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14 October 2026Cash for Coronets - Transatlantic Trailblazers of the Gilded AgeLecture
09 September 2026Paul Cezanne The Painters' PainterLecture
01 September 2026EXTENDED TOUR: 'The Historic Houses & Heritage of Lincolnshire'Visit
19 August 2026Verulamium and St Albans CathedralVisit
12 August 2026No Husband Needed, I Fly a SpitfireLecture
08 July 2026JULY - NO LECTURELecture
25 June 2026Hatfield HouseVisit
10 June 202618th Century England through the Eyes of CanalettoLecture
13 May 2026The Debeers Diamond Cartel: Romancing The StoneLecture
23 April 2026Waddesdon ManorVisit
08 April 2026Doors to Manual - The Evolution of Flying From Absolute Luxury to Modern Day EconomyLecture
18 March 2026Vivaldi in VeniceSpecial Event
11 March 2026Eve Among The Idols: Religious Imagery in the Work of Paul Gauguin and The NabisLecture
11 February 2026Beethoven: Deafness Was Far From His Only Health ChallengeLecture
14 January 2026Orientalism in 19th Century PaintingLecture
10 December 2025Art and Architecture: Estranged BedfellowsLecture
12 November 2025Pantomime - When the Fairy's Over Fifty!Lecture
15 October 2025Art Deco, The Centenary of the 1925 Paris Exhibition and Art Deco Houses and Hotels of the 1920s and 1930sSpecial Event
08 October 2025John Singer Sargent: The Private RadicalLecture
18 September 2025EXTENDED TOUR: Madrid, Salamanca, Segovia & ToledoVisit
10 September 2025Meissen PorcelainLecture
06 September 2025The Purcell Club - Musical Tour of Westminster AbbeyVisit
13 August 2025The Invention of Photography and it's Impact on Early Modern PaintingLecture
09 July 2025NO LECTURE IN JULYLecture
25 June 2025Parham House & GardensVisit
11 June 2025Gilded Glories - The Fascinating History of GildingLecture
14 May 2025The History of American Art in 25 Iconic WorksLecture
16 April 2025Royal Holloway College Picture GalleryVisit
09 April 2025Katsushika Hokusai and J M W TurnerLecture
19 March 2025The Artistic Tastes and Art Collections of The Three King CharlesSpecial Event
12 March 2025Antony Gormley: A Body of WorkLecture
12 February 2025Cartoons and Contraptions: The Wonderful World of W. Heath RobinsonLecture
08 January 2025The Sublime in the Everyday: Johannes Vermeer 1632-1675 and The Delft School of PaintingLecture
11 December 2024Buildings for 8 Faiths in LondonLecture
13 November 2024How to Steal a MillionLecture
16 October 2024Indian Modern Art and The History of the Koh-i-NoorSpecial Event
09 October 2024From the Sublime to the Ridiculous - Venetian Glass 1450-1900Lecture
30 September 2024The Historic Houses & Heritage of the Peak District - Extended VisitVisit
11 September 2024Diego Velazquez: Painter and Courtier for Philip IVLecture
22 August 2024Marble Hill House and Strawberry Hill House Visit
14 August 2024Persepolis: Art, Architecture and Ideology of the Persian EmpireLecture
10 July 2024NO LECTURE IN JULYLecture
26 June 2024Wilton House & GroundsVisit
12 June 2024'Van Gogh's 444 days in Provence' Lecture
08 May 2024The Architecture of Mughal India: Palaces, Mosques, Gardens and MausoleumsLecture
24 April 2024Eltham Palace & Gardens and Ranger's HouseVisit
10 April 2024The Athletic Aesthetic - your Arts Society guide to the 2024 OlympicsLecture
13 March 2024A Bit of a Carry OnLecture
21 February 2024Impressionists in Their Gardens - Living Light and ColourSpecial Event
14 February 2024George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham - the handsomest man in 17th Century Europe and his patronage of the artsLecture
10 January 2024Discovering MacDonald Gill: Architect, Artist and MapmakerLecture
13 December 2023From Pageant to Pop - The History of Music in LondonLecture
08 November 2023Travels with a Trowel - Adventures of an ArchaeologistLecture
