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18 June 2026Grace Darling and the Fine Art of Saving Lives at SeaLecture
21 May 2026Mr Barry's WarLecture
09 April 2026Kandinsky, Expressionism and the Blue RiderLecture
12 March 2026Holbein and the Illusion of RealityLecture
26 February 2026American ArtistsSpecial Event
12 February 2026Fresh Encounters: Contemporary Sculpture and the Public SpaceLecture
11 December 2025The Christmas Story in Renaissance ArtLecture
13 November 2025The Power of JewelleryLecture
04 November 2025Tour of Eastern SicilyTour
21 October 2025Wild About Oscar: Famous for Being Famous (and Infamous)Special Event
02 October 2025Temples, Tombs and Treasures: In Search of the Queen of Sheba. Lecture
04 September 2025Johannes Vermeer and the Absent Subject. Lecture
12 June 2025"I am the very model: Parodies of Victorian Society in Gilbert and Sullivan"Lecture
08 May 2025Gwen JohnLecture
10 April 2025Rembrandt's Self PortraitsLecture
13 March 2025"The Art of Seduction" - Women in Art: Virgin, Venus or Vampire?Lecture
25 February 2025The Kingdom in the Sun: Classical and Medieval SicilySpecial Event
13 February 2025William Morris: wallpaper and textilesLecture
16 January 2025January Lecture & LunchLecture
12 December 2024"Cinema from the Rubble": the post-war politics of the Ealing comediesLecture
20 November 2024Visit to Museum of Royal Worcester PorcelainVisit
14 November 2024"All the Lonely People": the work of American realist, Edward HopperLecture
15 October 2024The History of LandscapesSpecial Event
10 October 2024Fresh encounters: Sculpture in public placesLecture
23 September 2024A tour of Oxford college gardens followed by lunch Visit
12 September 2024Paris and the Belle EpoqueLecture
13 June 2024Imperial purple to purple denim: the colourful history of textilesLecture
12 May 2024Dublin and the Wicklow MountainsTour
09 May 2024The classical re-invented: the brilliant legacy of Sir Christopher WrenLecture
11 April 2024The Hay Wain: an in-depth look at a familiar masterpieceLecture
14 March 2024Dame Laura KnightLecture
27 February 2024Can Art Change the World?Special Event
08 February 2024The art market - and how it worksLecture
11 January 2024January Lunch and Lecture 2024Lecture
07 December 2023The Magic of PantomimeLecture
23 November 2023A bespoke tour of Post-impressionism art at the AshmoleanVisit
09 November 2023Post Impressionists: Cezanne; Gauguin and Van Gogh Lecture
17 October 2023Three cities of the Habsburg Empire: Budapest, Prague and LjubljanaSpecial Event
12 October 2023The Wild Men of the NorthLecture
14 September 2023Banksy: Fraud or Genius?Lecture
01 September 2023The Art of Holland and GhentTour
15 June 2023A walking tour of Oxford before and after lunch at Jesus College. Visit
08 June 2023Cathedrals. Stone on Stone: the men who built the Cathedrals.Lecture
18 May 2023A tour and talk at the Ashmolean by Anna Steven on Dutch and Flemish art. Visit
11 May 2023This lecture will be preceded by our AGM at 7pm. Caterpillars, Lemons and Lobsters: Dutch Still Life Paintings, 1560 to 1650Lecture
13 April 2023Ancient Egyptian SculptureLecture
09 March 2023’The Ballet Russe’’ An exploration of the famous musicians and artists this company brought together.Lecture
14 February 2023The Maya HeritageSpecial Event
09 February 2023The Lost Language: An Exploration of Symbolism in the antique weavings of the nomadic tribes of Persia and Central AsiaLecture
20 December 2022’’ Georgia O’Keefe.’’ Her Life and work including her iconic landscapes, cityscapes and outsized flower paintings. Lecture
10 November 2022. ‘‘The cartoonist Giles.’’His Life ,Times and CartoonsLecture
