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15 July 2026The Punch and Judy ShowLecture
23 June 2026CLIVEDEN & DORNEYWOODVisit
17 June 2026Inspired by StonehengeLecture
20 May 2026Bruegel: The Seasons and the WorldLecture
16 April 2026Rochester & Restoration HouseVisit
15 April 2026Igniting the Rainbow - Dramatic Developments in TextilesLecture
18 March 2026Behind the Scenes at The National GalleryLecture
18 February 2026John ConstableLecture
21 January 2026Art Deco and The Department StoreLecture
10 December 2025Merrily on High - Christmas carolsLecture
25 November 2025ST ALBANS AND ST ALBANS CATHEDRALVisit
19 November 2025The Men Who made The CathedralsLecture
03 November 2025Italian Gardens and Their Influence on English 18th Century GardensSpecial Event
15 October 2025Banksy - Fraud or Genius?Lecture
17 September 2025West End Winners - The Rise of the British Musical from Noël Coward to Lionel BartLecture
19 August 2025PETWORTH HOUSEVisit
16 July 2025Life in Britain As Seen in 1960s filmsLecture
23 June 2025HOLIDAY TO SUFFOLK - TAILORED TRAVELTour
18 June 2025Titian - The First Modern PainterLecture
21 May 2025Celebrating the Centenary of Winnie the PoohLecture
16 April 2025Anthony Gormley: a Body of WorkLecture
09 April 2025Visit to Chiddingstone CastleVisit
19 March 2025Art of the AutomobileLecture
19 February 2025Bloomsbury Group: The Art of Vanessa BellLecture
15 January 2025Inn Signia - Pub Signs, The Artwork and The Stories Behind Their NamesLecture
11 December 2024The Three Kings - The Real StoryLecture
27 November 2024WADDESDEN MANOR XMAS LIGHTS AND FAIR BY COACHVisit
20 November 2024The Story of The Sutton Hoo Ship BurialLecture
04 November 2024Deerstalkers and Little Grey Cells: Detective Fiction from Conan Doyle to Agatha ChristieSpecial Event
16 October 2024A change to our advertised lecture CREATING AN IMAGINARY WORLDLecture
02 October 2024PRIVATE TOUR OF DUTCH ART AT THE WALLACE COLLECTIONVisit
18 September 2024The Crown and the Cradle; The heirs and the sparesLecture
17 July 2024Canary Wharf; A journey back to the futureLecture
02 July 2024LONGSTOCK WATER GARDENS & ROMSEY ABBEYVisit
19 June 2024A Heritage of Storms; Lord Byron, his Romantic Inheritance and his Artistic Legacy Lecture
21 May 2024COACH TRIP TO WORTHINGVisit
21 May 2024Visit to Sussex The Church of the English Martyrs at Goring-on-Sea St Mary’s Pilgrim Inn at BramberVisit
15 May 2024Mr Stubbs; The Horse PainterLecture
24 April 2024Guided Tour of Royal Holloway CottageVisit
17 April 2024With a little help from their friends; The Beatles and their artistsLecture
14 April 2024HOLLAND: KEUKENHOF & THE DUTCH MASTERSTour
20 March 2024The Pursuit of Beauty; An overview of the life and works of William MorrisLecture
28 February 2024VISIT TO TURNER'S HOUSEVisit
21 February 202420th Century English GardensLecture
31 January 2024PRIVATE TOUR OF THE WALLACE COLLECTIONVisit
17 January 2024Mind The Gap; Graphics and Designs for the London UndergroundLecture
13 December 2023London; City of AngelsLecture
30 November 2023NEW YORK, NEW YORK A 'time-travel‘ virtual art and design tour with Mary Alexander Special Event
15 November 2023The Nocturne in 19th Century Music & ArtLecture
