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09 July 2026Beautiful, Beastly, Bizarre: the Art of Hieronymous BoschLecture
11 June 2026The eccentric world of Agatha Christie on film and TVLecture
18 May 2026Devon's DelightsTour
14 May 2026Passionate Potters - from De Morgan to LeachLecture
09 April 2026Clarice Cliff (1899-1972): The Doyenne of Art DecoLecture
19 March 2026JMW Turner: Artist, Poet and Enigma and his relationship with the ThamesSpecial Event
12 March 2026True Originals: the Art of Untrained, Visionary and Compulsive CreatorsLecture
12 February 2026Fashion and Cinema - how Hollywood influenced what we woreLecture
08 January 2026The Discovery of ParisLecture
11 December 2025Dick Whittington: International Man of Myth and Myster(ie)Lecture
06 December 2025Christmas Cracker Concert Visit
27 November 2025Art Deco: Britain's Art Deco Architecture and Celebrating the centenary of the 1925 Paris Expo. Special Event
13 November 2025Art on the StreetsLecture
14 October 2025Cultural Capitals of the BalticsTour
09 October 2025A walk through history - the park and gardens at Blenheim PalaceLecture
10 July 2025Making sense of portraits in country housesLecture
12 June 2025Handel in Georgian England 1711 - 1759Lecture
12 May 2025Suffolk in the SpringtimeTour
08 May 2025Auctioneers Tales - 25 Years in the Art MarketLecture
10 April 2025The History of American Art in 25 Iconic WorksLecture
20 March 2025Celebrating 200 years at the National GallerySpecial Event
13 March 2025Contemporary Painting in ChinaLecture
13 February 2025From the Sublime to the Ridiculous – Venetian Glass 1450-1900Lecture
09 January 2025John Singer SargentLecture
12 December 2024Christmas in Bach’s Leipzig – the OratorioLecture
07 December 2024Christmas CrackerVisit
21 November 2024The Making of Landscape PhotographsSpecial Event
14 November 2024Bruegel’s Winter ScenesLecture
14 October 2024Trieste, Italy & Ljubljana, Slovenia.Tour
10 October 2024From Downton to GatsbyLecture
11 July 2024The Art of State Ceremonial MusicLecture
04 July 2024Thenford Gardens & ArboretumVisit
13 June 2024Beer and Skittles – Fun and Games Down at the LocalLecture
09 May 2024From Claridges to London Underground- Life and Work of Textile Designer Marian DornLecture
11 April 2024In Search of Leokadiya Kashperova Lecture
21 March 2024Spread a Little Happiness – the Story of the British Musical Special Event
14 March 2024Elizabethan Houses and the Transformation of EnglandLecture
29 February 2024Sargent and Fashion at Tate BritainVisit
08 February 2024A Tale of Two Cities: London and New York on the Musical StageLecture
11 January 2024The Triumph of Lutyens’ New DelhiLecture
14 December 2023Christmas at Covent Garden – 300 Years of Christmas Shows at one of London’s Greatest TheatresLecture
06 December 2023John Rutter Christmas CelebrationVisit
28 November 2023Krakow - Culture & ChristmasTour
23 November 2023Cedric Morris: Artist, Plantsman and FriendSpecial Event
09 November 2023The Art of the Automobile Lecture
12 October 2023A History of Western Painting in 12 Masterpieces Lecture
03 October 2023Malaga with Granada CancelledTour
24 August 2023The Rossettis at Tate Britain CANCELLED Visit
13 July 2023A Bit of a Carry OnLecture
08 June 2023The Dark Side of the Boom: The Mass Faking of the Russian Avant GardeLecture
25 May 2023Great Architects - Palladio, Lutyens and FosterSpecial Event
11 May 2023Polperro - Cornwall’s Art CentreLecture
13 April 2023The Landscapes of Andrew Wyeth and Edward Hopper: 20th Century Descendants of the 19th Century TranscendentalistsLecture
23 March 2023The History of English Fairs, Markets and ShopsSpecial Event
09 March 2023Welcome Home Jeeves!’ - P G Wodehouse’s LondonLecture
09 February 2023The Dog in Art – An Artist’s Best Friend Lecture
12 January 2023Off the Record: Album Cover Art 1950 – 2000Lecture
08 December 2022From Tchaikovsky to Tin Pan Alley - Uplifting Music for Christmas Lecture
04 December 2022Wisley GlowVisit
10 November 2022Rimpa Art: Literary Inspiration for DesignLecture
