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28 May 2026Decoding Famous Paintings – How to Unlock The Secrets of The Great ArtistsLecture
23 April 2026Impressions of Gardens: Gardens of the ImpressionistsLecture
26 March 2026Out of the Stone: Figurative Sculpture from Classical Greece to Louise BourgeoisLecture
26 February 2026Miniatures in the Wallace CollectionLecture
22 January 2026May Morris: Embroiderer and Designer, her Father’s DaughterLecture
18 December 2025Ghosts of Ice and Fog: Investigating the Landscape of Dickens’ A Christmas CarolLecture
27 November 2025The British Crown Jewels: Every Stone Tells a StoryLecture
23 October 2025World Fairs 1851-1900 : International Exhibitions - Their Scope and InfluenceLecture
01 October 2025It’ll Be Alright on the Night – Development of Theatre in Georgian TimesLecture
22 May 2025'Beauty & the Bizarre': the Art of Hellenistic GreeceLecture
24 April 2025Reynolds – Destroyer of PicturesLecture
27 March 2025The Emperor Qianlong (1736-1796) 'Son of Heaven, Man of the World'Lecture
27 February 2025The Nation's Mantelpiece: A History of the National Gallery in Ten PaintingsLecture
23 January 2025From Rome to Kent - the Baroque Style in English FurnitureLecture
12 December 2024Golden Gobblers: The Turkey in Art and LifeLecture
21 November 2024Rubens and WomenLecture
24 October 2024Gate of Heroes: The Story of Chinese PorcelainLecture
26 September 2024The Baroque Country HouseLecture
23 May 2024Charles Dickens: The Man and His Life Through His CharactersLecture
25 April 2024Catherine The Great: The World’s Greatest Collector Lecture
21 March 2024Birmingham: More Canals than VeniceLecture
22 February 2024Music in Art: From the Middle Ages to the 18th CenturyLecture
25 January 2024William Morris - Fabric, Print, Gesso and Paint: How Morris Turned his Designs into RealityLecture
14 December 2023In the Kingdom of the Sweets - The NutcrackerLecture
23 November 2023Caravaggio, Painter Extraordinaire, a Flawed Genius and …. a MurdererLecture
26 October 2023The Story of Westminster Hall: 900 Years of Pomp and CircumstanceLecture
28 September 2023Gilbert and Sullivan: Their Topsy Turvy WorldLecture
25 May 2023Visit to Rugby Art GalleryVisit
25 May 2023Visit to Rugby Art Gallery: Its History and DevelopmentLecture
27 April 2023Bound to Learn – A Brief History of Western Book Binding Lecture
23 March 2023Cursed Objects in the British Museum: Tales of a CuratorLecture
23 February 2023The Many Faces of King ArthurLecture
26 January 2023Morris to Mackintosh – The Organic to the OrientalLecture
15 December 2022The Making of a Christmas Masterpiece Lecture
24 November 2022Ghastly Good TasteLecture
27 October 2022Bess of HardwickLecture
22 September 2022Once Upon a Time: Children’s Books Through the AgesLecture
26 May 2022Music - Entertaining Angels Unawares. Angels in the Bible, Music and Art.Lecture
28 April 2022Francis Bacon, Ben Nicholson, Graham Sutherland and the Resurgence of Post World War 2 British PaintingsLecture
24 March 2022A Private Guided Tour of Rugby Art Gallery and The Rugby Collection of Contemporary ArtLecture
24 February 2022Edward Gordon Craig, The Man Who Transformed British TheatreLecture
27 January 2022Charles Rennie MackIntosh and the Restoration of 78 Derngate Lecture
16 December 2021Pantomime: A Very British FeastLecture
28 October 2021Curating the Campus: The University of Warwick Mead Gallery CollectionLecture
23 September 2021A Brief History of WineLecture
27 May 2021Coton Manor: A History of its House and GardensLecture
24 May 2021Visit to Elton Hall, PeterboroughVisit
22 April 2021Nicholas Hilliard and the Art of the MiniatureLecture
25 March 2021Music in ArtLecture
25 February 2021England's Darling? The Cult of King Alfred the GreatLecture
28 January 2021Rembrandt and the Dutch Golden AgeLecture
17 December 2020Glory to the New Born King: Depictions of the Nativity in European ArtLecture
26 November 2020Magic and Medicines in BabylonLecture
29 October 2020Art and Craft in Historical Fiction: Woven Silk, Sculpted Masks and Fine BindingsLecture
24 September 2020Canal History and HeritageLecture
28 May 2020Nicholas Hilliard and the Art of the MiniatureLecture
23 April 2020History of WineLecture
26 March 2020Music in ArtLecture
27 February 2020Winter ColourLecture
23 January 2020Who’s Afraid of the Graven Images? A Whistle-Stop Tour of Anglo-Saxon Stone SculptureLecture
19 December 2019The Art of Partying: A Feast for EyesLecture
28 November 2019The Dowager Empress Cixi (1835 - 1908): Ruling from behind the Yellow Silk ScreenLecture
24 October 2019Silk and the Silk RoadLecture
26 September 2019AGM followed by Turner and Ruskin: A CelebrationLecture
30 May 2019A Portrait of Jewels: Following Missing Treasures through PortraitsLecture
16 May 2019Visit to the National Memorial Arboretum AlrewasVisit
25 April 2019The Art of the Hero: Commemorating Scott of the AntarcticLecture
21 March 2019Ladies of the Night: Art History’s Most Scandelous MusesLecture
28 February 2019Repton and the PicturesqueLecture
24 January 2019Posters of the Belle Époque: The great age of the posterLecture
13 December 2018A Cornucopia of Christmas CustomsLecture
15 November 2018The Treasures of Far CathayLecture
18 October 2018The Architecture of the British Raj is remarkable; let’s celebrate it.Lecture
20 September 2018AGM then: 250 years of the Royal Academy of Arts, LondonLecture
17 May 2018The World’s Most Expensive ArtLecture
19 April 2018Photography as Fine ArtLecture
15 March 2018Warwick Castle: A Forgotten CollectionLecture
15 February 2018Historic Graffiti: the Hidden Story of the Hopes, Fears and Desires of a NationLecture
18 January 2018Roman Britain Unearthed: What the Romans Really Did for ArtLecture