23 October 2023The History of Western Sicily & Palermo - Extended VisitVisit
18 October 2023Lilian Baylis and the Old VicSpecial Event
11 October 2023The Art of the AutomobileLecture
13 September 2023The Gold Lyre of UrLecture
23 August 2023Pitzhanger Manor and The Musical MuseumVisit
09 August 2023Baroque on a Roll: Classical Music in the Modern MediaLecture
12 July 2023NO LECTURE IN JULYLecture
28 June 2023Pashley Manor Gardens and Great Dixter House & GardensVisit
14 June 2023Greek Origins and IllusionsLecture
10 May 2023The Century of Deception: Birth of the Hoax in the Eighteenth CenturyLecture
19 April 2023Two Temple Place and The Courtauld GalleryVisit
12 April 2023Brave New World: How the arts and culture shaped Post War BritainLecture
22 March 2023The Grand Tour and the Influence of Italy and the Grand Tour on English GardensSpecial Event
08 March 202310 Favourite Paintings from the National GalleryLecture
22 February 2023St Georges Hill Golf ClubVisit
08 February 2023Charlie Chaplin: Tortured GeniusLecture
11 January 2023Atkinson Grimshaw - Master of MoonlightLecture
14 December 2022The Genius of Antonio StradivariLecture
09 November 2022Manet and his MiIieuLecture
19 October 2022The Silk Road and the Sea: China's Windows on the WorldSpecial Event
19 October 2022The Silk Road and the Sea: China's Windows on the WorldSpecial Event
12 October 2022Norman Rockwell and the Heyday of the IllustratorLecture
14 September 2022Rosa Bonheur: Bicentenary CelebrationLecture
31 August 2022Stratfield Saye (Hampshire) The Family home of the Dukes of Wellington since 1817Visit
31 August 2022Stratfield Saye (Hampshire) The Family Home of the Dukes of Wellington since 1817Visit
10 August 2022Now You See It Now You Don't - The Art of Visual DeceptionLecture
29 June 2022Lullingstone Castle (Kent) & The World GardenVisit
29 June 2022Lullingstone Castle (Kent) & The World Garden Visit
08 June 2022Pevsner in Surrey: Nikolaus Pevsner and the Buildings of EnglandLecture
11 May 2022The Aztec Legacy: Continuity and ChangeLecture
27 April 2022Chiddingstone Castle (Kent)Visit
27 April 2022Chiddingstone Castle (Kent)Visit
13 April 2022Highlights of the Russell-Cotes Art GalleryLecture
16 March 2022From "Garbo to Garland" - The Magical Art of HollywoodSpecial Event
16 March 2022From "Garbo to Garland" - The Magical Art of HollywoodSpecial Event
09 March 2022Played in London - charting the heritage of a city at playLecture
09 February 2022Albrecht Durer's Visit to the Netherlands in 1520: A Commemoration of the Five Hundredth Anniversary of his last JourneyLecture
12 January 2022This is Wren: The Classical, The Baroque and the City of London ChurchesLecture
08 December 2021Faces behind the ClockLecture
10 November 2021Gemstones, Crystals and a "Bushel of Pearls": Bejewelling "This Sceptred Isle"Lecture
13 October 2021Underground Cathedrals - The World-Class Art, Architecture and Design of London Underground Lecture
09 September 2021Virtual Visit by Zoom to MoscowVisit
09 September 2021Tour of the other Kremlin of Moscow: Izmailovo Kremlin - via ZoomVisit
08 September 2021The Two Gustavs: Mahler and KlimtLecture
08 September 2021The Two Gustavs: Mahler and KlimtLecture
30 August 2021Extended Visit: By Coach to YorkVisit
30 August 2021Extended Visit to YorkshireVisit
11 August 2021Bhutan: the Kingdom of the Thunder DragonLecture
05 August 2021Tour Bhaktapur Durbar Square in the Kathmandu Valley - via ZoomVisit
14 July 2021Emperor Qianlong (1736-1795) "The Ultimate renaissance ruler & fine art collector" Lecture
08 July 2021Virtual Tour of CESKY KRUMLOV in SOUTHERN BOHEMIAVisit
08 July 2021Tour of Cesky Krumlov in Southern Bohemia - via ZoomVisit
