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09 June 2026Raphael, a god amongst paintersLecture
12 May 2026Persistent Memory: The Art of Salvador DaliLecture
14 April 2026‘Greek Vase Painting’Lecture
10 March 2026‘Painting in Ukraine and Russia 1860-1960’ Lecture
10 February 2026Britain’s Art Deco ArchitectureLecture
13 January 2026John Singer Sargent: The Private RadicalLecture
09 December 2025‘Banksy: Fraud or Genius’Lecture
11 November 2025‘Influences in Photography’Lecture
07 October 2025Joseph Wright 1775-1777: A Derby Man in BathLecture
10 June 2025Frozen Breath of the Polar Night: An introduction to Art Nouveau Glass Lecture
13 May 2025The Borgias, The Most Infamous family in HistoryLecture
08 April 2025Henry Scott Tuke, The Sunshine PainterLecture
11 March 2025Velazquez and Goya: Traditionalists or Modern Masters?Lecture
11 February 2025 Wassily KandinskyLecture
14 January 2025Inspired by Stonehenge Lecture
10 December 2024How to steal a million Lecture
12 November 2024Great Operatic Rivalries - Handbags at Dawn?Lecture
08 October 2024A Magical Mystery Tour: The English Miniatures from the Tudors to the Victorians Lecture
11 June 2024George Stubbs, The English Leonardo (NB Changed from May) Lecture
14 May 2024The Rise and Fall of Napoleon Bonaparte, as Depicted in Art (NB Changed from June) Lecture
09 April 2024What can we Learn from Jewellery shown in Art ? Lecture
12 March 2024Fiction, Fallacy & Fake News, Spin and Propaganda in art throughout the ages - CHANGE OF LECTURELecture
06 February 2024The White Mantle of Winter. Impressionist Paintings of Snow NB 1st Tuesday of the month Lecture
09 January 2024The Elgin Marbles Lecture
12 December 2023A Blast from the Past: Medieval Woodwind Lecture
14 November 2023Pots and Frocks - The World of Grayson Perry Lecture
10 October 2023Dame Laura Knight RA Lecture
13 June 2023The Market for Antiques in the UK today, or Why no one wants to buy your wardrobe anymore...Lecture
09 May 2023Art and Architecture along the Silk RoadLecture
11 April 2023Women in Art; Gentileschi to EminLecture
14 March 2023David Hockney: Old Master of the Modern WorldLecture
08 March 2023Sicily Trip NOW MARCH 2023 Visit
07 February 2023Caravaggio: A Rebel With A Cause Rescheduled meeting - 7th February (1st Tuesday for this month ONLY)Lecture
10 January 2023The Wilton Diptych and the hammer-beam angel roof of Westminster Hall - Angels from the realms of gloryLecture
13 December 2022The History and Art of the Nativity CribLecture
08 November 2022Laughter and Loss: British Artists in WWII Lecture
11 October 2022The Two Gustavs: Mahler and Klimt Lecture
06 September 2022Afternoon visit to Tiverton Castle Tuesday 6th September 2022Visit
14 June 2022The Life and Work of Sir Alfred Munnings KCVO, PRA (1878-1959)Lecture
01 June 2022Afternoon visit to Chideock Manor GardensVisit
10 May 2022Posters of The Belle Époque, The Great Age of the Poster Lecture
12 April 2022Under the open sky: Newlyn, Falmouth and Lamorna Artists Lecture
08 March 2022Chinese Imperial Court Costume: Journey through The Imperial Wardrobe Lecture
08 February 2022George III as Patron and Subject of Art Lecture
11 January 2022What did the Greeks and Romans Ever do for Art? (BY ZOOM)Lecture
14 December 2021How Do They Make That Noise? The Opera Singer Phenomenon Lecture
09 November 2021Bruegel: Peasants, Proverbs and Landscapes Lecture
12 October 2021Painting the Modern Garden - Monet to Matisse Lecture
08 September 2021Visit to Blackmore Farm, BridgwaterVisit
19 June 2021St John’s School – Sampson Chapel – Sidmouth Visit
08 June 2021The Forensic Eye: Find Your Inner Connoisseur- 17th C Flanders Lecture
11 May 2021Art and the Devon Garden, 1700-1900 Lecture
13 April 2021Beethoven at 250-Classical Music’s Greatest Revolutionary Lecture
09 March 2021Canal History and Heritage Lecture
09 February 2021Post War Australian Painting Lecture