25 October 2022Seafaring: Art and Life at Sea from Turner until Today Special Event
13 October 2022‘’Napoleon’s Josephine.’’ A passionate art collector, gardener, book collector and patron.Lecture
15 September 2022‘’Eric Ravilious.’’ His career and place in the long tradition of Watercolour in England as well as the social and cultural context of England in the early 20th century.Lecture
20 June 2022Tour to Ironbridge and BirminghamTour
20 June 2022Ironbridge and Birmingham VisitVisit
09 June 2022Medieval Illuminated BestiariesLecture
12 May 2022A Collector's Eye for Narrative PaintingsLecture
14 April 2022 “All Nature is a Garden” – William Kent and the birth of the English Landscape movement. Lecture
10 March 2022Gothic or Saracenic. NB at 7.30pm what Western Architecture owes to the East Lecture
22 February 2022Monet and the Impressionists: Joy and TormentSpecial Event
10 February 2022the Art and Craft of the Pewterer Bring an item of Pewterf or discussion after the lecture.Lecture
13 January 2022Lecture followed by LunchLecture
09 December 2021The Christmas Story from London's National GalleryLecture
11 November 2021The two Gustavs; Mahler and KlimptLecture
02 November 2021Photography as Fine ArtSpecial Event
21 October 2021Our Base is GreenwichTour
14 October 2021The Empty Chair in Art: from Van Gogh to Al WeiweiLecture
13 October 2021jewellery Quarter, Birmingham We hope to rearrange this visit in early 2022Visit
09 September 2021The Bauhaus 1919 to 2019. 100 Years of Modern DesignLecture
10 June 2021Beauty in Truth: the Past Present and Future of Botanical Art and IllustrationLecture
13 May 2021AGM and A treasured Inheritance: 600 years of Oxford College SilverLecture
08 April 2021The Birth of the Artist: Self-portraiture and the image of the painter in the 17th CenturyLecture
11 March 2021The Art of FrescoLecture
11 February 2021Canal History and HeritageLecture
01 February 202120th Century Theatre; 1900 to NowSpecial Event
10 December 2020Drink thy Wine with a Merry Heart; a pictorial history of drinking glassesLecture
12 November 2020Great Railway StationsLecture
27 October 2020Painting on Glass; a History of Stained GlassSpecial Event
08 October 2020Whistler v. Ruskin: flinging a pot of paint in the public’s faceLecture
08 October 2020Skin: John Singer Sargent and the Scandal of Madam XLecture
14 September 2020Italy of Piero de Francesca We still hope this may be possibleTour
10 September 2020Whistler v. Ruskin: Flinging a Pot of Paint in the Public’s FaceLecture
11 June 2020The Two Gustavs: Mahler & Klimt Cancelled due to Virus will be given next SeasonLecture
14 May 2020The Bauhaus Cancelled due to Corona Virus Will be given next YearLecture
09 April 2020The Art of Fresco Cancelled due to Corona Virus, Will be given next YLecture
25 March 2020VISIT TO THE JEWELLERY QUARTER, BIRMINGHAM This was cancelled due to Corona, it is expected sometime this season Visit
12 March 2020Raphael (commemorating the 500th anniversary of his death)Lecture
25 February 2020Goya: War and Peace, revolution and exile.Special Event
13 February 2020The Ashmolean and other Museums for the Millennium Lecture
22 January 2020Wyvern Area Study Days held in Oxford 22nd Jan, 26th Feb, 24th March Truth and Beauty in ArtSpecial Event
16 January 2020Lecture The Educated Stitch and Buffet lunch at 11.00 Corn ExchangeLecture
12 December 2019Joseph of Nazareth: Best Supporting ActorLecture
14 November 2019 Faces, Figures and Forms, exploring sculpture in the UK's Public Art Collections. Lecture
28 October 2019OUTING TO THE SANDHAM MEMORIAL CHAPEL AND THE BOMBAY SAPPHIRE DISTILLERY Visit
15 October 2019Tchaikovsky, Chekhov and Levitan Special Event
10 October 2019The Ethical versus the Expressive: The story of British studio pottery. Lecture