30 June 2021Actual Visit by coach to Chavenage HouseVisit
30 June 2021Chavenage House, CotswoldsVisit
18 June 2021Virtual Tour of RomeVisit
18 June 2021Tour of Rome - via ZoomVisit
09 June 2021Rembrandt's Vision: Dutch history painting in the 17th centuryLecture
12 May 2021The Magnificent Maya - Fact & FantasyLecture
06 May 2021 A virtual visit to Leiden, Holland with Bogdan CorneaVisit
06 May 2021Tour of Leiden, Holland - via ZoomVisit
14 April 2021Ways to look at painting Lecture
07 April 2021A live guided evening walk in Kyoto, the cultural capital of Japan, in cherry blossom time.Visit
07 April 2021Guided evening walk in Kyoto - via ZoomVisit
10 March 2021Inspired by StonehengeLecture
03 March 2021Touring the Asakusa District.Visit
03 March 2021Tour of the Asakusa District of Tokyo - via ZoomVisit
24 February 2021A live guided tour of the Dorsoduro District of Venice in the company of Luisella Romeo (weather permitting!).Visit
24 February 2021Tour of the Dorsoduro District of Venice - via ZoomVisit
10 February 2021Les Parisiennes: How women lived, loved and died in Paris from 1939-49 Lecture
13 January 2021The Artists of Montmartre - "The pilgrims of Babylon"Lecture
09 December 2020Arts & Crafts Gardens in the south eastLecture
11 November 2020Sorolla, the Master of LightLecture
14 October 2020Magic Realism in New England: The mesmerising work of Andrew WyethLecture
14 October 2020LECTURE PROGRAMME VIA ZOOM BETWEEN OCTOBER AND AUGUST 2020Lecture
14 September 2020Extended Visit: The Art and History of LiverpoolVisit
14 September 2020Extended Visit to LiverpoolVisit
08 April 2020NO LECTURES BETWEEN APRIL AND SEPTEMBER 2020Lecture
11 March 2020The Elgin Marbles: A History of MeaningLecture
11 March 2020The Elgin Marbles: A History of MeaningLecture
12 February 2020"The Italian Job": A contemporary figurative artist in CalabriaLecture
12 February 2020'The Italian Job": A Contemporary Figurative Artist in CalabriaLecture
08 January 2020At the sign of the falcon: The life and works of Harry Murphy - goldsmith, silversmith and unique EnglishmanLecture
08 January 2020At The Sign of the Falcon: The Life & Works of Harry Murphy - Goldsmith, Silversmith and unique EnglishmanLecture
11 December 2019Is Christmas in Good Taste?Lecture
13 November 2019"Making Visions": The Jewellery of Artist Charles Ricketts Lecture
04 November 2019Extended Visit to Nice & the Cote D'AzurVisit
16 October 2019"Tantrums and Tiaras" Life backstage at The Royal Opera HouseSpecial Event
09 October 2019Rebel on the Run - Caravaggio's Final Years Lecture
19 September 2019Wimbledon Tennis MuseumVisit
11 September 2019"Mars and the Muses": The Renaissance Art of ArmourLecture
14 August 2019Treasures of the Fan Museum: An Introduction to the World's First Fan Museum and its unrivalled collection of Hand Fans Lecture
19 June 2019Longford CastleVisit
12 June 2019Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera: The Golden Age of Mexican PaintingLecture
08 May 2019Posters of the Belle Epoque, the Great Age of the Poster Lecture
10 April 2019Pots and Frocks - The World of Grayson Perry, from Essex Potter to Superstar National TreasureLecture
27 March 2019Windsor CastleVisit
20 March 2019Travels in Rajasthan with Rudyard Kipling: Palaces and Temples, Monuments and Forts in the Land of KingsSpecial Event
13 March 2019Mad Men and the Artists - how the advertising industry has exploited fine art Lecture
13 February 2019The Queen of Instruments: The Lute within Old Master PaintingsLecture
09 January 2019Picasso and his WomenLecture
12 December 2018Bottoms up! A history of Wine, its Rituals and its VesselsLecture
14 November 2018Edouard Manet & MusicLecture
24 October 2018From Can-Can to Soup Can - The Story of Modern Art from Paris to New York 1850-2000Special Event
