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28 July 2026CHANGE OF SPEAKER Visual Deception in ArtLecture
14 July 2026Handle Hendrix House - Home of two great musiciansVisit
23 June 2026HOW TO STEAL A MILLIONLecture
15 June 2026Visit to the North Wing, Barts HospitalVisit
26 May 2026ALCOHOL IN ARTLecture
19 May 2026The National Theatre TourVisit
28 April 2026THE BLAZING CAREER OF LEE MILLERLecture
31 March 2026Turner & Constable Lecture and Exhibition - Tate BritainVisit
24 March 2026NOT IN FRONT OF THE AUDIENCE: CENSORSHIP ON THE BRITISH STAGELecture
10 March 2026MAKING MASTERPIECES. HOW DO THEY DO IT?Special Event
24 February 2026Erté (Romain de Tirtoff): Designs of the Art Deco MasterLecture
17 February 2026TASS Visit to The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom Visit
27 January 20261920s Tahiti - English-speaking writers and artistsLecture
14 January 2026 THEATRE PICASSO Lecture and Exhibition - Tate ModernVisit
25 November 2025A celebration of nature; Antonio Gaudi (1852-1926) and other Catalan architects Lecture
11 November 2025Lights, Camera, Action! – Blenheim Palace, Star of Film and TV 10am to 3 pmSpecial Event
28 October 2025Rembrandt’s Night Watch; the anatomy of a masterpieceLecture
23 September 2025TS Elliot and ArtLecture
09 September 2025Visit to Bletchley ParkVisit
22 July 2025THE ART OF DANCELecture
16 July 2025 Tour of Pitzhanger Manor and GalleryVisit
24 June 2025An Artist's Best Friend - the Dog in Art Lecture
10 June 2025Visit to Crossness Pumping StationVisit
27 May 2025The History of American Art in 25 Iconic works 27th May 2025Lecture
13 May 2025Royal Albert Hall TourVisit
22 April 2025History of the Fourth Plinth Lecture
04 April 2025Sambourne House, KensingtonVisit
25 March 2025The impressionist landscapeLecture
11 March 2025A Healthy Mind in a Healthy Body - How the Victorians Made us Jolly Good Sports Special Event
25 February 2025George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham – the handsomest man in 17th century Europe and his patronage of the artsLecture
28 January 2025The DeBeers Diamond Cartel: Romancing the StoneLecture
15 January 2025A Visit to The CharterhouseVisit
26 November 2024Thomas Heatherwick: a modern Leonardo?Lecture
12 November 2024Fashion Fury and Feather: A Social History of the High Street and the High Cost of Fashion.Special Event
22 October 2024 Portraiture – here’s looking at you Lecture
24 September 2024The Maya Civilisation Of Central America Lecture
12 September 2024WHITCHURCH SILK MILL AND BOMBAY SAPPHIRE GIN DISTILLERY CANCELLEDVisit
23 July 2024The Worlds Greatest Paintings.200 Years of The National Gallery.Lecture
25 June 2024Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley in Somers Town.Lecture
30 May 2024Harrow School Lunch and Guided TourVisit
30 May 2024HARROW SCHOOL TOUR URGENT INFORMATIONVisit
28 May 2024The Life and work of May Morris. A Remarkable Woman.Lecture
23 April 2024Art and Architecture. Strange BedfellowsLecture
17 April 2024A Visit to 2 Temple Place,WC2R £DB Visit
26 March 2024The History and Highlights of The British Museum.Lecture
21 March 2024Sargent and FashionVisit
05 March 2024Release your Inner CartoonistSpecial Event
27 February 2024Vermeer and The Absent Subject.Lecture
06 February 2024 A Visit to the Armourers’ Hall Visit
23 January 2024The Book the Devil and My Uncle`s Bagpipes.Lecture
28 November 2023Harp and HollyLecture
14 November 2023J.M.W. Turner: The Man, the Myth and the Magic. Special Event
24 October 2023Love and Delusion: The Artist`s wives of Stanley Spencer Lecture
26 September 2023Portraits of 20th Century British Artists through the lens of Jorge LewinskiLecture
13 September 2023Leighton House, Holland Park Visit
25 July 2023Cinema From The Rubble: The post war politics of Ealing StudiosLecture
27 June 2023Eagle, Dan Dare and the Art of Frank HampsonLecture
08 June 2023The Queens Gallery, Buckingham Palace - Style & Society: Dressing The Georgians Visit
23 May 2023Viking Art and LegendLecture
16 May 2023Royal Opera House Covent Garden Backstage Tour Visit
25 April 2023London Through Stained GlassLecture
