Category: Past Lectures

By Dr. Susan Kay-Williams A wide ranging lecture looking at embroidery techniques through the ages – coronation regalia, Oscar dresses,[…]

By Anne Anderson Having met in 1853 in Oxford, they were almost inseparable until Morris’s death in 1896. The story[…]

By Bertie Pearce There has always been a fascination with magic and the impossible and this talk is a whistle-stop[…]

By Christopher Bradley The term ‘Magi’ refers to the Zoroastrian priest-sages, anonymous wise men who were specialists in medicine, religion[…]

By Rosemary Ransome-Wallis This lecture traces the origins of contemporary silver from 1900 to the present day, focussing on the[…]

By Barry Venning Ruskin believed that Turner’s later sea paintings included the “noblest seas ever painted by man” and few[…]

By Louise Schofield Zeugma was an ancient trading centre on the Euphrates, founded in 300 B.C. by one of Alexander’s[…]

By Chloe Sayer Representing the Golden Age of Mexican painting, Kahlo and Rivera have iconic status in Mexico, and after[…]

By Elizabeth Merry A look at the background and life of Byron, the political upheavals of the late 18th, early[…]

By Patrick Conner The fascinating story of the tea trade from China to the West, the resultant demand for Opium[…]

By Jane Gardiner The early experiments into porcelain making in England, particularly Chelsea, Bow, Derby and Worcester. The lecture will[…]

By Leslie Primo This lecture looks at painted images of Tahiti and its people, at English and European influences seen[…]

By Linda Smith A mixture of art, historical analysis and scandalous anecdote, this lecture takes a look at changing attitudes[…]