15 October 2018Extended Visit:Grand Houses of NorfolkVisit
10 October 2018Alla Mode: Mid-20th Century Italian CeramicsLecture
12 September 2018The Imperial Easter Eggs of Carl Fabergé Lecture
30 August 2018Broughton CastleVisit
08 August 2018Expressionism - Emotion versus IntellectLecture
14 June 2018Wren’s City ChurchesVisit
13 June 2018The Shakers of North America: Their Beliefs, Architecture and ArtefactsLecture
08 June 2018Venice in 18th Century London - a musical and artistic partnership Lecture
09 May 2018“As if by Magic”: the Secrets of Turner’s Watercolour TechniquesLecture
19 April 2018Basildon Park and Greys CourtVisit
11 April 2018Jewels that catch an Expert’s eye Lecture
21 March 2018Art Nouveau: Architecture and DesignSpecial Event
14 March 2018Turbulence and Stillness: the art of Rogier van der WeydenLecture
14 February 2018This is Wren - the Classical, the Baroque, and the City of London Churches Lecture
10 January 2018Denys Lasdun and the National Theatre: Architectural Masterpiece or was Prince Charles right after all?Lecture
13 December 2017A Christmas PieLecture
13 December 2017 A Christmas PieLecture
08 November 2017Pearls and Pomegranates, Peacocks and Pipes: The Hidden Language of Renaissance ArtLecture
08 November 2017Pearls and Pomegranates, Peacocks and Pipes: The Hidden Language of Renaissance Art Lecture
18 October 2017Riviera Paradise - Art, Design and Pleasure in the 1920’sSpecial Event
11 October 2017Art and Revolution: Russian Culture in the 20th CenturyLecture
11 October 2017Art and Revolution: Russian Culture in the 20th CenturyLecture
02 October 2017Extended Visit: The Golden Age of Dutch Art - Visit to AmsterdamVisit
13 September 2017Foreigners in London 1520-1677: The Artists that Changed the Course of British ArtLecture
13 September 2017Foreigners in London 1520-1677: The Artists that Changed the Course of British ArtLecture
07 September 2017Waddesdon Manor - The Rothschilds’ “finest and favourite”Visit
09 August 2017St Paul’s Cathedral: How Fine Art Reflects the Changing Faces of Wren’s CathedralLecture
09 August 2017St Paul’s Cathedral: How Fine Art Reflects the Changing Faces of Wren’s CathedralLecture
14 June 2017Jane Austen - a LifeLecture
14 June 2017Jane Austen - a LifeLecture
10 May 2017Shock! Horror! Probe! The Art and Artifice of Fleet StreetLecture
10 May 2017Shock! Horror! Probe! The Art and Artifice of Fleet StreetLecture
12 April 2017The Other Side: Germany’s Post WWII Culture of Apology and AtonementLecture
12 April 2017The Other Side: Germany’s Post WWII Culture of Apology and Atonement Lecture
22 March 2017Nicholas and Alexandra - Tyrants and Martyrs of Imperial RussiaSpecial Event
08 March 2017Thomas Heatherwick: The Leonardo da Vinci of our TimesLecture
08 March 2017Thomas Heatherwick: The Leonardo da Vinci of our TimesLecture
22 February 2017Wallace Collection - The HighlightsVisit
08 February 2017Charles Dickens: The Man and his Life Through his Characters Lecture
11 January 2017India: Its Early History, Empire and ArchitectureLecture
11 January 2017India: Its Early History, Empire and ArchitectureLecture
14 December 2016Unwrapping the Christmas Story: Paintings, Prose and PoetryLecture
09 November 2016The History of the Harp - from Mediterranean Antiquity to 20th Century Europe Lecture
12 October 2016Sèvres PorcelainLecture
04 October 2016Extended Visit:Dresden - Jewel of SaxonyVisit
27 September 2016Leeds Castle - 900 Years oldVisit
14 September 2016Love and Loss: The Story of Orpheus and Eurydice in Art and Music Lecture
10 August 2016A Little Paradise: Laos, from Historic Buddhist Temples to Modern SilkweavingLecture
22 June 2016Committee only: Private Tour of Hampton Court PalaceVisit
