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14 October 2026'Masonry, Manuscripts & Music: An inspirational journey through Medieval England'Lecture
07 October 2026The Art & History of Dresden, MeiBen & the Saxony AlpsVisit
09 September 2026'All that Glisters … Tudor & Jacobean Costume brought to Life in Paintings, Film & Theatre'Lecture
12 August 2026'Magic & Medicine of the Ancients' Lecture
08 July 2026'The Colossal Art & Architecture of Egypt of Egypt's Boldest Pharoh' Lecture
24 June 2026'Istanbul:City of Faith, Power & Beauty' STUDY DAY, Boringdon Golf CourseSpecial Event
24 June 2026'Istanbul:City of Faith, Power & Beauty' STUDY DAY, Boringdon Golf CourseLecture
10 June 2026'National Treasures, saving London's Museums & Galleries'Lecture
13 May 2026The Queene's Pickture: Portraits of Elizabeth1Lecture
08 April 2026Art of the Devon GardenLecture
11 March 2026John Singer Sargent -The Private RadicalLecture
20 November 2025Sicily: Cultural Crossroads Special Interest Day Special Event
20 November 2025Sicily: Cultural Crossroads Special Interest DayLecture
16 October 2025Decoding History's ArtSpecial Event
10 October 2025The Art, History and Palladian Villas of Veneto and Northern ItalyVisit
08 October 2025Tales of Beatrix Potter and the WestcountryLecture
10 September 2025Great Railway Stations- evoking the spirit of art and adventureLecture
13 August 2025Picturing shock city: Dynamic, beautiful and sometimes brutal, New York City was becoming a world city in the early 1900sLecture
09 July 2025Joseph Wright of Derby: Science and Magic Lecture
11 June 2025Seaside Modern: Art & Life on the BeachLecture
14 May 2025HOW MANY COLOURS IN THE RAINBOW?Lecture
09 April 2025‘ON ILLUSION AND DELUSION’-PERFORMATIVE SCIENCE AND QUACKERYLecture
12 March 2025ARTS AND CRAFTS STAINED-GLASS IN ENGLAND’S CHURCHESLecture
12 February 2025POLITICAL INTRIGUE, SEX AND MURDER AT THE COURT OF THE CORDOBA CALIPHATELecture
08 January 2025GREAT OPERATIC RIVALRIES-HANDBAGS AT DAWNLecture
11 December 2024SHOPPING AS AN ART FORMLecture
27 November 2024TURNER AND THE SEA-“THAT MADE ME A PAINTER”Lecture
15 November 2024A BLAST FROM THE PASTSpecial Event
15 November 2024A Blast from the PastLecture
14 October 2024GLYNDEBOURNE OPERA TOUR & THE HERITAGE OF KENT & SUSSEXVisit
09 October 2024CHURCHILL AN INSPIRATIONAL LIFE IN PHOTOGRAPHS Lecture
14 June 2024Art in VeniceLecture
12 June 2024Art in Venice: The Lion of the Sea Special Event
09 May 2024The Chateaux, Art and Gardens of NormandyVisit
08 May 2024THE OPERA SINGER PHENOMENON Lecture
10 April 2024PERSONAL HEAVEN: THE PAINTINGS OF STANLEY SPENCERLecture
13 March 2024THE MAKING OF LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHYLecture
14 February 2024INSPIRED BY STONEHENGELecture
10 January 2024BANKSY FRAUD OR GENIUSLecture
20 December 2023JS BACH LIFE AND CHRISTMAS ORATORIO Lecture
29 November 2023ERIC RAVILIUS Lecture
15 November 2023A HISTORY OF JEWELLERYSpecial Event
15 November 2023The History of JewelleryLecture
11 October 2023THE ART OF ATONEMENTLecture
07 June 2023THE LAST WALTZ ART and CULTURE in VIENNASpecial Event
07 June 2023The Last Waltz Art and Culture in ViennaLecture
10 May 2023THE GENIUS OF BEETHOVENLecture
12 April 2023ENGLISH WOMEN IN THE FRENCH REVOLUTIONLecture
08 March 2023CARAVAGGIO: MURDERER OR GENIUSLecture
08 February 2023ENGLISH GARDEN DESIGNLecture
