Enriching Lives Through The Arts
An important inspiration for Charles Dickens, Rochester retains many mediaeval features, including houses in the High Street, the cathedral and[…]
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Adam Aaronson has been at the forefront of contemporary glass artistry for some 40 years. We will have an afternoon[…]
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By Brian Stater. British photography enjoyed a golden age in the 1960s. Young, talented newcomers broke out of the conventional[…]
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By Tim Redmond. Big Ben is one of the most iconic buildings in the world – it identifies the UK[…]
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By Sandy Burnett. One hundred years ago a group of American musicians docked in London, bringing with them for the[…]
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By Sarah Lenton. How do we cope with Christmas in the Royal Opera House? – 12 Bohèmes, 15 Hansel and Gretels and[…]
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By Paula Nutall. Leonardo da Vinci is the author of iconic paintings such as the Virgin of the Rocks, the[…]
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Guided tour of Parham House, one of our finest Elizabethan Houses, with its collection of art, furniture and early needlework[…]
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Two lectures and a workshop session by Joanna Hardy. How History and Fashion have influenced Jewellery Design 1800 – 1900[…]
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By Roger Rosewell. Stained glass was one of the most important arts of the Middle Ages, combining monumental painting with[…]
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Now a firm fixture in our calendar, we’ll again be holding our Christmas lunch at Waverley Abbey House. Waverley Abbey[…]
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We are pleased to present our 2019 tour to Shropshire and the Potteries. Perhaps not so well known as some[…]
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We’re going to hold a quiz evening at 7:00pm at Grayshott Village Hall. Tickets are £12.50 per person including supper.[…]
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This critically acclaimed exhibition displays more than 75 of Claude Monet’s paintings of Normandy, Rouen, Paris, London and Venice, showing[…]
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Our Annual Bridge Drive will, in 2018, take place on Wednesday 21st February, starting promptly at 2.00 p.m. and play[…]
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Before this month’s meeting, many of us thought of Titian as Venice’s great Renaissance painter but, the revelatory insight into[…]
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By Linda Smith. This lecture traces the development of sculpture in the twentieth century, from large lumps of marble at[…]
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By Anthea Streeter. Nowadays many people are familiar with Mackintosh’s striking and innovative designs; his high-backed chairs and white-paintedfurniture. Yet,[…]
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By Janet Canetty-Clarke. Janet has built up an immense list of operas – some old, some new, some very[…]
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By Peter Medhurst. The celebration of the period following Christmas can be traced back several millennia and to at least[…]
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