20 June 2016Spencer House, St. James's & Strawberry HillVisit
11 May 2016Secret Art in the Passport: How we use it to Fox the ForgerLecture
20 April 2016Bletchley Park Cipher and CodebreakersVisit
13 April 2016Lee Miller and Roland Penrose at Farley FarmLecture
23 March 2016Murderers, Magicians, Madmen and Monarchs: Shakespeare Through Artists' EyesSpecial Event
09 March 2016The Day Parliament Burned DownLecture
10 February 2016History of the Medici: Bankrolling the RenaissanceLecture
13 January 2016From Russia: Diaghilev & the Ballet Russes 1909-1929 Lecture
09 December 2015Mrs Beeton’s Christmas Lecture
17 November 2015Musical Tour of the Charterhouse (Sutton's Hospital)Visit
11 November 2015Calligeofiguresques: an Introduction to Islamic Art & Design Lecture
21 October 2015Dresden Today - Art and ArchitectureSpecial Event
14 October 2015The Trees Wave, the Clouds Pass – Virginia Woolf on Life & Art: works by Vanessa Bell and the Camden GroupLecture
04 October 2015Extended Visit: Palladio and the Villas of VicenzaVisit
09 September 2015The Seven Wonders of the Ancient WorldLecture
07 September 2015Committee only visit to The Imperial War Museum, LondonVisit
12 August 2015Charles Rennie Mackintosh & the Glasgow StyleLecture
17 June 2015Madresfield Court and Gardens (Lygon private family home)Visit
10 June 2015War Artists, Spies and The Art of Deception Lecture
13 May 2015AD 410 - the Year that Shook Rome Lecture
30 April 2015Battle of Waterloo 200th Anniversary: Apsley House / Quadriga Gallery and Cavalry and Guards ClubVisit
08 April 2015Literary Venice: a British love affairLecture
18 March 2015Great Tarts in Art: High Culture and the Oldest Profession Special Event
11 March 2015Arabia Felix - Secret treasure chest of Yemen & OmanLecture
11 February 2015The Punch & Judy Show (A Subversive Symbol from Commedia Dell’Arte to the Present Day)Lecture
14 January 2015Grinling Gibbons, Carver to the CrownLecture
10 December 2014Trumpets GaloreLecture
19 November 2014Middle Temple and Savoy ChapelVisit
12 November 2014St. Pancras & Friends: a Journey through London’s StationsLecture
15 October 2014George III: the most cultured monarch, art collector and Treasures & Curiosities from the Royal LibrarySpecial Event
08 October 2014Opera Giants: Verdi and WagnerLecture
10 September 2014Bars, Bedsits and Bordellos: the lowlife of ancient PompeiiLecture
03 September 2014Extended Visit: The Architectural Gems of Cambridge and CambridgeshireVisit
13 August 2014Tchaikovsky, Chekhov and LevitanLecture
17 June 2014Sissinghurst and Ightham MoteVisit
11 June 2014Modernism: from the Bauhaus to Your House: Design 1900-1960Lecture
14 May 2014Ancient Art from Afghanistan: Surviving Treasures from the Cross-Roads of AsiaLecture
13 May 2014Committee only visit to the Government Art Collection, Tottenham Court RoadVisit
16 April 2014Watts Gallery and Petworth HouseVisit
09 April 2014The Great Churches of Medieval England: “The beauty of our land”Lecture
19 March 2014The Development of Interior Design 1700-2000 Special Event
12 March 2014The Hitler Emigrés: Their impact on British Artistic and Cultural LifeLecture
12 February 2014Velázquez: Genius at the Court of Philip IVLecture
08 January 2014Islam and the MosqueLecture
11 December 2013Durham and Saint CuthbertLecture
13 November 2013The Glories of ByzantiumLecture
16 October 2013California Dreaming, a tour of the Getty Museum, the Huntington and Norton Simon art galleriesSpecial Event
09 October 2013Sale of the Century - Collection of Charles ILecture
17 September 2013Extended Visit: The Art and Mosaics of Emilia-RomagnaVisit
11 September 2013Grieg and Sibelius - Baltic Musical Twins? through the AgesLecture
21 August 2013Chichester Cathedral Art Tour and Pallant House Art GalleryVisit
