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17 September 2026MISS SAIGON: THE MAKING OF A MUSICALLecture
18 June 2026THE MAYAN CIVILISATION OF CENTRAL AMERICALecture
21 May 2026GEORGE VILLIERS, DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM – THE HANDSOMEST MAN IN 17TH CENTURY EUROPE AND HIS PATRONAGE OF THE ARTSLecture
14 May 2026Gainsborough’s House, SudburyVisit
16 April 2026HENRY MOORE - DRAWING IN THE DARKLecture
15 April 2026Visit to Westminster College, CambridgeVisit
19 March 2026Expressionists: Kandinsky, Münter & The Blue RiderLecture
05 March 2026MAPS, GEOLOGY & BRITISH PAINTING: The Geography of ArtSpecial Event
19 February 2026HOT STUFF! THE BIRTH OF STUDIO GLASSLecture
15 January 2026THE HISTORY OF AMERICAN ART IN 25 ICONIC WORKSLecture
18 December 2025BLENHEIM PALACE – CHRISTMAS PAST AND PRESENTLecture
20 November 2025OH NO DEAR, THAT'S NOT FUNNY; CARTOONISTS ON CARTOONING Lecture
06 November 2025GREEK SALAD: THE ESSENTIALS OF WESTERN CIVILIZATIONSpecial Event
17 October 2025Glyndebourne Opera Autumn 2025 - Puccini’s ‘La Bohème’Tour
16 October 2025HOW RUSSIA SOLD OFF MUCH OF ITS CULTURAL HERITAGE FOLLOWING THE REVOLUTIONLecture
11 October 2025CHARITY JAZZ AFTERNOON IN GREAT SHELFORDSpecial Event
09 October 2025CANCELLED - ART DECO DAY IN LONDONVisit
22 September 2025The History, Art & Palladian Villas of Northern ItalyTour
18 September 2025ART DECO: CELEBRATING THE CENTENARY OF THE 1925 PARIS EXPO Lecture
19 June 2025“IMAGINE IF YOU WILL…”: CREATIVITY AND ORIGINALITY IN THE AGE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCELecture
19 May 2025Visit to Leicester - ten years on from King Richard III’s re-intermentVisit
15 May 2025CHARLES 1 KING AND COLLECTORLecture
17 April 2025THE GREATEST TREASURES: MEDIEVAL GOLD AND ENAMEL WORK Lecture
20 March 2025HELSINKI: MUSIC, MYTH AND ART NOUVEAULecture
06 March 2025BRILLIANCE AND INNOVATION FROM HOLBEIN TO HUGUENOTS: EUROPEAN ARTISTS IN TUDOR AND STUART ENGLANDSpecial Event
20 February 2025THE GOLDEN ROAD TO SAMARKAND - THE ARCHITECTURE, ART AND TEXTILES OF UZBEKISTANLecture
16 January 2025FABER AND FABER - 90 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE IN COVER DESIGNLecture
19 December 2024CHRISTMAS BACKSTAGE AT COVENT GARDENLecture
21 November 2024HOGARTH AT THE HUSTINGS: THE ELECTION ENTERTAINMENT SERIES AND THE BIRTH OF POLITICAL SATIRELecture
07 November 2024SPIRIT OF PLACE: ARTISTS AND THE BRITISH LANDSCAPESpecial Event
17 October 2024THE STIRLING PRIZE: BRITISH ARCHITECTURE'S OSCARSLecture
25 September 2024Guided walk of King's Cross and St Pancras area with Andrew Davies Visit
19 September 2024SPITALFIELDS: SILK AND THE AGE OF ELEGANCELecture
20 June 2024LEE MILLER AND ROLAND PENROSE AT FARLEY FARMLecture
03 June 2024The Historic Houses, Art and Heritage of NorthumbriaTour
22 May 2024Visit to Lullingstone Castle & The World GardenVisit
16 May 2024THE SUBTLE SCIENCE & EXACT ART OF COLOUR IN ENGLISH GARDEN DESIGN - WHY GARDENING CAN RANK AS A FINE ARTLecture
18 April 2024DEAD SHARKS & OLIGARCHS: INSIDE THE ART MARKET OF THE 21ST CENTURYLecture
21 March 2024AWAY FROM IT ALL: THE HERITAGE OF HOLIDAY RESORTSLecture
07 March 2024GEORGE STUBBS/TREASURES OF THE TURFSpecial Event
15 February 2024THE ART OF THE CARTOONISTLecture
18 January 2024THE JEWEL IN THE CROWN: SIR EDWIN LUTYENS AND THE BUILDING OF THE VICEREGAL LODGE, NOW THE PRESIDENT'S PALACELecture
07 December 2023TCHAIKOVSKY TO TIN PAN ALLEY: UPLIFTING MUSIC FOR CHRISTMASLecture
16 November 2023CASTLES: THE UNQUENCHABLE THIRST OF WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARSTLecture
02 November 2023CHALLENGING CONVENTIONS:THE AVANT GARDE IN CORNWALL 1880-1975Special Event
19 October 2023MOROCCO BLUE: WHY AND HOW MOROCCO GOT PAINTED BLUELecture
12 October 2023Visit to DELAPRÉ Abbey and Northampton Museum Visit