11 January 2023GENIUS OF STRADIVARILecture
07 December 2022CHRISTMAS IN CORNWALLLecture
16 November 2022TRAVELS WITH A TROWELSpecial Event
16 November 2022TRAVELS WITH A TROWEL PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A STUDY DAYLecture
09 November 2022PICASSO AND CUBISMLecture
12 October 2022POTS AND FROCKS: THE WORLD OF GRAYSON PERRYLecture
14 September 2022AN ARTIST'S BEST FRIEND: THE DOG IN ARTLecture
08 June 2022FOREIGNERS IN LONDON 1520-1677: THE ARTISTS WHO CHANGED THE COURSE OF BRITISH ARTLecture
18 May 2022Trip to Holland - May 18th to 23rd - "In the footsteps of the Dutch Masters".Visit
11 May 2022THE TURNER PRIZE EXPLAINEDLecture
13 April 2022THE WORLD IN A GRAIN OF SAND: WILLIAM BLAKELecture
23 March 2022The Mysterious Language of Paintings: More Than Meets the EyeSpecial Event
09 March 2022FROM OPERA TO ORATORIO - HOW GEORGE FREDERICK HANDEL CHANGED THE MUSICAL LIFE OF BRITAINLecture
09 February 2022MURDER AND MODERNISM: WALTER RICHARD SICKERT AND THE CAMDEN TOWN GROUPLecture
12 January 2022CHARLES DICKENS - THE MAN AND HIS LIFE THROUGH HIS CHARACTERSLecture
08 December 2021THE MAGIC OF PANTOMIMELecture
24 November 2021The Gate of Heroes: On the China TrailSpecial Event
10 November 2021GYPSIES, TRAMPS AND THIEVES: THE REPRESENTATION OF THE WORKING CLASSES IN ART Lecture
13 October 2021THE TWO FACES OF RUSSIA: MOSCOW AND ST PETERSBURGLecture
08 September 2021RESCUING ZEUGMA FROM THE FLOODWATERS OF THE EUPHRATES Lecture
09 June 2021WHEN BRITISH ART TOOK OFFLecture
27 May 2021FAKE NEWSLecture
12 May 2021MID EIGHTEENTH CENTURY ENGLISH ROCOCO SILVER, ITS SOCIAL CONTEXT, AND THE ADVENTURES OF ITS OWNERS AND MAKERSLecture
07 April 2021CHATSWORTH, HARDWICK AND THE CAVENDISH FAMILYLecture
15 March 2021THE GENIUS of MOZARTSpecial Event
10 March 2021THE HISTORY OF THE HARP: FROM MEDITERRANEAN ANTIQUITY TO 20TH CENTURY EUROPELecture
10 February 2021BAUHAS: IDEA AND REALITYLecture
13 January 2021LUCIEN FREUD: THE ART AND THE MANLecture
09 December 2020PINS AND POKING STICKS – DECODING DRESS IN SHAKESPEARE'S TIMELecture
11 November 2020GILES: HIS LIFE, TIMES AND CARTOONSLecture
14 October 2020ARTISTS’ VIEWS OF AUSTRALIA – ABORIGINAL, PIONEER, BOTANICAL AND IMPRESSIONISTLecture
09 September 2020 'A MOUND OF TREASURES FROM FAR COUNTRIES WAS FETCHED ABOARD HER': THE STORY OF THE SUTTON HOO SHIP BURIAL Lecture
11 March 2020Mars and the Muses: The Renaissance Art of ArmourLecture
25 February 2020The Anatomy of Collecting: Special Event
12 February 2020Norman Rockwell: Great American Artist or a mere illustratorLecture
05 February 2020Bournemouth Symphony Concert OrchestraVisit
08 January 2020The Power of a Painting: G.W. Joy’s The Death of General GordonLecture
11 December 2019A History of Jewellery from Elizabeth I to Elizabeth TaylorLecture
13 November 2019Women Behind the Lens: Outstanding Female Photographers and their contribution to the Art of PhotographyLecture
17 October 2019The Anatomy of Collecting:Special Event
09 October 2019Young Victoria’s Watercolours and Diaries showing delight in the ArtsLecture
11 September 2019Love and Loss: The story of Orpheus and Eurydice in Art and MusicLecture
12 June 2019Faber and Faber Lecture
08 May 2019Basingstoke and its Contribution to World CultureLecture
10 April 2019The Phoenix at the Fall of EmpireLecture
04 April 2019Visions of Enchanted LandsSpecial Event
