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07 October 2026In the footsteps of Wren - the architechture of Norman Foster and Richard RogersLecture
08 July 2026A visit to Constable CountryVisit
01 July 2026AGM at 10.30 a.m. followed by MonopolyLecture
10 June 2026In and around St James Park.Visit
03 June 2026An introduction to the Newlyn School 1880 - 1910Lecture
06 May 2026Constable - Chocolate Box painter or Maverick artist?Lecture
01 April 2026Legends of Czech GlassLecture
04 March 2026Bach and Handel - Separated at birthLecture
04 February 2026Convents, Courts and Collectors: Women Artists of the 16th and 17th Centuries.Lecture
07 January 2026Carnations, Tulips and Hyacinth : The story of Turkey's Iznik ceramicsLecture
31 December 2025Visits and Events Programme PolicyVisit
11 December 2025Christmas Lunch Outing to Hintlesham HallVisit
03 December 2025Christmas lunch at Saxon Hall, following the December lectureVisit
03 December 2025Wassail AwayLecture
17 November 2025THE HISTORY OF OPERA/THE HISTORY OF MUSICAL/MISS SAIGON: THE MAKING OF A MUSICALSpecial Event
12 November 2025"Now you see it - Now you don't" - the Art of IllusionSpecial Event
05 November 2025Rebuilding of Ypres after its total destruction in the Great WarLecture
22 October 2025A guided walk in London with Andrew DaviesVisit
01 October 2025First catch a Squirrel: Historical materials and techniques of painting 15th C to 18th CLecture
28 August 2025Windsor CastleVisit
02 July 2025An actors life for me.Lecture
01 July 2025A Trip on the Kentish LadyVisit
04 June 2025Wilde about Oscar: Famous for being Famous (and Infamous)Lecture
07 May 2025Re imagining the nation: 19th C Danish landscapesLecture
02 April 2025Secret Art in the Passport: How we use it to fox the forgerLecture
05 March 2025When Horses ran LondonLecture
05 February 2025The Silver Thread: silver filigree & traditional arts in KosovoLecture
08 January 2025The Dancing FaunLecture
31 December 2024Visits Programme 2024-2025Visit
13 December 2024Christmas Visit 2024Visit
04 December 2024Christmas Lunch at Saxon HallVisit
04 December 202412 plants of Christmas: Natural History botany & folklore Lecture
06 November 2024Picasso’s Guernica & Spanish Civil WarLecture
16 October 2024Hogarth's LondonVisit
02 October 2024Sex and the City: Hogarth and 18th Century London Lecture
10 July 2024Visits Programme 2023 - 2024Visit
10 July 2024Polesden Lacey and Denbie's VineyardVisit
03 July 2024Urban Geology of the City of London Lecture
05 June 2024Grace Darling and The Fine Art of saving Lives at Sea Lecture
15 May 2024Brighton VisitVisit
01 May 2024Wind in the Willows revisited through its Illustrators Lecture
03 April 2024Faberge in UkraineLecture
20 March 2024Two lectures and a lunch : "A portrait of jewels" and "Catherine the Great"Special Event
06 March 2024Architecture of Las VegasLecture
07 February 2024The Art of Steal, NAZI looting during WWIILecture
03 January 2024The white mantle of Winter, Impressionist paintings of Snow Lecture
13 December 2023Festive Fayre Lunch at Hintlesham Hall, Suffolk Visit
06 December 2023Christmas lunch at Saxon HallVisit
06 December 2023A very ceremonial ChristmasLecture
01 November 2023May the Eye not strike, Spiritual protection in Islamic textiles and Jewellery.Lecture
11 October 2023East London Walk - Whitechapel and SpitalfieldsVisit
04 October 2023The glamour years: Jewellery and Fashion from 1929 to 1959Lecture
12 July 2023Savill Gardens and a Thames boat tripVisit
05 July 2023 A History of the Royal ParksLecture
07 June 2023La Serenissima-The Golden Era of Music in Venice.Lecture
03 May 2023The Art of the Mughal worldLecture
19 April 2023A virtual tour of Venice - the Dorsoduro Visit
05 April 2023The loose and airy lightness of flowers - Grinling Gibbons and his carvings in wood.Lecture
22 March 2023Real People doing Real ThingsSpecial Event
01 March 2023Frida Kahlo & Diego Rivera - The golden age of Mexican Painting. Lecture
01 February 2023Robert Adam in London, the Town House & the VillaLecture
12 January 2023A virtual tour of the Art of Rome's Vatican and Sistine ChapelVisit
04 January 2023Behind the Scenes at the National Gallery. Lecture
13 December 2022Penshurst PlaceVisit
07 December 2022A Dickens of a Christmas and God Bless us EveryoneLecture
14 November 2022We Three Kings : History, Art and Music inspired by the MagiSpecial Event
02 November 2022Christmas with Giles, Grandma and the Family.Lecture
12 October 2022RochesterVisit
05 October 2022Salvador Dali, 20th Century Renaissance Artist. Lecture
20 July 2022Mansion House and Sir John Soane's eclectic homeVisit