14 August 2013The Wilton DiptychLecture
19 June 2013Godinton House & Gardens and Doddington PlaceVisit
13 June 2013COMMITTEE ONLY to Sir John Soane’s MuseumVisit
12 June 2013Marc Chagall's Poetic VisionLecture
08 May 2013"Those Stolen Glances": Elizabethan Miniatures of Nicholas Hilliard and Isaac OliverLecture
17 April 2013Ashmolean Museum & Oxford University PressVisit
10 April 2013Romancing the Stone: A Sparkling History of the DiamondLecture
13 March 2013The Bruges of Van Eyck and Hans MemlingLecture
06 March 2013Pulling Pictures Apart, an interactive daySpecial Event
13 February 2013The City of London and its Livery CompaniesLecture
09 January 2013In the Wake of HandelLecture
12 December 2012In the BLEAK MIDWINTER: Artists' Responses to SnowLecture
14 November 2012CHOPIN and the POLISH SOULLecture
17 October 2012HIDDEN TREASURES of MADRID, TOLEDO & EL ESCORIAL & the PRADOSpecial Event
10 October 2012The SOUTH EAST BRICK by BRICKLecture
24 September 2012Extended visit: "Manchester's Treasures" led by Elizabeth Newell.Visit
12 September 2012GALLÉ, LALIQUE and their CONTEMPORARY FRENCH GLASSMAKERSLecture
09 August 2012KELMSCOTT MANOR & BUSCOT PARK (NT)Visit
08 August 2012PAUL GAUGUIN - GENIUS or MADMAN?Lecture
20 June 2012CLIVEDEN GARDEN & WEST WYCOMBE PARKVisit
14 June 2012COMMITTEE ONLY to Chelsea Physic GardenVisit
13 June 2012"The SINCEREST FORM of FLATTERY" - great images and those who borrow themLecture
09 May 2012ENGLISH LANDSCAPE PAINTING: 1750-1850Lecture
25 April 2012CHISWICK HOUSE & OSTERLEY HOUSEVisit
11 April 2012From TROY to MYCENAE: In search of Homer's HeroesLecture
14 March 2012GARDENS of the ITALIAN RENAISSANCELecture
07 March 2012The ART & SCANDALOUS LIVES of the BLOOMSBURY GROUPSpecial Event
08 February 2012The Ancient Greek Olympics: a visitor's guideLecture
11 January 2012The GILBERT COLLECTION - SilverLecture
15 December 2011FESTIVO at ST. GEORGE'S CHAPEL, WINDSORVisit
14 December 2011TROMPE L'OEIL - THE ART OF ILLUSIONLecture
09 November 2011A CELEBRATION of the SEASONS in ART, POETRY & MUSICLecture
19 October 2011ANDREA PALLADIO and the ENGLISH COUNTRY HOUSESpecial Event
12 October 2011THE PAINTINGS of HIERONYMUS BOSCHLecture
18 September 2011 Extended visit to Krakow.Visit
14 September 2011BENEATH CITY STREETS: LONDON'S UNSEEN HISTORYLecture
17 August 2011Eton College and Chenies Manor House and gardensVisit
10 August 2011THE MYSTERY & SPLENDOUR of GOLDEN AGES in the ARTSLecture
15 June 2011Knole, followed by All Saints Church, TudeleyVisit
08 June 2011THE AESTHETIC MOVEMENT 1860-1890Lecture
21 May 2011Westminster Abbey with the Purcell Club - Musical Tour of the AbbeyVisit
11 May 2011THE ART OF LOOKING: PAINTINGS & SCULPTURELecture
13 April 2011FROM 1611 - 2011: ART & THE ENGLISH BIBLELecture
09 March 2011WHY BRITISH & AMERICAN IMPRESSIONISTS were better than the FrenchLecture
01 March 2011ART & REVOLUTIONS: RUSSIAN CULTURE in 20th CENTURYSpecial Event
09 February 2011DUKE OF WELLINGTON and the treasures of Apsley HouseLecture
12 January 2011INK and GOLD, MISTS and CLOUDS: the Art of Japanese ScreensLecture
08 December 2010PRELUDE TO CHRISTMAS: A celebration of Advent & Christmas, 13th to 20th CenturiesLecture
10 November 2010DRESDEN: Phoenix from the Ashes: Art, Architecture and MusicLecture
18 October 2010Courtauld Gallery & The Gilbert Collection at Somerset HouseSpecial Event
13 October 2010CAPTAIN JAMES COOK and the Art of Exploration. The artists who travelled with CookLecture
06 October 2010Musical and cultural life in Shakespeare's EnglandSpecial Event
13 September 2010Extended Visit: Northumberland and DurhamVisit
08 September 2010THE ART OF THE PANORAMA & CYCLORAMA: 19th century Circlevision. The 360 degree Panorama paintingLecture