12 September 2019Travellers among Mountains & Streams: masterpieces of Chinese landscape painting Lecture
27 June 2019The Queens Gallery and Leonardo drawings Stonor is cancelled.Visit
13 June 2019Influences in PhotographyLecture
09 May 2019Edouard Manet and MusicLecture
29 April 2019Bess of Hardwick CountryTour
24 April 2019Kilpeck Church and Hereford CathedralVisit
11 April 2019Sir Stanley Spencer – his autobiography in picturesLecture
14 March 2019Ocean Liners Art – the ships that shaped our livesLecture
20 February 2019The Mary Rose warship, PortsmouthVisit
14 February 2019Leonardo – his anatomical drawingsLecture
05 February 2019"Feisty Ladies: Women Travellers from Victorian Britain"Special Event
16 January 2019Buffet Lunch and Lecture on MiniaturesLecture
13 December 2018Film as an Art FormLecture
08 November 2018Managing the R.A. 250th AnniversaryLecture
24 October 2018Stowe HouseVisit
18 October 2018MALTA TOUR 2018Tour
11 October 2018Kyoto FestivalsLecture
13 September 2018Strranger than Fiction:the incredible story of Jan van Eyck’s Great Altar Piece at GhentLecture
14 June 2018TAJ MAHAL "THE GARDEN TOMB"Lecture
10 May 2018Who was Bruegel? Discovering the Master through his SonsLecture
17 April 2018Outing to Winchester Cathedral and Avington ParkVisit
12 April 2018Gaudi and Catalan Modernista ArchitectureLecture
08 March 2018 Henry Moore from Past to Present Lecture
27 February 2018Windsor Castle and Chapel Post restoration after the fireVisit
08 February 2018More than Meets the Eye: Artists and CamouflageLecture
14 December 2017Christmas and other Festivals in Modern MexicoLecture
14 November 2017Visit to Lichfield Cathedral and The National Memorial ArboretumVisit
09 November 2017Cartier: Jeweller of GeniusLecture
12 October 2017From Fleapit to Picture Palace: Cinema Architecture in BritainLecture
02 October 2017Bologna & Emilia-RomagnaTour
14 September 2017Mosaics in RavennaLecture
05 September 2017Visit Stratfield SayeVisit
18 June 2017Emerald Escape A tour of Ireland’s Ancient South-East. A second identical tourTour
08 June 2017The Punch and Judy ShowLecture
07 June 2017Sudeley Castle and Gordon Russell Museum at BroadwayVisit
04 June 2017Emerald Escape A tour of Ireland’s Ancient South-EastTour
11 May 2017The Glasgow Girls –Women in Art and Design in GlasgowLecture
13 April 2017Three hundred and sixteen years later – the conservation of the Raphael Cartoon Paintings at Knole. Lecture
09 March 2017The Cult of the South Pacific – from Cook to GauginLecture
09 February 2017Textiles – from the Middle Ages to this MilleniumLecture
12 January 2017Napoleon & Josephine – collections at MalmaisonLecture
08 December 2016The Fascinating World of Playing CardsLecture
16 November 2016Royal School of Needlework. Hampton Court PalaceVisit
10 November 2016Lawrence of Arabia - Excavating a LegendLecture
13 October 2016Adventures in 3 Dimensions: 20th Century Sculpture in Britain.Lecture
15 September 2016Burgundy Tour with Travel EditionsTour
08 September 2016The Golden Age of Venetian GlassLecture
01 September 2016Romsey Abbey and BroadlandsVisit
09 June 2016Satirist to Insanity: celebrating the life and work of James Gillray Lecture
08 June 2016Chenies Manor and Milton's CottageVisit
16 May 2016Dorset Treasures Tour
12 May 2016London’s Changing Skyline: Past, Present & FutureLecture
14 April 2016Income and Inspiration – Financial Secrets of the MastersLecture
19 March 2016Outing to Southampton City Art Gallery and Sea City Museum Visit
10 March 2016Tradition & Innovation in the Art of Jacopo TintorettoLecture
11 February 2016The Elgin MarblesLecture
25 January 2016Annual New Year Lunch at "Greens"Visit