06 July 2022Treasures of the Turf: The Fine and Decorative Arts of HorseracingLecture
01 June 2022A Brief Story of WineLecture
11 May 2022Guildford and the Watts Gallery and Artists Village Visit
04 May 2022Catherine the Great, Empress of all the RussiasLecture
25 April 2022The British Empire and Imperial India : Architecture and ArtsSpecial Event
06 April 2022They Make no NoiseLecture
23 March 2022Virtual Walking Tour of Venice with Luisella RomeoVisit
02 March 2022What really happened at the Yellow House in Arles in 1888?Lecture
02 February 2022The Magic of PantomimeLecture
05 January 2022Caravaggio, Master of Light and ShadowLecture
01 December 2021Art and Music at ChristmasLecture
26 November 2021Thames Estuary walkVisit
22 November 2021The Marquesses of Bute: Patrons of Opulence Special Event
03 November 2021Unravelling the Silk RoadLecture
28 October 2021Regents Canal walk, from Paddington Station to St. PancrasVisit
06 October 2021Canal History and Heritage. Lecture
07 July 2021 From Downton to Gatsby – Jewellery and Fashion 1890-1929. Lecture
02 June 2021Gilbert and Sullivan – A very Model of an English Entertainment.Lecture
05 May 2021Red, White and Blue, A Story of three Colours in Art.Lecture
14 April 2021A virtual walking tour from Windsor Castle, Britain's most famous castle, to Eton College, Britain's most famous school. Visit
07 April 2021 Great Tarts in Art – High Culture and the Oldest Profession.Lecture
10 March 2021A Classical Music Crash Course : Hosted by The Arts Society : West EssexSpecial Event
03 March 2021Cathedrals, a safe place to do Risky Things.Lecture
01 March 2021Restoration Techniques of Paintings and FramesSpecial Event
03 February 2021The Guggenheims. A Dynasty of Art Collectors.Lecture
17 January 20211950 Britain through the eyes of Picture PostSpecial Event
06 January 2021Avignon – Popes, Palaces and Painters.Lecture
14 December 2020Lifting Festive Music for Christmas : Hosted by Essex AreaSpecial Event
02 December 2020The Christmas Tree – From Forest Fir to Festive Feature.Lecture
25 November 2020Art, Music and Literature in Russian Society : hosted by The Arts Society West EssexSpecial Event
11 November 2020Restoration Techniques of Paintings and FramesSpecial Event
04 November 2020Treasures of the Livery Company Halls.Lecture
14 October 2020Munnings House, Dedham, and Flatford Mills (NT)Visit
07 October 2020Zaha Hadid, Architectural SuperstarLecture
30 September 2020Test Webinar SessionLecture
08 July 2020Cezanne - Portraits of a Life Lecture
01 July 2020Gilbert and Sullivan, A very Model of an English EntertainmentLecture
17 June 2020Regents Canal walk, from Little Venice to St. Pancras. Visit
03 June 2020The Artist's Garden: American Impressionism Lecture
02 June 2020Canal History and HeritageLecture
06 May 2020Cathedrals, a Safe Place to do Risky ThingsLecture
25 April 2020Van Gogh and Japan – the untold story of Van Gogh’s art Lecture
22 April 2020Holiday - Prague April 2020Visit
01 April 2020The Guggenheims, A Dynasty of Art CollectorsLecture
11 March 2020Mr. & Mrs. ArtistsSpecial Event
04 March 2020Painter of Sunlight, Joaquin Sorolla.Lecture
05 February 2020In the Kingdom of the Sweets.Lecture
08 January 2020The Magic of Prague: Czech Art and CultureLecture
04 December 2019Nothing says Christmas like an Axe Fight.Lecture
01 December 2019Leeds CastleVisit
13 November 2019A Nostalgic Trip to Magical DaysSpecial Event
06 November 2019The Well Dressed Gentleman: Male Sartorial Elegance in the 17th to 20th CenturiesLecture
09 October 2019The Royal Botanical Gardens Kew Visit
02 October 2019King George III, The most cultured MonarchLecture
18 July 2019St. Pancras and Kings Cross : A DiscoveryVisit
03 July 2019Punch and JudyLecture
05 June 2019The Extraordinary Life of Misia SertLecture
22 May 2019Greenwich including the Painted Hall at The Old Royal Naval College. Visit
01 May 2019John Peter RussellLecture
03 April 2019The Talent in Tite StreetLecture
13 March 2019"Facets of Glass" and "Champagne - The Drink Divine"Special Event
06 March 2019Edward Seago: From the Circus to Sandringham Lecture
06 February 2019William Morris, Wallpapers and TextilesLecture
09 January 2019History of the HarpLecture
05 December 2018A Russian ChristmasLecture
04 December 2018John Rutter's Christmas Celebration at the Royal Albert HallVisit
14 November 2018Music and Art 1450 - 1800Special Event
07 November 2018“Very Bad for Art”? The impact of the Great War on Three British Artists.Lecture
03 October 2018The Beauty of FramesLecture
19 July 2018Docklands walking tours and Docklands MuseumVisit
