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21 October 2026The Pre-Raphaelite BrotherhoodLecture
16 September 2026Curves, Colours & Cool: An Introduction to Mid-Century ModernLecture
17 June 2026Wilde About Oscar: Famous for Being Famous (& Infamous)Lecture
03 June 2026Visit to Stratfield SayeVisit
20 May 2026Treasures of the Black Tent: Antique Tribal Rugs & Dowry Weavings of the Persian and Central-Asian Nomads Lecture
15 April 2026How To “Read” the English Country Church – From the Pre-Christians to the TudorsLecture
24 March 2026The Hindu Temple in Neasden, LondonVisit
18 March 2026Not Just A Pile Of Old Stones: Contemporary Art & The English Stately HomeLecture
11 March 2026King Charles III, his Forbears and their Artistic Tastes Special Event
18 February 2026Celebration in Ancient Egyptian ArtLecture
14 January 2026The Art of John PiperLecture
17 December 2025Everything You Need to Know About The Royal Ballet in 60 minutesLecture
19 November 2025The Architecture of Mughal IndiaLecture
05 November 2025The Brilliance of British Architecture & Design Special Event
22 October 2025Michelangelo: Paper, Stone & FleshLecture
07 October 2025Crosby Moran Hall, ChelseaVisit
17 September 2025The Echoing Scream: The Birth of ExpressionismLecture
18 June 2025Augustus John: The King of BohemiaLecture
03 June 2025Broughton Castle & Gardens, BanburyVisit
21 May 2025Post-War Australian PaintingLecture
16 April 2025Herculaneum & Pompeii: Reconstructing the Final DayLecture
02 April 2025Kingston Lacy, Wimborne Minster, DorsetVisit
19 March 2025William Bankes: The Exiled Collector & The Man Behind The Creation of An English Country HouseLecture
12 March 2025All you have ever wanted to know about the Royal AcademySpecial Event
19 February 2025Maria Callas: A Greek Tragedy in Three ActsLecture
15 January 2025Wildmen of the North: Tom Thomson & The Group of SevenLecture
11 December 2024Here We Are Again! The Great British PantomimeLecture
20 November 2024Fashion, Feathers & FuryLecture
13 November 2024The Lure of Italy (with music and paintings in abundance)Special Event
16 October 2024The Subtle Science & Exact Art of Colour in English Garden Design; Why Gardening can Rank as a Fine ArtLecture
18 September 2024The Medici: Bankrolling the RenaissanceLecture
30 August 2024Longford Castle, near SalisburyVisit
22 June 2024Private Tour of Westminster Abbey with accompanying music by the Purcell ClubVisit
19 June 2024The Gate of Heroes – On the China TrailLecture
15 May 2024David Niven on Screen – From Extra to InstitutionLecture
17 April 2024Bath – The Story of a CityLecture
20 March 2024Pots and Frocks – The World of Grayson Perry from Essex Punk to Superstar National TreasureLecture
13 March 2024Stonemasons' Yard at Salisbury CathedralVisit
21 February 2024Fabergé in UkraineLecture
07 February 2024Treasures of the Silk RoadSpecial Event
17 January 2024Vincent van Gogh – Madman or GeniusLecture
13 December 2023Christmas with Giles, Grandma & The FamilyLecture
15 November 2023John Singer Sargent – The Power of the PortraitLecture
08 November 2023Why Paris? The Allure of the City of Light 1900 - 1947 Special Event
18 October 2023Gentility, Gossip & Gallantry – Common Misconceptions of Jane AustenLecture
11 October 2023Jane Austen's House & Chawton HouseVisit
20 September 2023The Normans – Conquest and LegacyLecture
28 June 2023Sudeley Castle, Winchcombe, GloucestershireVisit
21 June 2023The Two Gustavs; Mahler and Klimt Lecture
17 May 2023Through the Lens of Jorge LewinskiLecture
19 April 2023Every Picture Tells a StoryLecture
15 March 2023Picasso and his WomenLecture
15 February 2023Le Théâtre de la Mode: Post War Haute Couture in ParisLecture
08 February 202320th Century Theatre; 1901 to NowSpecial Event
26 January 2023Barber Institute of Fine Arts & Soho House, BirminghamVisit
18 January 2023Britain as Workshop of the World; The Great Exhibition of 1851 and the Establishment of the V&A MuseumLecture
14 December 2022The Musical Magic of ChristmasLecture
16 November 2022The Cult of the South Pacific; From Cook to Gauguin Lecture
02 November 2022The Age of JazzSpecial Event
19 October 2022Ruins and Romance; Early women travellers in the Middle EastLecture
28 September 2022Chiswick House & Hogarth's House, LondonVisit
21 September 2022Making Visions; The Jewellery of Artist Charles RickettsLecture
