Category: Past Lectures

The Bayeux Tapestry by Imogen Corrigan There is far more to be discovered about the Bayeux Tapestry than could ever[…]

Murder, Poison, corruption and incest: all perfect ingredients for sensational popular culture. But in an age known for its brutality[…]

Around the World in Stunning Aviation Posters – Mark Ovenden Since the first commercial flight in 1919, airlines have needed[…]

The Kingdom of Sweets by Nigel Bates The Nutcracker has delighted audiences at Christmas for many decades yet it was[…]

Art and Feminism by Colin Pink In this talk we’ll explore the ways in which women have been excluded from[…]

Baroque on a Roll: Classical Music in the Modern Era by Tony Rawlins When Tony first appeared at Grayshott in[…]

Inspired By Stonehenge by Julian Richards Stonehenge is the most celebrated and sophisticated prehistoric stone circle in the British Isles.[…]

Titian – The First Modern Artist by Douglas Skeggs During a long, successful and immensely lucrative career, Titian established himself[…]

The Market For Antiques in the UK Today – or- Why No-One Wants to Buy Your Wardrobe Anymore!  by Matthew[…]

William Hogarth – 1697-1764 by Linda Smith Hogarth is nowadays mostly remembered as a talented satirist, but there is much[…]

The Art of the Steal: Nazi Looting During WW II by Shauna Isaac The Nazis looted over 20% of Western[…]

  The Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao and the Architecture of Frank Gehry  by Sian Walters ON-LINE LECTURE The Guggenheim, designed by[…]

Dickens of a Christmas and “God Bless us Everyone” by Bertie Pearce Charles Dickens has often been proclaimed as “The[…]

Joaquin Sorolla: Painter of Light by Jacqueline Cockburn One of the most extraordinary Spanish artists from Valencia; Joaquin Sorolla has[…]

The GPO Film Unit by Howard Smith This is the entertaining story of how documentary films started from the French[…]

The Queen of Instruments: The Lute within Old Masters by Adam Busiakiewicz The lute holds a special place in the[…]

Three Exceptional Female Artists: Artemisia Gentileschi, Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun and Dame Laura Knight by Bernard Allan Nearly 300 years[…]

New Advances in Ice Age Art by Paul Bahn Dating from c.40.000 to 12,000 years ago, Ice Age Art continues[…]

The Forensic Eye: Find your Inner Connoisseur by Chantal Brotherton-Ratcliffe How do dealers, auctioneers and museum staff determine whether a[…]