12 January 2021The Studio-Houses of the Holland Park Circle Lecture
08 December 2020Renoir – a colourful life Lecture
10 November 2020Gwen and Augustus John –Two Great Opposites (Zoom meeting)Lecture
13 October 2020With A Little Help From Their Friends: The Beatles and Their Artists - (Zoom meeting)Lecture
09 June 2020The Forensic Eye: Find your Inner Connoisseur”Lecture
12 May 2020Gwen and Augustus John - Two Great OppositesLecture
07 April 2020“Post War Australian Painting” Lecture
10 March 2020“Creativity in British Prisons” Lecture
11 February 2020“Big Ben” Lecture
14 January 2020“Persephone’s isle: The Heritage of Sicily” Lecture
10 December 2019“Christmas at Covent Garden” Lecture
12 November 2019“Landscape Photography” Lecture
08 October 2019“Harlots, Rakes and Crashing China” Lecture
23 August 2019Colyton Wheelwrights & Coachbuilder, 2pmVisit
18 July 2019 Winsford Hospital & Walled Gardens, Hallwill, DevonVisit
11 June 2019Looking for Georgia- my travels through New Mexico in the Footsteps of Georgia O'KeeffeLecture
10 June 2019Visits to 'Three Hares' Churches on Dartmoor - with Dr Sue Andrew Visit
14 May 2019Painting the Land of the Midnight Sun: Romantic Visions of Norway Lecture
30 April 2019Shilstone House & Devon rural archivesVisit
02 April 2019Prague: City of the Winter QueenLecture
12 March 2019Turner vs Constable: The Great British Paint-Off Lecture
12 February 2019Images of the British EmpireLecture
08 January 2019The magic of pantomimeLecture
11 December 2018Clara, rhino superstar and wonder of the Grand Tour Lecture
13 November 2018George Romney’s muse: Emma Lady Hamilton Lecture
09 October 2018The First Atlantic Liner: Brunel's 'Great Western' Lecture
26 June 2018Orchard Wyndham House & Bakelite MuseumVisit
21 June 2018Maunsel House and GardensVisit
12 June 2018‘Frank Thrower and Dartington Glass’ Lecture
08 May 2018‘Man’s Real Best Friend: horses in art and history’ Lecture
16 April 2018Aeolian Court Chudleigh & Haldon BelvedereVisit
10 April 2018‘Treasure of the Black Tent: antique tribal rugs and dowry weavings of the Persian and Central Asian nomads’ Lecture
13 March 2018‘Arsenic and Old Wallpaper – the darker side of William Morris’ Lecture
06 February 2018‘A Potted History of Britain’ (Note date FIRST Tuesday of the month this time).Lecture
09 January 2018‘Gods, Goddesses, Heaven and Hell.’ Lecture
12 December 2017‘Sing we Yule’ Lecture
14 November 2017‘Adventures in Three Dimensions – 20th-century sculpture in Britain’Lecture
10 October 2017‘The Cult of Gloriana: Art, Music and Politics at the Court of the Virgin Queen’Lecture
03 October 2017 'Magical Andalucia' 5-night tour of Granada, Cordoba and SevilleVisit
05 July 2017Visit to Yarlington House & Gardens, near Wincanton, SomersetVisit
14 June 2017Bridwell Park, Uffculme 2pm Visit
13 June 2017'Les Parisiennes' - How Women Lived, Loved and Died in Paris from 1939 to 1949 Lecture
09 May 2017An Introduction to the Gardens and Tea Houses of Japan Lecture
11 April 2017Christian and Islamic Art and Architecture in the Iberian PeninsulaLecture
14 March 2017Healing Stitches - Therapeutic Handicrafts at Times of ConflictLecture
14 February 2017Hidden Canvases - street art in the CityLecture
10 January 2017Buckfast Abbey; the rebuilding of a mediaeval monasteryLecture
13 December 2016'That Jocund World' - theatre in the life and works of Charles DickensLecture
08 November 2016The Art and Beauty of Old Maps of the WorldLecture
11 October 2016Bricks, Sheds and Unmade Beds: Is it Art?Lecture
14 June 2016From Magic Lanterns to Metro Goldwyn MeyerLecture
10 May 2016The Cult of the South Pacific - from Cook to GauguinLecture
12 April 2016Shakespeare: the Plays in Performance and ArtLecture
08 March 2016The Glasgow Boys - Painting in ScotlandLecture
09 February 2016Repton on the TamarLecture
12 January 2016Women Artists from 1500 to 1800Lecture
08 December 2015'Le Roi Soleil' - King Louis XIVLecture