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10 June 2026La Serenissima - the Golden Age of Music in Venice.Lecture
27 May 2026The Changing Face of Fashion in a Turbulent World.Special Event
13 May 2026The Art of the CartoonistLecture
08 April 2026Pots and Frocks – The World of Grayson Perry. From Essex Punk to Superstar National TreasureLecture
11 March 2026Visual Proverbs: Dutch Genre in the 17th Century.Lecture
11 February 2026Ancient Egypt at the British MuseumLecture
14 January 2026The Painted Hall at GreenwichLecture
10 December 2025The Art of Celebrating: Carols, Consuming and Shopping during the Christmas Season 1820-1930.Lecture
12 November 2025Every Colour Under the SunLecture
08 October 2025King and Collector: The Art of Henry VIII. Lecture
10 September 2025Architecture of Mughal India: Palaces, Mosques, Gardens and Mausoleums.Lecture
13 June 2025VISIT THE INNS OF COURT - A WALK THROUGH LEGAL LONDONVisit
11 June 2025Resurgam - The Music of St. Paul'sLecture
09 June 2025VISIT THE INNS OF COURT - A WALK THROUGH LEGAL LONDONVisit
14 May 2025Faber & Faber – 90 Years of Excellence in Cover Design.Lecture
09 April 2025"So They Do Cook, After All!’". Ravilious, Bawden and the Great Bardfield Artists. Lecture
12 March 2025The Kingdom of Hawaii and the Iolani Palace.Lecture
12 February 2025Canaletto and Samuel Scott in England.Lecture
11 December 2024Inventors of Christmas.Lecture
13 November 2024Chinese Imperial Court Costume: Qing Dynasty (1644 -1911) – "A Journey Through the Imperial Wardrobe"Lecture
16 October 2024Visit to Standen HouseVisit
09 October 2024Tamara de Lempicka – Art Deco DivaLecture
11 September 2024Discovering MacDonald Gill: Artist and Mapmaker.Lecture
26 July 2024A Spitfire GirlSpecial Event
12 June 2024West End Winners – the rise of the British Musical from Noel Coward to Lionel BartLecture
29 May 2024Undressing AntiguesSpecial Event
08 May 2024Uncompromising Genius: the Life and Work of Frank Lloyd WrightLecture
24 April 2024Visit to the City of LondonVisit
10 April 2024The Dancing Faun: a Personal Story of a MasterpieceLecture
21 March 2024Visit to the City of LondonVisit
13 March 2024The Men Who Made MenswearLecture
14 February 2024The History of the Royal School of NeedleworkLecture
13 December 2023The Three Kings - The Real Story. Lecture
08 November 2023Gloriana: Elizabeth I and the Art of Queenship.Lecture
11 October 2023An Actor’s LifeLecture
13 September 2023Artistic and Literary ChelseaLecture
14 June 2023The Studio-Houses of the Holland Park Circle.Lecture
10 May 2023History of the City of London as Told Through its Stained Glass.Lecture
12 April 2023Silent Witness: A Journey Through the Art of Holy WeekLecture
08 March 2023The Blue Hour: Painting the North.Lecture
16 February 2023Looking on the Bright Side: Cartoonists of Genius from Daumier to MattSpecial Event
08 February 2023Singing in Secret: William Byrd, Queen Elizabeth and Worship Under Wraps.Lecture
11 January 2023Curves, Colours and Cool: An Introduction to Mid-Century Modern.Lecture
14 December 2022The Twelve Plants of Christmas: The Natural History, Botany and Folklore of the Plants that surround us at Christmas.Lecture
09 November 2022From Restoration to Reformation – Theatre from Charles II to David Garrick.Lecture
12 October 2022The Art of the Table: Feasts and Fantasy.Lecture
14 September 2022Bombing with Banksey &Co – the Graffiti and Street Art of Shoreditch and SpitalfieldsLecture
08 June 2022AGM @ 2:00pm Jerome Kern - the Daddy of Them All. @ 2:30 Lecture
11 May 2022Fron Errol Flynn to Bottles of Gin: Literary Portraits and Their Afterlives.Lecture
13 April 2022The Artsists Who Outwitted the NazisLecture
