NB The AGM will be held before the lecture, beginning at 10 o'clock.

Lecture begins at 10.30

Over the centuries the Livery Companies of the City of London have accumulated fascinating treasures and intriguing objects which represent their craft and trade.  These rare and curious items reveal the stories behind some of the world’s oldest crafts and guilds which have kept pace with modern times and are still very relevant today.  They also give an insight into the Livery Companies’ medieval beginnings, their halls and traditional ceremonies. Reinventing themselves despite ravages of fire and warfare and challenges to their monopolies, today Livery Companies are revived and thrive through their philanthropic vocation, their continued support of trades, crafts and professions and their part in the system of local government in the City of London. 

Jo Mabbutt 

Jo is a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Painter-Stainers and Freeman of the City of London. Originally a trained singer, pianist and orchestra administrator, she is now a decorative artist who gilds antique lace and crochet.  She works to commission, sells through galleries and exhibitions and collaborates with other designers.  Jo trained in wood graining, marbling, gilding, specialist paint finishes and interior design and was awarded the City & Guilds Silver Medal for Excellence in 2000.

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For circumstances beyond our control the date for this lecture has had to be changed to Thursday 1st October.

Lecture begins at 10.30

From the 1820s the French province of Normandy attracted the attention of many of the most important and innovative British and French painters of the nineteenth century. At first it was British artists such as Turner, Bonington and Cotman who were drawn to the area by its coastal scenery, its many fine buildings and its strong historical links to England. Later the French painters Boudin and Monet (who were both brought up in Normandy) also painted many Norman scenes, particularly in response to the development of the province's coastal towns as tourist resorts. This lecture places pictures by all these artists in their historical context, and in doing so discusses and illustrates some of Turner and Monet's most wonderful paintings.

Stephen Duffy

Stephen was formerly Senior Curator of the Wallace Collection where he had particular responsibility for exhibitions and nineteenth-century paintings. He has given countless tours of the Collection for visiting groups as well as many lectures on its art and other art historical subjects at home and abroad.

You are welcome to attend a lecture as a guest, for a fee of £10 per lecture, but  it would be helpful if you would contact the membership secretary, Richard Brace, by emailing him in advance on tasmmembers@gmail.com

Lecture begins at 10.30

The Frome Hoard of 52,503 Roman coins, found in April 2010, is the largest cache of Roman coins ever found in Britain in a single pot. The coins have been saved for the Museum of Somerset at Taunton and are being conserved and studied at the British Museum. The discovery enables us to carry out a major appraisal of Carausius (AD 286-93), Britain’s ‘forgotten emperor’, whose history can be told through some fine examples of medallic art that even include references to Virgil. 

Sam Moorhead 

Dr Sam Moorhead is the retired National Finds Adviser for Iron Age and Roman coins in the Portable Antiquities and Treasure Section at the British Museum. Before joining the British Museum in 1997 as Staff Lecturer for Archaeology, he taught Classics and Archaeology; he is an Honorary Lecturer at the Institute of Archaeology, UCL. He has excavated widely in the Mediterranean and Britain, concentrating on the Roman and early Mediaeval periods. Serving on numerous councils, he has been Chairman of the Palestine Exploration Fund and Honorary Secretary of the Roman Society.

You are welcome to attend a lecture as a guest, for a fee of £10 per lecture, but  it would be helpful if you would contact the membership secretary, Richard Brace, by emailing him in advance on tasmmembers@gmail.com

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Find out, in this very light-hearted lecture, about the various ceremonial events that take place around Christmas time. Carol services, concerts and even Changing the Guard at Buckingham Palace and Windsor all play their part. How do the Chelsea Pensioners prepare and celebrate the festive season? All will be revealed so, come along and feel wrapped in a blanket of Christmas loveliness.

Graham Jones 

Dr Graham Jones started his professional life as a musician in the British Army and over a glittering career spanning nearly forty years he retired as the Senior Director of Music, Household Division and Director of Music, Coldstream Guards, a position unequalled throughout military music in Great Britain. During his illustrious career he has recorded over 40 albums and been responsible for the largest commissioning programme of wind band music in recent history commissioning over 30 new works for wind band. He pioneered a music education programme with the University of Salford for military musicians resulting in a new Master of Music in performance degree.

