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Presenter, lecturer and guide Simon described how due to the growing interest in having national art collections (France opened the[…]

Our February lecture, ‘The Art of Trickery,’ was given by Ian Keable a former accountant now a magician. Two of[…]

Hever Castle, as we see it today, is a glorious pastiche, one very rich American’s idea of an English baronial[…]

Author, lecturer and “Antiques Roadshow” expert Mark Hill gave an enthusiastic and riveting talk on his abiding interest and hobby[…]

For our May lecture we were transported to Ancient Egypt by Egyptologist Lucia Gahlin who gave a fascinating talk about[…]

Ian Swankie is an art scholar and guide for the Tate Modern, Tate Britain, Guildhall Art Galleries and is also[…]

Art historian and freelance lecturer Dr Justine Hopkins gave 3 outstanding lectures on the place of trees in art and[…]

At our February meeting we had an enthralling lecture from Jo Walton, an expert on Art and Architecture of 15th[…]

Christopher Bradley, writer, photographer, film producer and expert on the Middle East and North Africa took us on a very[…]

In November, writer, journalist and broadcaster Sarah Dunant gave the most interesting and exciting lecture on The Borgias: The Most[…]

After 6 years in the organising, 53 members of our Society finally made their way to Westminster Abbey for a[…]

The Arts Society was very lucky to have artist, designer and lecturer Richard Whincop to step in with his lecture[…]

Members of the society were taken on a trip down Memory Lane when, after two postponements due to Covid, Tony[…]