March 7

Lydia Bauman

Looking for Georgia - my travels in Mexico in the footsteps of Georgia O'Keeffe

February 1 

Simon Whitehouse

Wilde about Oscar: famous for being famous & (IN)famous

November 2 

Jacqui Ansell

Pins and Poking Sticks: Decoding Dress in Shakespeare's Time

October 5, 2023

Mike Higginbottom

Liverpool's Heritage

September 7, 2023

Lucia Gahlin 

The Colossal Art and Architecture of Egypt's Boldest  Pharaoh

June 1, 2023 - the advertised lecture had to be changed at short notice due to a rail strike. Steve King came as a replacement

Steve King

'The Story behind the Song'

May 4, 2023 

Sandy Burnett 

Shaken by an Earthquake: Igor Stravinsky, the Ballets Russes and the astonishing 1913 Premiere of The Rite of Spring

April 6, 2023

James Butterwick

Alexander Bogomazov 1880-1930: The Lost Futurist  of Ukraine

March 2, 2023

The appointed lecturer failed to appear so a lecture on 'The Bed in Art' was streamed from The Arts Society

February 2, 2023

Barbara Askew

'Happy and Glorious' ; a lecture celebrating 1000 years of Coronations from Saxon times. 

December 1, 2022

Ghislaine Howard

The Cuisine of Art and the Art of Cuisine

November 3, 2022

Shauna Isaac

How to Steal a Million

October 6, 2022

Charlie Forman 

One Westminster, Six Royal Palaces

September 1, 2022

Christopher Garibaldi

Italian Art and Architecture of the Risorgimento

July 7, 2022

Paul Rabbitts

A Concise History of our Great British Public Parks

May 5, 2022

Eileen Goulding

Understanding Aboriginal Culture

April 7, 2022

Stephen Barrett

Anatomy of a Masterpiece: Bathers at Asnières by Georges Seurat

March 3, 2022

Sally Dormer

The Wilton Diptych: Kingship and Politics in late 14th Century England

February 3, 2022

Helen Ritchie

British Studio Potttery: A Concise History

December 2, 2021

Barry Venning

Christmas with Giles, Grandma and Family

November 4, 2021

Caroline Knight

Grinling Gibbons: Carver to the Crown

October 7, 2021 

Nicole Mezey

The Corsican Adventurer: Images of Napoleon

September 2, 2021 

James Bolton

After Miss Jekyll: English Gardens of the Late 20th and Early 21st Century

June 3, 2021

Brian Stater

When Britain Clicked: Photography of the Swinging Sixties

May 20, 2021

Virtual Outing via Zoom

Sophie Campbell                               

The Hidden Charms of the River Lea.....underneath London!

May 6, 2021

Andrew Prince

From Downtown to Gatsby: Jewellery and Fashion

April 1, 2021

Clare Ford-Wille

The Passion of Christ in Art from Giotto to Stanley Spencer

March 30, 2021 Special Interest Day 

Gillian Hovell (The Muddy Archaeologist)

Seeing Ancient Art as Archaeologists Do: From Flints to Frescoes

March 4, 2021

Dr Ross King

The Wild Men of the North: Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven

February 4, 2021

James Russell

Eric Ravilious: Life and Work

December 3, 2020

Dr Claire Walsh

Jane Austen's Christmas: The Festive Season in the Georgian Era