14 January 2016English Furniture Design Today Lecture
10 December 2015The Master: Noel Coward as a writer, actor & painterLecture
12 November 2015English Cathedrals:Lecture
08 October 2015Pomp & Grandeur: Gardens of the Stuart CourtLecture
24 September 2015Reading Museum-Bayeux Tapestry and more. Mapledurham House and GardensVisit
10 September 2015Faber & Faber – Its Design & HistoryLecture
24 June 2015Gloucester Cathedral and Highnam CourtVisit
11 June 2015Modern Art & The Old MastersLecture
21 May 2015Stories in Stained GlassLecture
05 May 2015CLASSICAL ANDALUSIATour
23 April 2015Corsham Court and BowoodVisit
09 April 2015In Paynted Pots is Hidden the Deadliest Poyson Lecture
18 March 2015HUGHENDON MANORVisit
12 March 2015Threads of History. The World of the Bayeux Tapestry. Lecture
12 February 2015World Fairs 1851-1900: International Exhibitions, their Scope and InfluenceLecture
19 January 2015Our Annual Lunch at Green'sVisit
08 January 2015The Importance of Colour in PaintingLecture
11 December 2014St Nicholas of Myra and Santa Claus -- a case of mistaken identity.Lecture
26 November 2014Rembrandt Exhibition at the National GalleryVisit
13 November 2014Murder and Modernism -- Walter Richard Sickert and the Campden GroupLecture
09 October 2014'Your Country Needs You"- Art and design of World War I' Lecture
14 September 2014YORKSHIRE ART & HOUSESTour
11 September 2014Three Romantics: Chopin, Delacroix and Georges SandLecture
25 June 2014Madresfield CourtVisit
12 June 2014‘From the Underworld – Allegory and Narrative in the garden’Lecture
14 May 2014Tyntesfield HouseVisit
08 May 2014‘The Day Parliament Burned Down’Lecture
10 April 2014Creating a Splash The St. Ives Society of Artists’ (1927-52) Lecture
31 March 2014CHANTILLY CHATEAU & PICARDY HIGHTLIGHTSTour
13 March 2014Botticelli’s FlorenceLecture
13 February 2014Helms, Hatchments and Hedgehogs,...introduction to everyday heraldryLecture
13 January 2014Annual New Year Lunch at "Greens"Visit
09 January 2014Tricks of the light – illusion of light and shadow in Western art Lecture
12 December 2013Is Christmas in good taste? Lecture
30 November 2013Australian Art Exhibtion at the ROYAL ACADEMYVisit
14 November 2013Two London porcelain factories – Chelsea and Bow – a study in contrasts.Lecture
10 October 2013 Australian Aboriginal Art – Rock, Bark, OchreLecture
01 October 2013Strawberry HillVisit
16 September 2013Some Highlights of Art in East Sussex, based in HastingsTour
12 September 2013‘The Czech’s in the Poster’Lecture
13 August 2013Houghton HallTour
13 June 2013Bernini and Baroque RomeLecture
12 June 2013PALLANT HOUSE GALLERY and CHICHESTER CATHEDRALVisit
15 May 2013Chiswick House and Syon ParkVisit
09 May 2013Tailoring the image- clothing and accessories in artLecture
27 April 2013Tour of Western SicilyTour
11 April 2013Bob the Roman : The Genius of Robert AdamLecture
21 March 2013Visit to Castell Coch and then to Cardiff Museum and the Art Gallery of WalesVisit
14 March 2013Poet in Paint- the Art and Life of Paul Nash 1889-1946 Lecture
14 February 2013Peru: the Incas and their predecessors seen through their art and textilesLecture
17 January 2013A Peep behind the Scenes – the life and art of Thomas Rowlandson 1756-1827Lecture
14 January 2013NEW YEAR LUNCHVisit
13 December 2012Upstairs and Downstairs : A Victorian ChristmasLecture
28 November 2012Pre-Raphaelites: Victorian Avant-Garde Tate Britain, LondonVisit
08 November 2012From the Sublime to the Ridiculous – Venetian Glass 1450-1900Lecture
11 October 2012Angry Young Men – the Pre-RaphaelitesLecture
06 October 2012Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford and Coughton CourtVisit
13 September 2012The Great TwelveLecture