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21 July 2026Syon House, Brentford Private Guided TourVisit
20 July 2026Brave New World: How The Arts And Culture Shaped Post War BritainLecture
16 July 2026Afternoon Tea at The Wharf, 22 Manor Road, Teddington Visit
30 June 2026Visit to Royal Hospital Chelsea Visit
15 June 2026Do We See What They Saw? Experiencing Paintings in the PastLecture
18 May 2026The Roots of JazzLecture
24 April 2026Visit to Crossness Pumping Station, Abbey Wood, London SE2Visit
20 April 2026History of EmbroideryLecture
17 March 2026City Walk with Blue Badge guide Russell NashVisit
16 March 2026Constable and the Impressionists: Painting in the Open AirLecture
25 February 2026Private guided tour of Tower Bridge, meeting at 11am.Visit
16 February 2026The Great Age of the Shogun: Art and Culture in Edo Period JapanLecture
28 January 2026Visit to Apsley House, No 149 Piccadilly. Visit
19 January 2026Titian and his Influence on Western ArtLecture
28 November 2025Visit to the Treasures Gallery of the British Library. Morning guided tourVisit
17 November 2025Walls That Speak: The Alhambra Palace-FortressLecture
20 October 2025Creating An Imaginary World - Theatre Design from Temple to Playhouse, into the Picture Frame and out again Lecture
16 October 2025Glyndebourne's La Boheme and the Heritage of Sussex Tour Visit
30 September 2025Mayfair Walk. A guided walk with Russell Nash. 11.30 - 1.15pmVisit
15 September 2025Banksy - Fraud or GeniusLecture
04 September 2025Seven Saxon Kings Embroidery Project, All Saints Parish Church, Kingston. Celebration of St Athelstan's Day.Visit
21 July 2025The Science of Art at the National GalleryLecture
10 July 2025Garden Museum and Cecil Beaton Garden Party Exhibition Lambeth Palace RoadVisit
23 June 2025Workshops on creating cyanotypes. Discover the magic of early photography and how the prints were made. Kingston College Creative Arts Centre, Richmond Road, KingstonSpecial Event
16 June 2025Iceland: More than Fire and Ice Lecture
09 June 2025Changing of the Guard and tour of the Household Cavalry MuseumVisit
19 May 2025Betty Joel: Glamour and Innovation in 1930's DesignLecture
02 May 2025Tour of Battersea Power Station - 28 March and 2 May 2025Visit
14 April 2025How to Read the English Church. The Architectural, Historical, Religious and Social Changes that have shaped and formed our Church Buildings.Lecture
17 March 2025Rembrandt's 'Night Watch': the Anatomy of a MasterpieceLecture
24 February 2025Visit to Leighton House and Sambourne House, KensingtonVisit
17 February 2025Paul Cezanne: Harmony Parallel to NatureLecture
21 January 2025Visit to the Charterhouse Visit
20 January 2025History of Natural Pearls: Child of the SeaLecture
18 November 2024The Gleaming Spires of London - An Armchair Tour of London's Finest BuildingsLecture
11 November 2024Guided Tour of backstage at the National TheatreVisit
23 October 2024Visit to the Wallace Collection Visit
21 October 2024Soapsuds and Whitewash: The Sea Paintings of J M W TurnerLecture
24 September 2024Scholars, Scandals and Socialites, a guided walking tour of Historic Soho, LondonVisit
16 September 2024Joseph Duveen: Charismatic Crook or the World's Greatest Art Dealer?Lecture
15 July 2024I am the Very Model: Parodies of Victorian Society in Gilbert and SullivanLecture
02 July 2024Visit by coach to Hughenden Manor and Garden, High WycombeVisit
17 June 2024The Studio-houses of the Holland Park CircleLecture
20 May 2024The Artist as Reporter - British Artists and the First World WarLecture
16 May 202420th Century Glass and Ceramics, and valuation of collectibles Normansfield Theatre , The Langdon Down Centre, Teddington Special Event
02 May 2024Visit to the Chelsea Physic Garden, Royal Hospital Road, SW3Visit
15 April 2024The Art of Stained GlassLecture
21 March 2024Afternoon Walk around the Inns of Court in London, plus a visit to the Royal Courts of Justice and Temple ChurchVisit
18 March 2024Precious Imperfections: Ceramics with Rivets and GoldLecture
27 February 2024Visit to the Courtauld Gallery, followed by Evensong at St Paul's CathedralVisit