14 August 2010THE SILK ROAD THEN & NOW: Past and present cultureLecture
30 June 2010Blenheim PalaceVisit
09 June 2010THE SCOTTISH COLOURISTS: Style and Sophistication from the Jazz AgeLecture
12 May 2010TATE ANCIENT: the earliest ArtLecture
28 April 2010Knebworth House & Indian Raj Exhibition Visit
14 April 2010HOUSES & GARDENS OF NORMANDY: From 15th century to the present dayLecture
10 March 2010FROM GOTHIC REVIVAL TO INTERNATIONAL RAIL TERMINUS: the story of St. PancrasLecture
03 March 2010Impressionism in England: Were there ever any British Impressionists?Special Event
10 February 2010THE BAYEUX TAPESTRY: The World's Oldest Comic Strip; the historical aspects of this unique MasterpieceLecture
13 January 2010SILVER & LOCAL CUSTOMLecture
09 December 2009THE OX AND THE ASS. Silent watchers at the cribLecture
11 November 2009THE PERCY FAMILY OF ALNWICK, SYON & PETWORTHLecture
14 October 2009CAILLEBOTTE. The unknown Impressionist with the unpronounceable nameLecture
07 October 2009The Artist as Reporter. British Artists and the two World WarsSpecial Event
14 September 2009Extended Visit; Malta & GozoVisit
09 September 2009THE SPLENDOURS OF NORTH AFRICA. Roman & Islamic art of Libya, Tunisia & MoroccoLecture
19 August 2009Wilton House & Highclere CastleVisit
12 August 2009HAMPTON COURT PALACE, “The Georgian Inheritance and the Victorian Initiative”Lecture
24 June 2009Kenwood & Hampstead VillageVisit
10 June 2009BEYOND BLUE SKIES. Unidentified Flying Objects in Renaissance ArtLecture
13 May 2009“THE MASTER”. Noel Coward as writer, actor, painter.Lecture
29 April 2009Arundel CastleVisit
08 April 2009From Riches to Rags: The Huguenots of SpitalfieldsLecture
11 March 2009FRANCIS BACON. A 20th Century MasterLecture
04 March 2009Medieval Paris & London. A comparison of style and splendourSpecial Event
11 February 2009MOZART’S “COSI”: A COMIC OPERA?Lecture
14 January 2009GREAT CASTLES, HOUSES & GARDENS OF THE SOUTH-EAST AND THEIR LESSER KNOWN HISTORIES Lecture
01 October 2008Restoring Furniture: Practical Demonstration & Audience ParticipationSpecial Event
05 March 2008Patience: Gilbert & Sullivan's aesthetic operaSpecial Event
01 January 2008Visits 2008Visit
01 January 2008Programme of Lectures 2008Lecture
03 October 2007The Partnership of Gertrude Jekyll & Sir Edwin LutyensSpecial Event
21 March 2007New York, New York: An Architectural DiscoverySpecial Event
01 January 2007Visits 2007Visit
01 January 2007Programme of Lectures 2007Lecture
04 October 2006The Ceiling of the Sistine ChapelSpecial Event
01 March 2006Preserving the Fabric of our InheritanceSpecial Event
01 January 2006Visits 2006Visit
01 January 2006Programme of Lectures 2006Lecture
26 October 2005Fakes, Forgeries and ReproductionsSpecial Event
30 March 2005A Jewellery and Gemstone KaleidoscopeSpecial Event
01 January 2005Visits 2005Visit
01 January 2005Programme of Lectures 2005Lecture
27 October 2004VeniceSpecial Event
24 March 2004Art Deco and its Influence on DesignSpecial Event
01 January 2004Visits 2004Visit
01 January 2004Programme of Lectures 2004Lecture
05 November 2003Kingdom of the Sun (Medieval Sicily)Special Event
26 March 2003Learning to Look at PaintingsSpecial Event
01 January 2003Visits 2003Visit
01 January 2003Programme of Lectures 2003Lecture
03 October 2002The Queen of Sheba: Treasures from the Yemen.Special Event
20 March 2002The China DivinerSpecial Event
01 January 2002Visits 2002Visit
01 January 2002Programme of Lectures 2002Lecture
07 November 2001Care & Conservation of SilverSpecial Event
07 March 2001Introduction to Print Making & PrintsSpecial Event
01 January 2001Visits 2001Visit
01 January 2001Programme of Lectures 2001Lecture
01 January 2000Visits 2000Visit
01 January 2000Programme of Lectures 2000Lecture