Author: Jill Bancroft

2024 marks the bicentenary of the founding of the National Gallery. This lecture tells the story of the establishment of[…]

Jewellery has been worn by humans for thousands of years.  It not only adorns and decorates, it is a useful[…]

This talk is on how magicians have appeared in art throughout the centuries, whether in paintings, satirical prints or cartoons.[…]

  Almost everyone has played Monopoly at some time in their life.  It is one of the world’s most popular[…]