Lectures

2024/2025 PROGRAMME

Lectures start at 11am with tea and coffee available from around 10:15 am

3 October 2024
PLAYED IN LONDON – CHARTING THE HERITAGE OF A CITY AT PLAY –Simon Inglis

7 November 2024
CALIPHS AND CHRISTIANS – ART AND HISTORY IN ANDALUCIA –Gail Turner

5 December 2024
THE HOLIDAY SEASON: FOOD AND FEASTING IN ART – Sarah Ciacci

2025

9 January 2025
RE-IMAGING THE NATION: 19TH CENTURY DANISH LANDSCAPES – James Vaux

6 February 2025
GARDENING AS A FINE ART – Timothy Walker

6 March 2025
DRESS CODE – TEN ICONIC DRESSES IN ART – Alexandra Epps

DAY OF SPECIAL INTEREST
10 March 2025
The Golden Road to Samarkand, Carpet to Khiva, Savisky and the Secret Hoard of Avante Garde Art – Chris Aslan

3 April 2025
ART TRANSPORTED: HOW DID IT GET HERE FROM WHERE IT WAS MADE? WHO OWNED IT BEFORE? – Chantal Brotherton-Radcliffe

8 May 2025
A history of British Coins: the treasure we used to keep in our pockets – Matthew Denney

5 June 2025
THE OBSESSION FOR SPANISH ART IN BRITAIN – Isabelle Kent
The AGM precedes this lecture at 10.00 a.m.

3 July 2025
STUBBS 1724 – 1806 THE ENGLISH LEONARDO – CHRISTOPHER GARIBALDI

Note that the first lectures in the new season 2025 -2026 are:

2 October 2025
THE ‘GOLDEN AGE’ OF BRITISH COMEDY – Tyler Butterworth

6 November 2025
DEATH BY WALLPAPER: COLOURFUL STORIES OF CHEMICAL PIGMENTS AND DYES – Lynne Gibson

THE PAULINE PLAYER DAY OF SPECIAL INTEREST
10 November 2025 – WILDE ABOUT OSCAR: FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS (& INFAMOUS) 1854-1900 – Simon Whitehouse

4 December 2025
THE ART OR TRICKERY: HOW MAGICIANS ARE SEEN IN PAINTINGS, PRINTS AND CARTOONS – Ian Keable