19 April 2023The Rossettis - Lecture and Exhibition at Tate BritainVisit
28 March 2023"We are amused" A panorama of Victorian leisure from the parlour to the seaside, via the nursery. Lecture
14 March 2023'Frank Thrower and Dartington Glass’, followed by ‘Legends of Czech Glass’. Special Event
28 February 2023Berthe Morisot “Une Finesse Fragonardienne” Lecture
15 February 2023A Guided Tour of Lincoln's InnVisit
24 January 2023Artists’ Covent Garden and the Golden Age of British ArtLecture
17 January 2023Cezanne Exhibition at Tate ModernVisit
22 November 2022The art of the cartoonistLecture
08 November 2022 I am the Very Model: Parodies of Victorian Society in Gilbert and Sullivan.Special Event
02 November 2022A Guided Tour of the British LibraryVisit
25 October 2022Morocco Blues; Why and how Morocco got painted Blue.Lecture
27 September 2022In the wake of Handel: The impact of Handel on 300 years of British cultureLecture
26 July 2022Spitalfields silks and the age of eleganceLecture
28 June 2022Atkinson Grimshaw - Master of MoonlightLecture
24 May 2022Shoes in art - Shoes as artLecture
10 May 2022The Power and the Glory of our Country HousesSpecial Event
26 April 2022Dame Laura Knight - first woman member of the Royal AcademyLecture
22 March 2022Medieval GardensLecture
22 February 2022The OvershadowedLecture
25 January 2022Treasures of the Fan Museum: An introduction to the world's first fan museum and its extraordinary collections THIS LECTURE WILL BY ZOOM ONLYLecture
23 November 2021 From Bronzes to Banksie: An armchair tour of public art and street artLecture
26 October 2021Women Behind the Lens - Outstanding female photographers and their contributiuon to the art of photography.Lecture
18 October 2021Somerset HighlightsVisit
28 September 2021Creating an Imaginary World: The design from temple to playhouse, into the picture frame and out again Lecture
31 August 2021Flamenco, the Heartbeat of the SouthLecture
27 July 2021The Joy of Classical Indian MusicLecture
22 June 2021When Art Became CraftyLecture
25 May 2021The Collections of Napoleon & Josephine at Chateau De Malmaison. Giving an insight into one of history's most famous couplesLecture
27 April 2021Women in JapanLecture
23 March 2021Highlights of the Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & MuseumLecture
23 February 2021The Magic of PatternLecture
09 February 2021Blenheim Palace Lecture
26 January 2021Sorolla: Painter of LightLecture
24 November 2020Curves, Colours and Cool: An Introduction to Mid-Century Modern.Lecture
27 October 2020A Passion for Victorian WallpaperLecture
22 September 2020Music in ArtLecture
14 July 2020Hampton Court Palace and GroundsVisit
23 June 2020Passionate Potters - from De Morgan to LeachLecture
10 June 2020Chiswick HouseVisit
26 May 2020From Holbein to Byrd: Drawings, Paintings and MusicLecture
12 May 2020Whitechurch Silk Mill and Bombay Sapphire Gin DistilleryVisit
28 April 2020From Elizabeth to Elizabeth - Five Centuries of British ArtLecture
02 April 2020Cecil Beaton's 'Bright Young Things' - National Portrait GalleryVisit
24 March 2020Deceiving the Eye - Trompe l'oeil PaintingsLecture
19 March 2020Blenheim PalaceVisit
25 February 2020Prague - The City of the Winter QueenLecture
11 February 2020A Mandarin at the Chinese Imperial Court - Insignia and Costume of Power. A Ladder to the CloudsSpecial Event
28 January 2020The Art of Captain Cook's VoyagesLecture
08 January 2020Apsley House, LondonVisit
26 November 2019Food and Art through the Ages: From Renaissance Sugar Sculpture to 3D PrintingLecture
12 November 2019 The Shakers: Their Beliefs, Architecture and Artefacts Special Event
22 October 2019Zaha Hadid - Architectural SuperstarLecture
24 September 2019The Mona Lisa and other Housewives: How portraits lie about their sittersLecture
23 July 2019Turner vs Constable: The Great British Paint OffLecture
09 July 2019Knole House and Gardens with guided tourVisit
25 June 2019From Mauve to Mumbai: The history of colour in textiles from 1856 to the presentLecture
04 June 2019Kew Gardens with guided tourVisit