18 October 2023Treasures of the Borghese GalleryLecture
20 September 2023Curves Colours & Cool; An Introduction to Mid-Century ModernLecture
19 July 2023Sir Joshua Reynolds; The foundation of a British School of ArtLecture
21 June 2023Art and Architecture Along The Silk RoadLecture
17 May 2023Picasso and His WomenLecture
03 May 2023Visit To Little Missenden and Chenies Manor Visit Report by Jane BakerVisit
19 April 2023Mad Men and Artists; How The Advertising Industry Exploited Fine ArtLecture
15 March 2023Great Railway Stations Evoking the Spirit of Romance and AdventureLecture
15 February 2023It’s Not Just TchaikovskyLecture
18 January 2023The Housekeepers’ Tale: The women who really ran the English country houseLecture
14 December 2022The Magic of PantomimeLecture
16 November 2022Subtle Science and Exact Colour in Garden Design: Why gardening can rank as fine art.Lecture
19 October 2022Cambodia; The Sacred Art of Angkor and Living ArtsLecture
14 October 2022From Downton to Gatsby. Jewellery and fashion from 1890 to 1929. The Glamour Years 1929 to 1959,Special Event
21 September 2022Mad Men and Artists; How the Advertising Industry Exploited Fine ArtLecture
20 July 2022Sicily-The kingdom in the SunLecture
15 June 2022Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera: The Golden Age of Mexican PaintingLecture
18 May 2022Dazzling Dufy Invitation To A Luminous Feast With Raoul DufyLecture
21 April 2022FROM THE ARTS SOCIETY WALTON ‘CHINESE FORMAL & INFORMAL COURT COSTUME (1644-1911)’ ‘A JOURNEY THROUGH & BEYOND THE IMPERIAL WARDROBE’ Special Event
20 April 2022A history of World Art in 5 symbolsLecture
16 March 2022The 2 Gustavs-Mahler and KlimtLecture
16 February 2022A Photographic Odyssey - Shackleton Captured on CameraLecture
19 January 2022TREASURES OF THE FAN MUSEUMLecture
08 December 2021A Dickens of a Christmas and God bless us everyone!Lecture
17 November 2021Luxury Silk Textiles from Al-AndalusLecture
17 November 2021Subtle Science and Exact Colour in Garden Design: Why gardening can rank as fine art.Lecture
17 November 2021Subtle Science and Exact Colour in Garden Design: Why gardening can rank as fine art.Lecture
17 November 2021Subtle Science and Exact Colour in Garden Design: Why gardening can rank as fine art.Lecture
17 November 2021Subtle Science and Exact Colour in Garden Design: Why gardening can rank as fine art.Lecture
17 November 2021Subtle Science and Exact Colour in Garden Design-Why gardening can rank as fine art.Lecture
16 November 2021Subtle Science and Exact Colour in Garden Design: Why gardening can rank as fine art.Lecture
09 November 2021Monet and The Impressionists, the Joy and the TormentSpecial Event
20 October 2021THE MAGNIFICENT MAYA Fact or FantasyLecture
17 September 2021CLASSICAL MUSIC CRASH COURSESpecial Event
16 September 2021GREAT TARTS IN ART High Culture and the Oldest ProfessionSpecial Event
15 September 2021HIDDEN CANVASSES Street Art & The CityLecture
21 July 2021CORNWALL'S FORGOTTEN ART CENTRE A history of art in PolperroLecture
16 June 2021Food and Art through the AgesLecture
19 May 2021Postwar Australian PaintingLecture
21 April 2021CARAVAGGIO Murderer or GeniusLecture
