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09 July 2026Doors to Manual: the History of Air TravelLecture
11 June 2026Irma Stern: Flowers and Faces of Southern AfricaLecture
31 May 2026DerbyshireVisit
18 May 2026Columbine Hall, StowuplandVisit
14 May 2026Francisco de Zurbarán, a Seville success storyLecture
09 April 2026A Private Palace of Art: Frederick Leighton's Studio-HouseLecture
25 March 2026The Frick Collection, New York, the Wallace Collection, London and their link with Knole Special Event
18 March 2026Love & Landscape: Stanley Spencer exhibition at Gainsborough's House, SudburyVisit
12 March 2026A Village in Heaven: Stanley Spencer's CookhamLecture
12 February 2026Two Queens of the Desert: Lady Hester Stanhope and Zenobia of PalmyraLecture
08 January 2026Cosmonauts and Cotton PickersLecture
04 December 2025The British in Rome Lecture
19 November 2025The Brilliance of British Architecture & DesignSpecial Event
13 November 2025Carnations, Tulips & Hyacinths - Turkey's Iznik CeramicsLecture
27 October 2025The Mansion House Art CollectionVisit
12 October 2025SicilyVisit
09 October 2025A History of Colour: Blue!Lecture
10 July 2025Bravos and Breastplates - the Evolution of OperaLecture
12 June 2025100 Years of London Underground Design and ArchitectureLecture
09 June 2025Eltham Palace & Gardens and Greensted ChurchVisit
08 May 2025Becoming Jane Austen: The Making of a Literary SuperstarLecture
10 April 2025Stave Churches of NorwayLecture
26 March 2025The Romanovs: Tyrants & Martyrs in Imperial RussiaSpecial Event
13 March 2025The Jewel in the Crown - Arab and Norman SicilyLecture
05 March 2025Essex Collection of Art from Latin America (ESCALA)Visit
13 February 2025The Cultural Heritage of the HuguenotsLecture
09 January 2025Charles I - King and CollectorLecture
05 December 2024From Downton to Gatsby - Jewellery & Fashion 1890-1929Lecture
29 November 2024Treasures of the V & AVisit
20 November 2024The Art of Art DecoSpecial Event
14 November 2024George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham - the handsomest man in 17th century EuropeLecture
10 October 2024The Beauty and History of FramesLecture
11 July 2024The Duke of Devonshire's Elysium FieldsLecture
24 June 2024Arts Society Blackwater Visit to Cheshire & the Welsh BordersVisit
13 June 2024Japonisme to Modernism - Japanese Influences on Modern ArtLecture
14 May 2024Visits Organisers Urgently NeededVisit
09 May 2024The Genius of StradivariusLecture
28 April 2024NorthumbriaVisit
22 April 2024Italy and the Islamic WorldSpecial Event
11 April 2024A Piece of the AuctionLecture
21 March 2024Undressing Antiques - Curves, Colours & CoolSpecial Event
14 March 2024The Art of Winnie-the-PoohLecture
11 March 2024Oriental Painting - Its Mysteries and Influences RevealedSpecial Event
08 February 2024The Sun King and the court of Versailles (live lecture and on Zoom)Lecture
11 January 2024The History of the Royal School of Needlework (live lecture and on Zoom)Lecture
07 December 2023Bruegel, the seasons and the world (live lecture and on Zoom)Lecture
20 November 2023Merrily On High, the History of the English Christmas CarolSpecial Event
16 November 2023Ladies at Their Mirrors: Self Portraits by Women from Antiquity to ModernitySpecial Event
09 November 2023The Arts and Crafts Movement in England’s churches (live lecture and on Zoom)Lecture
12 October 2023René Gruau and the art of Dior (live lecture and on Zoom)Lecture
18 July 2023The Art of Cricket - At the Home of CricketVisit
13 July 2023Persepolis: art, architecture and ideology of the Persian empire (live lecture and on Zoom)Lecture
12 June 2023Stour Valley Arts Society Cornwall Holiday Visit
08 June 2023Painter and plantsman: Cedric Morris, irises and beyond (live lecture and on Zoom)Lecture
31 May 2023Sissinghurst Castle GardenVisit
