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10 September 2026Behind the London Liveries Companies – Objects & Stories Lecture
07 July 2026London in ArtSpecial Event
11 June 2026Go with the Flow: Art Nouveau (c1890 – 1920)Lecture
14 May 2026Smoke & Mirrors, Velazquez & Las MeninasLecture
09 April 2026Peder Severin Kroyer – Painter of the Northern LightsLecture
12 March 2026A Short History of Fakes & ForgeriesLecture
20 February 2026Mohammed to Marx: the changing face of textiles in AsiaSpecial Event
12 February 2026Dutch & English DelftLecture
08 January 2026Life & Work of Berthe MorisotLecture
11 December 2025The Magic of PantomimeLecture
19 November 2025Neasden Temple and Kenwood HouseVisit
13 November 2025Mad Men & Artists – How the Advertising Industry Exploited Fine ArtLecture
23 October 2025Ghastly Good Taste: The Highs & Lows of British interior design 1880 - 1980Special Event
09 October 2025Frans Hals: A Look Behind the Joviality & SpontaneityLecture
11 September 2025Flowers, Hearts & Gems – The Secret Language & Symbolism of JewelleryLecture
07 July 2025Greek Salad: 1 Marathon! 2 Cool Marble! 3 Thermopylae!Special Event
12 June 2025A History of the Royal School of Needlework – 5 Coronations, 3 Weddings & a FuneralLecture
01 June 2025Extended Visit - Wonderful Wiltshire 1 - 5 June, 2025Visit
08 May 2025Photography Comes of AgeLecture
30 April 2025Fishbourne Roman Palace and Gardens and on to ChichesterVisit
10 April 2025Antony Gormley: A Body of WorkLecture
13 March 2025Seasonality & Decoration in Japan - Spring / Summer Lecture
17 February 2025Beside the Spanish SeasideSpecial Event
13 February 2025A Tale of Two Cities - London and New York on the musical stageLecture
09 January 2025Peggy Guggenheim – A Life of CollectingLecture
12 December 2024Christmas with Giles, Grandma and FamilyLecture
14 November 2024Lest we Forget - The Moving Story of Britain's War MemorialsLecture
30 October 2024SOUTHAMPTON - The City Art Gallery and Tudor House and GardenVisit
25 October 2024Mackintosh, Art & the Glasgow Style around 1900Special Event
16 October 2024Extended Visit - Loire River CruiseVisit
10 October 2024Sumptuous Veronese: The Depiction of Luxury Goods in 16th Century VeniceLecture
12 September 2024El GrecoLecture
11 July 2024Scandinavian Glass: From Orrefors to IkeaSpecial Event
25 June 2024The Museum of English Rural Life and Reading MuseumVisit
13 June 2024Art Treasures of ParisLecture
22 May 2024Public Art in the City Walk with Alexandra EppsVisit
09 May 2024British Architects' OscarsLecture
11 April 2024From Sinai's HeightsLecture
28 March 2024Building Victorian BritainSpecial Event
26 March 2024The Whitchurch Silk Mill and the Bombay Sapphire Gin DistilleryVisit
14 March 2024A Bit of a Carry OnLecture
08 February 2024Banksy - Fraud or GeniusLecture
11 January 2024Donatello - Renaissance GeniusLecture
16 December 2023Extra Special Christmas London Visit - Water and Steam Museum (am), the Musical Museum (pm)Visit
14 December 2023Love Actually – your favourite Christmas movie will never be the same again!Lecture
09 November 2023Empress Josephine and the artists of her timeLecture
31 October 2023The Art of the CitySpecial Event
12 October 2023Landscapes, legends and archaeology of EthiopiaLecture
03 October 2023Highcliffe Castle in the morning followed by Russell Cotes Art Gallery & Museum in the afternoon.Visit
14 September 2023Gothic GloryLecture
21 July 2023The Art of Captain Cook’s VoyagesSpecial Event
13 July 2023Art DecoLecture
02 July 2023Extended Visit - Cardiff's Art and CastlesVisit
19 June 2023Brookwood CemeteryVisit
08 June 2023Graveyards to die for – how 19C London buried its deadLecture
23 May 2023Rochester (in the footsteps of Charles Dickens)Visit
11 May 2023The history of Western painting in 12 masterpiecesLecture
13 April 2023Jewel of the Crown – Sainte ChapelleLecture
09 March 2023Glorious things – Discovering Byzantium through its artLecture
06 March 2023Chartwell (Home of Winston Churchill for over 40 years)Visit
