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16 June 2026‘’We Are Amused!’’ A Panorama of Victorian Leisure from the Parlour to the Seaside Via the NurseryLecture
19 May 2026Insatiable Appetites: Eating Out in Georgian LondonLecture
21 April 2026Wilde About Oscar: Famous for Being Famous (and infamous?)Lecture
16 April 2026Visit to Dover Priory (Dover College) and Maison DieuVisit
17 March 2026AGM 10.45 (coffee 10.00) Art Transported Lecture
17 February 2026The Irritating and Influential Mr. WhistlerLecture
20 January 2026Discovering MacDonald Gill: Architect, Artist and MapmakerLecture
09 December 2025The Music of the CaribbeanLecture
18 November 2025Great Gardens of the 18th Century: Landscape Gardening from Ha-Has to HermitsLecture
21 October 2025When Horses Ran LondonLecture
16 September 2025Ways to Look at PaintingLecture
03 July 2025Historic BrookVisit
17 June 2025The Architecture of Mughal India: Palaces, Mosques, Gardens and MausoleumsLecture
20 May 2025From Negative to Positive: Photography’s Long Road to Recognition as ArtLecture
15 May 2025Historic BrookVisit
15 April 2025The Art and Craft of the PewtererLecture
18 March 2025Architecture Through the Ages preceded by the AGM 10.45 (coffee 10.00). See Home Page for links to Agenda and other documents.Lecture
18 February 2025Miniature Portraits: Tiny Treasures Close to Our HeartsLecture
21 January 2025Oh No Dear, That’s Not Funny: Cartoonists On CartooningLecture
10 December 2024Strike Up the Band: A Brief History of the Modern OrchestraLecture
19 November 2024Cut to Dazzle: The Rise of English Cut Lead Crystal 1700 – 1830Lecture
15 October 2024Not in Front of the Audience: Censorship on the British StageLecture
17 September 2024The Mystery of Holbein’s ‘Ambassadors’ Lecture
18 June 2024The Art of the Kimono: Japanese Signs, Symbols and StoriesLecture
21 May 2024Mars and the Muses: The Renaissance Art of ArmourLecture
14 May 2024LEONARDSLEE LAKES & GARDENSVisit
20 April 2024British Wild food: fresh, free and full of flavour ‘talk and taste’ £42.00 per personSpecial Event
16 April 2024Beautiful, Beastly, Bizarre: The Art of Hieronymus BoschLecture
23 March 2024The Wheel of the Year – a celebration of eight seasonal festivals £35.00 per personSpecial Event
19 March 2024Virtual Realities: The Art of FrescoLecture
20 February 2024The Age of JazzLecture
16 January 2024Nicholas Hawksmoor and the Glories of the English BaroqueLecture
12 December 2023Food and Art Through the Ages: From Renaissance Sugar Sculpture to 3D Printing Lecture
21 November 2023The Elgin Marbles: A History of Meaning Lecture
20 October 2023Rubens and Women Visit
17 October 2023Iconoclasm in the English Church: A Study in Constructive DestructionLecture
09 October 2023Make your own Sterling Silver ring (£85) or bangle (£98) Workshop– limited to eight people Special Event
19 September 2023Dreamtime to Machine Time Lecture
20 June 2023Charles Dickens – The Man and His Life Through His Characters Lecture
16 May 2023Renaissance Watercolours: Undiscovered Treasures From Dürer to Van Dyk Lecture
24 April 2023Weald and Downland Living MuseumVisit
18 April 2023Paradise Lost and Restored – The History of Garden Design Through the Lens of the Oxford Botanic GardenLecture
21 March 2023The Art of the CartoonistLecture
21 February 2023Moorish Architecture – The Legacy of a Vanished KingdomLecture
17 January 2023What Have the Huguenots Ever Done For Us?Lecture
13 December 2022Vienna – The Melting Pot of European CultureLecture
15 November 2022Antony Gormley – A Body of WorkLecture
18 October 2022The Birth, Growth and Influence of London’s Great Auction HousesLecture
20 September 2022Art and Architecture – Estranged BedfellowsLecture
21 June 2022Giles – His Life, Times and CartoonsLecture
17 May 2022Zaha Hadid – Architectural Superstar CHANGED SEE NEWS PAGE FOR DETAILSLecture
19 April 2022In the Kingdom of the Sweets Lecture
15 March 2022Three Great Families and Their Gardens AGMLecture
15 February 2022The Art of the HermitageLecture
18 January 2022Unravelling the Silk Road: A Textile Journey - Zoom Meeting Lecture
14 December 2021Baroque on a Roll: Classical Music in the Modern MediaLecture
16 November 2021Faber and Faber – 90 Years of Excellence in Cover Design Lecture
19 October 2021Romans and Romantics – The Guildhall Art GalleryLecture
21 September 2021Played in London - Charting the Heritage of a City at PlayLecture
15 June 2021Undressing AntiquesLecture
18 May 2021Faces, Figures and Forms – Exploring Sculpture in the UK’s Public Art CollectionsLecture
21 April 2021Weald & Downland Living MuseumVisit
20 April 2021Bravos and Breastplates – the Evolution of Opera Lecture
23 March 2021Museum of London DocklandsVisit
16 March 2021The Magnificent Maya – Fact and Fantasy Lecture
16 February 2021The subtle science and exact art of colour in English garden designLecture
28 January 2021Martello No.24, DymchurchVisit
19 January 2021A Brief History of WineLecture
08 December 2020Understanding Modern ArtLecture
27 November 2020Palace of WestminsterVisit
17 November 2020As Good as GoldLecture
20 October 2020Caravaggio: the Magic of Light and ShadowLecture
23 September 2020Red House & Eltham PalaceVisit
15 September 2020The Hazards of the Journey : Pilgrimage and Travel in the Middle AgesLecture
22 April 2020Weald & Downland Living MuseumVisit
18 March 2020Musical Museum & Kenwood HouseVisit
23 January 2020William Blake: the ArtistVisit
05 November 2019 Royal Academy – Anthony Gormley Exhibition – CANCELLEDVisit
20 September 2019Chagall Windows & Leybourne CastleVisit