29 June 2022Forde Abbey, Chard, SomersetVisit
15 June 2022Peggy GuggenheimLecture
18 May 2022The Genius of René Lalique Lecture
20 April 2022Gears of Conquest: The Norman Knight, Arms & Armour & the Bayeux Tapestry Lecture
23 March 2022CANCELLED: Pallant House Gallery, The Cathedral & Bishop's Chapel, ChichesterVisit
16 March 2022Clara, Rhino Superstar and Wonder of The Grand TourLecture
16 February 2022The Chair; 2000 Years of Sitting DownLecture
09 February 2022The Romanovs; Tyrants & Martyrs of Imperial RussiaSpecial Event
19 January 2022From Fresco to Frame: Artists’ Techniques from the Middle Ages to the 20th CenturyLecture
15 December 2021Christmas at Covent GardenLecture
17 November 2021Great Railway Stations: Evoking the Spirit of Romance and AdventureLecture
03 November 2021The Art & Scandalous Lives of the Bloomsbury GroupSpecial Event
20 October 2021Once Upon A Time… In Blue and White: The Story Of The Willow Pattern PlateLecture
15 September 2021Great Tarts in Art: High Culture and the Oldest ProfessionLecture
21 July 2021Napoleon & Joséphine at the Château De Malmaison Lecture
23 June 2021Frampton Court & Westbury Court Gardens, GloucestershireVisit
16 June 2021Paradise Lost & Restored: 400 years of Garden Design in Oxfordshire Lecture
19 May 2021August Rodin and 19th Century SculptureLecture
21 April 2021Molly & the Captain: Gainsborough’s daughtersLecture
17 March 2021Turner vs Constable: The Great British Paint-OffLecture
17 February 2021A Portrait of Jewels: Following missing Treasures through Canvas Lecture
10 February 2021The Power and the Glory: Art in Renaissance RomeSpecial Event
20 January 2021Frida Kahlo & Diego Rivera: The Golden Age of Mexican PaintingLecture
16 December 2020Glad Tidings: The Story of the Annunciation Lecture
18 November 2020Tricks of Light: The Illusion of Light and Shadow in Western Art Lecture
21 October 2020Undressing Antiques: How to integrate antiques into your homeLecture
16 September 2020Cultural Experiments in the Weimar RepublicLecture
26 February 2020Antique & Contemporary JewellerySpecial Event
19 February 2020Hidden Canvasses – Street Art and The City Lecture
15 January 2020Home Sweet Home: Victorian Interiors 1840 to 1910Lecture
18 December 2019Snakes, Saints and Pawnbrokers – The Truth about Christmas Lecture
20 November 2019The Queen of Instruments: the Lute within Old Master PaintingsLecture
30 October 2019Antarctica in the Heroic Age of Exploration: Scott, Amundsen & ShackletonSpecial Event
16 October 2019Three Great Families and their Gardens; a History of the Astors, Rothchilds & Sackville Wests Lecture
10 October 2019Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace and Apsley House, PicadillyVisit
18 September 2019David Hockney: The Old Master of Modern ArtLecture
19 June 2019Doctoring - a very fine artLecture
15 May 2019Adventures among the Nomadic Tribes of Iran and Afghanistan - searching for the woven art of the nomadsLecture
01 May 2019Private Guided Tour of Madresfield Court, MalvernVisit
17 April 2019Marks on Books or "What old books tells us about their owners"Lecture
20 March 2019Victoria and Albert - Art and LoveLecture
20 February 2019Lawrence of Arabia - Excavating a LegendLecture
13 February 2019"Art in Venice: The Lion of the Sea"Special Event
16 January 2019Sensation and Pleasure in 18th Century FranceLecture
12 December 2018Christmas at Covent Garden: 300 years of Christmas Shows at one of London's greatest theatres (CANCELLED)Lecture
21 November 2018Gustav Klimt and the Viennese Secession 1900Lecture
31 October 2018"40 Shades of Green"Special Event
17 October 2018How Time was Told through the AgesLecture
08 October 2018Bristol Street Art Walking TourVisit
19 September 2018Vivaldi in VeniceLecture
20 June 2018Vermeer's Shadow: Han van Meergeren, Master ForgerLecture
16 May 2018Adventures among the Nomadic Tribes of Iran and Afghanistan - searching for the woven art of the nomads (NOT PRESENTED)Lecture
14 May 2018"Spires and Squires"Visit
18 April 2018The Art of the Great Parisian Fine Jewellery Houses: Joanna Hardy goes "behind the scenes"Lecture
21 March 2018Votes for Women! Art, Suffragettes and Female PoliticiansLecture
28 February 2018Bottoms Up! Special Event
21 February 2018The Cult of Celebrity: Omai, the Exotic and Joshua ReynoldsLecture
17 January 2018The Golden Section - Divine proportion in art and architectureLecture
