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20 October 2026Cartoons and Contraptions: The wonderful world of Heath Robinson Lecture
13 October 2026From Morris to IKEASpecial Event
13 October 2026From Morris to IKEA Lecture
15 September 2026The Artists’ Village G.F. and Mary Watts in ComptonLecture
16 June 2026Becoming Jane Austen: the making of a superstarLecture
05 June 2026Anglesey Abbey and The Manor House, Hemingford GreyVisit
19 May 2026Chopin and the Polish SpiritLecture
10 May 2026The History & Heritage of Hampshire & the I.O.W.Tour
28 April 2026Frieda Kahlo: Her Life and Legacy Special Event
28 April 2026Special Interest Day : Frieda KahloLecture
21 April 2026At the Sign of the Falcon: The life and works of Harry Murphy -Goldsmith, Silversmith and Unique EnglishmanLecture
17 March 2026Impressionists and their gardensLecture
17 February 2026Dazzling DufyLecture
27 January 2026Visit to Mansion House, LondonVisit
20 January 2026The Arts and Crafts Movement in the CotswoldsLecture
02 December 2025The Scoliotic KnightLecture
18 November 2025Tudor ArtLecture
11 November 2025The Creation and Early Years of the Newlyn SchoolSpecial Event
11 November 2025Newlyn School Special InterestLecture
21 October 2025RaviliousLecture
18 September 2025Norwich Castle MuseumVisit
16 September 2025The Incas and their predecessors seen through their Art and TextilesLecture
24 June 2025Columbine HallVisit
17 June 2025The Golden Age of Danish Art.Lecture
20 May 2025The Post War Textile Visionaries of Modern Art: Textile Revolution Post War Female Designers.Lecture
14 May 2025Visit to Forresters HallVisit
29 April 2025The Dutch Golden AgeSpecial Event
29 April 2025Dutch Golden Age - Special InterestLecture
15 April 2025The women who made Modernism Lecture
18 March 2025 British Studio Pottery Lecture
18 February 2025The Ash Can painters Lecture
21 January 2025Frederick Lord Leighton Lecture
02 January 2025The Scoliotic KnightLecture
03 December 2024‘Les Trois Grandes Dames’ of Impressionism: Marie Bracquemond, Mary Cassatt & Berthe Morisot Lecture
19 November 2024Chrysanthemums in Art and CultureLecture
12 November 2024The History of American Art in 25 Iconic Works Special Event
12 November 2024Special Interest DayLecture
29 October 2024Gainsborough's House and FirstsiteVisit
15 October 2024Montenegro's Photographer Princess -- Kesnia Petrovic Njegas (1881 - 1960).Lecture
20 September 2024The Historic Houses, Art & Heritage of NorthumbriaTour
17 September 2024The Age of JazzLecture
18 June 2024Why Can’t We Read Them? Conserving the National Trust’s Libraries Lecture
11 June 2024Benton EndVisit
21 May 2024 Where have all the women gone? Lecture
23 April 2024Sculpture from Epstein to EminSpecial Event
23 April 2024Special Interest Day - SculptureLecture
16 April 2024Adventures of an Archaeologist Lecture
19 March 2024What really happened on Easter Island ? Lecture
20 February 2024The Architectural Madness of William Thomas BeckfordLecture
16 January 2024Aubrey BeardsleyLecture
05 December 2023The Life and Work of Alfred Munnings Lecture
21 November 2023The Royal School of Needlework Lecture
31 October 2023The Art of Art DecoSpecial Event
31 October 2023Art Deco Special Interest DayLecture
17 October 2023Music In ArtLecture
19 September 2023Cedric Morris - Irises and BeyondLecture
09 September 2023The Historic Houses, Art & Heritage of Sussex & KentTour
20 June 2023Leni Riefenstahl - Hitler's filmmakerLecture
13 June 2023Magic Circles and Protective Symbols - Crow’s Hall and Bedfield HallVisit
16 May 2023Art after Windrush - postcolonial artists in Britain since 1948Lecture
18 April 2023Victorian Women Stained Glass ArtistsLecture
28 March 2023Watercolour in BritainSpecial Event
28 March 2023SID - British Water ColourLecture
21 March 2023Forgeries of Russian Modern Art - the dark side of the boomLecture
21 February 2023Kettles Yard - a masterpiece of curatorshipLecture
17 January 2023Randolph Hearst Castles - the unquenchable thirst of William Randolph HearstLecture
06 December 2022The Wind In The Willows - revisited through its illustratorsLecture
15 November 2022"Mind the gap" Graphic and poster design on the London UndergroundLecture
04 November 2022The Art and Craft of John Piper (1903-1992)Special Event
18 October 2022Indians, Buffalo and Storms: the American West in 19th Century ArtLecture
11 October 2022Sutton Hoo VisitVisit
20 September 2022Diaghilev and The Ballets RussesLecture
13 September 2022Lake DistrictTour
21 June 2022Cafe CosmopolitanismLecture
