28 September 2017The Partnership of Gertrude Jekyll with Edwin LutyensLecture
13 September 2017Stratfield Saye HouseVisit
28 July 2017New York, New York: an Architectural and Social DiscoverySpecial Event
27 July 2017Peter the Great of Russia: building St PetersburgLecture
22 June 2017The Challenge of Cubism and its legacy on twentieth century artLecture
05 June 2017 A private tour of Englefield HouseVisit
25 May 2017Germany's post-WW2 culture of memorials and counter-memorialsLecture
27 April 2017Tintoretto and the Scuola di San RoccoLecture
05 April 2017Hampton Court PalaceVisit
30 March 2017NADFAS Wyvern Area Study Days 2017: Study Day 3Special Event
16 March 2017‘Mars and the Muses’: The Renaissance Art of ArmourLecture
07 March 2017Italian Cities of ArtSpecial Event
23 February 2017The Consolation of Movement -- The Sculpture of Edgar Degas and Auguste Rodin (Lecture sponsored by Clifton Ingram Solicitors) Lecture
21 February 2017NADFAS Wyvern Area Study Days 2017: Study Day 2Special Event
26 January 2017The Legendary Lee MillerLecture
25 January 2017NADFAS Wyvern Area Study Days 2017: Study Day 1Special Event
08 December 2016Private Tour of the Wallace CollectionVisit
24 November 2016Life and Art in Georgian Dublin Lecture
11 November 2016 The RomanovsSpecial Event
08 November 2016Legal London -- Discovering the Inns of Court Visit
27 October 2016Who Says? Can We Trust the Expert on Good and Bad Art? (Lecture sponsored by Clifton Ingram Solicitors) Lecture
18 October 2016Legal London -- Discovering the Inns of CourtVisit
22 September 2016Early Flemish Painting and the Discovery of OilsLecture
28 July 2016Thomas Heatherwick -- the modern Leonardo?Lecture
23 June 2016Tibet and the Roof of the WorldLecture
22 June 2016Design, Invention, Creation: The Multiple Lives of Leonardo da VinciSpecial Event
08 June 2016Tate to TateVisit
26 May 2016Picasso and his WomenLecture
19 May 2016River Thames Odyssey WalkVisit
28 April 2016Paintings inspired by music, Music inspired by paintingsLecture
06 April 2016A walk around Soho and Covent GardenVisit
24 March 2016From Leonardo to YouLecture
07 March 2016An Introduction to Modern ArtSpecial Event
25 February 2016The New AshmoleanLecture
28 January 2016The formation of an English art style -- Hogarth and the St Martin's Lane AcademyLecture
08 December 2015Blenheim Palace at ChristmasVisit
26 November 2015Carl and Karin Larsson and the IKEA EffectLecture
27 October 2015Apsley House and Wellington ArchVisit
22 October 2015The Gate of Heroes -- on the China Trail Lecture
24 September 2015Aboriginal ArtLecture
23 July 2015Satirist to Insanity: celebrating the life and works of James Gillray (1756-1815)Lecture
25 June 2015Faber and FaberLecture
28 May 2015The London SkylineLecture
06 May 2015Kenwood House and HampsteadVisit
23 April 2015Italian Mosaics, Pompeii, Rome, Ravenna, Sicily, and VeniceLecture
26 March 2015Diaghilev and the Ballets RussesLecture
06 March 2015Imperial War Museum, LondonVisit
26 February 2015Art of the First World WarLecture
22 January 2015William Morris, Philip Webb, and the Founding of the Building Conservation MovementLecture
27 November 2014Joys of ImpressionismLecture
25 November 2014Backstage at the London ColiseumVisit
23 October 2014The Shakers of North AmericaLecture
25 September 2014Treasures of the Royal CollectionLecture
22 May 2014Introductory Free Meeting! From Egg to Bacon: British Painting 1850-1950Lecture