11 May 2023An actor’s life for me (live lecture and on Zoom) Lecture
30 April 2023Porto: Art, Culture and the British ConnectionVisit
14 April 2023Wymondham Abbey, Heritage Museum and historic town tourVisit
13 April 2023The explosive world of Cornelia Parker (live lecture and on Zoom)Lecture
22 March 2023First Catch a Squirrel: Historical materials and techniques in paintings from 15th to 18th centuries Special Event
14 March 2023The Charterhouse and the Guildhall Art Gallery LondonVisit
09 March 2023Caravaggio, painter extraordinaire, a flawed genius and …… a murderer! How I became a “Caravaggisti” (live lecture and on Zoom)Lecture
09 February 2023A Brief Story of Wine (live lecture and on Zoom)Lecture
18 January 2023The Seine Estuary - the River of LightSpecial Event
12 January 2023Stone on Stone: The Men who Built the Cathedrals (live lecture and on Zoom)Lecture
09 December 2022Harwich Electric Palace Cinema Visit
02 December 2022Tour of Gainsborough's House Organised and run by The Friends of the MinoriesVisit
01 December 2022Trannies, Taste and Teddy Bears: uncovering the world of Grayson Perry (live lecture and on Zoom)Lecture
10 November 2022Posters of the Belle Époque: the Great Age of the Poster (live lecture and on Zoom)Lecture
13 October 2022Colourful Characters: Laura Knight's ModelsLecture
07 July 2022The Music of Russia (live lecture only)Lecture
09 June 2022A History of Three Great Families and their Gardens: the Astors, the Rothschilds and the Sackville Wests (live lecture and on Zoom)Lecture
01 June 2022Ancient and Modern: Cambridge at prayer CLOSED TO NEW BOOKINGS. WAITING LIST ONLYVisit
12 May 2022The Glasgow Boys: painting in Scotland 1875-1914 (live lecture and on Zoom)Lecture
25 April 2022The British Empire and Imperial India: Architecture and ArtsSpecial Event
24 April 2022Spring 2022 Holiday in SussexVisit
07 April 2022The Land of the Monkey God: the Art and Architecture of Sri Lanka (live lecture and on Zoom)Lecture
06 April 2022The William Morris "Red House" and the Brunel Museum, London. CLOSED TO NEW BOOKINGS. Visit
17 March 2022Mughals and Rajputs: Courts and Palaces of India Special Event
15 March 2022The Warner Textile Archive and Braintree Museum - NOW FULLY BOOKEDVisit
10 March 2022How to get down from a yak – adventures in Central Asian nomadic textiles (live lecture and on Zoom)Lecture
10 February 2022The Bayeux Tapestry: 950 years of propaganda, intrigue and spin (live lecture and on Zoom)Lecture
19 January 2022Hidden Spain: Hapsburg and Bourbon Palaces and the painters of the Generation of 1898Special Event
13 January 2022Looking for Georgia – my travels through New Mexico in the footsteps of Georgia O’Keeffe (live lecture and on Zoom)Lecture
02 December 2021The Curious history of Christmas food (live lecture and on Zoom)Lecture
22 November 2021The Marquesses of Bute: Patrons of Opulence (on Zoom)Special Event
11 November 2021German Expressionism: Der Blaue Reiter (the Blue Rider) artists’ movement 1911-1914Lecture
09 November 2021Christopher Wren and the rebuilding of London (on Zoom)Special Event
14 October 2021The Sacred Art of Angkor and living artsLecture
16 September 2021Expert-led visit to explore 3 Norfolk churches and their medieval rood screensVisit
03 September 2021Beauty in Truth – the past, present and future of Botanical Art and IllustrationLecture
16 July 2021Henry Moore Studios and Gardens and The Gardens of Easton LodgeVisit
05 July 2021Beethoven at 250 - Classical Music's Greatest RevolutionarySpecial Event
05 July 2021Anglesey Abbey, Gardens and Lode Mill - BOOKINGS NOW CLOSEDVisit
01 July 2021Gardens of the RestorationLecture
10 June 2021Insiders/Outsiders:Refugees from Nazi Europe and their Contribution to British Visual CultureLecture
13 May 2021The Art of Van Gogh - words and imagesLecture
