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08 June 2026Pots & Frocks - The World of Grayson PerryLecture
11 May 2026Banksy - Fraud or Genius?Lecture
13 April 2026Colourful Characters - The Models of Laura KnightLecture
09 March 2026The Art of Art-DecoLecture
09 February 2026Poems that inspired PaintingsLecture
12 January 2026The White Mantle - Paintings of snow by the winter impressionistsLecture
08 December 2025Singe We Yule - A Medieval ChristmasLecture
10 November 2025African Art - Is it Craft or Curio?Lecture
13 October 2025The Art of the CartoonLecture
09 June 2025Sculpture & ArchitectureLecture
12 May 2025The Horn and Strings of the Middle Ages Live MusicLecture
14 April 2025David Hockney - The Old Master of the New WorldLecture
10 March 2025The Life and Work of Edward Landseer - The Shakespeare of DogsLecture
10 February 2025The Carving of Grinling GibbonsLecture
13 January 2025An Introduction to Art Nouveau GlassLecture
09 December 2024Handbags at Dawn - Operatic RivalriesLecture
11 November 2024Woven Art of the Tribes in Afghanistan and IranLecture
14 October 2024Why Gardening Can Rank as FIne ArtLecture
10 June 2024 THE TWO GUSTAVS - MAHLER & KLIMTLecture
13 May 2024THE FOUNDATIONS OF FASHION Lecture
08 April 2024ON ILLUSION AND DELUSIONLecture
11 March 2024SINGING IN SECRETLecture
12 February 2024MARY MAGDALENELecture
08 January 2024The Beatles & Their ArtistsLecture
11 December 2023ONCE UPON A TIMELecture
13 November 2023A POTTED HISTORY OF BRITAIN Lecture
09 October 2023HOW DO THEY MAKE THAT NOISE? The Opera Singer PhenomenonLecture
12 June 2023THREE GREAT FAMILIES & THEIR GARDENSLecture
08 May 2023EDOUARD MANET & MUSICLecture
03 April 2023THE POWER OF JEWELLERY ADORNMENT & RITUAL from Pre-History to the Present DayLecture
13 March 2023 POWER & THE GLORY OF OUR COUNTRY HOUSESLecture
13 February 2023MINATURE PORTRAITS: TINY TREASURES CLOSE TO THE HEARTLecture
09 January 2023FRIDA KAHLO, DIEGO RIVERA & THE GOLDEN AGE OF MEXICAN PAINTINGLecture
12 December 2022JAZZ AGE AMERICA & THE HARLEM RENAISSANCELecture
14 November 2022THE ART OF ATONEMENTLecture
10 October 2022ART & FOODLecture
13 June 2022MAGNIFICENT MOSAICS .. windows into the colourful Roman worldLecture
09 May 2022PEVSNER IN DEVON..The grand old man of art history examining the buildings in our localityLecture
11 April 2022THE GRAND TOUR.. The perils and pleasures of the 18th c traveller's journey to ItalyLecture
14 March 2022SS GREAT BRITAIN...from launch to re-launchLecture
14 February 2022PORTMEIRION... A Welsh Italianate FantasyLecture
10 January 2022ART BEHIND BARS..The role of Art in breaking the cycle of crime, prisons and re offendingLecture
13 December 2021THE MIRROR OF REALITY Flemish art from Van Eyck to BruegelLecture
08 November 2021SUMMONED BY BETJEMANLecture
11 October 2021THIS IS GOING TO HURT.. Medicine through the ArtsLecture
14 June 2021Fakes or Fortunes--A Constable in the attic?Lecture
10 May 2021The Very Model of an English EntertainmentLecture
12 April 2021The Bayeux Tapestry - An Embroidered TaleLecture
08 March 2021The King Maker - Lady Margaret BeaufortLecture
08 February 2021The Crafts of St IvesLecture
11 January 2021The Making of Landscape PhotographsLecture
14 December 2020Food and Art through the Ages- from Renaissance Sugar Sculpture to 3D PrintingLecture
11 May 2020The Mirror of Reality: Flemish Art from Van Eyck to BruegelLecture
13 April 2020This Won't Hurt! Medicine in Art Throughout the AgesLecture
09 March 2020The Arts and Craft of Kashmir Lecture
10 February 2020The Fascinating World of Playing CardsLecture
13 January 2020The Founders and Treasures of the Wallace CollectionLecture
09 December 2019A Photographic Odyssey: Shackleton's Endurance Expedition Captured on CameraLecture
11 November 2019Faber and Faber - 90 Years of Excellence in Cover DesignLecture
14 October 2019Drawn from Life: The Extraordinary Art and Life of Augustus JohnLecture
10 June 2019Adventures and Misadventures in Museums Lecture
13 May 2019Bob the Roman: the Genius of Robert Adam Lecture
08 April 2019Art on the Road: Painters, Gypsies ad the Circus Lecture
11 March 2019Masquerades, Music Lessons and Monkeys: The world of 18c Porcelain figures Lecture
11 February 2019Behind the Veil: The Arts of Islamic Persia Lecture
14 January 2019The History of the Harp from Mediterranean Antiquity to 20c Europe Lecture