17 March 2021THE ROARING 20s: Art, Design. & High SocietyLecture
17 February 2021PATIENCE Gilbert and Sullivan - the aesthetic operaLecture
26 January 2021THE ARTISTS OF NICESpecial Event
20 January 2021ART OF THE RIVERLecture
09 December 2020 RAPHAEL A Master in the MakingLecture
18 November 2020THE BED IN ARTLecture
21 October 2020 LAWRENCE of ARABIALecture
16 September 2020THE WORLDS MOST EXPENSIVE ART where Leonardo meets PicassoLecture
05 May 2020Eltham Palace Greenwich and WestminsterVisit
18 March 2020RUNNYMEDE'S GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY LECTURE Wonderful world of GemstonesLecture
19 February 2020MODIGLIANI Passion ,Paris and paintingLecture
15 January 2020TIBET The roof of the world Lecture
02 January 2020ORANGE THEATRE RICHMONDVisit
11 December 2019SANTA CLAUS Art that turns him from fact to legendLecture
20 November 2019Napoleon and Josephine's Collection at Chateaux de MalmaisonLecture
12 November 2019Art and Architecture of the American WestSpecial Event
16 October 201920th CENTURY GLASS New marketsLecture
18 September 2019AS IF BY MAGIC secrets of Turner's watercolour techniquesLecture
17 July 2019THE QUEEN OF INSTRUMENTS the lute in old masters paintingsLecture
27 June 2019RUNNYMEDE GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY VISIT Kelmscott & BuscotVisit
19 June 2019THE TWO ELIZABETHS Bookends of an empireLecture
15 May 2019A FAMILY AFFAIR Florence and the MediciLecture
09 May 2019MARY ROSE & D-DAY EXHIBITIONVisit
07 May 2019TAS Windsor Visit to The Albert Memorial & V&A MuseumVisit
07 May 2019The Albert Memorial Victoria and Albert MuseumVisit
17 April 2019GOING POTTY ABOUT COMMODESLecture
11 April 201950th ANNIVERSARY PRIVATE MEMBERS VIEWINGLecture
20 March 2019WONDER WORKERS AND THE ART OF ILLUSIONLecture
05 March 2019The Garrick ClubVisit
20 February 2019TEMPLES, TOMBS AND TREASURES: In Search of the Queen of SheebaLecture
16 January 2019CHILDREN’S BOOK ILLUSTRATIONSLecture
12 December 2018THE ART OF SNOW AND ICE: HOW ARTISTS TRANSFORMED THE WINTER LANDSCAPELecture
21 November 2018CHINESE COURT COSTUME (1644 – 1911): A JOURNEY THROUGH THE IMPERIAL WARDROBELecture
13 November 2018From Magic Lantern - Metro Goldwyn MayerSpecial Event
20 October 2018Arboretum --- reinstatement of cancelled visit due to 2017 GALESVisit
17 October 2018THe Green Man in English ChurchesLecture
14 October 2018Arts & Crafts in the Cotswolds 3 day/ 2 night TourVisit
19 September 2018David Hockney--: “BLONDES HAVE MORE FUN” Lecture
17 September 2018ST. GEORGES CHAPEL, WindsorVisit
17 September 2018St Georges Chapel Special EventLecture
18 July 2018WINDOWS ON ANOTHER WORLD: THE PAINTINGS OF JAN VAN EYCKLecture
28 June 2018Kelmscott Manor - posponed till 2019Visit
27 June 2018 Blenheim PalaceVisit
20 June 2018WILLIAM JAMES NEATBY: THE MASTER OF HARRODS MEAT HALL Lecture
23 May 2018Lincoln's Inn & Royal Courts of Justice : Church Of Knights TemplarVisit
16 May 2018A CHILD OF SIX COULD DO IT! :--CARTOONISTS AND MODERN ART Lecture
21 March 2018Backstage at the OperaLecture
16 March 2018A CHILD OF SIX COULD DO IT! :--CARTOONISTS AND MODERN ART Lecture
24 February 2018Saturday Evening Tour to Westminster Abbey : The Purcell ClubVisit
