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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Londons’ Royal Parks are beautiful spaces with a grand history, some royally owned as far back as the Norman Conquest,[…]
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Read more2024 marks the bicentenary of the founding of the National Gallery. This lecture tells the story of the establishment of[…]
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Read moreAn abstract painter in the 1930’s, John Piper was also a writer, critic and typographer and his love of[…]
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