The Final Journey of the Unknown Warrior – A virtual tour by Ruth Polling
The first Virtual Tour of the season was both fascinating and extremely moving. Lecturer and Blue Badge Guide Ruth Polling[…]
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The first Virtual Tour of the season was both fascinating and extremely moving. Lecturer and Blue Badge Guide Ruth Polling[…]
Read moreWe will again be holding our Christmas lunch in the elegant 4 star Frensham Pond Hotel, overlooking the lovely Great[…]
Read moreLocal guide Claudia Muchitsch will show us highlights of Vienna’s famous Art Nouveau architecture and decoration by Gustav Klimt, Otto[…]
Read moreOn the morning of the 11th November 1920 the funeral of Britain’s Unknown Warrior took place at Westminster Abbey. This[…]
Read moreAn abstract painter in the 1930’s, John Piper was also a writer, critic and typographer and his love of[…]
Read moreThere were eight studios in Hollywood during its Golden Age and this lecture provides a helpful history from their early, tentative[…]
Read moreWe will discover the very first memsahibs to set foot into India in 1617, and how a fair amount of[…]
Read moreOur Annual Bridge Drive will take place on Wednesday 11th May 2022, play starting promptly at 2.00 p.m. and ending[…]
Read moreBroughton Castle is a moated and fortified manor house, the home of Lord and Lady Saye and Sele, which has[…]
Read morePitzhanger Manor is an English country house (it was the countryside in the early 19C!) famous as the home of[…]
Read moreA Journey through 3,000 years of Chinese Art, History and Civilisation Three Lectures by ANNE HAWORTH 10.00 Coffee 10.30 –[…]
Read moreA walk in Kyoto, the historic old capital of Japan. Founded in 794 as Japan’s capital, Kyoto is home to[…]
Read moreNicholas was the Greek Bishop of Myra, a 4th century port in Anatolia. Following his death, his legendary generosity established[…]
Read moreIn the late Middle Ages there was a fertile relationship between art and religious theatre. This lecture tells the story[…]
Read moreCoventry Cathedral – Icon and Inspiration by Alexandra Epps This lecture tells the extraordinary story of the rebuilding of Coventry[…]
Read morePieter Bruegel died so young, at about forty-four, but he left a lasting legacy of outstanding designs for prints and[…]
Read moreThe Magic of Prague: The City and the Czech Cultural Revival by Gavin Plumley As a part of the Hasburg[…]
Read moreThe Music and Life of Johann Sebastian Bach by Peter Medhurst Claude Debussy once said of Bach (1685-1750) that he[…]
Read moreThe Bayeux Tapestry by Imogen Corrigan There is far more to be discovered about the Bayeux Tapestry than could ever[…]
Read moreMurder, Poison, corruption and incest: all perfect ingredients for sensational popular culture. But in an age known for its brutality[…]
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