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23 June 2026The Painting Secrets of Freud and BaconLecture
26 May 2026Medieval Sculpture: Motifs, Messages & Morals Lecture
14 May 2026Farleys Farm House & Gallery (Lee Miller)Visit
26 April 2026Flemish Gems - Ghent, Antwerp and BrugesVisit
14 April 2026The Artist as GardenerLecture
17 March 2026When we were little lads’: William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones, a friendship of a lifetime.Lecture
04 March 2026Dulwich Picture Gallery & Horniman Museum NB New Date Visit
17 February 2026The Making of Landscape PhotographsLecture
02 February 2026The Art of PoliticsSpecial Event
27 January 2026The Mayan Civilisation of Central AmericaLecture
16 December 2025Becoming Jane Austen: The Making of a Literary SuperstarLecture
08 December 2025Christmas Lunch at Waverley AbbeyVisit
18 November 2025Singing in Secret: William Byrd, Queen Elizabeth, and worship under wrapsLecture
10 November 2025Too Many Cooks. The secret world below stairs: food, fashion and fine dining in art and architectureSpecial Event
23 October 2025Tower of London tour and Poppy displayVisit
21 October 2025Banksy - Fraud or GeniusLecture
16 September 2025A Haaaand-Baaaag. The Importance of Being Oscar (and Earnest)Lecture
08 September 2025Suffolk- Constable CountryVisit
24 June 2025Flowers, Hearts and Gems: The secret language and Symbolism of JewelleryLecture
20 May 2025ChartwellVisit
13 May 2025John Singer Sargent: The Private RadicalLecture
25 April 2025Lisbon, Sintra and Evora April 25-9 2025Visit
15 April 2025Bede and the theory of Everything: the 8th century Northumbrian renaissance.Lecture
18 March 2025A History of Japanese WoodcutLecture
14 March 2025Fulham Palace Visit
25 February 2025The Legendary Lee MillerSpecial Event
18 February 2025The Hidden World of Canal Architecture Lecture
28 January 2025A History of Cartoons: From William Hogarth to Private EyeLecture
17 December 2024Christmas, “It’s a Wonderful Life” and the forgotten genius of Frank CapraLecture
09 December 2024Christmas Lunch at Waverley AbbeyVisit
19 November 2024The Origins of JazzLecture
22 October 20241925 PARIS Arts Décoratifs Exhibition and its Influence on DesignSpecial Event
15 October 2024The Ghent AltarpieceLecture
17 September 2024Poems that have inspired paintingsLecture
08 September 2024Glasgow September 8 to 12th 2024Visit
18 June 2024Sorolla, The Master of LightLecture
28 May 2024The Great Stink. Thames cruise, talk and visit to Crossness Pumping stationVisit
21 May 2024A Classic Detective Story : A Royal Game of URLecture
23 April 2024CATHEDRALS: Safe places to do risky thingsLecture
19 March 2024Land Of The Monkey God: The Art and Architecture Of Sri LankaLecture
06 March 2024King and CollectorSpecial Event
20 February 2024A Photographic Odyssey: Shackleton’s Endurance Expedition Captured on Camera Lecture
16 January 2024Stories In Stained Glass Lecture
10 January 2024Compilation of study days 2007-2024Special Event
10 January 2024Lecture 2014-23Lecture
19 December 2023Io Saturnalia! Happy Christmas The Roman wayLecture
04 December 2023Christmas Lunch at Waverley AbbeyVisit
21 November 2023Bach and Handel - Separated at birthLecture
08 November 2023World Class Art at the TateSpecial Event
24 October 2023Visit to the Ashmolean in OxfordVisit
17 October 2023Murder, Mayhem, Mystery and Paint. The disturbing story of Walter Sickert .Lecture
19 September 2023Every Picture Tells A Story Lecture
07 September 2023The Cotswolds and Hereford Tour Sept 7-11th Visit
20 June 2023Castles: The Unquenchable Thirst of William Randolph HearstLecture
15 June 2023Afternoon Tea at Waverley AbbeyVisit
19 May 2023Japan House and Design MuseumVisit
16 May 2023Bruegel, the Seasons of the WorldLecture
01 May 2023Malaga & CordobaVisit
25 April 2023Sherlock Holmes and his Contemporaries Lecture