You are welcome to attend a lecture as a guest, for a fee of £10 per lecture, but  it would be helpful if you would contact the membership secretary, Richard Brace, by emailing him in advance on tasmmembers@gmail.com

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This lecture will be a fresh look at the archaeology, history and background to its creation.
Reference will be made to the many documented influences of religious books and illustrations which are used in the Tapestry, with strong links to St. Augustine’s Abbey in Canterbury.

Mike Stone 

Author, lecturer, curator and archaeologist, Mike is a graduate of the University of London, Institute of Archaeology and a practising London Blue Badge Guide.
From 2010, he was the manager/curator of the new Chippenham Museum. Mike has taken specialist groups around Europe and North Africa and is a regular writer on aspects of archaeology and history.

You are welcome to attend a lecture as a guest, for a fee of £10 per lecture, but  it would be helpful if you would contact the membership secretary, Richard Brace, by emailing him in advance on tasmmembers@gmail.com

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London’s royal parks are among its most beautiful and beloved spaces. Some were royally owned as far back as the Norman Conquest.
This talk tells the story of eight of the parks from when they were acquired by the monarchy until the present day, including their major historic moments and events.

Paul Rabbits

Paul is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a member of the Chartered Institute of Horticulture and a member of the Parks Management Association. He has a Master’s in Landscape Architecture and is also a Doctor of Philosophy.

His recent book People’s Parks: The Design and Development of Public Parks in Britain is the definitive history of public parks.

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Lecture begins at 10.30

A history of the Vincennes – Sèvres factory and its production up to the French Revolution.
The lecture will look at the patronage of Louis XV and Mme de Pompadour, the establishment of the factory, the fashion for porcelain flowers, the move to Sèvres and the creation of a truly royal factory.

Jane Gardiner

Jane has an MA in the History of Art from London University. She trained at the V & A and continues to lecture there. Jane was a Senior Lecturer at Sotheby’s Institute of Art for 17 years becoming a Deputy Director of Sotheby’s UK.

She has lectured for the National Trust, the Art Fund, London University, Buckingham University and many other institutions.

You are welcome to attend a lecture as a guest, for a fee of £10 per lecture, but  it would be helpful if you would contact the membership secretary, Richard Brace, by emailing him in advance on tasmmembers@gmail.com

Lecture begins at 10.30

In the first quarter of the 20th century, during the heroic age of polar exploration, water colorists, oil painters, photographers and early film makers translated the vast whiteness of the ice for those waiting in Britain.
Through the expeditions of Scott and Shackleton and through their official and unofficial artists, we will see how art shaped the continent and the public imagination.

Katherine MacInnes

Katherine has a History of Art MA Hons from St Andrew’s University and a MSt from Oxford University. She is a fellow of the Royal Geographic Society and a Member of the Society of Authors.
Katherine is the author of Snow Widows and Woman with the Iceberg Eyes. She was shortlisted for the Biographers' Prize and Boardman Tasker Mountain Literature Award.

You are welcome to attend a lecture as a guest, for a fee of £10 per lecture, but  it would be helpful if you would contact the membership secretary, Richard Brace, by emailing him in advance on tasmmembers@gmail.com

Lecture begins at 10.30

From 1930s travel posters, through nationalisation of the railways in 1948 to the creation of the BR Double Arrow symbol in the 1960s, British Railways have led the way with design.

The lecture will look at the graphics, bygone days of railway architecture and travel, the tube map by Harry Beck and the future of trains and station design.

Mark Ovenden

Mark Ovenden is a broadcaster and author who has sold a quarter of a million books and appears on many TV and radio programmes.
He specialises in the subjects of industrial design and architecture, especially in the world of public transport.
Mark is a fellow of the Royal Geographic Society and has a master’s degree in Railway Studies.

You are welcome to attend a lecture as a guest, for a fee of £10 per lecture, but  it would be helpful if you would contact the membership secretary, Richard Brace, by emailing him in advance on tasmmembers@gmail.com

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Victorian Barbara Bodichon (1827–1891) was a successful professional female artist. Her vivid watercolours bridged the gap between Pre-Raphaelites and the Impressionists.
She was also responsible for the development of feminism in Britain. She campaigned for equal opportunities in the workplace and at home , in the law and at  the polling booth. She also co-founded Girton College, Cambridge. 