13 December 2017Singe we Yule - a musical portrait of a Medieval ChristmasLecture
29 November 2017Women of a Certain Age - Hungerford An entertaining day of music, art and literatureSpecial Event
15 November 2017A Child of Six could do it! -Cartoonists and Modern ArtLecture
08 November 2017Christchurch College, OxfordVisit
18 October 2017The Dollar Princesses: American Women who married into the European aristocracy and whose wealth helped preserve houses and estatesLecture
20 September 2017Power, Propaganda and Men In Tights: English Art under the TudorsLecture
21 June 2017Austen's Arcadia - The Life & Times of Jane AustenLecture
06 June 2017London Walk to follow 17 May 2017 Lecture with Ian SwankieVisit
17 May 2017The Gleaming Spires of London - an armchair tour of London's finest buildings from the Normans to Norman Foster and beyondLecture
19 April 2017Tulipomania: A 17th Century Passion in Art & CollectingLecture
30 March 2017Behind the Scenes at the Museums: Conservation and Restoration in Oxford (3 Study Days - Building)Special Event
15 March 2017The Great Twelve: An Introduction to the Senior Livery Companies of the City of LondonLecture
22 February 2017Silver and Social CustomSpecial Event
21 February 2017Behind the Scenes at the Museums: Conservation and Restoration in Oxford (3 study Days - Paper, Painting & Inscriptions)Special Event
15 February 2017Inn Signia: Pub Signs, the artwork & the stories behind their namesLecture
25 January 2017Behind the Scenes at the Museums: Conservation and Restoration in Oxford (3 Study Days - Conservation Stories)Special Event
18 January 2017Leonardo da Vinci - Pathfinder of ScienceLecture
14 December 2016Grandfather Frost & Old New Year: Russian ChristmasLecture
25 November 2016The Art of Collecting (3 Study Days)Special Event
16 November 2016Cremona and the Golden Age of Violin MakingLecture
19 October 2016Out of the Blue: The Story of Blue in ArtLecture
17 October 2016The Art of Collecting (3 Study Days)Special Event
21 September 2016J.M.W. Turner: The Sun is GodLecture
20 September 2016The Art of Collecting (3 Study Days)Special Event
14 July 2016ABINGDON DFAS: Storms, Wars and ShipwrecksLecture
15 June 2016'MARS AND THE MUSES' - The Renaissance Art of Armour. Please note - change of lectureLecture
18 May 2016Lost on the Titanic: The Making of the Great Omar BindingLecture
20 April 2016Gertrude Jekyll: Artist and GardenerLecture
07 April 2016Portrait, Landscape, Still Life: Major Genres in European Art History (3 Study Days)Special Event
16 March 2016On Cupboards and in Drawers: When is a Cupboard Not a Cupboard?Lecture
02 March 2016How to Look at ArtSpecial Event
24 February 2016Portrait, Landscape, Still Life: Major Genres in European Art History (3 Study Days)Special Event
17 February 2016The History of Windsor Castle and its Royal Occupants: 1080 - 2002Lecture
26 January 2016Portrait, Landscape, Still Life: Major Genres in European Art History (3 Study Days)Special Event
20 January 2016"Guerra! Guerra!" Music, the Arts and War: 1800 - 2000Lecture
16 December 2015The Development of the Christmas Dinner from Edward I to Edward VIILecture
18 November 2015Treasures of the Silk Road - from China to the MediterraneanLecture
04 November 2015Hans Christian AndersonSpecial Event
21 October 2015In the Wake of Handel: the impact of Handel on 300 years of British cultureLecture
16 September 2015The Artists of Montmartre - "The Pilgrims of Babylon"Lecture
17 June 2015Beneath the City Streets - London’s Unseen History Lecture
20 May 2015The Consolation of Movement - the sculpture of Edgar Degas and Auguste RodinLecture
15 April 2015The Golden Century: Dutch Painting 1600-1700Lecture
26 March 2015Silver, Porcelain, Glass: Fine Dining in the 18th Century (Three Study Days)Special Event
18 March 2015All Done on Ginger Beer: the creation of English National Opera, The Royal Ballet and the National Theatre by Lilian Baylis at the Old VicLecture
25 February 2015Silver, Porcelain, Glass: Fine Dining in the 18th Century (Three Study Days)Special Event
18 February 2015Fabergé: The Life and Work of the World’s Greatest GoldsmithLecture
22 January 2015Silver, Porcelain, Glass: Fine Dining in the 18th Century (Three Study Days)Special Event
21 January 2015Now you see it, now you don’t – The Art of Visual DeceptionLecture