Visit to Waddesdon Manor Aylesbury, Bucks – Wednesday 12th June 2024
A visit not to be missed for its exceptional architecture, art collections and gardens. Built in the style of a[…]
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Category: Past Events
Special Interest Day – Monday 25th November 2024 – ‘The Medici ‘Bankrolling the Renaissance’ by Douglas Skeggs
The Medici were in many ways an unattractive family. Ruthless in pursuit of profit for their Florentine bank, greedy for[…]
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Special Interest Day – Wednesday 20 March 2024 – Art Down Under: From Convict Years to the Modern Era by Valerie Woodgate
Art From Down Under: From Convict Years to the Modern Era: 10.30 – 15.00 In this special day Valerie Woodgate[…]
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Fund Raising Bridge Drive – 28 February 2024 at 1.45pm
Our Annual Bridge Drive will take place on Wednesday 28th February 2024, play starting promptly at 1.45 p.m. and ending[…]
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Christmas Lunch at Waverley Abbey House – Monday 11 December 2023
This year our Christmas Lunch will be held once again at the lovely Waverley Abbey House. This Grade ll listed[…]
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Virtual Tour – Kosovo’s Capital, Pristina : Mulberry Trees, Mosques, Macchiato and Mother Teresa – Thursday 22 February 2024 at 11 am
Arts Society lecturer, writer and trainer, Elizabeth Gowing has for 15 years had a home in Pristina, where she co-founded[…]
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Virtual Tour – Mussolini and Rome – Wednesday 27 March 2024 at 10.30 am
In Italy the two decades that Benito Mussolini was in power are referred to as “il Ventennio Fascista”. In this[…]
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Virtual Tour – Museum Island, Berlin – Thursday January 25 2024 at 11 am
A UNESCO world heritage site, Berlin’s Museum Island is home to no less than five world famous museums, built orignally[…]
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Virtual Tour – Wilde about Oscar – Tuesday 21 November 2023 at 11am
London Blue Badge Guide and Arts Society lecturer Simon Whitehouse will lead us on a virtual tour on Zoom to[…]
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Society Quiz Night – Friday 10th November 2023 in the Village Hall at 7pm
Come and join a fun filled evening with friends and family by reserving your place or table for our Society[…]
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The History of Opera by Jamie Hayes – Thursday 7 September
A fascinating lecture of how opera began, developed and spread worldwide; from 1600 to the present day. Illustrated with musical[…]
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Visit to the V & A Museum and the Donatello Exhibition on 27 April
What a pleasure it was to be back at the V. & A. again; whilst a few of our members[…]
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Member’s Coffee Morning – Friday 29th March 2023 from 10.30 a.m
All members’s are invited to an informal meeting at the Village Hall over refreshments and cake to meet other members.[…]
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Fund Raising Bridge Drive – 7 June 2023 at 1.45 pm
Our Annual Bridge Drive will now take place on Wednesday June 7th play starting promptly at 1.45 p.m. and ending[…]
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Visit to Hever Castle, Edenbridge, Kent – Tuesday 13 June 2023
The childhood home of Anne Boleyn, Hever Castle dates back to the 13C. Panelled rooms house fine furniture, tapestries and[…]
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Visit to the V & A Museum and Donatello Exhibition – Thursday 27th April 2023 BOOKING NOW CLOSED
We will have timed tickets during the morning to the Exhibition, ‘Donatello: Sculpting the Renaissance’, being transferred directly from the[…]
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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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Special Interest Day – Tues 17 October 2023 – Monochrome to polychrome. How colours have transformed the art of garden design
Timothy Walker, former Director of the Oxford University Botanic Garden, will give three lectures : Broadening the Palette – the[…]
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Special Interest Day – Wed 22 March 2023 – Cornard Wood to Fanghorn Forest. British trees in art and literature
This special day of three lectures by Justine Hopkins will demonstrate the interest of artists and writers in forests, glades[…]
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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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