08 April 2021Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven - painters inspired by the Canadian LandscapeLecture
11 March 2021The loose and airy lightness of flowers: Grinling Gibbons and his carvings in woodLecture
04 March 2021The Art of Dürer: the man and his world (online lecture on Zoom)Lecture
11 February 2021Great Railway Stations (online lecture on Zoom)Lecture
20 January 2021Hampton Court Palace: virtual tour (online event on Zoom)Lecture
14 January 2021Peggy Guggenheim (online lecture on Zoom)Lecture
03 December 2020The Wind in the Willows revisited through its illustrators (online lecture on Zoom)Lecture
12 November 2020The Genius of Beethoven (Online lecture on Zoom)Lecture
08 October 2020Dickens, Lawrence and Zhivago: David Lean's Art of Cinema (Online lecture on Zoom) Lecture
02 July 2020'The loose and airy lightness of flowers': Grinling Gibbons and his carvings in wood CANCELLEDLecture
11 June 2020Insiders/Outsiders: Refugees from Nazi Europe and their contribution to visual culture CANCELLEDLecture
14 May 2020The Art of Van Gogh - words and images CANCELLEDLecture
03 May 2020Porto: Art, Culture and the British Connection - CANCELLEDVisit
06 April 2020Medieval Rood Screens of Norfolk CANCELLEDVisit
02 April 2020Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven - painters inspired by the Canadian Landscape CANCELLEDLecture
13 March 2020Bury St Edmunds: Cathedral and Theatre RoyalVisit
12 March 2020John Ruskin 1819-1900Lecture
13 February 2020Picasso in Britain: Art, Politics and OutcryLecture
22 January 2020Treasures of Romanesque Europe 1050 - 1200Special Event
09 January 2020The Silk Road and the Arts of ChinaLecture
05 December 2019Tintoretto and the Scuola di San RoccoLecture
14 November 2019Vermeer and Rembrandt: Titans of the Golden Age of Dutch ArtLecture
10 October 2019Faber & Faber: 90 Years of Excellence in Cover DesignLecture
02 September 2019The College of Arms, LondonVisit
22 July 2019The Neasden Hindu Temple and GardensVisit
04 July 2019After Miss Jekyll: English Gardens of the late 20th and 21st centuriesLecture
27 June 2019Harlow and the Gibberd GalleryVisit
13 June 2019Royal Collectors: Queen Victoria and Prince Albert and their ArtLecture
09 May 2019Japan: The Arts of ZenLecture
01 May 2019Pitzhanger ManorVisit
14 April 2019The Art, Gardens & Historic Houses of CornwallVisit
11 April 2019India: Images of the British EmpireLecture
21 March 2019Turner vs. Constable: The Great British Paint-OffSpecial Event
14 March 2019The Nutcracker: The Kingdom of SweetsLecture
14 February 2019Modigliani and Bohemian Paris 1906-1920Lecture
21 January 2019Leonardo da Vinci and the Art of Painting, and Renaissance Florence under the MediciSpecial Event
10 January 2019Shaken by an Earthquake – Igor Stravinsky, the Ballets Russes, and the astonishing 1913 première of The Rite of SpringLecture
06 December 2018Grandfather Frost and Old New Year: Russian ChristmasLecture
08 November 2018Holbein in EnglandLecture
11 October 2018Sculpture and the landscape: a journey round sculpture parks in BritainLecture
06 September 2018Syon House & Dorney CourtVisit
05 July 2018Midsummer Magic: an introduction to some of the glorious painting of the Nordic Impressionists of the late 19th CenturyLecture
21 June 2018Restoration House & Rochester CathedralVisit
14 June 2018Treasures of the TurfLecture
22 May 2018The Fry Gallery & Audley EndVisit
10 May 2018The Queen of Instruments: the Lute within Old Master PaintingsLecture
28 April 2018MunichVisit
12 April 2018Basingstoke and its contribution to world cultureLecture
22 March 2018Australian Art from the Convict Years to the Modern EraSpecial Event
08 March 2018Delacroix: A Romantic or Revolutionary?Lecture
08 February 2018The Art and Culture of Fin‐de‐siècle ViennaLecture
15 January 2018From Neo-Georgianism to The Shard: Architecture from 1910 to the PresentSpecial Event