13 October 2022The Films of Mel Brooks and Woody AllenLecture
04 October 2022Northern ItalyTour
14 July 2022The Age of Jazz – Links Between Art and JazzLecture
09 June 2022Brilliant British Humour in the Forgotten Art of the Picture Postcards 1840 – 1950sLecture
17 May 2022ManchesterTour
12 May 2022A Proliferation of Pattern: Wallpapers 1920 – 2000Lecture
07 April 2022Undressing AntiquesLecture
24 March 2022Why Paris? 1900 - 1947Special Event
10 March 2022Masterpieces of the Barber Institute of Fine Arts – in the Context of Black People in ArtLecture
10 February 2022Wind in the Willows Revisited Through its IllustratorsLecture
14 January 2022From Encaustic to AcrylicSpecial Event
13 January 2022The Two Gustavs: Mahler and KlimtLecture
09 December 2021Release Your Inner Cartoonist – Art of Storytelling and Joke Writing in Strip CartoonsLecture
25 November 2021The Royal Opera HouseSpecial Event
17 November 2021How to look at ArtSpecial Event
11 November 2021The Silver Thread – Silver and Traditional Art in KosovoLecture
14 October 2021The Grand Tour: Travel and Collecting in the 18th Century Lecture
08 July 2021The Queen of Instruments : The Lute Within Old Master PaintingsLecture
24 June 2021Virtual tour of CanterburyVisit
10 June 2021Two inches of Ivory : Miniatures & Silhouettes in the age of Jane AustenLecture
01 June 2021The Royal Ballet School - CancelledVisit
27 May 2021Virtual tour of YorkVisit
13 May 2021The Mystery of Holbein's "Ambassadors"Lecture
22 April 2021Virtual tour of BathVisit
08 April 2021Dickens, Lawrence and Zhivago: David Lean's Art of CinemaLecture
25 March 2021Primrose Hill & Regent's Park - Virtual WalkVisit
11 March 2021The Hidden World of Canal ArchitectureLecture
01 March 2021Royal Opera House - postponedVisit
18 February 2021Shakespeare's London - Virtual TourVisit
11 February 2021Jewelled Journeys : The Art of Opulent TravelLecture
28 January 2021Royal Courts of Justice - Virtual TourVisit
14 January 2021Images of the British EmpireLecture
10 December 2020In the Kingdom of SweetsLecture
01 December 2020Blenheim Palace - CANCELLEDVisit
12 November 2020Treasures of the Livery Company HallsLecture
08 October 2020The Battle of Britain:Image and RealityLecture
24 September 2020Paradise Lost and Restored : 400 years of garden design in Oxfordshire VENUE TBALecture
09 July 2020Brilliant British Humour in the Forgotten Art of the British Postcard 1909 - 1939 CANCELLEDLecture
09 July 2020Music in Art 1450-1750 LIVE ZOOM LECTURELecture
25 June 2020Coventry Cathedral CANCELLEDVisit
11 June 2020From Bronzes to Banksie - An Armchair Tour of Public and Street Art LIVE ZOOM LECTURELecture
14 May 2020The Wind in the Willows - revisited through its illustrators CANCELLEDLecture
09 April 2020From Bronzes to Banksie - An Armchair Tour of Public and Street Art CANCELLEDLecture
12 March 2020Raphael: A Master in the MakingLecture
26 February 2020The Royal Hospital ChelseaVisit
13 February 2020Coventry Cathedral - Icon and InspirationLecture
22 January 2020Rembrandt's LightVisit
09 January 2020Field of the Cloth of Gold: 6,000 Englishmen in France for 18 days - How did they do it?Lecture
08 January 2020George Stubbs: 'all done from Nature'Visit
12 December 2019The Christmas Story through Paintings at the National GalleryLecture
04 December 2019Musical Museum at KewVisit
21 November 2019Looking at You, Looking at Me - Women in Western ArtSpecial Event
14 November 2019Tales of a Mysterious Land: Landscapes, Legends and Archaeology of EthiopiaLecture
10 October 2019A Concise History of our Great British Public ParksLecture
15 September 2019Northern IrelandTour
11 July 2019Summer Lunch Riverboat CruiseVisit
11 July 2019Mime, Marcel Marceau and Mime FestivalsLecture
19 June 2019Visit to Stonehenge and ArundellsVisit
13 June 2019Creativity in British PrisonsLecture
09 May 2019Whistler vs Ruskin : Flinging a Pot of Paint in the Public’s FaceLecture
11 April 2019Dale Chihuly - the world's foremost glass artistLecture
14 March 2019AGM 10.15 followed by 'Inspired by Stonehenge'Lecture
