Category: Past Lectures

By Alexandra Epps. This is a special Lecture in Celebration of the NADFAS Golden Anniversary which will be followed by[…]

Who was Tutankhamun – The Boy King Behind the Greatest Treasures Ever Found by Anthony Russell. Read the lecture report[…]

By Colin Davies. Dame Zaha Hadid died suddenly in 2016, at the age of sixty-five. Architectural historians of the future[…]

By Ann Clements. Although most famous for “The Kiss”, there is in fact much more to Klimt’s work. Throughout his[…]

by Jane Tapley. This lecture tells the fascinating story of how Pantomime  developed out of its Greek and Roman roots[…]

By Sian Walters. The dramatic canvases which cover the walls and ceiling of the  Scuola de San Rocco not only[…]

The Artwork and Stories Behind Strange Pub Names by John Ericson. In this colourful and entertaining lecture John shows some[…]

Pissarro and his Artistic Family in London and Grayshott by Nicholas Reed. Camille Pissarro (the founder of French impressionism) and[…]

Hans Holbein the Younger (1497-1543) Portraitist of the Rennaisance by Jane Choy-Thurlow This phenomenal artist has done so much to[…]

Faber & Faber: 90 Years of Excellence in Cover Design  by Toby Faber This lecture traces the history of Faber[…]

Basingstoke and its Contribution to World Culture !! by Rupert Willoughby Renowned for its dullness, Basingstoke is distinguished only by[…]

An Ideal Partnership: Lutyens and Jekyll – James Bolton The last two decades of the C19th reverberated with the row[…]

by Eveline Eaton Within Post-Impressionism, Georges Seurat (1850-1891) evolved a highly personal style which is often referred to as Pointillism[…]

by Helen Hillyard This year marks 200 years since Dulwich Picture Gallery first opened to the public as England’s first[…]

This lecture, by Paula Nutall, tells the Christmas Story through a selection of well-loved paintings and illuminated manuscripts by Italian[…]

By Sarah Deere-Jones Many people around the world today believe the harp to be an exclusively ‘Celtic’ instument and are[…]

by Bertie Pearce Bertie Pearce is a born Entertainer. His shows are remembered years afterwards for all the right reasons.[…]

by Shirley Smith 2016 will be the 600th Anniversary of the birth of Piero fella Francesca and so the perfect[…]

by Julian Halsby Sargent’s life was full of movement – born in Italy, studied in Paris, painted portraits in London,[…]

By Brian MacDonald Brian MacDonald will take us on a journey beginning in Outer Mongolia in the C5th BC and[…]