11 January 2018Lee Miller: Witnessing Women at WarLecture
14 December 2017We Three Kings: Music, Art, Legends & Poetry inspired by the MagiLecture
09 November 2017Masquerades, Music Lessons and Monkeys ‐ the World of 18th Century Porcelain FiguresLecture
12 October 2017Antonello da Messina, the great Sicilian Renaissance ArtistLecture
05 September 2017Christchurch Mansion & Crowe Hall GardensVisit
18 July 2017Holkham HallVisit
06 July 2017After Miss Jekyll ‐ English Gardens of the Late 20th and Early 21st CenturiesLecture
20 June 2017CANCELLED The Fry Gallery & Audley EndVisit
08 June 2017Marie-Antoinette and Elisabeth Vigée-LebrunLecture
14 May 2017Birmingham & The Heart of EnglandVisit
11 May 2017The Bronzes of Ife and Benin and an Historical Review of the Art and Sculpture of NigeriaLecture
25 April 2017SandringhamVisit
06 April 2017Augustus John and Gwen JohnLecture
30 March 2017'Feisty Ladies' - Women Travellers from Victorian BritainSpecial Event
09 March 2017Lawrence of Arabia: Excavating a LegendLecture
09 February 2017Income and Inspiration: Financial Secrets of the MastersLecture
16 January 2017Drawing: Masters & MethodsSpecial Event
12 January 2017Riviera Paradise: Art, Design and Pleasure on the Côte d'Azur in the 1920s and 30s Lecture
08 December 2016Will the Real Santa Claus Please Stand Up! The Transformation of St Nicholas, from Byzantium to Bari and BeyondLecture
23 November 2016The Wallace CollectionVisit
10 November 2016World War I and the European Avant-GardeLecture
13 October 2016The Art of EnamellingLecture
04 September 2016Visit to KentVisit
01 August 2016Clarence HouseVisit
12 July 2016Hampton CourtVisit
07 July 2016Lancelot 'Capability' Brown (1716-1783): Landscape, Art and Dame NatureLecture
15 June 2016Helmingham HallVisit
09 June 2016A Bar at the Folies-Bergère Lecture
18 May 2016Discovering Madrid Visit
12 May 2016Mars and the Muses: the Renaissance Art of ArmourLecture
20 April 2016Ingatestone Hall & Braxted ParkVisit
14 April 2016Symbols, Emblems and 'Double-Entendre' in Dutch Genre PaintingLecture
10 March 2016A Marvel of Nature: the Life and Art of Painter Sofonisba AnguissolaLecture
11 February 2016Tapestries and their Role in Art and DesignLecture
18 January 2016A La Mode in Town and Country: the Georgian House and its InteriorSpecial Event
14 January 2016Joseph Wright of Derby and the Men and Art of the Lunar SocietyLecture
10 December 2015Wonder Workers and the Art of Illusion (The History of Magic through Art and Pictures)Lecture
12 November 2015The Lure of the East: British Orientalist PaintingLecture
08 October 2015Art and the Napoleonic WarsLecture
22 July 2015Woburn AbbeyVisit
15 July 2015The Abbey, CoggeshallVisit
02 July 2015Landscapes of the Imagination: the art and gardens of Humphry Repton (1752-1818)Lecture
11 June 2015Adventures in Three Dimensions: 20th Century Sculpture in BritainLecture
14 May 2015William Blake, Samuel Palmer and 'The Ancients'Lecture
09 April 2015The Historical use of Wallpapers in the British Interior 1685 to TodayLecture
12 March 2015Why did Laura Knight become so famous?Lecture
12 February 2015Pearls and Pomegranates, Peacocks and Pipes: the hidden language of Renaissance ArtLecture
12 January 2015The Annual Study CourseSpecial Event
08 January 2015Are you sitting comfortably? The history of the chair from ancient to modern timesLecture
11 December 2014Three Wise men: Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh – The Traditions of the MagiLecture
13 November 2014Casanova: Food-writer – art, travel and food – the seductive arts of the 18th CenturyLecture
09 October 2014The Remarkable Collections of Isaac and Moïse CamondoLecture
03 July 2014The Country House in the 20th CenturyLecture
12 June 2014Venice in 18th Century LondonLecture
08 May 2014Beauty in Western ArtLecture