13 March 2019A Mediterranean TourLecture
13 February 2019From Garbo to GarlandLecture
07 February 2019Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra ConcertVisit
09 January 2019Jacob EpsteinLecture
12 December 2018The Great Fire of Westminster 1834 Lecture
21 November 2018Dartmoor Society Study Day on The Art in Venice Special Event
14 November 2018Hidden Canvases Lecture
01 November 2018The Art and Architecture of Ireland Special Event
31 October 2018Backstage Tour of Theatre Royal PlymouthVisit
10 October 2018Dame Laura Knight RALecture
12 September 2018Mad Men and the Artists Lecture
28 June 2018South West Area Tour to HertfordshireVisit
13 June 2018The Art of Akhenaten & Nefertiti: Ancient Egypt's Unique Royal CoupleLecture
30 May 2018HARTLAND ABBEY VISITVisit
09 May 2018What Really Happened in the Yellow House in Arles in 1888?Lecture
02 May 2018VISIT TO HIGHGROVE GARDENSVisit
19 April 2018THE ART AND SCANDALOUS LIVES OF THE BLOOMSBURY GROUPSpecial Event
15 April 2018THE ARTS SOCIETY SOUTH DEVON VISIT TO DORSETVisit
11 April 2018From Van Brugh to Repton: The Development of the 18th Century English Garden Lecture
15 March 2018South West Area Study DaySpecial Event
14 March 2018A Question of Provenance: Researching at a Commercial GalleryLecture
14 February 2018The Anatomical Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci: A surgeon's view Lecture
10 January 2018Shock, Horror, Probe: The Art & Artifice of Fleet Street; A Newspaper Story in PicturesLecture
13 December 2017Hockney at 80: Britain's Greatest Living ArtistLecture
22 November 2017South West Area Study DaySpecial Event
21 November 2017Agatha Christie in Devon with her deadly dispensary of poisons Lecture
15 November 2017The Arts Society Liskeard Study daySpecial Event
08 November 2017History of the Medici: Bankrolling the RenaissanceLecture
02 November 2017The Arts Society Dartmoor Study Day The Grand TourSpecial Event
11 October 2017The Other Side: Counter Memorials - Germany's Post-WWII Culture of Apology and AtonementLecture
13 September 2017Frank Matcham's Masterpieces: Theatre Design and Architecture in BritainLecture
11 June 2017South West Area Tour to SussexVisit
10 May 2017Mystery and Meaning: the Arnolfini Portrait by Jan Van EyckLecture
12 April 2017Music, Masonry and Manuscripts: an Inspirational Journey through Medieval EnglandLecture
30 March 2017South West Area Study DaySpecial Event
08 March 2017Temples, Tombs and Treasures: In Search of the Queen of ShebaLecture
21 February 2017Violet Pinwill - Woodcarver of Ermington and PlymouthLecture
08 February 2017London’s Changing Skyline: Past, Present and FutureLecture
11 January 2017The Punch and Judy ShowLecture
14 December 2016That Pretty German Toy – Musings on the Christmas TreeLecture
15 November 2016"If Music be the food of Love: Play on"Lecture
09 November 2016Child of Six could do it? Cartoonist and Modern ArtLecture
12 October 2016Cambodia – The Sacred Art of Angkor and Living ArtsLecture
14 September 2016Lawrence of Arabia – Tortured Hero of Troubled TimesLecture
23 June 2016PENLEE GALLERY, PENZANCEVisit
11 May 2016Faces and Fortunes: British Portraiture through the AgesLecture
17 April 2016SDDFAS SPRING TOURVisit
13 April 2016Life and Times of the Sundial - A Perspective on Civilisation's Most Enduring Timekeeper.Lecture
