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25 June 2026The Magic of Portrait MiniaturesLecture
16 June 2026Guided tour of Chichester Festival TheatreVisit
28 May 2026Art for an Afterlife: ancient Egyptian tomb scenes and funerary goodsLecture
21 May 2026Athelhampton House & GardensVisit
06 May 20266 Day TOUR to Slovenia and Lake BledVisit
23 April 2026Ludwig van Beethoven on the 200th anniversary of his death – Classical Music’s Greatest RevolutionaryLecture
14 April 2026Whitchurch Silk Mill and Bombay Saphire Gin Distillery Visit
26 March 2026Re-imagining the nation: 19th century Danish landscapesLecture
24 March 2026Beside the Spanish SeasideSpecial Event
17 March 2026Brighton Pavilion and Brighton Museum & Art GalleryVisit
26 February 2026Norman Rockwell and the Heyday of the Illustrator Lecture
11 February 2026Through the Keyhole: Palaces in and around MadridLecture
22 January 2026A Haaaand-baaaag?: The Importance of Being Oscar (& Earnest!)Lecture
27 November 2025Snakes Saints and Pawnbrokers – the truth about ChristmasLecture
22 November 2025Guided tour of Westminster Abbey and choral music.Visit
11 November 2025Opera at Glyndebourne Visit
23 October 2025Hogarth: a Harlot, a Rake and a MarriageLecture
21 October 2025The British Empire and Imperial India: Images, Architecture and ArtsSpecial Event
25 September 2025The Japanese garden in the West – a hundred years of Eastern influenceLecture
26 June 2025The Bronze Age frescos from Santorini. The art of Atlantis?Lecture
19 June 2025‘River and Rowing’ museum in Henley and Nuffield PlaceVisit
22 May 2025John Singer Sargent – the private radicalLecture
15 May 2025Romsey Abbey and Mottisfont House and GardensVisit
24 April 2025Rembrandt’s Night Watch – the anatomy of a masterpiece Lecture
15 April 2025Arts and Crafts artists village and Watts Gallery, plus visit to the Hannah Peschar Sculpture Park.Visit
27 March 2025Annual General meeting at 10.15 followed by The lure of the Midi : modern artists and the South of France Lecture
25 March 2025Study Day on OPERA: Its History, Extravagances and Behind-the-Scenes MagicSpecial Event
18 March 2025Chartwell HouseVisit
27 February 2025The art of the bookLecture
06 February 2025Virtual on-line tour (via zoom) on the Treasures of Ottoman in Instanbul.Visit
23 January 2025Creating an Imaginary World: Theatre Design from Temple to PlayhouseLecture
28 November 2024Pantomime - When the Fairy's over 50!Lecture
17 November 2024Private 'behind the scenes' tour of the Royal Opera House in Covent GardenVisit
17 November 2024Private 'behind the scenes' tour of the Royal Opera House in Covent GardenVisit
29 October 2024BREAKING THE MOULD Rebellion and rebirth in British sculptureSpecial Event
24 October 2024Tintoretto 'Il Furioso': Painter for the PeopleLecture
15 October 2024Opera - La Traviata at GlyndebourneVisit
26 September 2024Visions of Prehistoric ArtLecture
16 September 2024Tour of North Wales combining history and stunning scenery, from 16th to 20th SeptemberVisit
10 September 2024Visit Sculptures by the Lakes in DorchesterVisit
27 June 2024Sèvres PorcelainLecture
23 May 2024Wassily Kandinsky and the birth of abstractionLecture
25 April 2024Music in ArtLecture
16 April 2024Visit and tour of Bletchley ParkVisit
21 March 2024Giovanni Segantini’s alpine idyllLecture
17 March 2024Visit to the Churchill War Rooms in LondonVisit
27 February 2024The Lion of the Sea – a study day on the Art of VeniceSpecial Event
22 February 2024The Architecture of Mughal India: palaces, mosques, gardens and mausoleumsLecture
06 February 2024Zoom lecture on the European Grand Tour.Visit
25 January 2024Frans Hals: A look behind the joviality and spontaneity!Lecture
13 January 2024Evening tour of Westminster Abbey including a Musical rendition by members of the Purcell ChoirVisit
23 November 2023The History of the Royal School of NeedleworkLecture
17 November 2023Opera at Glyndebourne - L'ELISIR D'AMORE Visit