21 September 2023ART AFTER WINDRUSH: POST COLONIAL ARTISTS IN BRITAIN SINCE 1948Lecture
03 September 2023The Art & History of Glasgow, Edinburgh & Charles Rennie Mackintosh Tour
15 June 2023AN ACTOR'S LIFE FOR MELecture
23 May 2023Visit to John Clare Cottage and Grimsthorpe CastleVisit
18 May 2023THE INFLUENCE OF JAPANESE ART ON MANET AND VAN GOGHLecture
20 April 2023ART BEHIND BARS: THE ROLE OF THE ARTS IN BREAKING THE CYCLE OF CRIME, PRISON AND RE-OFFENDINGLecture
16 March 2023ANTONI GAUDI: TURNING NATURE INTO STONELecture
02 March 2023THE CHANGING FACE OF FASHION: STYLE IN A TURBULENT WORLDSpecial Event
16 February 2023THE MUSIC OF THE CARIBBEANLecture
19 January 2023NOW YOU SEE IT, NOW YOU DON’T: THE ART OF VISUAL DECEPTIONLecture
15 December 2022THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMASLecture
17 November 2022PHOTOGRAPHY AS FINE ARTLecture
03 November 2022THE GOLDEN AGE OF SPANISH PAINTING 1560-1660Special Event
20 October 2022DONATELLO AND THE SCULPTURE OF THE RENAISSANCELecture
18 October 2022The Great Stink - London’s Cathedral of SewageVisit
19 September 2022The Art & History of LiverpoolTour
15 September 2022IRMA STERN (1894-1966) FLOWERS AND FACES OF SOUTHERN AFRICALecture
05 July 2022Visit to The Fry Gallery in Saffron WaldenVisit
16 June 2022CANARY WHARF: A JOURNEY BACK TO THE FUTURELecture
19 May 2022MAD MEN AND ARTISTS: HOW THE ADVERTISING INDUSTRY EXPLOITED FINE ARTLecture
05 May 2022Northampton - 78 Derngate and the GuildhallVisit
21 April 2022VICTORIAN ART: THE STORIES AND THE SCANDALSLecture
17 March 2022PEASANT PASTIMES? THE ART OF PIETER BRUEGEL THE ELDERLecture
03 March 2022FROM THE GLASGOW BOYS TO THE SCOTTISH COLOURISTS 1880-1930: MODERN PAINTING COMES TO SCOTLANDSpecial Event
17 February 2022TURBULENT TIMES: RUSSIAN HISTORY AS DEPICTED BY ITS 19TH CENTURY REALIST PAINTERSLecture
20 January 2022LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN: CLASSICAL MUSIC’S GREATEST REVOLUTIONARYLecture
16 December 2021EXCESS BAGGAGE: THE JOURNEY OF THE MAGI FROM ST. MATTHEW TO THE MEDICILecture
18 November 2021POWERS BEHIND THE THRONE: CATHERINE OF ARAGON AND ANNE BOLEYNLecture
04 November 2021NEW YORK, NEW YORK: A TIME-TRAVEL TOURSpecial Event
21 October 2021A BRIEF STORY OF WINE: THE RÔLE WINE HAS PLAYED IN SOCIETY SINCE 5000 BCLecture
23 September 2021The Art & History of Birmingham and the West MidlandsTour
16 September 2021GREAT ST. MARY’S CHURCH: A STORY OF SLOW, SLOW, QUICK, QUICK, STOPLecture
17 June 2021TURNER, CONSTABLE AND THE ROMANTIC IMAGINATIONLecture
20 May 2021150 YEARS OF LONDON UNDERGROUND DESIGNLecture
15 April 2021POTS & FROCKS: THE WORLD OF GRAYSON PERRY...Lecture
18 March 2021PERU: THE INCAS AND THEIR PREDECESSORS SEEN THROUGH THEIR ART AND TEXTILESLecture
18 February 2021BEAUTIFUL, BEASTLY, BIZARRE: THE ART OF HIERONYMUS BOSCHLecture
21 January 2021PACKING UP THE NATION: THE STORY OF OUR NATIONAL TREASURES DURING WORLD WAR 2Lecture
17 December 2020THE PUNCH AND JUDY SHOW (a subversive symbol from commedia dell’arte to the present day)Lecture
19 November 2020THE ART AND CULTURE OF FIN-DE-SIÈCLE VIENNALecture
15 October 2020WILLIAM MORRIS INTERIORSLecture
17 September 2020LAWRENCE OF ARABIA; EXCAVATING A LEGENDLecture
16 July 2020ORIENTAL SHIPWRECK PORCELAINLecture
26 May 2020Visit to Crossness Pumping Station - postponed indefinitelyVisit
21 May 2020MAD MEN AND ARTISTS - HOW THE ADVERTISING INDUSTRY EXPLOITED FINE ART - POSTPONEDLecture
16 April 2020VICTORIAN ART: THE STORIES AND THE SCANDALS - POSTPONEDLecture
09 April 2020Visit to Northampton - Guided tours of two historic buildings plus lunch - postponed indefinitelyVisit
20 February 2020'Aubrey Beardsley'Lecture
16 January 2020'Leonardo's Women'Lecture
21 February 2019'The Benin Bronzes'Lecture
17 January 2019'The Day Parliament Burnt Down'Lecture