28 May 2019Angelica Kaufman: an artist in 18th century EnglandLecture
09 May 2019Mary Rose, Portsmouth with boat tripVisit
23 April 2019The Age of JazzLecture
09 April 2019Vincent Van Gogh Exhibition and lecture, Tate BritainVisit
26 March 2019Great Lengths - On the Art and Architecture of Historic Swimming PoolsLecture
19 March 2019Freemasons Hall, London with guided tourVisit
26 February 2019Same Old Same NewLecture
12 February 2019From Restoration to Reformation - Theatre from Charles II to David GarrickSpecial Event
22 January 2019Brangwyn's Architecture and Interior DesignLecture
08 January 2019Foundling Museum, London with guided tourVisit
27 November 2018It's not just TchaikovskyLecture
13 November 2018Signs and Symbols - The Hidden Messages in PaintingsSpecial Event
23 October 2018Artists in Paris 1920’s and 1930’sLecture
25 September 2018Rachel WhitereadLecture
24 July 2018The Americans are Coming : John Singleton Copley and Benjamin WestLecture
17 July 2018Petworth HouseVisit
26 June 2018Eric Ravilious and the Lure of EverydayLecture
19 June 2018Ely CathedralVisit
22 May 2018The Artists of Montmartre – The Pilgrims of BabylonLecture
16 May 2018Hughenden, BuckinghamshireVisit
24 April 2018Pots and Frocks – the World of Grayson PerryLecture
17 April 2018Shri Swaminarayan Mandir (Neasdon TempleVisit
27 March 2018Frida Kahlo : Reflections of Life on CanvasLecture
15 March 2018The Wallace CollectionVisit
27 February 2018The Sincerest Form of Flattery – Great Images and those who borrow themLecture
06 February 2018Treasures of the Black Tent - Antique Tribal Rugs and Dowry Weavings of the Persian and Central Asian NomadsSpecial Event
23 January 2018Opera - the Melting Pot of CultureLecture
11 January 2018Modigliani Exhibition, Tate Modern, LondonVisit
28 November 2017Life and Art in Georgian DublinLecture
07 November 2017The Glasgow Girls Women in Art and Design 1890-1920Special Event
24 October 2017Norman Rockwell: Great American Artist or mere IllustratorLecture
07 October 2017OVERSEAS TOUR to Puglia and the Beautiful Heel of ItalyVisit
26 September 2017Pevsner in Surrey (and Croydon)Lecture
25 July 2017Cornelia ParkerLecture
18 July 2017VISIT to Beaulieu Palace House, HampshireVisit
27 June 2017The New English Art Club: Then and (mostly) NowLecture
23 June 2017VISIT to Canterbury Cathedral, KentVisit
23 May 2017New York, New York - an Architectural DiscoveryLecture
11 May 2017VISIT to Arundel CastleVisit
25 April 2017The World as Paint: American Abstract PaintingLecture
18 April 2017VISIT to Dorney Court and Savill Gardens, WindsorVisit
28 March 2017Walter Sickert and the Camden Town GroupLecture
16 March 2017VISIT to Greenwich, LondonVisit
28 February 2017Paula Rego : Painting Women on the Edge and Telling Tales of the UnexpectedLecture
07 February 2017The Decorative Arts of the Islamic WorldSpecial Event
24 January 2017"Don't Make Fun of the Festival!" - Art, Design and Entertainment at the Festival of BritainLecture
12 January 2017Picasso Portraits - National Portrait GalleryVisit
22 November 2016The new Cumberland Art Gallery at Hampton Court Palace Lecture
08 November 2016Opera and DesignSpecial Event
25 October 2016American Realism in the 1920s and 30sLecture
27 September 2016A Child of Six could do it : Cartoonists' Views of Modern ArtLecture
02 September 2016VISIT to The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford Storms, War and Shipwrecks: Treasures from the Sicilian Seas Visit
26 July 2016The Schroder Collection of Renaissance SilverLecture
22 July 2016VISIT to Waddesdon ManorVisit
28 June 2016Painting in Newlyn 1880 to 1914Lecture
13 June 2016VISIT to The Vyne and Sandham Memorial Chapel, Hampshire at National Trust properties.Visit
24 May 2016Meet Me at the Waldorf: the Extra-ordinary Story of Two Iconic Hotels built on Astor Feuds, Fortunes and Art PatronageLecture
17 May 2016VISIT to Fitzwilliam Museum, CambridgeVisit
28 April 2016VISIT to Chenies Manor House and Gardens, BuckinghamshireVisit
26 April 2016Like Mother, Like Son: The Lives and Art of Suzanne Valadon and Maurice UtrilloLecture