31 October 2023Burned, Bombed or Bulldozed: Britain’s Lost HousesSpecial Event
26 October 2023E H Shepard: Winnie the PoohLecture
21 October 2023Tour of the Globe Theatre in London with time to explore Borough Market and Soutwark Cathedral.Visit
08 October 2023Tour to Norfolk 8th - 12th October 2023Visit
28 September 2023My 10 favourite paintings in the National Gallery - and whyLecture
14 September 2023Visit to Windsor Castle and guided tourVisit
22 June 2023Sidney Poitier - Hollywood and RaceLecture
15 June 2023Guided Tour of Breamore HouseVisit
25 May 2023Paradise Lost and Restored - 400 years of garden design in OxfordshireLecture
07 May 2023Tour to Berlin 7th – 12th May 2023Visit
27 April 2023Bruegel, the Seasons of the WorldLecture
17 April 2023Visit to Leighton House and Samborne HouseVisit
23 March 2023Caravaggio - painter extraordinaire, a flawed genius and ... a murdererLecture
21 March 2023Caillebotte and Tissot: Impressionists or Realists? Special Event
03 March 2023Visit to the Royal Albert HallVisit
23 February 2023Art behind bars - the role of art in breaking the cycle of crime, prison and re-offendingLecture
26 January 2023The Three Kings - the real storyLecture
24 November 2022Berthe Morisot: Her Life and CareerLecture
22 November 2022The Golden Age of SongSpecial Event
15 November 2022Masters of the Sea: Highlights of Maritime ArtSpecial Event
27 October 2022A Family Affair: Florence and The House of MediciLecture
26 October 2022La Boheme opera at GlyndebourneVisit
07 October 2022Shropshire and Ironbridge 3rd - 7th October 2022Visit
22 September 2022The Hermitage Collection: Italian, Flemish or French MastersLecture
23 June 2022Discovering Macdonald Gill: Architect, Artist & MapmakerLecture
26 May 2022Sorolla, The Master of LightLecture
17 May 2022Visit to LacockVisit
05 May 2022Tour to PugliaVisit
28 April 2022Painting on Light - A History of Stained GlassLecture
05 April 2022Visit to Leeds CastleVisit
24 March 2022Stone on Stone - The Men who built the CathedralsLecture
02 March 2022Visit to the Newlands Gallery, PetworthVisit
24 February 2022Blenheim Palace – The Agony and the EcstasyLecture
22 February 2022The architecture of Mughal India: palaces, mosques, gardens and mausoleumsLecture
20 February 2022Virtual Walking Tour of "Sexy Soho"Visit
27 January 2022 On-Line Lecture - The Studio Houses of The Holland Park Circle Lecture
11 January 2022Virtual Tour of RomeVisit
25 November 2021On-Line Lecture - The Housekeeper’s Tale - The women who really ran the English Country HouseLecture
02 November 2021Visit to StourheadVisit
28 October 2021Twentieth Century GlassLecture
26 September 2021Tour to North YorkshireVisit
23 September 2021David Hockney – Master of Modern ArtLecture
28 July 2021Visit to Arundells in SalisburyVisit
24 June 2021On-Line Lecture - Downton to Gatsby, design of jewellery for the famousLecture
08 June 2021Virtual Walking Tour in London - Bronzes to BanksyVisit
27 May 2021On-Line Lecture - ‘Thank you your Majesty’ – The Queen’s Paintings on public displayLecture
11 May 2021Virtual Walking Tour of BathVisit
22 April 2021On-Line Lecture - Catherine de Medici - Poor Queen, the Story of Three in a MarriageLecture
06 April 2021Virtual Tour of the Rijksmuseum in AmsterdamVisit
25 March 2021On-line lecture - A Highland Thing? 18th to 20th century Scottish ArtistsLecture
09 March 2021Virtual Walking Tour - Marylebone, a Village in the West EndVisit
25 February 2021On-line lecture - The Genius of Antonio StradivariLecture
28 January 2021On-line lecture - Terence Rattigan – Passion RestrainedLecture
12 January 2021Virtual Walking Tour from Windsor Castle to Eton CollegeVisit
10 December 2020Online Christmas Lecture - ‘Charles Dickens Conjurer - the story of Charles Dickens as a magician told through one of his playbills.’Lecture
03 December 2020Westminster Abbey - CancelledVisit
26 November 2020On-line lecture - A Brief Story of WineLecture