17 February 2023Prehistoric Art - The Ice Age, Easter Island & Aboriginal Rock ArtSpecial Event
09 February 2023Urban Noir – Edward Hopper’s ‘Night Hawks’Lecture
12 January 2023A Curator Speaks – What are museums for?Lecture
08 December 2022From Turkey to Trifle - a History of the Christmas Table and CustomsLecture
24 November 2022The Postal MuseumVisit
10 November 2022The Entire World on his Panel - Jan BrueghelLecture
20 October 2022What have the Huguenots ever done for us? Mass migration and the arts in BritainSpecial Event
19 October 2022Bletchley Park Visit
13 October 2022The Field of Cloth of Gold - 6000 Englishmen in France for 18 daysLecture
19 September 2022Extended Visit to LisbonVisit
08 September 2022Frederick the Great - Soldier and CollectorLecture
04 August 2022The Royal Opera House - an Inside ViewSpecial Event
14 July 2022Me, myself and I - self-portraiture through the agesLecture
09 June 2022Time for Tea. A History of British Tea Pots and Tea DrinkingLecture
07 June 2022Re-scheduled Extended Visit - Bavaria including a Performance at OberammergauVisit
12 May 2022Ancient Britain at the British MuseumLecture
14 April 2022Vienna, the Melting Pot of European CultureLecture
24 March 2022Windsor Castle including St. George's ChapelVisit
10 March 20222B or not 2B - an illustrated story of drawingLecture
18 February 2022The Dowager Empress Cixi (1835-1908) ‘Dragon Lady – Fact and Fiction’ Special Event
10 February 2022The Art of State Ceremonial MusicLecture
13 January 2022Damnatio Memoriae - Punishing StatuesLecture
09 December 2021Joseph of Nazareth - the Best Supporting ActorLecture
11 November 2021Hidden Canvases - Street Art and the CityLecture
14 October 2021Venice of the North - the founding and architecture of St PetersburgLecture
08 October 2021Treasures of the Square MileSpecial Event
09 September 2021Drawn from Life - the extraordinary life and art of Augustus JohnLecture
26 August 2021When Britain Clicked - Photography of the Swinging SixtiesLecture
06 August 2021Unsung Heroes of Transport DesignSpecial Event
08 July 2021The Glamour Years: Jewellery and Fashion 1929-1959Lecture
10 June 2021Zaha Hadid - Architectural SuperstarLecture
13 May 2021The Irritating and Influential Mr WhistlerLecture
23 April 2021A Virtual Tour of the Albert Memorial and a Virtual Walk through Elegant MayfairSpecial Event
08 April 2021The Subtle Science and Exact Art of Colour in Garden DesignLecture
11 March 2021Caravaggio - the Master of Light and ShadowLecture
26 February 2021The Housekeeper’s Tale: The Women Who Really Ran the English Country House by ZoomSpecial Event
11 February 2021Eric Gill: the Young YearsLecture
14 January 2021The Two Gustavs - Mahler and KlimtLecture
10 December 2020The Christmas Story in Renaissance ArtLecture
27 November 2020Ocean Liners 1800 - 1950: A Remarkable Story of Design through Art by Zoom Special Event
12 November 2020Architecture, History and Material Culture of Moorish SpainLecture
08 October 2020Australian PaintersLecture
10 September 2020Wonderful Things! Tanis: Egyptian TreasuresLecture
13 August 2020'Brilliant British Humour in the Forgotten Art of the Picture Postcard 1909-1939'Lecture
09 July 2020Still Loving Still Life: Caterpillars, Skulls, Lemons & Lobsters and Dutch Still Life 1560-1650Lecture
12 March 2020Shaken by an Earthquake: Ballet Russe 1913Lecture
21 February 2020Radiance & Beauty - A Study Day in Stained GlassSpecial Event
13 February 2020A Brief Story of WineLecture
09 January 2020As Good as Gold: a Special Lecture in Celebration of The Arts Society's Golden AnniversaryLecture
12 December 2019Food, Art & HistoryLecture
14 November 2019The Origins of our English Christmas: An Exploration in Words and MusicLecture
25 October 2019“Bankrolling the Renaissance”: A history of the Medici family Special Event
10 October 2019Secret Art in Passports: How We Use it to Fox the ForgersLecture
12 September 2019From Garbo to Garland: The Magic of HollywoodLecture
17 July 2019Hever Castle, Edenbridge, Kent.Visit
11 July 2019Leonardo da Vinci 1442-1519: The Mind, the Body and the UniverseLecture