09 March 2022Mad Men and Artists: How the Advertising Industry Exploited Fine Art.Lecture
09 February 2022Castles: The Unquenched Thirst of William Randolf Hearst. VIA ZOOMLecture
12 January 2022The Housekeeper's Tale: The Women Who Really Ran the English Country House. VIA ZOOMLecture
08 December 2021A Very Ceremonial ChristmasLecture
10 November 2021The Bruges of van Eyck and MemlingLecture
13 October 2021From Rag Dolls to Robots - A World History of ToysLecture
08 September 2021Gainsborough and Brown - Art as nature or Nature as Art?Lecture
09 June 2021Shakespeare and the Birth of Modern Show Business Zoom onlyLecture
12 May 2021Making Visions: the Jewellery of Artist Charles Ricketts Zoom TBCLecture
14 April 2021Stamford Raffles – Art Collector and Discoverer of Singapore. Zoom only (Rebooked due to Covid)Lecture
10 March 2021The Silk Road: a Journey of Wool, Cotton & Silk Zoom and YouTubeLecture
10 February 2021From Downton to Gatsby: Jewellery and Fashion 1890 to 1929Lecture
13 January 2021The Art of Dance. There will be NO Youtube only live Zoom lecture.Lecture
18 December 2020Great Exhibitions and the World's Fairs. TAS stream at 1pmLecture
09 December 2020Rupert, The Anthropomorphic Bear. ZOOMLecture
27 November 2020Indian Modern Art. TAS stream at 1pmLecture
11 November 2020Cloisters - Remarkable Cathedral Survivors Zoom + YouTube StreamLecture
23 October 2020The English Cookbook. TAS stream at 1pm.Lecture
14 October 2020Mars & the Muses: the Renaissance Art of Armour. (Zoom Lecture plus YouTube) @ 14:30Lecture
18 September 2020Prometheus and His Plight. TAS YouTube stream @ 1pmLecture
09 September 2020Zoom Get-TogetherLecture
22 April 2020Visit to the Fan Museum and Queen’s House Greenwich. COVID-19 CANCELLATIONVisit
08 April 2020Painted Pleats – a History of European Fan Painting. COVID-19 CANCELLATIONLecture
11 March 2020The Glasgow Boys: Painting in Scotland 1875-1914Lecture
18 February 2020The Magnificent Maya – Fact & FantasySpecial Event
12 February 2020Creativity in UK PrisonsLecture
08 January 2020Zaha Hadid – Architectural SuperstarLecture
11 December 2019The Story of WineLecture
13 November 2019Gericault: Slavery and “The Raft of the Medusa”Lecture
09 October 2019The Borgias: the Most Infamous Family in HistoryLecture
11 September 2019Giles, His Life, Times and CartoonsLecture
12 June 2019The GPO Film Unit - The Birth of Documentary FilmsLecture
08 May 2019Cultural Experiments in the Weimar RepublicLecture
10 April 2019The Silver ThreadLecture
13 March 2019The Very Model of an English Entertainer. Gilbert & Sullivan and Their Savoy OperasLecture
13 February 2019Antony Gormley - A Body of WorkLecture
09 January 2019A Decorative Art - the History of WallpapersLecture
12 December 2018Sing We YuleLecture
14 November 2018The Magnificent Maya - Fact & FantasyLecture
10 October 2018Conceptual ArtLecture
12 September 2018A Load of Old BallsLecture
13 June 2018Picasso, Man Ray and Max Ernst through the Eyes of Lee Miller and Roland PenroseLecture
09 May 2018Secret Art in the Passport - How We Use it to Foil the ForgerLecture
11 April 2018Bronzes of Ife and Benin and an Historical View of Art & Sculpture in NigeriaLecture
14 March 2018Great Dixter - Past and FutureLecture
14 February 2018The Lure of IvoryLecture
10 January 2018Red Vibrations: the Aesthetic and Emotional Significance of Red in Western Art from Angelic Pink to Demonic ScarletLecture
13 December 2017Puppets, Piers and Pantomimes - 40 Years in Show-BusinessLecture
08 November 2017Inspired by StonehengeLecture
11 October 2017The Gleaming Spires of LondonLecture
13 September 2017Glorious Things - Discovering Byzantium through its ArtLecture