09 March 2016Oscar Wilde and the Cult of Beauty - the Aesthetic MovementLecture
16 February 2016El GrecoLecture
10 February 2016Charles Darwin and the Voyage of HMS BeagleLecture
21 January 2016BOURNEMOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAVisit
13 January 2016Meet Me at The WaldorfLecture
09 December 2015Inspired by Winter Colour : Bruegel to Cezanne & BeyondLecture
11 November 2015The Mysterious World of Salvador DaliLecture
03 November 2015An Illustrated Introduction to the History of PhotographySpecial Event
20 October 2015Greek Myths - Inspirations for ArtistsLecture
14 October 2015Music and Manners : Life in 18th Century EnglandLecture
04 October 2015LISBON ART AND CULTURE TOURVisit
09 September 2015"Now you see it - now you don't : the art of visual deception"Lecture
13 May 2015Monasterium Resurgens : Realising a Vision in StoneLecture
08 April 2015Wanderings among the Nomadic Tribes of Iran and Afghanistan Lecture
24 March 2015The Most Serene Republic:Special Event
11 March 2015Impressionists in their Gardens – Living Light and ColourLecture
11 February 2015The Role of the Arts in the cycle of Crime, Prison and Re-offendingLecture
14 January 2015Glamour and Glitter – the World of DiamondsLecture
10 December 2014Toulouse-Lautrec and the Golden Age of CabaretLecture
12 November 2014How Pleasant to know Edward LearLecture
04 November 2014Wine Related AntiquesSpecial Event
08 October 2014Sticky Tape, Moths and MenLecture
10 September 2014The Cult of the South Pacific, from Cook to GauguinLecture
14 May 2014On Either Side of No Mans Land Lecture
09 April 2014Transports of Delight Lecture
12 March 2014Behind the Veil Lecture
12 February 2014"Women Artist in Cornwall 1880 - 1940"Lecture
08 January 2014Art, Fish and Sail Lecture
11 December 2013Sing we YuleLecture
13 November 2013- “Three Romantics: Chopin, Delacroix and George Sand”Lecture
09 October 2013“ Florence Nightingale’s Reluctant Life in Portraiture”Lecture
11 September 2013This Won’t Hurt a Bit! Medicine in art throughout the ages.Lecture
08 May 2013Wonder Workers and the Art of IllusionLecture
10 April 2013The Gates of Hell: The Life and Works of Auguste RodinLecture
13 March 2013Teacher to a Queen, Wife to a Sailor: The First Woman Renaissance ArtistLecture
13 February 2013The Shakers of North America: Beliefs, Architecture and ArtefactsLecture
09 January 2013J. M. W. Turner and NapoleonLecture
12 December 2012Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary: Images of the Virgin Mary in ArtLecture
14 November 2012Peter Carl Faberge : Master Russian GoldsmithLecture
10 October 2012A Photographic Odyssey: Shackleton’s Endurance Expedition captured on CameraLecture
12 September 2012The Butterfly on the Lagoon: Whistler in Venice 1879 - 1914Lecture
09 May 2012Blenheim Palace – The Agony and the EcstasyLecture
11 April 2012The Olympic Games – Chariots of FireLecture
14 March 2012Libya Uncovered – the magnificence of Leptis Magna, Sabratha and CyreneLecture
08 February 2012All Smoke and Mirrors – Truth Illusion and the use of Optics in PaintingLecture
11 January 2012The Legendary Lee MillerLecture
14 December 2011Gold, Frankincense, and Myrrh – Why those gifts?Lecture
09 November 2011John Opie – The Cornish WonderLecture
12 October 2011Carmen – Fatal AttractionLecture
14 September 2011Can we trust the experts on the Good and Bad in Art?Lecture