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30 July 2026Time Machines; Clocks in Art & Literature from c1300 to Present DayLecture
25 June 2026The Dark Side of the Boom - The Mass Faking of the Soviet Avant GardeLecture
28 May 2026Who Was Breugel: Discovering the Master through his SonsLecture
30 April 2026Last Supper in PompeiiLecture
26 March 2026Wonder Workers and the Art of Illusion (The History of Magic through Art & Pictures)Lecture
26 February 2026How to Get down from a Yak: Adventures in Central Asian Nomadic TextilesLecture
28 January 2026*** STUDY DAY *** Pottery Girls: Women in the Ceramic Industry 1860-2000Lecture
27 November 2025Comedy Classical - How Do Composers Make Us Laugh?Lecture
12 November 2025*** STUDY DAY *** The Art of John PiperLecture
30 October 2025The Many Faces of William MorrisLecture
25 September 2025Trannies, Taste & Teddy Bears: Uncovering the world of Grayson PerryLecture
31 July 2025BOUND TO LEARN – A BRIEF HISTORY OF WESTERN BOOKBINDINGLecture
26 June 2025MAGIC IN BYZANTIUM: IN SEARCH OF THE MIRACULOUS Lecture
18 June 2025Stanley Spencer Gallery & Tour of CookhamVisit
29 May 2025THE MAYAN CIVILISATION OF CENTRAL AMERICALecture
24 April 2025CANAL HISTORY AND HERITAGE Lecture
27 March 2025FROM DOWNTON TO GATSBY: JEWELLERY AND FASHION FROM 1890 TO 1929Lecture
27 February 2025A VILLAGE IN HEAVEN: STANLEY SPENCER’S COOKHAMLecture
29 January 2025Study Day PAUL AND JOHN NASH: BROTHERS IN ARTLecture
28 November 2024THE ASTONISHING MASTER MOZART COMES TO LONDONLecture
07 November 2024Kettle's Yard, CambridgeVisit
31 October 2024CINEMA FROM THE RUBBLE: THE POST-WAR POLITICS OF EALING STUDIOSLecture
26 September 2024'AS IF BY MAGIC': THE SECRETS OF TURNER'S WATERCOLOUR TECHNIQUES Lecture
25 July 2024Kettle’s Yard: A masterpiece of CuratorshipLecture
27 June 2024From Claridges Hotel to the London Underground: The Life and Work of Textile Designer Marion DornLecture
05 June 2024Paul Getty LibraryVisit
30 May 2024The Fall into Knowledge: The Story of Prometheus and how his plight has captivated and influenced writers and artists over the years.Lecture
25 April 2024Hogarth at The Hustings: The Election Entertainment Series and the Birth of Political SatireLecture
28 March 2024The Dowager Empress Cixi - 'Ruling from behind the Yellow Silk Screen'Lecture
29 February 2024Now You See It Now You Don’t: The Art of Visual DeceptionLecture
05 February 2024Bishopsland Educational TrustVisit
30 November 2023The Musical Magic of ChristmasLecture
26 October 2023Architecture + Photography = Art!Lecture
28 September 2023Garnier’s Opera House: Degas and The Ballet DancerLecture
27 July 2023Garden hunting in ChinaLecture
29 June 2023The Silver Thread: Silver filigree and the traditional arts of Kosovo.Lecture
25 May 2023Fashion, form and function: a history of English Silver.Lecture
17 May 2023Silver Exhibition Waddesdon ManorVisit
27 April 2023The Imperial Easter Eggs of Carl Fabergé: Part 2, After the RevolutionLecture
30 March 2023Dale Chihuly: The World’s Foremost Glass ArtistLecture
23 February 2023Fire, Smoke and Iron: Spanish artists and the iron industry in BilbaoLecture
17 May 2012The Pilgrim RoadsSpecial Event
05 November 2011Conjuring with Colour from Renaissance to Impressionism and Beyond Special Event