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15 June 2026Priceless Peggy - Peggy GuggenheimLecture
01 June 2026All Singing Alll Dancing ShakespeareSpecial Event
11 May 2026Portraits of London - Ten leading artists interpret the city through two centuriesLecture
20 April 2026Pompeii and Herculaneum - Reconstructing the final dayLecture
23 March 2026A Private Tour of the Wallace CollectionVisit
16 March 2026Glad Tidings - The Story of the AnnunciationLecture
09 February 2026Les Trois Grandes Dames of Impressionism : Marie Bracquemond, Berthe Morisot and Mary CassattLecture
19 January 2026The Housekeepers Tale - The women who really ran the English country houseLecture
01 December 2025A Private Tour of Somerset House's Hisorical Highlights - SOLD OUT Visit
17 November 2025Banksy - Fraud or GeniusLecture
13 October 2025The De Beers Diamond Cartel - Romancing the StoneLecture
29 September 2025A Stroll Around the Streets of SpitalfieldsVisit
15 September 2025George Villiers Duke of BuckinghamLecture
16 June 2025Painting Kent - Picturing a county from Tudor Knole to Tracey Emin's MargateLecture
19 May 2025Awakening the Royal Pavilion - The creation of the luxurious Regency palaceLecture
28 April 2025Fashion of the 1930s and Edward MolyneuxLecture
24 March 2025Royal Opera House #2Visit
17 March 2025The Jurassic world of Mary AnningLecture
10 February 2025Searching for Arcadia: The Life, Art and Times of John CraxtonLecture
20 January 2025Charles Dickens: The man and his life through his charactersLecture
16 December 2024Love Actually: your favourite Christmas movie will never be the same  Lecture
20 November 2024Royal Opera HouseVisit
20 November 2024Visit to the Royal Opera HouseLecture
18 November 2024AGM at 10.30 followed by a change to our previously advertised lecture: A Tale of Two Cities - London and New York on the musical stageLecture
21 October 2024George Stubbs 1724-1806 - the English Leonardo da VinciLecture
16 September 2024Joan of Arc: the story of France's renowned national heroineLecture
17 June 2024An Artist’s Best Friend - The Dog in ArtLecture
20 May 2024In search of Leokadiya Kashperova - the rescue of a major romantic composer whose fine music was almost erased forever by the misfortunes of twentieth century historyLecture
25 April 2024Kings Cross Walk Visit
22 April 2024The men who made menswearLecture
18 March 2024When horses ran LondonLecture
19 February 2024Frédéric Bazille: a painter of modern lifeLecture
15 February 2024Foreigners in London: The artists that changed the course of British art Secure your place - please book before 5th February!Special Event
15 January 2024Fit for a king: is Van Dyck the ultimate ‘spin doctor’?Lecture
18 December 2023Who is Santa Claus? Art from Nicholas to Father Christmas (Zoom lecture)Lecture
13 November 2023The manufactured woman: the story of Pandora and how she has inspired generations of artists to imagine how and why women came into the worldLecture
26 October 2023Happy and Glorious: A thousand years of coronationsSpecial Event
09 October 2023Flowers, hearts and gems: the secret language and symbolism of jewelleryLecture
28 September 2023Leighton HouseVisit
18 September 2023A load of old balls - on the history, design and evolution of balls used in sport and recreationLecture
21 June 2023End of term midsummer afternoon teaVisit
19 June 2023"The Dancing Faun": A personal story of a masterpieceLecture
15 May 2023Castles: the unquenchable thirst of William Randolph HearstLecture
17 April 2023Art in RussiaLecture
27 March 2023The British Library - the work of the Conservation TeamVisit
20 March 2023Degas, Monet and Baudelaire: Paris, the city of modernityLecture
20 February 2023Painted Pleats - a history of European fan paintingLecture
16 February 2023The Silk RoadSpecial Event
16 January 2023Dante's Divine Comedy: other world images from his poemsLecture
19 December 2022The magical music of Christmas: sacred and secular music both old and new (via Zoom)Lecture
21 November 2022Emperor Qianlong: son of heaven and man of the worldLecture
27 October 2022Painting Down Under - A hundred years of Australian painting 1888-1988Special Event
10 October 2022The Bayeux Tapestry: what can be learned from this depiction of a turning point in our history?Lecture
19 September 2022A load of old ballsLecture
20 June 2022A taste of German art through the centuries: from Dürer to the FauvesLecture
16 May 2022The Field of the Cloth of Gold: 6,000 Englishmen in France for 18 daysLecture
25 April 2022The century of deception: Hoaxes in the 18th CenturyLecture
08 April 2022The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam - Much more than Rembrandt’s Night Watch!Visit
21 March 2022Artistic and cultural representations of Ethel Rosenburg and the making of an American iconLecture
21 February 2022A load of old balls - "the invention of the ball ranks as highly as the invention of the wheel"Lecture
17 February 2022Medicine and Art: unlikely bedfellowsSpecial Event
17 January 2022Zoom lecture: Secrets of an Edwardian shopaholic: Fashion, society and ruin in the run up to World War ILecture
20 December 2021The magic of pantomime: origins and traditions explored by a seasoned performer (virtual lecture via Zoom)Lecture
25 November 2021The Albert Memorial: Virtual walking tour (via Zoom)Visit
15 November 2021Christmas ceremonial eventsLecture
28 October 2021Treasures of Ravenna, Urbino and RiminiSpecial Event
11 October 2021How to get down from a yak - Adventures in Central Asian TextilesLecture
20 September 2021The Benin Bronzes - The manufacture and use of these controversial sculptures.Lecture
21 June 2021British Seaside Holiday: history, architecture and entertainmentLecture
26 May 2021Virtual walking tour of RomeVisit
17 May 2021Food in Art: How for centuries, glorious food has made glorious artLecture
19 April 2021Highlights of the Russell - Cotes Art Gallery and MuseumLecture
15 March 2021Cleopatra: The most womanly of women and the most queenly of queensLecture
25 February 2021The HuguenotsSpecial Event
25 February 2021The Huguenots - online study dayLecture
15 February 2021The Politeness of Princes: The reality of medieval etiquette and table mannersLecture
28 January 2021Reformation London - a virtual walkVisit
25 January 2021Reformation London - a virtual walkLecture
18 January 2021The Art of the Steal: Nazi looting during WW2Lecture
14 December 2020A right royal Christmas (via Zoom)Lecture
16 November 2020John Singer Sargent - much more than a modern Van Dyck (via Zoom)Lecture
29 October 2020Turner vs Constable: The Great British Paint OffSpecial Event
19 October 2020Who done it? Hitchcock: The master of suspenseLecture
21 September 2020Art transported: How did it get here and where was it made? Who owned it before?Lecture
10 August 2020The £20 noteLecture
01 February 2020The Magnificent Maya – Fact and FantasySpecial Event
01 October 2019The Changing Face of FashionSpecial Event
01 September 2019The historic houses and heritage of the Peak DistrictTour
01 June 2019Stained Glass in the CityVisit
01 April 2019Barbican WalkVisit
01 February 2019A History of Art – A Journey of DiscoverySpecial Event
01 October 2018Klimt and the Vienna Secession 1918-2018Special Event