22 February 2018Lutyens and Jekyll and their influence on Twentieth Century British GardensSpecial Event
21 February 2018Vienna Secession 1918 - 2018 Lecture
18 January 2018BERNARD SHAW --- MisallianceVisit
17 January 2018 Votes for Women Art, Suffragettes and female politicians. Lecture
13 December 2017Charles Dickens Conjurer: the playbills of Victorian showmen Lecture
23 November 2017GREAT TARTS IN ART High Culture & the Oldest ProfessionSpecial Event
15 November 2017Charles Rennie MackintoshLecture
07 November 2017A TRIO OF TUDOR HISTORY Marriage Bed of Henry VII & Elizabeth of YorkSpecial Event
05 November 2017Art & History of The Netherlanda REPORTVisit
05 November 2017Art & History of The Netherlands REPORT 5 night / 6 day tour by rail.Visit
03 November 2017THE KINGDOM IN THE SUN: CLASSICAL & MEDIEVAL SICILY A Special Interest Day of 3 Lectures Special Event
18 October 2017DurerLecture
20 September 2017Manet A Most Sophisticated RebelLecture
19 July 2017The Silver Thread: silver filigree and traditional arts in KosovoLecture
11 July 2017Tunnel Tales: Brunel's early tunnel and artifacts from latest CrossRail tunnelVisit
21 June 2017Faber & Faber 90 years of excellence in cover designLecture
17 May 2017Thomas GainsboroughLecture
09 May 2017Arundel Castle & TulipsVisit
25 April 2017Tour of The Lansdowne Club art collectionVisit
19 April 2017The Other side: Counter Memorials Germanys Post-WWII Culture of Apology and Atonement Lecture
30 March 2017SILVERSpecial Event
15 March 2017IMAGE AND HISTORY: ART AT THE LANSDOWNE CLUBLecture
10 March 2017David Hockney @ Tate BritainSpecial Event
07 March 2017Petworth House and the Turner ExhibitionVisit
15 February 2017CARL DOLMETSCH: THE RECORDER WAS HIS LIFELecture
18 January 2017ART INSPIRED BY WINELecture
14 December 2016THE HISTORY OF STAINED GLASS THROUGH THE CHRISTMAS STORYLecture
29 November 2016STUDY DAY 2016 WINDSOR CASTLE: ITS HISTORY AND ROYAL OCCUPANTS, FROM 1080 TO THE PRESENT DAYSpecial Event
18 November 2016An Introduction to 3000 years of Chinese HistorySpecial Event
16 November 2016Pots and Frocks - the world of Grayson Perry, Britain's favourite transvestite. Lecture
19 October 2016LEGACIES OF COLONIALISM: FINE ART IN INDONESIA from 1830 to the present dayLecture
21 September 2016MOTHER NATURE’S SECOND HUSBAND – LANCELOT BROWN AND THE SHAPING OF THE ENGLISH LANDSCAPELecture
27 July 2016All Saint's Chapel : Windsor Great Park . . The Queens Private ChapelVisit
20 July 2016UPS AND DOWNS OF THE IMPRESSIONISTS along the Cradle of the SeineLecture
06 July 2016Stowe House and Stowe Landscape GardenVisit
22 June 2016All Saints Chapel : Windsor Great Park The Queens private ChapelVisit
15 June 2016GREAT FIRE of LONDONLecture
07 June 2016St George's Chapel Windsor Tour and evensongVisit
18 May 2016VIVALDI IN VENICELecture
17 May 2016Shakepeare in London Visit
20 April 2016CARL AND KARIN LARSSON AND THE IKEA EFFECTLecture
15 April 2016RIVIERA PARADISESpecial Event
08 April 2016Highclere CastleVisit
17 March 2016TRIBAL RUGS Treasures of the Black TentSpecial Event
16 March 2016THE LIFE OF MISIA SERT, MUSE; CONCERT PIANIST AND FASHION ICONLecture
10 March 2016Orange Tree TheatreVisit
