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03 July 2026OH,WE DO LIKE TO BE BESIDE THE SEASIDELecture
16 June 2026THE LIFE and WORKS of SIR ALFRED MUNNINGSLecture
11 June 2026BOWOOD HOUSEVisit
26 May 2026REMBRANDT: WHY SELF PORTRAITSLecture
21 April 2026THE SHAKESPEARE OF DOGS- SIR EDWIN LANDSEERLecture
17 March 2026KIKI de MONTPARNASSELecture
12 March 2026KING CHARLES 111: HIS FOREBEARS and THEIR ARTISTIC TASTESSpecial Event
17 February 2026THE CREATION of the BBCLecture
20 January 2026POMP,FEAST and REVELRY: THE MEDIEVAL YEAR in ARTLecture
09 December 2025PANTOMIME:WHEN THE FAIRY IS OVER FIFTY!Lecture
18 November 2025J. M. W. TURNER : TRADITION and INNOVATIONLecture
04 November 2025MUSIC in RENAISSANCE ARTSpecial Event
21 October 2025SULEYMAN the MAGNIFICENT and the GOLDEN AGE of OTTOMAN ART and ARCHITECTURELecture
16 September 2025THREADS of HISTORY : THE WORLD of the BAYEUX TAPESTRYLecture
04 July 2025THE GRIT and GLAMOUR: ART in the JAZZ AGELecture
17 June 2025BECOMING JANE AUSTEN: THE MAKING of a LITERARY SUPER STARLecture
05 June 2025HATFIELD HOUSE_HEREFORDSHIREVisit
20 May 2025JOHN SINGER SARGENT: THE PRIVATE RADICAL Lecture
13 May 2025THE HISTORY and ART of MADRID, TOLEDO,AVILA,SALAMANCA and SERGOVIAVisit
29 April 2025LONGFORD CASTLEVisit
22 April 2025THE NATION' S MANTELPIECE: A HISTORY of the NATIONAL GALLERY in TEN PAINTINGSLecture
01 April 2025MASTERS of the NORTH: THE GOLDEN AGE of NORDIC PAINTING: PEASANTS to TSARSSpecial Event
18 March 2025INN SIGNIA: PUB SIGNS, THE ARTWORK and the STORIES BEHIND THEIR NAMESLecture
18 February 2025VAN GOGH and GAUGIN in ARLESLecture
12 February 2025THE WALLACE COLLECTIONVisit
21 January 2025EDWARD HOPPER-PAINTER of LONELINESSLecture
15 January 2025THE BIG THREE /THE BIG THREE BEYOND FLORENCESpecial Event
10 December 2024WHEN WINTERS WERE WONDERFUL: LIFE and LEISURE in CANADA of YESTERYEARLecture
19 November 2024IMPERIAL PURPLE to DENIM BLUE and the COLOURFUL HISTORY of TEXTILESLecture
05 November 2024THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE and THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE, COVENT GARDENVisit
22 October 2024TASTE of SPLENDOUR and CATHERINE THE GREATSpecial Event
15 October 2024VITA SACKVILLE WEST and SISSINGHURST (Knole Connection)Lecture
26 September 2024THE ART,HISTORY and PALACES of VIENNA and the DANUBE VALLEYVisit
17 September 2024THE ARTISTS of MONTMARTRE "THE PILGRIMS of BABYLONLecture
05 July 2024THE ART of TRICKERY, HOW MAGICIANS ARE SEEN in PAINTINGS, PRINTS and CARTOONS Lecture
18 June 2024GUSTAV HOLST- THE PLANETS and BEYONDLecture
21 May 2024THE CITY of FAITH, ART and EMPIRELecture
08 May 2024PENSHURST PLACEVisit
23 April 2024ARTISTS and the BRITISH LANDSCAPE-VICTORIAN ARTISTSSpecial Event
16 April 2024FRANS HALS- A LOOK BEHIND the JOVIALITY and SPONTANEITYLecture
19 March 2024ART BEHIND BARS: THE ROLE of ARTS in BREAKING the CYCLE of CRIME and of RE_OFFENDINGLecture
20 February 2024THE FOUNDERS and TREASURES of the WALLACE COLLECTIONLecture
16 January 2024MORE THAN JUST BUNS:DINING OUT IN GEORGIAN LONDONLecture
05 December 2023IN THE FROSTY SEASON : HOW THE ROMANTICS INVENTED WINTERLecture
21 November 2023MARIE BRACQUEMOND- THE UNKNOWN IMPRESSIONISTLecture
07 November 2023THE SERIOUS BUSINESS of BEING FUNNY - GILES THE CARTOONISTSpecial Event
17 October 2023MICHAEL SITTOW_TALLIN'S FINEST TALENTLecture
10 October 2023SALISBURY CATHEDRAL and ARUNDELLSVisit
19 September 2023BRAMSHILL,THE MYSTERY of its HISTORIC GARDENS and BPTANICAL PAINTINGSLecture
07 July 2023LIFE on a HARPSTRING : THE HISTORY, DESIGN and MUSIC of this UNIQUE INSTRUMENTLecture
20 June 2023A PORTRAIT of JEWELS FOLLOWING MISSING TREASURERS THROUGH CANVASLecture
16 May 2023THE ASHCAN PAINTERS: FOUNDERS of NEW YORK REALISMLecture
11 May 2023KNOLE, SEVENOAKSVisit
18 April 2023THE ENGLAND of ERIC RAVILIOUS -1903 to 1942Lecture
21 March 2023THE WOMAN WHO TOLD US WHERE TO GOLecture
09 March 2023Extraordinary Women in the Balkans Princess Ksenia of Montenegro (1881-1960) and Edith Durham (1863-1944)Special Event
21 February 2023SICKERT and the CAMDEN TOWN MURDERSLecture