19 February 2024Discovering MacDonald Gill: Architect, Artist and Mapmaker Lecture
15 January 2024The Sculptures of Henry Moore and Anthony CaroLecture
11 January 20242 Visits to London's National Portrait GalleryVisit
21 November 2023Visit to Paul Smith's office and design studios, Kean Street, Covent GardenVisit
20 November 2023Stamford Raffles, Art Collector & Founder of SingaporeLecture
06 November 2023Visit to Trinity House, Tower Hill, EC3Visit
16 October 2023The Disruptive Power of ArtLecture
19 September 2023Guided Tour of the Kings Cross QuarterVisit
18 September 2023Tamara De Lempicka: The Epitome of Art Deco Portraiture Lecture
17 July 2023A History of Japanese WoodcutLecture
05 July 2023Coach visit to Petworth House and Park, West SussexVisit
19 June 2023The Profitable Art of Flattery: Reynolds, Gainsborough and Portraiture in the 18th CenturyLecture
13 June 2023A tour of the Guildhall Library and Complex, Aldermanbury, EC2Visit
15 May 2023The Conservation of PaintingsLecture
17 April 2023The Ballets Russes: When Art Danced with MusicLecture
28 March 2023The Foundling Museum, Brunswick Square, London WC1. Guided tour and exhibition visitVisit
20 March 2023The Irritating and Influential Mr WhistlerLecture
20 February 2023Bach and Handel - Separated at BirthLecture
25 January 2023The Dutch Golden Age - a specialist tour at the National Gallery Visit
16 January 2023The Stirling Prize: British Architecture's OscarsLecture
21 November 2022The Men who Made MenswearLecture
10 November 2022Private guided tour of The Royal Opera HouseVisit
20 October 2022The Turks - from Nomads to Sultans of Istanbul This is a Special Interest half day. Venue: Doubletree by Hilton, Kingston. July date cancelled but re-booked for October 2022 Time: 10am - 3pmSpecial Event
17 October 2022That Woman or the Duchess of Style - Time to Reassess Wallis SimpsonLecture
26 September 2022A Trip along the River Thames in 1749Lecture
18 July 2022Bombing with Banksy and Co - Graffiti and Street Art of Shoreditch and SpitalfieldsLecture
20 June 2022Limewood Sculpture from Riemenschneider to Grinling Gibbons Lecture
16 May 2022Outstanding and Precious: Unusual and Priceless. Kunstkammer and the Culture of Collecting in Early Modern Europe.'The Greatest Art Patron in the World'. Rudolf II and his KunstkammerLecture
25 April 2022Rescuing Zeugma from the Floodwaters of the EuphratesLecture
08 April 2022Day's Walking tour of GreenwichVisit
21 March 2022Paula Rego: Painting Women on the Edge, and Telling Tales of the UnexpectedLecture
10 March 2022Old Jewish East End Walk Meeting at Liverpool Street Station at 11am. Visit
21 February 2022The Frick Museum New York: A Feast for the EyesLecture
24 January 2022The Art of William Hogarth: Gin and HarlotsLecture
10 January 2022Frans Hals: The Male Portrait. Exhibition at the Wallace CollectionLecture
06 December 2021io Saturnalia! Happy Christmas the Roman WayLecture
15 November 2021Nicholas Poussin: Rebel PhilosopherLecture
01 November 2021Welsh National Opera and the Wales Millennium CentreLecture
18 October 2021How to Look Slowly: ImpressionismLecture
08 October 2021Passionate PottersLecture
20 September 2021From Garbo to Garland - The Magical Art of HollywoodLecture
18 September 2021Walk in Historic Mile End and Stepney Green. Meeting at 11.00am at Mile End StationVisit
16 August 2021The Kingdom in the Sun: SicilyLecture
19 July 2021Igniting the rainbow: the dramatic developments in colour in the 19th centuryLecture
21 June 2021The Art of 1935Lecture
07 June 2021Music in Art 1480 - 1750 This is a half day Study Day, 2 sessions 10.30 - 11.30, 11.50 - 1.00pmLecture
17 May 2021Ford Madox Brown: The Pre-Raphaelite Half-brotherLecture
19 April 2021The Huguenot Silk Weavers of Spitalfields - From Riches to RagsLecture
10 April 2021Virtual visit to Alnwick Castle, Northumberland Saturday 10th April 3.00pmLecture
15 March 2021The Treasures of the Fan MuseumLecture
04 March 2021The Great Fire of LondonLecture
15 February 2021Durer – Genius of the Northern RenaissanceLecture
26 January 2021Highlights of The British MuseumLecture