17 February 2016NORMAN ROCKWELL GREAT AMERICAN ARTIST OR MERE ILLUSTRATORLecture
20 January 2016. “Everything is art. Everything is politics” - Ai WeiweiLecture
09 December 2015WAR ARTISTS OF THE GREAT WARLecture
18 November 2015LITERARY VENICE, A BRITISH LOVE AFFAIRLecture
17 November 2015THE GARRICK CLUB - - - - - - -- Tour of the Art Collection .. Price £16 / person . . . . . . . make your own way there.Visit
03 November 2015STUDY DAY 2015 (tickets £16 on sale now) THE FINE ART OF CRIME: Actual Case Studies of the Trail and Repatriation of Stolen Art.Special Event
21 October 2015SECRET ART IN THE PASSPORT - HOW WE USE IT TO FOX THE FORGERLecture
07 October 2015SALISBURY CATHEDRAL & their Magna Carta. . . . £32.50 per person - travel included.Visit
16 September 2015ART AND THE NAPOLEONIC WARS; MARKING THE BICENTENARY OF THE BATTLE OF WATERLOOLecture
15 July 2015ROMANCING THE RAILSLecture
08 July 2015HUGHENDEN MANOR & GREYS COURT Visit
17 June 2015MEDIEVAL ILLUMINATED BESTIARIESLecture
20 May 2015THOMAS HETHERWICK; THE LEONARDO DA VINCI OF OUR TIMESLecture
24 April 2015COMPTON VERNEY Warwickshire Visit
15 April 2015LOVE, POWER AND SCANDAL; A ROYAL JEWEL FOR EVERY OCCASIONLecture
18 March 2015EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT MAGNA CARTA BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK (including the Arty Bits)Lecture
14 March 2015Guided Tour to Nancy and the birth of Art Nouveau Three nights/ Four days, 14 – 17 March 2014 Visit
24 February 2015THE GARRICK CLUB . . . regret this visit postponed till 17th Nov.Visit
18 February 2015LEPTIS MAGNA AND CYRENE: CITIES OF THE SANDSLecture
21 January 2015TWO LONDON PORCELAIN FACTORIES: CHELSEA AND BOWLecture
15 January 2015VISIT TO ORANGE TREE THEATRE RICHMONDVisit
10 December 2014THE INVENTORS OF CHRISTMAS: TIMELESS CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS & THE PEOPLE WHO INTRODUCED THEMLecture
19 November 2014REMBRANDT (1606 – 1669)Lecture
04 November 2014THE HITLER EMIGRÉSSpecial Event
21 October 2014JEWISH LONDON WALKING TOURVisit
15 October 2014A THOUSAND YEARS OF HISTORY: THE MEDIEVAL CATHEDRAL AS A TIME MACHINELecture
17 September 2014BEHIND THE LONDON LIVERY COMPANIES – OBJECTS AND STORIES Lecture
23 July 2014FIRLE PLACE & TOWNER GALLERY Lewis & EastbourneVisit
16 July 2014CÉZANNE – ‘THE FATHER OF MODERN ART’ Lecture
18 June 2014THREE GREAT FAMILIES & THEIR GARDENS: THE ROTHSCHILDS, THE SACKVILLE WESTS & THE ASTORS Lecture
21 May 2014THE ELIZABETHAN COUNTRY HOUSE: ITS ARCHITECTURE AND CONTENTS Lecture
30 April 2014Hatfield HouseVisit
16 April 2014THE NOT-SO-STILL LIVES OF BEN NICHOLSON Lecture
19 March 2014Conserving the English Icon: The cleaning and conservation of Long Gallery Portraits Lecture
14 March 2014Guided Tour to Nancy and the birth of Art Nouveau Three nights/ Four days, 14 – 17 March 2014 Tour
27 February 2014Royal Opera House Backstage TourVisit
15 January 2014The Cult of the South Pacific: From Cook to Gauguin Lecture
11 December 2013Fakes & Forgeries: The art of deception, insight into the methods used by criminals to dupe the art marketLecture
20 November 2013The Twelve Days of ChristmasLecture
14 November 2013Three Italian Cities: Ravenna, Assisi and UrbinoSpecial Event