23 June 2019Extended Visit - Historic Houses and Heritage of SuffolkVisit
13 June 2019The Art of the Steal: Nazi Looting in WW2Lecture
05 June 2019Wilton House & Gardens, WiltshireVisit
09 May 2019Going Potty about CommodesLecture
02 May 2019The Red House (NT), Bexleyheath and Horniman Museum & Gardens, Forest HillVisit
11 April 2019Country Houses: Hardwick Hall and ChatsworthLecture
14 March 2019The Restoration and After: Boobs, Bombast and GinLecture
01 March 2019Three Baltic Capitals - Vilnius, Riga and TallinSpecial Event
14 February 2019The Treasures of Far CathayLecture
10 January 2019The Wind in the Willows REVISITED Through its IllustratorsLecture
13 December 2018Father Frost and the Old New Year: Christmas Traditions in RussiaLecture
08 November 2018The Great Poster War 1914 – 18Lecture
19 October 2018From Can Can to Soup Can: the story of Modern Art from Paris to New York 1850-2000Special Event
11 October 2018Holbein in England. NB Change of programme.Lecture
13 September 2018The Dollar PrincessesLecture
05 September 2018Christ Church College and The Ashmolean Museum, OxfordVisit
12 July 2018The Borgias: The Most Infamous Family in HistoryLecture
20 June 2018Parham House and Gardens, Pulborough, West SussexVisit
14 June 2018Giles: His Life, Times and CartoonsLecture
10 May 2018Art UK: Uncovering the Nation’s Hidden Oil Painting CollectionLecture
01 May 2018Claydon House and Gardens, Middle Claydon, BuckinghamshireVisit
17 April 2018Extended Visit - The Art & History of Nice and the Côte d'AzurVisit
12 April 2018The History of Jewellery from Elizabeth 1 to Elizabeth TaylorLecture
23 March 2018Sha Jehan and the Mughals together with the British Contribution to Indian History and Culture Special Event
08 March 2018The Gilded Stage: A Social and Cultural History of OperaLecture
08 February 2018The Life and Times of Antonio CanalettoLecture
11 January 2018Making a Stand: Sporting Architecture - List it or Lose itLecture
14 December 2017Unwrapping the Christmas Story: Paintings, Prose and PoetryLecture
09 November 2017Pots and Frocks: The World of Grayson Perry, Britain’s Favourite TransvestiteLecture
03 November 2017The Art and Architecture of the American WestSpecial Event
25 October 2017Chichester Cathedral and Pallant HouseVisit
12 October 2017Lost on the Titanic: The Story of the Great Omar Binding Lecture
28 September 2017BeaulieuVisit
14 September 2017Emperor Qianlong (1735-1796) – ‘Ultimate Renaissance Ruler and Fine Art Collector’Lecture
13 July 2017Millennium Museum Renovations by Rick Mather: Bringing Light and Space to Dulwich, the Wallace Collection and Ashmolean Lecture
04 July 2017Leeds CastleVisit
19 June 2017Extended Visit to ScotlandVisit
08 June 2017Petra: Caravan City of the Ancient ArabsLecture
22 May 2017Snowshill Manor and Gardens, Gloucestershire.Visit
11 May 2017Sticky Tape, Moths and Men – the problems they cause and the remedies I useLecture
13 April 2017Inspired by StonehengeLecture
09 March 2017From Vikings to Romanovs: Early Russian Art and ArchitectureLecture
24 February 2017Riviera Paradise: Art, Design and Pleasure in the 1920s Special Event
09 February 2017Paula Rego: Painting Women on the Edge and Telling Tales of the UnexpectedLecture
12 January 2017Turbulence and Stillness: The Art of Rogier van der WeydenLecture
08 December 2016Is Christmas in Good Taste?Lecture
25 November 2016Romans, Moors and Christians: Andalucia and its Golden Age Special Event
10 November 2016Inspiration: Artists and their MusesLecture
13 October 2016Taking the Lead: British Glass 1600-1900Lecture
04 October 2016Salisbury including Arundells HouseVisit
08 September 2016The Art of the Kimono: Japanese Signs, Symbols & StoriesLecture
05 September 2016Leighton House & 18 Stafford TerraceVisit
20 July 2016William Morris Gallery, WalthamstowVisit
14 July 2016Beneath the City Streets – London’s Unseen HistoryLecture
09 June 2016Velazquez: the Great Magician of ArtLecture
23 May 2016Extended Visit 2016 - Holland, the Rijksmuseum and the Dutch MastersVisit