17 May 2022The Great ExhibitionLecture
19 April 2022Dido Elizabeth BellLecture
07 April 2022Picasso-Legacy of Youth (Sainsbury Centre)Visit
15 March 2022The Silk RoadLecture
15 February 2022Great Bardfield Artists - “So they do cook after all”Lecture
18 January 2022Lee Miller - Women at WarLecture
14 December 2021The Art of DanceLecture
23 November 2021Bury St EdmundsTour
16 November 2021Moorish SpainLecture
12 November 2021EITHER SIDE OF NO-MAN’S LANDSpecial Event
19 October 2021Edward Seago - Landscape Perfectionist and Royal FavouriteLecture
21 September 2021Pots and FrocksLecture
13 July 2021Holbein The Artist: Unlocking the Mystery of the Ambassadors PaintingLecture
20 June 2021Cardiff and South WalesTour
15 June 2021Feelings and ThoughtsLecture
18 May 2021Go Crystal TearsLecture
20 April 2021Peggy GuggenheimLecture
16 March 2021The Crack'd VisageLecture
23 February 2021London Literary TourLecture
16 February 2021Rabindranath TagoreLecture
19 January 2021The Benin BronzesLecture
08 December 2020io Saturnalia - Happy Christmas the Roman WayLecture
17 November 2020Great British Public ParksLecture
20 October 2020Field of the Cloth of GoldLecture
17 March 2020Tantrums and TiarasLecture
18 February 2020The Mosaics of Ravenna - for the Glory of Kings and EmperorsLecture
21 January 2020The Magic of PantomimeLecture
10 December 2019Hidden Canvases - Street Art & The City Lecture
22 November 20193000 Years of China's CivilisationSpecial Event
19 November 2019The Life and Art of Marianne NorthLecture
15 October 2019Foreigners in London 1520- 1677 - the artists who changed Britisb ArtLecture
08 October 2019Walking Tour of SpitalfieldsVisit
17 September 2019The Chair; 2000 years of sitting down!Lecture
18 June 2019William Morris' Red House - the beautifullest place on EarthLecture
21 May 2019Culture of the HuguenotsLecture
16 April 2019Nazi Looted ArtLecture
19 March 2019Plants in Art and CultureLecture
18 March 2019Arts and Craft MovementSpecial Event
19 February 2019Old buildings - Fakes and FallaciesLecture
15 January 2019Tamara de LempickaLecture
11 December 2018Leonardo da VinciLecture
20 November 2018The NudeLecture
06 November 2018Walking Tour of Wren's London ChurchesTour
26 October 2018Marc Chagall: His Life and ArtLecture
16 October 2018Wren and City ChurchesLecture
18 September 2018Vivaldi in VeniceLecture
19 June 2018Votes for Women: Suffragettes & Female Politicians: an evening lectureLecture
18 June 2018The Red House & the Arts and Crafts MovementLecture
18 June 2018The Red House & the Arts and Crafts MovementLecture
18 June 2018The Red House & the Arts and Crafts MovementLecture
18 June 2018The Red House & the Arts and Crafts MovementLecture
15 May 2018Laura Knight or Evelyn Dunbar: who was the greater artist?Lecture
23 April 2018Liverpool and the North WestVisit
17 April 2018The Role of the Arts in the Cycle of crime, prison and re- offendingLecture
13 April 2018Architecture NowSpecial Event
13 April 2018Architecture NowLecture
20 March 2018T.E Lawrence, Leonard Woolley & the Wilderness of Zin Lecture
27 February 2018Warner Textile Archive and Gainsborough’s HouseVisit
20 February 2018The Colour Explosion: 19th Century saw the greatest colour achievements of natural dyes and The 19th Century Colour Explosion Lecture
16 January 2018The Art and Architecture of Travel Lecture
12 December 2017George Cruikshank: Caricaturist,Illustrator, PhilandererLecture
21 November 2017Three Great Families and Their Gardens: Astors, Rothschilds and Sackville-WestsLecture
10 November 2017The Language of ClothesSpecial Event
10 November 2017The Language of Clothes SID)Lecture
17 October 2017Carl & Karin Larsson and the Ikea effectLecture
19 September 2017The Art of the Joke: From Medieval Monks to the Visual PunLecture
20 June 2017The story of the Cook sisters and how they used opera to save lives.Lecture
30 May 2017Newmarket VisitVisit
16 May 2017Gems from Life: from Flies to ElephantsLecture
18 April 2017Theatrical Personalities of the 20th Century: Evans, Gielgud, Richardson, Olivier and Ashcroft.Lecture
01 April 2017Andalusia TourTour
31 March 20173 Baltic CapitalsSpecial Event
21 March 2017Julia Margaret Cameron: Pioneer Photographer 1816 - 1879Lecture
21 February 2017The Power of Jewellery: Adornment and Ritual from Pre-history to the Present.Lecture
17 January 2017Undressing Antiques.Lecture
20 December 2016Is Christmas in Good Taste?Lecture
15 November 2016The Day Parliament Burned Down.Lecture