30 October 2013The Cheapside Hoard - The Museum of London Visit
16 October 2013Simon de Montfort – At Home and At War Lecture
18 September 2013More than meets the eye: understanding the visual language of artLecture
24 July 2013 St. Mary's House and Gardens Sussex. A Guided Tour of this Historic c1470 House and GardenVisit
17 July 2013Classic Ground: Renaissance Gardens of ItalyLecture
02 July 2013Houghton Hall - NorfolkVisit
19 June 2013Abracadabra of the Mountebanks – stages, scenery and effects in the theatreLecture
23 May 2013BROUGHTON CASTLE, OXFORDSHIRE Visit
15 May 2013A Very Important Brotherhood: Rosetti, Millais, Hunt and the Early Pre-RaphaelitesLecture
24 April 20132000 Years of City History. A guided walk with City of London Guide Tony Tucker Visit
17 April 2013Ante Rooms of Heaven? Art in Medieval HospitalsLecture
20 March 2013For Weddings, Baptisms and FuneralsLecture
27 February 2013Upstairs Downstairs at The Bodleian Library Oxford . . . . . . see photos in our GalleryVisit
20 February 2013Murder and Modernism: Walter Richard Sickert and the Camden Town GroupLecture
16 January 2013AD 410 – The Year that Shook Rome Lecture
12 December 2012CONTINUITY AND TRADITION IN WESTERN SCULPTURELecture
21 November 2012Imperial Purple to Denim Blue: The Colourful History of TextilesLecture
13 November 2012NICHOLAS AND ALEXANDRA: TYRANTS AND MARTYRS OF IMPERIAL RUSSIA Special Event
17 October 2012Rene Lalique – Master of Art Nouveau Jewellery and Art Deco GlassLecture
03 October 2012Abbotts Hospital and Denbies VineyardVisit
19 September 2012LEONARDO DA VINCI: ANATOMICAL FORM WITH FUNCTIONLecture
24 July 2012Sandham Memorial Chapel and Houghton LodgeVisit
18 July 2012A PEEP BEHIND THE SCENES: THE LIFE AND ART OF THOMAS ROWLANDSON Lecture
20 June 2012Paining in Little: The Miniature Portarit in 16th and 17th Century EnglandLecture
30 May 2012Wren’s City of London ChurchesVisit
16 May 2012THIS IS WREN: THE CLASSICAL,THE BAROQUE AND THE CITY OF LONDON CHURCHESLecture
25 April 2012Visit to Waddesdon ManorVisit
18 April 2012WILLIAM KENT AND HIS PORTRAITS OF THE SERVANTS AT KENSINGTON PALACELecture
21 March 2012THE GILDED STAGE: A SOCIAL AND CULTURAL HISTORY OF OPERALecture
15 February 2012THE LIFE AND TIMES OF CHARLES DICKENS Lecture
18 January 2012A THOUSAND MILES WITH AMELIA B. EDWARDS. A JOURNEY IN 1873 THROUGH THE LENGTH OF EGYPT.Lecture
14 December 2011SMALLHYTHE PLACE AND OTHER HIDDEN GEMS: THE INTIMATE JEWELS OF DAME ELLEN TERRYLecture
16 November 2011MUSIC ON THE GRAND TOURLecture
10 November 2011DON GIOVANNI – THE IMPOSSIBLE OPERASpecial Event
19 October 2011POSTERS OF THE BELLE EPOQUELecture
21 September 2011THE OTHER WHISTLER: REX (1905-44) GIFTED ARTIST AND DESIGNERLecture
20 July 2011SHAFTS OF LIGHT: THE PHENOMENON OF MINING ARTLecture
13 July 2011CHENIES MANOR HOUSE and GARDENS, BUCKINGHAMSHIREVisit
15 June 2011EMBROIDERED WITH WOODBINE AND EGLANTINE: ELIZABETHAN TEXTILE FURNISHINGS Lecture
25 May 2011ALL SAINTS CHURCH, TUDELEY and SMALLHYTHE PLACE, TENTERDEN, KENT.Visit
18 May 2011THE POETIC VISION OF MARC CHAGALLLecture
20 April 2011AFTER IMPRESSIONISM – BOLD EXPERIMENTATION WITH COLOUR, LINE, FORM AND STYLELecture