21 March 2023Four Foundational Features of Art and Architecture from the Middle East and North Africa … Or What’s so Islamic about Islamic art?Lecture
21 February 2023The Irritating and Influential Mr WhistlerLecture
17 January 2023New Dawn, A Memorial for Women’s suffrage, Houses of ParliamentLecture
13 December 2022The White Mantle of Winter - Impressionist paintings of SnowLecture
15 November 2022The Surprising History of Opera in England Lecture
18 October 2022The Bayeux Tapestry: 950 Years of Propaganda, Intrigue and SpinLecture
28 September 2022Lullingstone Castle and World GardenVisit
26 September 2022A Thousand Years of Theatre. From Shakespeare to RSCSpecial Event
20 September 2022Pots and Frocks – the World of Grayson Perry From Essex Punk Potter to Superstar National TreasureLecture
08 September 2022Art and Châteaux in Northern FranceVisit
21 June 2022THE HUGUENOT SILK WEAVERS OF SPITALFIELDS FROM RICHES TO RAGSLecture
26 May 2022Stratfield Saye Visit
10 May 2022THE TWO FACES OF RUSSIA - MOSCOW AND ST PETERSBURGLecture
26 April 2022THE MANUFACTURED WOMANLecture
23 March 2022The Gilded Age in London with Two Temple Place.Visit
15 March 2022JOHN RUSKIN HIS IMPACT AND LEGACY Lecture
15 February 2022THE GENIUS OF BEETHOVENLecture
18 January 2022FABER AND FABER 90 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE IN COVER DESIGNLecture
14 December 2021THE HONOURABLE AND DISHONOURABLE ART OF ACTINGLecture
06 December 2021Waverley Abbey Christmas Lunch Visit
23 November 2021Virtual Tour of AthensVisit
16 November 2021MEETINGS WITH REMARKABLE MANUSCRIPTS Lecture
03 November 2021The Lion of the Sea - 500 years of Art in VeniceSpecial Event
19 October 2021ERIC GILL - The Early YearsLecture
21 September 2021CONVENTS AND COURTESANS - Women’s Lives in pre modern VeniceLecture
16 September 2021Tour of North YorksVisit
15 June 2021The subtle science and exact art of colour in garden design. (Online)Lecture
11 May 2021GAINSBOROUGH: Murder and a small fortune (online)Lecture
28 April 2021Making Art in Siena via ZoomVisit
20 April 2021THE TWO GUSTAVS: Mahler and Klimt (online)Lecture
16 March 2021VAUX LE VICOMTE : “Fit for a King” (online)Lecture
23 February 2021DRAWN FROM LIFE: The Extraordinary Art and Life of Augustus John Lecture
16 February 2021The Romantic Spirit. The effect of the Napoleonic wars on German culture 1800-50 (now online)Special Event
29 January 2021Virtual Tour of the Mauritshuis via ZOOMVisit
19 January 2021THE STATE OF BRITISH CRAFTS (online)Lecture
01 January 20212020 Lecture reviews compilationLecture
15 December 2020JOSEPH of NAZARETH: Best Supporting Actor (online)Lecture
17 November 2020TURNER VERSUS CONSTABLE. The Great British Paint Off (online)Lecture
04 November 2020Tales from the Vienna Woods. A story in art of playful Architecture and a mysterious EmpressSpecial Event
20 October 2020THE TREASURES OF THE FAN MUSEUM (online)Lecture
02 October 2020Cornwall Long Weekend - New DateVisit
15 September 2020FASHION, FURY and FEMINISM: Woman’s Fight for Change (online) Lecture
08 July 2020Lullingstone Castle and World Garden (Postponed)Visit
16 June 2020TUNER VERSUS CONSTABLE: The Great British paint off (postponed)Lecture
19 May 2020FABER AND FABER: 90 years of excellence in Publishing (postponed)Lecture
28 April 2020ROYAL JEWELS: From the Tsars to Marajahas, Kings and Queens (Postponed)Lecture
17 March 2020CONVENTS AND COURTESANS: (postponed)Lecture
18 February 2020THE NORMANS IN ENGLANDLecture
14 January 2020CARAVAGGIO AND HIS MODELSLecture
01 January 20202019 Lecture Reviews Compilation Lecture
17 December 2019A DICKENS OF A CHRISTMASLecture
09 December 2019Christmas LunchVisit
26 November 2019True Originals: The Art of Untrained, Visionary & Compulsive Creators. Special Event
21 November 2019King Tut and the Roaring Twenties: Visit
