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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Category: Past Events
Christmas Lunch at Frensham Pond Hotel – Monday 12 December 2022
We will again be holding our Christmas lunch in the elegant 4 star Frensham Pond Hotel, overlooking the lovely Great[…]
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Virtual Tour – A walk around Art Nouveau Vienna – Tuesday 17th January 2023 at 11am
Local guide Claudia Muchitsch will show us highlights of Vienna’s famous Art Nouveau architecture and decoration by Gustav Klimt, Otto[…]
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Virtual Tour – The Final Journey of the Unknown Warrior – Tuesday 15 November at 11.00am
On the morning of the 11th November 1920 the funeral of Britain’s Unknown Warrior took place at Westminster Abbey. This[…]
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The Art and Craft of John Piper by Jo Walton – Thursday 2nd February 2023
An abstract painter in the 1930’s, John Piper was also a writer, critic and typographer and his love of[…]
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When the MGM Lion Roared: The Hollywood Studios by Colin Shindler – Thursday 5th January 2023
There were eight studios in Hollywood during its Golden Age and this lecture provides a helpful history from their early, tentative[…]
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The Memsahibs and their Servants in the British Raj – Zoom Lecture -12 January 2022 at 11am
We will discover the very first memsahibs to set foot into India in 1617, and how a fair amount of[…]
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Fund Raising Bridge Drive on 11th May 2022 at 2pm
Our Annual Bridge Drive will take place on Wednesday 11th May 2022, play starting promptly at 2.00 p.m. and ending[…]
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Private Visit to Broughton Castle, near Banbury, Oxon – Monday 20 June 2022
Broughton Castle is a moated and fortified manor house, the home of Lord and Lady Saye and Sele, which has[…]
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Visit to Pitzhanger Manor and Gallery, Ealing and Osterley Park and House – Wednesday 18 May 2022
Pitzhanger Manor is an English country house (it was the countryside in the early 19C!) famous as the home of[…]
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Special Interest Day – Tues 18 October 2022 – A Journey through 3,000 years of Chinese Art, History and Civilisation
A Journey through 3,000 years of Chinese Art, History and Civilisation Three Lectures by ANNE HAWORTH 10.00 Coffee 10.30 –[…]
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Virtual Tour of Kyoto, Japan – Friday 25 March 2022 at 9.30 am
A walk in Kyoto, the historic old capital of Japan. Founded in 794 as Japan’s capital, Kyoto is home to[…]
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Who is Santa Claus? Art from St Nicholas to Father Christmas by Christopher Bradley – Thursday 1st December 2022
Nicholas was the Greek Bishop of Myra, a 4th century port in Anatolia. Following his death, his legendary generosity established[…]
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Pomp, And Feast, And Revelry: The Medieval Year in Art by Richard Whincop – Thursday 1st September 2022
In the late Middle Ages there was a fertile relationship between art and religious theatre. This lecture tells the story[…]
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Coventry Cathedral- Icon and Inspiration – Thursday 3rd March 2022
Coventry Cathedral – Icon and Inspiration by Alexandra Epps This lecture tells the extraordinary story of the rebuilding of Coventry[…]
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Pieter Bruegel the Elder and his Sons by Clare Ford – Wille – Thursday 6th October 2022
Pieter Bruegel died so young, at about forty-four, but he left a lasting legacy of outstanding designs for prints and[…]
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The Magic of Prague: The City and the Czech Cultural Revival – Thursday 3rd February 2022
The Magic of Prague: The City and the Czech Cultural Revival by Gavin Plumley As a part of the Hasburg[…]
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The Music and Life of Johann Sebastian Bach – Thursday 9th June 2022
The Music and Life of Johann Sebastian Bach by Peter Medhurst Claude Debussy once said of Bach (1685-1750) that he[…]
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The Bayeux Tapestry – Thursday 7th April 2022
The Bayeux Tapestry by Imogen Corrigan There is far more to be discovered about the Bayeux Tapestry than could ever[…]
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The Borgias, the Most Infamous Family in History? by Sarah Dunant – Thursday 3rd November 2022
Murder, Poison, corruption and incest: all perfect ingredients for sensational popular culture. But in an age known for its brutality[…]
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