28 February 2019“Passionate Patrons” – Victoria and Albert and the ArtsSpecial Event
21 February 2019Visit to Leighton House & Kensington PalaceVisit
14 February 2019Faber & Faber - 90 years of excellence in cover designLecture
10 January 2019Persephone's Isle - the heritage of SicilyLecture
13 December 2018Air, Angels and Aeroplanes - an artistic study of AirLecture
23 November 2018'Photography - the Art of the Real' - Chiltern Hills Study DaySpecial Event
22 November 2018“The Show Must Go On” - The British Theatre 19-20th centurySpecial Event
08 November 2018Learning to Love Le Corbusier - an architectural explorationLecture
24 October 2018Visit to Henry Moore's home, garden and studioVisit
17 October 2018“The Art of Armour” - Chiltern Hills Study DaySpecial Event
14 October 2018Nice and the Cote d'AzurTour
11 October 2018Liberty & Co - design and fashionLecture
12 July 2018Charles Saatchi - a Modern MediciLecture
19 June 2018Visit to Arundel Castle and GardensVisit
14 June 2018As Good as GoldLecture
10 May 2018Icons - the Art of RussiaLecture
20 April 2018Visit to Apsley House and the Wellington ArchVisit
12 April 2018The Scoliotic Knight - reconstructing the Real Richard IIILecture
08 March 2018Robin and Lucienne Day - Design PioneersLecture
15 February 2018New York, New YorkSpecial Event
08 February 2018Votes for Women - Art, Suffragettes and Female PoliticiansLecture
11 January 2018Beautiful, Beastly, Bizarre - the Art of Hieronymus BoschLecture
14 December 2017Star of Wonder - Star of LightLecture
27 November 2017Visit to Spencer House & the Royal AcademyVisit
16 November 2017The Patrons of Opulence - the fascinating story of the Marquesses of ButeSpecial Event
09 November 2017Grinling Gibbons - Carver to the CrownLecture
12 October 2017Augustus and Gwen JohnLecture
10 September 2017Edinburgh and the Scottish BordersTour
13 July 2017The Punch and Judy ShowLecture
15 June 2017Visit to Sudeley CastleVisit
08 June 2017Contemporary Artists - Anthony GormleyLecture
11 May 2017Letchworth Garden City and Hampstead Garden SuburbLecture
13 April 2017The Legendary Lee MillerLecture
31 March 2017Visit to Westminster Abbey & the Supreme CourtVisit
09 March 2017Discovering MacDonald Gill: architect, artist and mapmakerLecture
16 February 2017Layers of RomeSpecial Event
09 February 2017Bernard Leach and his influence on 20th Century Studio CeramicsLecture
12 January 2017Three Great Families and their GardensLecture
09 December 2016Visit to Waddesdon ManorVisit
08 December 2016Mrs Beeton's ChristmasLecture
25 November 2016The Treasures of the Royal Collection, Chiltern Hills Study DaySpecial Event
24 November 2016The Glory of Venice - a city and its music from the 16th - 20th centurySpecial Event
10 November 2016The Power of JewelleryLecture
17 October 2016The Story of the Tate, Chiltern Hills Study DaySpecial Event
13 October 2016Berthe Morisot: Impressionist par excellenceLecture
20 September 2016The Story of one family's collecting at Chatsworth, Chiltern Hills Study DaySpecial Event
14 July 2016Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera: The Golden Age of Mexican Painting Lecture
09 June 2016The Development of the Drinking Glass: Lecture
12 May 2016The Art of Cuisine and the Cuisine of ArtLecture
14 April 2016Landscape into Art: Contemporary Sculptors working out of doors Lecture
18 February 2016The Houses of ParliamentSpecial Event
19 November 2015The Marquesses of Bute - 'Patrons of Opulence'Special Event
12 November 2015The Victorian House around the World 1840-1910Lecture
08 October 2015Discovering Women Artists 1600-1900Lecture
09 July 2015Why did Laura Knight become so famous?Lecture
11 June 2015The Changing London SkylineLecture
14 May 2015The Founders & Treasures of the Wallace CollectionLecture
09 April 2015The Destruction of the MonasteriesLecture
19 February 2015Chatsworth - Passions, Personalities & Patronage from 1550 to 2015Special Event
20 November 2014East meets West - Japan's Artistic Encounters with the WestSpecial Event
09 October 2014Prague - City of the Winter QueenLecture