18 October 2016Art UK: Uncovering the Nation's Hidden Oil Painting CollectionLecture
07 October 2016Twentieth Century SculptureSpecial Event
07 October 2016Twentieth Century SculptureLecture
20 September 2016Lancelot 'Capability' Brown (1716-1783) Landscape, Art and Dame NatureLecture
14 July 2016The Life and times of Elsa SchiaparelliSpecial Event
26 April 2016YorkshireTour 2016 Tour
15 April 2016Hieronymus BoschSpecial Event
13 November 2015The Arts of Japan and Europe Fascinating parallels and contrasts throughout historySpecial Event
30 October 2015East Anglia NADFAS Area Study Day: Murders, Magicians, Madmen and MonarchsSpecial Event
20 October 2015Edward Seago: Landscape Perfectionist and Royal FavouriteLecture
15 September 2015The Myth of Agincourt: Knights, Armour and what really happened 600 years ago!Lecture
19 June 2015East Anglia NADFAS Area lecture: Frida Kahlo & Diego Rivera: The Golden Age of Mexican Painting.Lecture
16 June 2015Britain with Betjeman Lecture
09 June 2015Silver Jubilee of Diss Decorative & Fine Arts SocietyLecture
19 May 2015Hedonistic Paris: Life, Art and Culture in Paris during the jazz ageLecture
24 April 20152015 Tour to SicilyTour
21 April 2015 Joseph Wright of Derby and the Lunar SocietyLecture
17 April 2015The life, times and works of WILLIAM HOGARTHSpecial Event
17 March 2015CHANGE OF LECTURE: From the Sublime to the PoliticalLecture
17 February 2015The Fine Art of CrimeLecture
20 January 2015Art and the Napoleonic WarsLecture
16 December 2014The Victorian Christmas Lecture
18 November 2014The Lindisfarne GospelsLecture
11 November 2014Autumn Special Interest Day - BIZET'S CARMEN with Jonathan HindenSpecial Event
21 October 2014 Dance: Manners, Morals and ClassLecture
16 September 2014SHARPS and FLATS, flint building in East AngliaLecture
21 July 2014Tour to Oxford, Stowe and Bletchley Park in June; some thoughts from one of the party Tour
15 July 2014FROM BISCUITS TO BLOUSES - new date - please alter your diary and the membership cardLecture
17 June 2014Meet me at the Waldorf.Lecture
20 May 2014War Artists - Spies and the Art of DeceptionLecture
15 April 2014From biscuits to Blouses! - THIS LECTURE HAS HAD TO BE TRANSFERRED TO A LATER DATE. The lecture hall at Roydon is undergoing building work during April - see new lecture entry for July 2014.Lecture
18 March 2014How to be Good! Victorian narrative paintingLecture
18 February 2014Imperial Purple to Denim Blue: the Colourful History of Textiles - see News page for report on this lectureLecture
21 January 2014London's Squares and Townhouses in the 17th and 18th Centuries - See News page for reort on this lecture Lecture
17 December 2013 The Journey of the Magi - See News page for report on this Christmas lectureLecture
19 November 2013John Ericson: The Corkscrew: The Corkscrew: a thing of beauty! Lecture
15 October 2013 Looking at Modern ArtLecture
17 September 2013The Boy Who Bit PicassoLecture
18 June 2013The Glamour HolidayLecture
15 June 2013"What a great day and one of the finest lectures we have ever heard"Visit
13 June 2013British Museum Pompeii Exhibition visit is a sell out.Visit
21 May 2013Ha-Has - from Hermits to StoweLecture
16 April 2013Travels in Rajasthan with Rudyard KiplingLecture
19 March 2013The Art of Advertising SEE NEWS REPORT ON THIS LECTURE FROM MARCH 2013Lecture
19 February 2013The Glasgow Boys & Scottish Colourists. SEE NEWS REPORT ON THIS LECTURE FROM FEBRUARY 2013 Lecture
15 January 2013Mrs Beeton presents........SEE NEWS REPORT ON THIS LECTURE FROM JANUARY 2013 Lecture
18 December 2012Dickens and the Theatre - SEE NEWS REPORT ON THIS LECTURE FROM DECEMBER 2013Lecture
20 November 2012The History of the Long Case Clock SEE NEWS REPORT ON THIS LECTURE FROM NOVEMBER 2013Lecture
16 October 2012Lautrec - On the walls of Paris!.........SEE NEWS REPORT ON THIS LECTURE FROM OCTOBER 2013Lecture
01 October 20122012 Dublin and South East IrelandTour
18 September 2012The Pre-Raphaelite BrotherhoodLecture
04 July 2012Houghton Hall, NorfolkVisit
19 June 2012The Art and Beauty of Old Maps of the World Lecture
15 May 2012Petra; the Rose-Red CityLecture
17 April 2012From Gothic Revival to International Rail Terminus: the story of St Pancras Lecture
20 March 2012Matisse and Picasso; Half a Century of Friendly Rivalry Lecture
30 September 20112011 Tour to Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia - The Three Baltic CapitalsTour
27 September 2011Beth Chatto’s Garden and Layer Marney Tower Visit
16 May 2011Time and Tide Museum, Langley AbbeyVisit