04 July 2018A Passion for Piers ; a delightful look at the history of pleasure piersLecture
13 June 2018Burghley House VisitVisit
06 June 2018Mr Barry's Great Works : Rebuilding the Houses of ParliamentLecture
02 May 2018Food and Art through the ages : From Renaissance Sugar Sculptures to 3D printing Lecture
09 April 2018Tuscany 2018Tour
09 April 2018Holiday - Tuscany 2018Visit
04 April 2018Photography as Fine ArtLecture
14 March 2018Art and MedicineSpecial Event
07 March 2018Old Father Thames : the River in ArtLecture
21 February 2018Visit - Courtauld Gallery and Two Temple PlaceVisit
07 February 2018The Botanic Gardens of London before KewLecture
03 January 2018Rock of Ages - Medieval Stone Masons ; Architects of EuropeLecture
06 December 2017In the bleak midwinter : artists' responses to snowLecture
26 November 2017Visit - Waddesdon Manor and LunchVisit
08 November 2017Art theft and its many guisesSpecial Event
01 November 2017Velasquez and the golden age of Spanish paintingLecture
04 October 2017Kandinsky : the path to AbstractionLecture
05 July 2017Underground cathedrals – the architecture of London Underground, above and below street level.Lecture
27 June 2017Visit to Gainsborough's House, Sudbury and Ickworth National Trust PropertyVisit
07 June 2017Ravenna and its mosaics – the flowering of Arian and Byzantine art in the 5th to 7th century Lecture
03 May 2017Foreigners in London 1520- 1677 : the artists who changed the course of British art. Lecture
05 April 2017Opera and DesignLecture
08 March 2017 Everything Stops for Tea! Taking Tea with Hogarth, Tissot and others. Special Event
01 March 2017Woodblock prints of the Edo period ; Hokusai and Hiroshige Lecture
01 February 2017New York, New York ; an architectural discoveryLecture
04 January 2017Art of Light - Stained glass in the City of LondonLecture
07 December 2016Three Wise Men : Gold, frankincense and myrrh - the traditions of the MagiLecture
04 December 2016Visit - Snape Maltings Christmas SpectacularVisit
16 November 2016Visit - Wallace CollectionVisit
09 November 2016Treasures of the Square Mile and the Medieval GuildhallSpecial Event
02 November 2016From Phaetons to Phantoms : 100 years of coachbuildingLecture
05 October 2016The Founders and Treasures of the Wallace CollectionLecture
28 September 2016Essex Area : "In Flanders Field the Poppies Blow"Special Event
06 July 2016Cartier 1900-1939: Jeweller of GeniusLecture
30 June 2016Visit - Cambridge Colleges and Botanical GardensVisit
01 June 2016The Birth of the Artist: Self-Portraiture and the Image of the Painter in the 17th Century Lecture
04 May 2016"The Greatest Collectors of All Time”: Behind the Scenes at the Art FundLecture
25 April 2016 Italian RivieraTour
25 April 2016Holiday - Italian RivieraVisit
06 April 2016Tribal Rugs: Treasures of the Black Tent - A Journey through the Weaving History of the Nomadic Tribes of the Near East, Persia and Central Asia Lecture
17 March 2016Visit - Botticelli Reimagined at the V&AVisit
09 March 2016King Cnut and the Battle of AssandunSpecial Event
02 March 2016Horace Walpole and the Creation of Strawberry Hill Lecture
03 February 2016Art Nouveau and Art Deco in ParisLecture
06 January 2016Botticelli's Florence Lecture
07 December 2015Visit - John Rutter Christmas CelebrationVisit
02 December 2015Christmas at Covent Garden: 300 years of Christmas shows at one of London’s great theatres Lecture
20 November 2015Brick Lane Music HallVisit
11 November 2015The Royal Pavilion Brighton - Styles, Monarchs and Eccentrics”Special Event
04 November 2015Abyssinia - 3000 years of Ethiopian art and history from Solomon and Sheba to Haile Selassie. Lecture
07 October 2015Swedish Glass Design, from Orrefors to IKEA Lecture
08 July 2015Highgate Cemetery and Kenwood HouseVisit
01 July 2015The Art of Waterloo Lecture
03 June 2015Meissen PorcelainLecture
11 May 2015Italy’s Veneto regionTour
06 May 2015The Genius of Antonio Stradivari Lecture
01 April 2015Taj Mahal: the “Garden Tomb”Lecture
11 March 2015The History of the British TheatreSpecial Event
04 March 2015Design Matters: the Creation of Contemporary Fine Leather BindingsLecture
11 February 2015William Morris Gallery and Sutton HouseVisit
04 February 2015Fortified & painted churches in Romania Lecture
07 January 2015Wonder Workers and the Art of Illusion (The History of Magic through Art and Pictures) Lecture
06 December 2014Finchcock’s Musical MuseumVisit
03 December 2014The Christmas Story in Medieval ArtLecture
12 November 2014John Singer Sargent : Much more than a modern Van DyckSpecial Event