10 December 2018The Many Faces of William Morris Lecture
12 November 2018Lest We Forget: the moving story of Britain’s War Memorials Lecture
08 October 201819th century British Marine Paintings Lecture
11 June 2018Great Tarts in Art: High Culture and the Oldest ProfessionLecture
14 May 2018The Spectacular Gold and Silver Collection of King George IVLecture
09 April 2018Foreigners in London 1520 - 1677: The Artists that changed the course of British ArtLecture
12 March 2018Frank Matcham's Masterpieces: Theatre Design and Architecture in BritainLecture
12 February 2018English Art Deco Ceramics: Clarice Cliff, Susie Cooper and RuskinLecture
08 January 2018An Ideal Partnership: Lutyens and JekyllLecture
11 December 2017Inn Insignia: the artwork and the stories behind themLecture
13 November 2017Napoleon and Josephine at MalmaisonLecture
09 October 2017English Furniture in the 18th century: The Golden AgeLecture
12 June 2017Journey of the River from the Source to the SeaLecture
08 May 2017The Stone of Heaven - Jade, 1500BC - 1800ADLecture
10 April 2017Lee Miller and PicassoLecture
13 March 2017Glass: the 8th Wonder of the Ancient WorldLecture
13 February 2017The Development of St. Ives Art Colony prior to 1914Lecture
09 January 2017Stained Glass Crown Jewels of the South WestLecture
12 December 2016Banks, Burgundy and Piracy: the 15th Century Artists of BrugesLecture
14 November 2016Jacob EpsteinLecture
10 October 2016Life and Times of the Sundial:A Perspective of Civilisation's Most Enduring TimekeeperLecture
13 June 2016A Taste for Design:Liberty in the 1950s and 60s.Lecture
09 May 2016The Cultural Heritage of the HuguenotsLecture
11 April 2016All That Glisters:Overview of Contemporary British JewelleryLecture
14 March 2016Mirrors and Torrents:Water in Historic GardensLecture
08 February 2016Exeter Cathedral:A Portrait in Decorative GothicLecture
11 January 2016Lamorna Birch:a leader in Cornish Landscape PaintingLecture
14 December 2015Inventors of ChristmasLecture
09 November 2015How We Got IKEA:Scandinavian Design 1880-1960Lecture
12 October 2015Posters of the Belle Epoch:The Great Age of the PosterLecture
08 June 2015London's Changing Skyline Lecture
11 May 2015Houses And Gardens Of The Bordeaux RegionLecture
13 April 2015The Master - Noel Coward As Writer, Actor And Painter.Lecture
09 March 2015A History of the TateLecture
09 February 2015John Opie: The Cornish WonderLecture
12 January 2015A Nile Cruise Lecture
08 December 2014Unlocking the Christmas StoryLecture
10 November 2014Imperial Purple to Denim Blue Lecture
13 October 2014Fakes and ForgeriesLecture
09 June 2014Nikolaus Pevsner and the Buildings of EnglandLecture
12 May 2014Josiah Spode and 19th century English Bone ChinaLecture
14 April 2014The Imperial Easter Eggs of Carl FabergeLecture
10 March 2014‘Cornish Art 1880-1940, including women artists, Newlyn and Lamorna Schools’ Lecture
11 February 2014The Shakers of North AmericaLecture
13 January 2014An Introduction to English SilverLecture
09 December 2013The Adoration of The Magi.Lecture
11 November 2013Men Behaving BadlyLecture
14 October 2013Gilbert and SullivanLecture
10 June 2013The Cult of GlorianaLecture
13 May 2013Vivaldi and CanalettoLecture
08 April 2013This is Wren - the Classical, the Baroque and the City of London Churches.Lecture
11 March 2013The Life-enhancing GardenLecture
11 February 2013English Caricature from Hogarth to PunchLecture
14 January 2013Edgar Degas. Pioneer of Impressionism Lecture
10 December 2012From Frozen Forests to Reindeer - Gems from LifeLecture
12 November 2012From Phaetons to Pantoms: 100 years of Coachbuilding Lecture
08 October 2012Syon, Osterley and Kenwood: Robert Adam's London villasLecture
11 June 2012Horses, Women and Great Country HousesLecture
14 May 2012Trompe L’Oeil - the art of illusionLecture
16 April 2012Wagons West: Images of the American FrontierLecture
12 March 2012Sofonisba AnguissolaLecture
13 February 2012Dickens revisited – celebrating 200 years since his birthLecture
09 January 2012The Cult of the South Pacific – from Cook to Gauguin Lecture
12 December 2011The Treasures from the Royal CollectionLecture
14 November 2011Glasgow Boys and Scottish ColouristsLecture
01 June 2011Tyntesfield House Tour
01 June 2010AyrshireTour
01 June 2009Blenheim PalaceTour