12 May 2016Mother Nature’s Second Husband: Lancelot Brown and the Shaping of the English landscapeLecture
14 April 2016The Fascinating World of Playing CardsLecture
12 April 2016Stratfield SayeVisit
10 March 2016The Wilton Diptych EnigmaLecture
26 February 2016Adventures in Three Dimensions: 20th Century Sculpture in BritainSpecial Event
11 February 2016The Arts and Crafts Movement in BritainLecture
14 January 2016Medieval Illuminated Books of HoursLecture
10 December 2015Mrs Beeton’s ChristmasLecture
12 November 2015Painting Around Australia: The Voyage of HMS Investigator 1801-1803Lecture
06 November 2015Mozart and his Operatic WorldSpecial Event
08 October 2015Inn Signia: the Artwork and Stories behind Peculiar Pub Names Lecture
07 October 2015Blenheim PalaceVisit
10 September 2015Art and the Napoleonic WarsLecture
09 September 2015Great Dixter House and GardensVisit
09 July 2015Tribal Rugs: Treasures of the Black Tent Lecture
08 July 2015Kingston LacyVisit
11 June 2015The Other Side: Germany’s Post-WW2 Culture of Memorials and Counter MemorialsLecture
01 June 2015Extended Visit 2015 - Art and Architecture of the Three Choirs: Worcester, Hereford and Gloucester Visit
14 May 2015A Royal Rescue: Dumfries House Saved and RevealedLecture
12 May 2015Penshurst PlaceVisit
09 April 2015Thomas Heatherwick –‘The Leonardo da Vinci of our times’ (Sir Terence Conran)Lecture
12 March 2015‘Facing up to Goya’ – Portraits by GoyaLecture
27 February 2015The Paintings Restoration Roadshow!Special Event
12 February 2015Jewellery as an Art Form: 1960-2010 Lecture
08 January 2015‘Pictures of Nothing’: Late TurnerLecture
11 December 2014St Nicholas of Myra or Santa Claus - a case of mistaken identity?Lecture
13 November 2014The War to End all Wars - the Art of WWILecture
31 October 2014The Rivalry between Leonardo and MichelangeloSpecial Event
17 October 2014Two London Gems – Dulwich Picture Gallery and Horniman Museum and GardensVisit
09 October 2014Islamic Art: Exploring the Decorative Arts of the Islamic WorldLecture
11 September 2014Continuity and Tradition in Western SculptureLecture
05 September 2014Broughton Castle (N Oxfordshire)Visit
10 July 2014The Frome HoardLecture
18 June 2014Stonor Park and Gardens (Oxfordshire)Visit
12 June 2014L. S. Lowry - a Visionary ArtistLecture
19 May 2014Extended Visit 2014 - The Treasures of Dresden and MeissenVisit
08 May 2014Photography as Fine ArtLecture
25 April 2014Waddesdon Manor (near Aylesbury, Bucks.)Visit
10 April 2014Dresden Today - Art and ArchitectureLecture
13 March 2014Renoir during the 1890s: the Search for a Classical IdyllLecture
07 March 2014Early English PorcelainSpecial Event
13 February 2014Imperial Purple to Denim Blue: the Colourful History of TextilesLecture
09 January 2014William HogarthLecture
12 December 2013Christmas at Covent garden: 300 years of Christmas shows at one of London's greatest theatresLecture
14 November 2013Life and Times of the SundialLecture
31 October 2013Great Tarts in Art: High Culture and the Oldest ProfessionSpecial Event
30 October 2013Apsley House and the Wellington ArchVisit
10 October 2013The World of Graham Sutherland and John PiperLecture
12 September 2013Basingstoke and its Contribution to World CultureLecture
09 September 2013Goodwood HouseVisit
11 July 2013Art and Illusion: Picture puzzles from Mesopotamia to MagritteLecture
27 June 2013Arundel Castle and Bignor Roman VillaVisit
13 June 2013Posters of the Belle Epoque: the Great Age of the PosterLecture
03 June 2013 EXTENDED VISIT 2013 -Art Tour of Yorkshire, based in HarrogateVisit
09 May 2013Charles Saatchi - a Modern Medici?Lecture
01 May 2013Hughenden Manor and Greys CourtVisit
11 April 2013The Hazards of the Journey: Pilgrimage and Travel in the Middle AgesLecture
14 March 2013The Cavendishes of Chatsworth and Hardwick HallLecture
01 March 2013Edward Elgar: The Music and Architecture of the Three Choirs FestivalSpecial Event
14 February 2013Rene Lalique: Master of Art Nouveau Jewellery and Art Deco GlassLecture