Jane Robinson

Jane is a popular guest at literary festivals and on radio and TV. She was educated at Oxford University and specialises in social history through women’s eyes.
Jane is a fellow of the Royal Horticultural Society, a fellow of the Royal Geographic Society, a Hawthornden Fellow and a Senior Associate, Somerville College, Oxford.

You are welcome to attend a lecture as a guest, for a fee of £10 per lecture, but  it would be helpful if you would contact the membership secretary, Richard Brace, by emailing him in advance on tasmmembers@gmail.com

Lecture begins at 10.30

The Wallace Collection contains an outstanding array of paintings, furniture, porcelain, arms and armour and other works of art brought together by five generations of one family between 1760 and 1880.

The lecture tells the fascinating story of the Collection’s formation and also presents many of its finest treasures. 

Stephen Duffy

Formerly Senior Curator of the Wallace Collection, where Stephen had responsibility for exhibitions and nineteenth century paintings. He has given countless tours of the collection as well as many lectures on its arts and other art historical subjects at home and abroad.
His most recent publication, The Discovery of Paris, is on early nineteenth century water colour views of Paris. 

You are welcome to attend a lecture as a guest, for a fee of £10 per lecture, but  it would be helpful if you would contact the membership secretary, Richard Brace, by emailing him in advance on tasmmembers@gmail.com

Lecture begins at 10.30

This lecture will describe the impact of all Beethoven’s challenges on his phenomenal output and is richly illustrated with excerpts of recordings of his works.
The lecture will show how laboratory analysis of samples of his hair have helped unravel the cause of his health problems. 

Alan Silman

Alan’s lectures are based on a number of famous people in the arts, on the impact of their medical problems on their achievement.

Currently Alan is a Professor of Medicine at Oxford University and Senior Research Fellow at Green Templeton College, Oxford; he is MD, MSc, FRCP, FFPHM, and holds Honorary Doctorates from the Universities of Keele and East Anglia. Alan is a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences.

You are welcome to attend a lecture as a guest, for a fee of £10 per lecture, but  it would be helpful if you would contact the membership secretary, Richard Brace, by emailing him in advance on tasmmembers@gmail.com

Lecture begins at 10.30

From relatively humble beginnings and aside from her political ambitions and successes as a patron of the arts, Catherine the Great created an unparalleled collection of paintings, ornaments and sculptures, many of which remain at the Hermitage Museum.
This lecture summarises her rise to power and her passion for acquiring things of beauty for her private collection.

Chris Newlands

Canon Chris Newlands is a retired Anglican priest. Before ordination he worked for the British Council in Algeria, and after ordination was posted to Romania and Bulgaria as Embassy Chaplain and Envoy of the Anglican Communion to the Orthodox Churches of Eastern Europe.
Chris is a guest lecturer on cruise ships where his lectures relate to destinations in the Baltic, Black Sea and Mediterranean regions.
He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

You are welcome to attend a lecture as a guest, for a fee of £10 per lecture, but  it would be helpful if you would contact the membership secretary, Richard Brace, by emailing him in advance on tasmmembers@gmail.com

Lecture begins at 10.30

Who wrote them and when?
Why should the Merry Gentlemen rest and not be dismayed?
Why was a carol written about a 10th century Bohemian Duke?
Were the Three Kings actually present at the birth of Jesus?
Could you really see Three Kings sailing into Bethlehem when the Dead Sea was 20 miles away?
Carols will be compared with modern day songs. 

Tony Rawlins

Tony started his career in advertising through the training scheme at J Walter Thompson and became an account director. He worked in several other agencies before setting up his own in 1985. There he produced many commercials and print adverts for Guinness, advertising in Africa and the Caribbean.
He remains a consultant in the industry and has recently concentrated on more philanthropic projects.

You are welcome to attend a lecture as a guest, for a fee of £10 per lecture, but  it would be helpful if you would contact the membership secretary, Richard Brace, by emailing him in advance on tasmmembers@gmail.com