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17 June 2026GARDEN HUNTING IN CHINATalk
20 May 2026FEASTS AND FANTASYTalk
06 May 2026DRAYTON HOUSE Visit
15 April 2026BRITISH ART PORTFOLIO - SPRING EXHIBITION - BY APPOINTMENTVisit
15 April 2026MULBERRY TREES, MACCHIATO, MOSQUES AND MOTHER THERESATalk
18 March 2026FABER AND FABER 90 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE IN COVER DESIGNTalk
03 March 2026Twentieth Century Theatre (1900 - 2020)Special Event
18 February 2026GILBERT AND SULLIVAN: ‘THEIR TOPSY -TURVY WORLDTalk
21 January 2026NATIONAL TREASURES ‘SAVING LONDON’S GALLERIES AND MUSEUMS IN WWIITalk
03 December 2025HARK THE HERALD: ‘ANGELS IN ARTTalk
19 November 2025A VILLAGE IN HEAVENTalk
04 November 2025Can Art Change the World? Art with something to saySpecial Event
15 October 2025THE BRILLIANCE OF BERNINI’S SCULPTURESTalk
17 September 2025BANKSY FRAUD OR GENIUSTalk
18 June 2025KENNETH CLARKE’S CIVILISATION ( 1969): ‘THE MAKING OF A TELEVISION LANDMARKTalk
14 May 2025WILD MEN OF THE NORTH - ‘TOM THOMSON AND THE GROUP OF SEVEN’Talk
16 April 2025HOW TO DEFLECT YOUR DEMONS - ‘RITUAL PROTECTION OF HEARTH AND HOME’Talk
19 March 2025GIRLS BEHAVING BADLY: JANE AUSTEN’S WICKED WOMENTalk
19 February 2025FROM EGG TO BACONTalk
15 January 2025SHOOSMITH - ‘AN ARTIST FOR ALL SEASONS’Talk
04 December 2024PANTOMIME: ‘WHEN THE FAIRY’S OVER FIFTY!’Talk
20 November 2024TITIAN AND HABSBURGSTalk
16 October 2024MUSIC IN ARTTalk
18 September 2024BRUEGEL, ‘THE SEASONS AND THE WORLD’Talk
19 June 2024200TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE NATIONAL GALLERY, LONDON: 'THE HISTORY OF ART: EARLY ITALIAN TO IMPRESSIONISM'Talk
15 May 2024BRIAN STATERTalk
17 April 2024THE EXTRAORDINARY TALENT OF JOHN SINGER SARGENTTalk
20 March 2024 AFTER MISS JEKYLL - ENGLISH GARDENS OF THE LATE TWENTIETH CENTURY AND EARLY TWENTY-FIRST CENTURIESTalk
21 February 2024THE BLOOMSBURY GROUP: THE ART OF VANESSA BELLTalk
17 January 2024THE QUEEN MOTHER’S JEWELS (THE CHOICE ISN’T VERY GREAT, YOU KNOW)Talk
06 December 2023 A BIT OF A CARRY ONTalk
15 November 2023UNRAVELLING THE SILK ROADTalk
18 October 2023TANTRUMS AND TIARASTalk
20 September 2023SUMPTUOUS VERONESE: THE DEPICTION OF LUXURY GOODS IN 16TH CENTURY VENICETalk
21 June 2023GODFREY KNELLER: COURT PAINTER OR HASTY SLOBBERER?Talk
17 May 2023SEURAT’S LA GRANDE JATTETalk
19 April 2023HOW TO LOOK AT ART: A STRATEGY FOR INTERPRETATIONTalk
15 March 2023FROM PATRONAGE TO INNOVATION: BRITISH AND EUROPEAN GLASS 1450-1900Talk
15 February 2023CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS: ANTONY GORMLEY AND ANISH KAPOORTalk
18 January 2023KETTLE’S YARD: A MASTERPIECE OF CURATORSHIPTalk
07 December 2022"A RIGHT ROYAL CHRISTMAS" – HOW OUR ROYAL FAMILIES HAVE CELEBRATED CHRISTMAS THROUGH THE AGESTalk
16 November 2022MOONLIGHT AND MORTALITY: THE ENIGMATIC WORKS OF JOSEPH WRIGHT OF DERBYTalk
19 October 2022THE SAHARA AS PALIMPSEST. A CULTURAL HISTORY OF THE WORLD’S GREATEST DESERT, FROM ROCK ART AND MYTH, TO THE DESERT FATHERS, SONS OF THE DESERT, KLEE AND MATISSE, SCHULTZ AND LUCAS.Talk
21 September 2022 “OH YES IT IS””OH NO IT ISN’T”: UNRESOLVED QUESTIONS OF AUTHENTICITYTalk
15 June 2022CITY LIVERY COMPANIES: THE ORIGINS OF THE GREAT TWELVETalk
18 May 2022THE TREASURES OF TUTANKHAMUNTalk
20 April 2022COTON MANOR, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE: A HISTORY OF ITS GARDENSTalk
16 March 2022BEHIND THE LONDON LIVERY COMPANIES; OBJECTS AND STORIESTalk
16 February 2022THE SHAKESPEARE OF DOGS: SIR EDWIN HENRY LANDSEER (1802-73)Talk
19 January 2022THE ART OF THE CARTOONISTTalk
08 December 2021HE INVENTORS OF CHRISTMASTalk
10 November 2021HOW TO PICK A FAVOURITE CHURCHTalk
30 March 2021THE ART OF DURER ‘A JOURNEY INTO THE MAN AND HIS WORLD’.Talk