22 March 2016Winslow Homer: America's finest 19th Century PainterLecture
15 March 2016VISIT to Guildhall Art Gallery, City of London Heritage Gallery and Roman AmphitheatreVisit
23 February 2016How we got Ikea! - Scandinavian Design c.1880-1960 Lecture
09 February 2016Making Colour, weaving lifeSpecial Event
26 January 2016The Rise and Fall of the English Music HallLecture
15 January 2016GUIDED TOUR of Westminster AbbeyVisit
24 November 2015The Illustration, Music and History of Nursery RhymesLecture
10 November 2015Sicilian Splendours: from Greece to the Normans Special Event
27 October 2015Fakes, Forgeries and ReproductionsLecture
05 October 2015OVERSEAS TOUR to SpainVisit
22 September 2015Louis Comfort Tiffany : The Pursuit of BeautyLecture
28 July 2015Hans Christian AndersonLecture
09 July 2015VISIT to Osborne House, Isle of WightVisit
23 June 2015John Singer Sargent : Much more than a modern van DykeLecture
11 June 2015VISIT to Rochester and Restoration HouseVisit
26 May 2015Women Impressionists : Neglected Modern MistressesLecture
14 May 2015VISIT to Basildon Park, BerkshireVisit
28 April 2015Art Down Under : Dreamtime, convicts and early settlersLecture
16 April 2015VISIT to Watts Gallery, Compton, SurreyVisit
24 March 2015Helpworth and Moore : Yorkshire InfluencesLecture
18 March 2015VISIT to the Victoria and Albert Museum for a private tour and talk - "Interiors"Visit
24 February 2015Gertrude Stein and ParisLecture
10 February 2015Exploring Venice 10.30 am to 3.00 pm (including a light lunch)Special Event
30 January 2015VISIT to The Royal Academy for a private lecture (am) and ticketed entrance to the exhibition (pm). Sensation and Sensuality: Rubens and his Legacy.Visit
27 January 2015New Worlds to Conquer : The History of American ArtLecture
25 November 2014Habitat and CataloguesLecture
11 November 2014A Crisis of Brilliance: Young British Artists 1908 to 1919 10.30 am to 3.00 pm (including sandwich lunch)Special Event
28 October 2014The Taj MahalLecture
23 September 2014DiaghilevLecture
15 September 2014VISIT to Firle Place and Lewes, East SussexVisit
22 July 2014The Globe TheatreLecture
11 July 2014VISIT to The Historic Dockyard, ChathamVisit
24 June 2014Blue and White PorcelainLecture
11 June 2014VISIT to Nuffield Place and Mapledurham HouseVisit
27 May 2014Architects as DesignersLecture
12 May 2014TOUR to DublinVisit
22 April 2014Hokusai's Great WaveLecture
08 April 2014VISIT to Farley Farm House, East Sussex and Tunbridge WellsVisit
25 March 2014Chagall - His Life and WorkLecture
18 March 2014A LONDON WALK with ANDREW DAVIESVisit
25 February 2014Gehry at BilbaoLecture
11 February 2014Romanticism and the Cult of the IndividualSpecial Event
28 January 2014Urbino - the one-eyed Duke's RenaissanceLecture
16 January 2014VISIT to St Paul's Cathedral, LondonVisit
26 November 2013ChinoiserieLecture
12 November 2013The Paintings Conservation RoadshowSpecial Event
22 October 2013Iznik. The Pottery of Ottoman TurkeyLecture
30 September 2013The Art of Tuscany and UmbriaTour
30 September 2013TOUR to Tuscany and Umbria, ItalyVisit
24 September 2013Laura Ashley: The woman who changed the way we thought about houses and clothes in the 1970sLecture
23 July 2013John Piper, and the artist’s life in architectureLecture
17 July 2013VISIT to Belmont Faversham and Whitstable Kent Visit
25 June 2013Matisse and the Magic of ColourLecture
19 June 2013VISIT to Winchester Cathedral and Hinton AmpnerVisit
28 May 2013The Art of David HockneyLecture
21 May 2013VISIT to Ickworth Suffolk and Lavenham VillageVisit
23 April 2013Beautiful Houses: Frank Lloyd WrightLecture
17 April 2013VISIT April in Paris!Visit
26 March 2013Charles DickensLecture
15 March 2013VISIT to the Order of St John Clerkenwell and Lord Astor’s House Temple PlaceVisit
26 February 2013The Shakers of North AmericaLecture
12 February 2013Don Giovanni ‐ The Impossible OperaSpecial Event
22 January 2013Dr Dresser and C. R. AshbeeLecture
01 January 2013VISIT to a London Gallery with lectureVisit
27 November 2012The Impact of GlassLecture
13 November 2012Sir Christopher Wren and the English BaroqueSpecial Event