22 October 2020On-line lecture - The Normans' Conquest and LegacyLecture
21 October 2020Stourhead - CancelledVisit
13 October 2020‘Debo’ Mitford. Housewife and More. 1920 to 2014.Lecture
24 September 2020On-line lecture - Packing up the Nation - hiding Britain's treasures before the Second World WarLecture
20 August 2020On-line lecture - The Subtle Science and Exact Art of Colour in English Garden DesignLecture
16 July 2020On-line lecture - The Gleaming Spires of London – an Armchair Tour of London’s Finest BuildingsLecture
15 July 2020Sherborne Castle and Athelhampton House - CancelledVisit
20 May 2020Wilton House and Arundells - CancelledVisit
23 April 2020Christ's Hospital School - CancelledVisit
27 February 2020"Great Lengths" - Health in Victorian EraLecture
16 February 2020Victoria and Albert Museum Visit
23 January 2020Artemisia Gentileschi: Daughter of Rome, Painter of EuropeLecture
28 November 2019Old Father Thames: The River in ArtLecture
20 November 2019St. Paul's CathedralVisit
17 October 2019Picasso and his muses: L'amour FouLecture
14 October 2019GlyndebourneVisit
30 September 2019Tour to Cornwall 30th September – 4th October 2019Visit
26 September 2019Convents and Courtesans: Women’s Lives in Pre-Modern VeniceLecture
17 July 2019Kingston Lacey and the Russell-Cotes GalleryVisit
27 June 2019Salvador Dali: 20th Century Renaissance ArtistLecture
19 June 2019Polesdon LaceyVisit
23 May 2019The Astonishing Master Mozart comes to LondonLecture
15 May 2019KnoleVisit
28 April 2019Tour to Madrid, Toledo and Salamanca 28th April to 3rd May 2019Visit
25 April 2019Mad Men and Artists: How the Advertising Industry Exploited Fine ArtLecture
17 April 2019Ham House & Marble Hill HouseVisit
21 March 2019Elizabeth Vigee Le BrunLecture
28 February 2019The History of CartoonsLecture
24 February 2019Banqueting House and Spencer HouseVisit
24 January 2019The Lute within Old Master PaintingsLecture
22 November 2018Mary Magdalen – a Character Assassination in ArtLecture
28 October 2018GlyndebourneVisit
25 October 2018Industrialism and RevivalLecture
08 October 2018Tour to Chester & LiverpoolVisit
04 October 2018Kelmscott ManorVisit
27 September 2018An Overview of the Life and Work of William MorrisLecture
19 July 2018Ightham Mote and Titsey PlaceVisit
28 June 2018Visions of Jerusalem – William Blake and his Creative WorldLecture
26 June 2018Longford Castle & Salisbury CathedralVisit
13 June 2018Chiswick House and Strawberry HillVisit
24 May 2018Same Old – Same NewLecture
26 April 2018Academie Royale and the Sun KingLecture
18 April 2018Waddesdon ManorVisit
22 March 2018Three Great Families and their Gardens: Astors, Rothschilds and Sackville WestsLecture
14 March 2018Tour to LisbonVisit
25 February 2018Victoria & Albert MuseumVisit
22 February 2018Alchemy and Adventure: A History of Exotic Colours and Poisonous PigmentsLecture
25 January 2018Belonging and not Belonging – Immigrant Experience in Modern British ArtLecture
23 November 2017The Wilton Diptych and the Artistic Culture of Richard II’s ReignLecture
19 October 2017Art and Revolution: Russian Culture in the Twentieth CenturyLecture
11 October 2017Glyndebourne - Barber of SevilleVisit
28 September 2017Mary Cassatt: An American in ParisLecture
24 September 2017Tour to BirminghamVisit
12 July 2017 Winchester & the Bombay Sapphire DistilleryVisit
22 June 2017The Two Gustavs: Mahler and KlimtLecture
14 June 2017Visit to the Isle of WightVisit
25 May 2017The life and work of Isabella d’EsteLecture
03 May 2017Vienna – Imperial Grandeur, Art & MusicVisit
27 April 2017Van Gogh and GauguinLecture
19 April 2017Blenheim PalaceVisit
23 March 2017Fanny Burney – her Family and Friends from Diaries and LettersLecture
26 February 2017Two Temple PlaceVisit
23 February 2017Paint Brushes at DawnLecture
26 January 2017The Dollar PrincessesLecture
24 November 2016‘In the Bleak Midwinter’ – Artists Responses to SnowLecture