19 November 2019OF MEISSEN MENLecture
15 October 2019THE SILK ROAD: Silk, Slaves and StupasLecture
06 October 2019Dresden Tour 6 days 5 nights Visit
30 September 2019Compilation of visits 2013-19Visit
30 September 2019Compilation of Lectures 2014-20Lecture
17 September 2019TANTRUMS AND TIARAS: Behind the Scenes at the Royal Opera HouseLecture
09 July 2019Broughton Castle and GardensVisit
18 June 2019NOTHING TO DECLARE: Art Stopped at CustomsLecture
23 May 2019Windsor Castle and Savill GardensVisit
21 May 2019ZAHA HADID - Architectural SuperstarLecture
16 April 2019SAINT OR SINNER? The changing Image of Mary Magdalene Lecture
19 March 2019THE WALLACE AND FRICK COLLECTIONS AND THEIR CONNECTION WITH KNOLELecture
13 March 2019Pallant House and FishbourneVisit
26 February 2019Longing for the Sun - through the eyes of Vincent Van Gogh and Raoul Dufy - SOLD OUT Special Event
19 February 2019THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS REVISITED THROUGH ITS ILLUSTRATORS.Lecture
15 January 2019THE RIVALRY BETWEEN LEONARDO AND MICHELANGELOLecture
18 December 2018IS CHRISTMAS IN GOOD TASTE?Lecture
04 December 2018Christmas Lunch at Waverley AbbeyVisit
20 November 2018MAD, BAD AND FASCINATING TO KNOW: The colourful ancestors of the Dukes of BedfordLecture
14 November 2018Whitchurch Silk Mill and Bombay Sapphire Gin DistilleryVisit
06 November 2018Mackintosh and the Glasgow FourSpecial Event
16 October 2018CELEBRATING THE ROYAL ACADEMY : 250th Anniversary 1768-2018Lecture
12 October 2018The Terracotta Army and Liverpool weekendVisit
05 October 2018West Surrey Study Day. Impressionism and Post Impressionism Special Event
18 September 2018THE AMADEUS MYTH: Mozart and his world - society and culture in 18th century ViennaLecture
11 July 2018Picasso - Giant of 20th Century ArtSpecial Event
19 June 2018THE ART OF CUISINE AND THE CUISINE OF ART.Lecture
15 May 2018THE SILVER THREAD. Silver filigree and Traditional Arts in KosovoLecture
17 April 2018LET THERE BE LIGHT. The Art and Science of light in Painting.Lecture
20 March 2018CHILDREN AS ARTISTS Lecture
27 February 2018Verdi to VictoriaSpecial Event
20 February 2018LAWRENCE OF ARABIA. Tortured Hero of Troubled TimesLecture
16 January 2018ROMANCING THE RAILS. British Railway Posters.Lecture
19 December 2017PICTURING THE NATIVITY. 15TH Century Artists Reinterpret the NativityLecture
21 November 2017HOCKNEY AT 80Lecture
17 October 2017THE BAUHAUSLecture
19 September 2017WILLIAM COBBETT and JAMES GILLRAY . Personal and Political cartoons of the early 19th century. Lecture
20 June 2017THE INTERIORS OF JANE AUSTEN’S HEROINES Lecture
16 May 2017A LITTLE PARADISE. LAOS: Historic Buddhist Temples to Modern Silk Weaving.Lecture
18 April 2017FROM MAUVE TO MOMBAI: The History of Colour in Textiles from 1856 to the Present.Lecture
21 March 2017POP GOES THE ARTIST: From Warhol to DylanLecture
21 February 2017ARMOUR AND THE AFTERLIFE: The Funerary Monuments of Knights and Men-at-Arms.Lecture
17 January 2017WHEN BRITAIN CLICKED: Fab Photographs from the Swinging Sixties.Lecture
20 December 2016SINGE WE YULELecture
15 November 2016THE THAMES – Theatre of Pageantry and Pleasure.Lecture
18 October 2016DOUBLE DUTCH: Symbols and Emblems and "Double-Entendre" in Dutch Genre paintingLecture
20 September 2016THE ELGIN MARBLES. Lecture
21 June 2016“Punch and Judy”: A Subversive symbol from Commedia Del‘Arte to the Present DayLecture
17 May 2016JMW Turner and the Day Parliament Burned Down Lecture
26 April 2016Wandering amongst the Nomadic Tribes of Iran and Afghanistan: Searching for the woven art and symbolism of the Nomad Lecture
15 March 2016The World of Carl FabergéLecture
16 February 2016Denys Lasdun and the National Theatre: Architectural Masterpiece or was Prince Charles right after all?Lecture
19 January 2016Velasquez: The Great Magician of ArtLecture