10 January 2013The Genius of Antonio StradivariLecture
13 December 2012Cooking for Kings: the Life and Career of Antonin Careme Lecture
08 November 2012Wonder Workers and the Art of Illusion (The History of Magic through Art and Pictures)Lecture
26 October 2012Canals, Carnival and Courtesans: Art in 18th Century VeniceSpecial Event
17 October 2012Foundling Hospital Museum and the Pre-Raphaelite Exhibition at Tate BritainVisit
11 October 2012Pre-Raphaelite Art in the V&A MuseumLecture
13 September 2012Dickens and ArtLecture
12 July 2012London's Changing Skyline: Past, Present and FutureLecture
21 June 2012Lacock Abbey and Fox Talbot MuseumVisit
14 June 2012The Miseroni Family, Lapidary Artists of Milan and Prague.Lecture
22 May 2012EXTENDED VISIT 2012 - Krakow’s Art and HistoryVisit
10 May 2012Kingdom in the Sun: Medieval SicilyLecture
02 May 2012Hatfield House and St AlbansVisit
12 April 2012David Hockney:'The Old Master of Modern Art'Lecture
03 April 2012Winchester College and St Cross HospitalVisit
08 March 2012Fakes and Forgeries: the Art of DeceptionLecture
02 March 2012Landscape and Garden Design History through the AgesSpecial Event
09 February 2012The Olympic Games: Chariots of FireLecture
12 January 2012Norman Rockwell...a Storyteller with a BrushLecture
08 December 2011From Frozen Forests to Reindeer: Gems from LifeLecture
10 November 2011Masters of the Sea: Highlights of Maritime Art from the 17th Century to the Present Day Lecture
04 November 20115,000 Years of GlassSpecial Event
24 October 2011The Drapers’ Company and the Skinners’ CompanyVisit
13 October 2011The Current Restoration of Canterbury Cathedral Lecture
08 September 2011From Riches to Rags: the Huguenots of SpitalfieldsLecture
14 July 2011AGM then The Maya Heritage: Ancient and Modern Maya Culture Lecture
07 July 2011Frampton Court Estate and ManorVisit
22 June 2011Eltham PalaceVisit
09 June 2011Meet me at the Waldorf: The extraordinary story of two iconic hotels built on Astor feuds, fortunes and art patronage Lecture
22 May 2011EXTENDED VISIT 2011 - Liverpool and ManchesterVisit
12 May 2011The Other Whistler: Rex (1905-1944), gifted artist and designer Lecture
03 May 2011Romsey Abbey, Breamore House and Countryside MuseumVisit
14 April 2011Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves: the Representation of the Working Classes in Art Lecture
06 April 2011Bletchley ParkVisit
10 March 2011Fresco Paintings of Minoan Crete Lecture
04 March 2011Clocks and Watches Special Event
10 February 2011Emma Hamilton: Scandal, Celebrity and Art in 18th Century Britain Lecture
13 January 2011Banks, Burgundy and Piracy: the 15th Century Artists of Bruges Lecture
09 December 2010A Christmas Pie:The evolution of Christmas customs and folklore down the ages (with recorded music) Lecture
11 November 2010Neo-Classical Furniture: Adam, Hepplewhite and Sheraton Lecture
09 November 2010Longleat House - VIP Winter TourVisit
14 October 2010A British Obsession - British Sporting Painters through the Centuries Lecture
15 September 2010Sussex Coastal CuriosVisit
09 September 2010The Great Twelve: An Introduction to the Senior Livery Companies of the City of London Lecture
08 July 2010AGM then An Ideal Partnership - Lutyens and Jekyll Lecture
15 June 2010A day at ‘Art in Action’, Waterperry Gardens, OxfordshireVisit
10 June 2010Pearls Before Swine? The Long History of a Royal Necklace Lecture
30 May 2010EXTENDED VISIT 2010 - Art and Palaces of ViennaVisit
20 May 2010River Trip from Westminster to Greenwich Pier, Royal Observatory and the Wernher Collection at Ranger’s HouseVisit
13 May 2010From Degas to Hockney: Artists as Photographers, Painters Who Took Photographs Lecture
28 April 2010The Merchant’s House, Marlborough, and Lydiard ParkVisit
08 April 2010A Celebration of the Seasons in Art, Poetry and Music Lecture
11 March 2010Crowns and Chalices - The Art of the Medieval Goldsmith Lecture
11 February 2010Botticelli’s Florence Lecture
14 January 2010The Splendours of North Africa: Roman and Islamic Art of Libya, Tunisia and Morocco Lecture