27 October 2016English Furniture in the 18th Century – The Golden AgeLecture
19 October 2016Standen HouseVisit
06 October 2016Art and Heritage of Edinburgh and GlasgowVisit
22 September 2016Augustus John and Gwen JohnLecture
06 July 2016Michelham Priory & Anne of Cleves HouseVisit
23 June 2016America’s Realist Genius; the Art of Edward HopperLecture
01 June 2016Hever CastleVisit
25 May 2016Musical and Cultural Life in Shakespeare’s EnglandLecture
05 May 2016Guildhall Art Gallery, The Guildhall & St Margaret LothburyVisit
28 April 2016Looking at Portraits – a very English TasteLecture
05 April 2016Sicily East to WestVisit
17 March 2016Thomas Heatherwick – ‘The Leonardo da Vinci of his day’ (Terence Conran)Lecture
28 February 2016Dulwich Picture Gallery and Eltham PalaceVisit
25 February 2016Art Deco – High Style in the Roaring TwentiesLecture
28 January 2016‘Art in the Garden of God’ – Rembrandt, Vermeer and HalsLecture
21 January 2016The Queen’s GalleryVisit
17 December 2015The Inventors of ChristmasLecture
26 November 2015We Three Kings: Music, Art, Legends and Poetry inspired by the MagiLecture
22 October 2015Piero della Francesca – Modern Painter of the RenaissanceLecture
05 October 2015Suffolk – Art and HeritageVisit
04 October 2015Hampstead – a London VillageVisit
24 September 2015100 Years of Modern Art ExplainedLecture
23 July 2015Joseph Wright of Derby and the Men and Art of the Lunar SocietyLecture
01 July 2015Bateman’s, East BurwashVisit
25 June 2015Diaghilev and the Ballets RussesLecture
28 May 2015“What the Dickens!” – an Illustrated Talk on the Life and Times of Charles DickensLecture
20 May 2015ProvenceVisit
30 April 2015King George III: ‘The most cultured monarch, art collector and friend of America’Lecture
23 April 2015Hampton CourtVisit
16 April 2015Singer Sargent at the National Portrait GalleryVisit
26 March 2015Barbara Hepworth, the Stones and the Sea: Influences of Yorkshire and CornwallLecture
26 February 2015Edouard Manet: The Rebel in a Frock CoatLecture
29 January 2015National Gallery and St Martin-in-the-FieldsVisit
17 December 2014Christmas Visit to Uppark HouseVisit
27 November 2014Pub signs: the Artwork and the Stories They TellLecture
23 October 2014Great Photographs of the Twentieth CenturyLecture
30 September 2014Sandham Memorial Chapel and Mapledurham House & WatermillVisit
25 September 2014Scandal in Paris – John Singer Sargent’s Mysterious Portrait of Madame XLecture
22 September 2014HollandVisit
02 July 2014Church of the English Martyrs, Goring by SeaVisit
26 June 2014A Personal Heaven – the paintings of Stanley SpencerLecture
04 June 2014Visit to London & Wren ChurchesVisit
22 May 2014The Stained Glass of Edward Burne-JonesLecture
06 May 2014BolognaVisit
24 April 2014Grinling Gibbons: Carver in Wood and StoneLecture
17 April 2014Brighton, The Royal Pavilion and Preston ManorVisit
02 April 2014Penshurst Place and All Saints Church TudeleyVisit
27 March 2014Virginia Woolf on Life and ArtLecture
27 February 2014Charles Rennie Mackintosh and the Glasgow StyleLecture
25 February 2014Visit to the British LibraryVisit
23 January 2014Marc Chagall: Wandering Jew or Citizen of the World?Lecture
05 December 2013Musical Museum Christmas eventVisit
28 November 2013Puccini’s Life and WorksLecture
24 October 2013The Festival of Britain and its Design LegacyLecture
26 September 2013The London Porcelain Factories: Chelsea and BowLecture
18 September 2013StratfordVisit
27 June 2013Le Corbusier: Colossus of the 20th CenturyLecture
23 May 2013JMW Turner and the Art of Watercolour PaintingLecture
04 May 2013AndaluciaVisit
25 April 2013Goya: War and Peace, Revolution and ExileLecture
28 March 2013At the sign of the Falcon: The Life and Works of Harry Murphy; Goldsmith and SilversmithLecture
28 February 2013Threads of History: the World of the Bayeux TapestryLecture
24 January 2013The Genius of Robert AdamLecture
12 October 2012IstanbulVisit