17 January 2023CARAVAGGIO- THE MASTER of LIGHT and SHADOWLecture
06 December 2022ROBED IN DREADFUL MAJESTY-MUSIC, POETRY and TRADITIONS of ADVENTLecture
22 November 2022Gilbert and Sullivan and the Savoy traditionSpecial Event
15 November 2022THE HISTORY AND CULTURE OF AL-ANDALUSLecture
02 November 2022SPENCER HOUSE, LONDONVisit
18 October 2022RESTORING THE ARTE OF KENTLecture
20 September 2022A JOURNEY TO SANSEPOLCRO- PIERO DELLA FRANCESCA'S RESURRECTIONLecture
15 July 2022A BRIEF HISTORY OF WINELecture
06 July 2022The Power of PhotographySpecial Event
21 June 2022THE BATTLE OF MARATHONLecture
17 May 2022MARC CHAGALL- WONDERING JEW OR CITIZEN OF THE WORLDLecture
27 April 2022HEVER CASTLE and ALL SAINT'S CHURCH TUDELEYVisit
19 April 2022THE GREATEST ART PATRON IN THE WORLD - RUDOLPH 11 and his KUNSTKAMMERLecture
24 March 2022Cultural Revolution in the Heart of EuropeSpecial Event
15 March 2022SADLERS WELLS -THE THEATRICAL MOTHERSHIPLecture
15 February 2022A CARPET RIDE TO KHIVALecture
18 January 2022CELEBRATIONS IN ANCIENT EGYPTIAN ARTLecture
07 December 2021CHRISTMAS at COVENT GARDEN -BACKSTAGE at the ROYAL OPERA HOUSELecture
16 November 2021POTS AND FROCKS_ THE WORLD OF GRAYSON PERRYLecture
28 October 2021The Healing Power of Plants and Beauty in TruthSpecial Event
19 October 2021THE NATIONAL INTEREST-ART, THE SUN KING and the ACADEMIC REVOLUTIONLecture
13 October 2021The VyneVisit
21 September 2021PEGGY GUGGENHEIMLecture
15 June 2021THE LUTE WITHIN OLD MASTERS PAINTINGSLecture
18 May 2021AUGUST RODIN AND 19th CENTURY SCULPTURELecture
20 April 2021ARTIST'S VIEW OF 19th CENTURY RURAL BRITAIN: RURAL IDYLL OR HARD LABOURLecture
20 April 2021ARTIST'S VIEW of 19CENTURY RURAL BRITAIN: IDYLL or HARD LABOURLecture
13 April 2021 El Greco of Toledo and Spanish Painting of the Golden Age Special Event
16 March 2021TAMARA DE LEMPICKALecture
16 February 2021ROMANCING THE RAILSLecture
19 January 2021STANLEY SPENCER: THE ODD ONE OUTLecture
08 December 2020SINGE WE YULELecture
17 November 2020FRIDA KAHLO: A LIFE IN ARTLecture
04 November 2020The Most Serene Republic: Venice and the Venetians, from Mud-Flats to the Modern World.Special Event
20 October 2020LONDON'S COUNTRY HOUSESLecture
15 September 2020THE SUNFLOWER IN ART AND CULTURELecture
10 July 2020A BRIEF HISTORY OF WINE -------- CANCELLED --------Lecture
16 June 2020THE LUTE WITHIN OLD MASTERS PAINTINGS ------------------ CANCELLED -----------------Lecture
19 May 2020AUGUST RODIN AND 19TH-CENTURY SCULPTURE CANCELLEDLecture
21 April 2020POTS AND FROCKS - THE WORLD OF GRAYSON PERRY CANCELLEDLecture
17 March 2020PEGGY GUGGENHEIMLecture
11 March 2020ELTHAM PALACEVisit
05 March 2020The Honourable East India Company and East-West Trade: Chintz, Chinese Export and Chinoiserie AD 1600-1800Special Event
18 February 2020ART AND ARCHITECTURELecture
21 January 2020THE EMPTY CHAIR: FROM VAN GOGH TO AI WEIWEI – HOW ARTISTS DEPICT WHAT IS MISSINGLecture
03 December 2019THE INVENTORS OF CHRISTMASLecture
19 November 2019IMPERIAL CALCUTTA: ARTS AND ARCHITECTURELecture
06 November 2019Landsdowne Club, LondonVisit
30 October 2019Treasures of the Royal Art CollectionSpecial Event
17 October 2019Foreign Visit - Art & History of Hidden UmbriaVisit
15 October 2019PEARLS AND POMEGRANATES, PEACOCKS AND PIPES: THE HIDDEN LANGUAGE OF RENAISSANCE ART Lecture
17 September 2019DRAWN FROM ART – THE EXTRAORDINARY LIFE OF AUGUSTUS JOHNLecture
03 August 2019Frogmore House, WindsorVisit
26 June 2019Avington Park, near WinchesterVisit
18 June 2019THE ANATOMICAL DRAWINGS OF LEONARDO DA VINCI – A SURGEON’S VIEW Lecture
05 June 2019Masters of Art Nouveau and Art Deco: Galle, Tiffany and LaliqueSpecial Event
21 May 2019THE TIGER IN ASIAN ARTLecture
16 April 2019"THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY" – A HISTORY OF GLASS THROUGH THE EYES OF THE ARTISTLecture
19 March 2019GEORGIA O’KEEFFE AND HER UNIQUE ARTISTIC VISIONLecture
07 March 2019The Grand Tour and Influence of Italy on English GardensSpecial Event
27 February 2019Fulham PalaceVisit
19 February 2019THE REBUILDING OF THE TOWN OF YPRES AFTER THE GREAT WARLecture
15 January 2019MOZART’S OPERATIC WORLDLecture