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16 September 2026Fancy Liquors and Sky-High Kickers: The Invention of Can-Can, 1830-1950Lecture
17 June 2026Coffee- From Arabia to the Coffee House: The Art and History of Coffee DrinkingLecture
20 May 2026The Sound of Silence: The Art of Gwen John*Lecture
29 April 2026Spring Outing to Hellens ManorVisit
15 April 2026Death by Wallpaper: Colourful Stories of Chemical Pigments and DyesLecture
25 March 2026Türkiye: From Troy and Constantinople to Istanbul and GallipoliSpecial Event
18 March 2026Capability Brown and the Making (and Death) of the English LandscapeLecture
18 February 2026Revolution in the Art School: The Bauhaus 1919-1933Lecture
21 January 2026Cartier: Jeweller of GeniusLecture
17 December 2025Christmas Party 2025Visit
25 November 2025The Work of Angels: The Book of Kells and its ContemporariesSpecial Event
19 November 2025An Arts and Crafts ChristmasLecture
15 October 2025Bach & Handel: Separated at BirthLecture
17 September 2025Sorolla: The Master of LightLecture
25 June 2025Winterbourne House and Garden (Arts & Crafts building and garden)Visit
18 June 2025The Minoans of Crete: the first EuropeansLecture
21 May 2025Sculpture and ArchitectureLecture
30 April 2025A visit to Ironbridge Valley of Invention - The Jackfield Tile Museum and the Coalport China Museum - just two of the award winning museums in this valley By Coach from Ludlow Park and Ride Visit
16 April 2025Light and Shade: the Persian Paradise GardenLecture
19 March 2025Art and Illusion (stage design)Lecture
12 March 2025The Art of Cornwall: 1880-1975 Cawley Hall, Eye, Luston, HR6 0DS 10.00 for 10.30Special Event
19 February 2025John Singer Sargent: the private radicalLecture
15 January 2025Recognize the Artist?Lecture
20 November 2024A Dickens of a Christmas: and God bless us every oneLecture
06 November 2024African Art: Curio or Craft?Special Event
16 October 2024The Art of the CartoonLecture
18 September 2024National Gallery 200 years: the nation’s mantlepieceLecture
26 June 2024A coach outing to Hartlebury Castle with a tour of the Bishop’s Palace, Hurd Library and gardensVisit
19 June 2024The Whole Art of the BookLecture
15 May 2024The Culture of UkraineLecture
24 April 2024A visit (by car) to The Rodd, a Jacobean manor house and modern art gallery near PresteigneVisit
17 April 2024Singing in SecretLecture
20 March 2024Le Théâtre de la Mode: Post War Haute Couture in ParisLecture
08 March 2024Masters of the North: Iconic Art from Scandinavia and Russia Special Event
21 February 2024Stories in Stained GlassLecture
17 January 2024Banksy – Genius or Fraud Lecture
01 December 2023Signs and Symbols in Medieval Art and BuildingsSpecial Event
15 November 2023The Car in Art - and the Car as ArtLecture
25 October 2023The New Art Gallery, Walsall and Walsall Leather MuseumVisit
18 October 2023CaravaggioLecture
20 September 2023PG Wodehouse in London: Welcome Home JeevesLecture
21 June 2023Sadlers Wells: Theatrical MothershipLecture
07 June 2023Visit to The Glass Museum, Stourbridge & Canal trip from The Bonded Warehouse, StourbridgeVisit
17 May 2023Beauty in Truth: The Past, Present and Future of Botanical IllustrationLecture
26 April 2023A Day with Sir Edwin LutyensSpecial Event
19 April 2023Venice: The Architecture of a Renaissance CityLecture
15 March 2023Rising from the Rubble - Post-War British CinemaLecture
15 February 2023A Victorian Splendour: The Golden Age of British GlassLecture
18 January 2023Island Sanctuary: Refugee Artists in Britain from the Huguenots to the Present Day.Lecture
16 November 2022Bruegel - The Seasons and the WorldLecture
19 October 2022Macaronis and Milordi: Clothing and Culture on the 18th century grand tourLecture
21 September 2022The Sahara as Palimpsest: a cultural history of the world's greatest desertLecture
18 May 2022Passionate PottersLecture
20 April 2022The Arts and Crafts of Mexico, Past and PresentLecture
16 March 2022The Topsy Turvy World of MisericordsLecture
18 February 2022The Duc de Berry : Medieval Illuminated ManuscriptsLecture
19 January 2022The World's longest unbroken art tradition.Lecture
15 December 2021Christmas Event and Party - Antarctic VoyageLecture
17 November 2021Off the Record: album sleeve art 1950-2000Lecture
20 October 2021Misshapen Pearl: an overview of the music of the Baroque eraLecture
15 September 2021Paul Nash and the Landscape of MysteryLecture
21 July 2021THE SUBTLE SCIENCE AND EXACT ART OF COLOUR IN ENGLISH GARDEN DESIGNLecture
16 June 2021The art of the stealLecture
19 May 2021The Empty Chair in art from Van Gogh to Ai WeiweiLecture
21 April 2021Now you see it Now you don'tLecture