Art of The Cartoonist by Harry Venning – Thursday 1st October 2026
In ‘The Art Of The Cartoonist’ Harry will be tracing the history of his profession with examples from early practitioners[…]
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Author: Jill Bancroft
Take 4: Interiors – Vuillard, Van Eyck, Vermeer and Hopper by Ronnie Ireland – Thursday 4th June 2026
“Take 4: Interiors” is part of a series of theme based lectures, in this instance looking at the theme of[…]
Read morePatriotism, Propaganda and Pathos: Art and the Napoleonic Wars by Lois Oliver – Thursday 5th November 2026
The decisive allied victory over Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 ended a series of wars that had[…]
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David Wilkie Painter of Everyday Country Folk by Felicity Herring – Thursday 3rd September 2026
Born in Fife in 1785, David Wilkie was a painter of everyday scenes of country life, he was the first[…]
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Joseph Duveen: Charismatic Crook or the World’s Greatest Art dealer by Mark Meredith – Thursday 2nd April
“Europe has a great deal of art, and America has a great deal of money,” remarked Joseph Duveen. It was[…]
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The Founders and Treasures of The Wallace Collection by Stephen Duffy – Thursday 5th February 2026
The Wallace Collection, contains an outstanding array of paintings, furniture, porcelain, arms and armour, and other works of art, brought[…]
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The Story of Pantomime – A Very British Art Form by Malcolm Jones – Thursday 3rd December 2026
Sometimes called Britain’s greatest ‘Art Form’, Pantomime has been a popular form of entertainment for over 300 years. In the[…]
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The Golden Road To Samarkand by Chris Aslan – Thursday 5th March 2026
Uzbekistan in the heart of Central Asia boasts glittering mosques, madrassahs and minarets in the Silk Road cities of Samarkand,[…]
Read moreCanal History and Heritage by Roger Butler – Thursday 7th May 2026
This lecture provides a colourful introduction to the secret world of our 2000-mile inland waterway network and looks at all[…]
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A Guide to Street Art in the UK by Raymond Warburton -Thursday 8th January 2026
This lecture traces the growth of Street Art in the UK, since the early 1980s, when young British people went[…]
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Great and Small: Writers Their Pets and Other Animals by Annalie Talent- 2nd October 2025
“He prayeth best, who loveth best/All things both great and small…” Samuel Taylor Coleridge From Robert Burns’s mouse to Shelley’s skylark;[…]
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Art and Craft of the Pewterer by Andrew Spira – 4th September 2025
Pewter is a little remembered and little appreciated material but it was once at the heart of daily life all[…]
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Michael Harris: Mdina Glass & Isle of Wight Studio Glass by Mark Hill – 5th June 2025
Michael Harris was one of the innovators of the international studio glass movement and transformed 20thC glass and its[…]
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Art Deco: Celebrating the Centenary of the 1925 Paris Expo by Pamela Campbell-Johnston – 1st May 2025
In 1925, 16 million visitors witnessed PARIS’S EXPO – The International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts. What would[…]
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160 Years of the London Underground, Design and Architecture by Mark Ovenden – 3rd April 2025
Even in the 1860s and 70s, the expansion of the Underground created a need to have some cohesion between the[…]
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The History of the Royal Parks by Paul Rabbitts – 9th January 2025
Londons’ Royal Parks are beautiful spaces with a grand history, some royally owned as far back as the Norman Conquest,[…]
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The Art of Courtship in Renaissance Italy by Lydia Goodson – 6th February 2025
“I give you this, my beautiful one, as a token of my love” These words featured on a decorated cup[…]
Read moreThe Influence of Japanese Woodcut on Western Art by Carol Wilhide-Justin – 6th November 2025
When Japan’s borders were opened to the West in 1868 there was a huge surge of interest in all things Japanese[…]
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A Very Ceremonial Christmas by Graham Jones – 4th December 2025
This very light-hearted lecture, looks at the various ceremonial events that take place around Christmas time. Carol services, concerts and[…]
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The World’s Greatest Paintings: 200 Years of The National Gallery by Simon Whitehouse – Thursday 7 March 2024
2024 marks the bicentenary of the founding of the National Gallery. This lecture tells the story of the establishment of[…]
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