18 January 2021'Caravaggio is not the only Artist': a Study of his Contemporaries and their Varied Response to his Revolutionary ArtLecture
07 December 2020'Singe We Yule' A Musical Portrait of a Medieval ChristmasLecture
16 November 2020Beethoven at 250 - Classical Music's Greatest RevolutionaryLecture
03 November 2020Theatrical London - a Virtual WalkLecture
19 October 2020When Horses Ran London A Zoom- based lecture. NB 7.30 pm startLecture
21 September 2020Norman Wilkinson - A Dazzling Artistic Career A Zoom-based Lecture. NB 7.30pm startLecture
17 August 2020Seaside Modern: Art and Life on the Beach A Zoom-based lecture. NB 7.30pm startLecture
06 July 2020THIS VISIT HAS BEEN CANCELLED St Mary's House and Gardens, Bramber, West SussexVisit
31 May 2020THIS TOUR HAS BEEN CANCELLED Fine Arts Tour: Art, Gardens and Historic Houses of CornwallTour
27 May 2020THIS VISIT HAS BEEN CANCELLED Stanley Picker HouseVisit
22 April 2020THIS VISIT HAS BEEN CANCELLED Hever Castle and Gardens - self-guided tourVisit
20 March 2020THIS WALK HAS BEEN CANCELLED Jewish Quarter/East End of London walk with Diane BursteinVisit
17 February 2020Raphael: Genius of the Renaissance in RomeLecture
05 February 2020Chinese Imperial Court Life and Exceptional Rulers - Qing Dynasty 1644-1911Special Event
20 January 2020Undressing AntiquesLecture
09 January 2020Pitzhanger Manor and Gallery, EalingVisit
20 November 2019London Postal Museum - guided tour and underground train rideVisit
18 November 2019Joaquin Sorolla - Painter of LightLecture
21 October 2019John Piper - Master of DiversityLecture
15 October 2019The British Library and the Wellcome CollectionVisit
26 September 2019Henry Moore Studios and Gardens, Perry Green, HertsVisit
16 September 2019'Pots and Frocks' - The World of Grayson Perry. From Essex Potter to Superstar National TreasureLecture
18 July 2019Fine Arts Tour: The Art, History, and Palaces of ViennaTour
15 July 2019The Bloomsbury Group: The Art of Vanessa BellLecture
18 June 2019Fishbourne Roman Palace and the Weald and Downland Open Air Museum, SussexVisit
17 June 2019London in the Eighteenth Century: the Terrace House and Garden SquareLecture
27 May 2019Visit to Stanley Picker House, Kingston upon ThamesVisit
20 May 2019"Sweet Thames Run Softly": the Thames Through Artists' EyesLecture
13 May 2019Summer Supper PartyLecture
15 April 2019Personal Favourites: Masterpieces from the Barber Institute of Fine Arts - in the Context of the Image of Black People in ArtLecture
10 April 2019Cambridge: New Hall Art Collection, The Fitzwilliam Museum and Kettle's Yard: two day visitVisit
18 March 2019Giles: His Life, Times, and CartoonsLecture
08 March 2019Music, Markets and Multicultural London: a Brixton morning walk followed by lunch at The Clink, HMP BrixtonVisit
18 February 2019"I was most excessively delighted": Young Victoria's Watercolours and Diaries Showing Delight in the ArtsLecture
06 February 2019Giles Ramsay: 20th Century Theatre (1900-2017)Special Event
22 January 2019London Transport Museum, ActonVisit
21 January 2019The Mysterious World of Salvador DaliLecture
22 November 2018The Bombay Sapphire Distillery and Whitchurch Silk Mill, HantsVisit
19 November 2018In the Kingdom of Sweets: all about The NutcrackerLecture
18 October 2018Turner's House, Sandycombe Lodge, TwickenhamVisit
15 October 2018Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven: Painters inspired by the Canadian LandscapeLecture
28 September 2018Apsley House and Wellington ArchVisit
17 September 2018Zaha Hadid: Architectural SuperstarLecture
16 July 2018Dale Chihuly: The Word's Foremost Glass ArtistLecture
02 July 2018Fine Arts Tour to YorkshireVisit
19 June 2018Ightham Mote and Knole, KentVisit
18 June 2018Painter of Northern Light: Kroyer and the Skagen Art ColonyLecture
21 May 2018The Guggenheims: A Dynasty of Art CollectorsLecture
16 April 2018London's Changing Skyline: Past, Present snd FutureLecture
11 April 2018Highgate CemeteryVisit
19 March 2018The Age of JazzLecture
15 March 2018Ashmolean Museum, OxfordVisit
19 February 2018Wabi and Sabi: The Beauty of ImperfectionLecture
22 January 2018Cinema Museum, KenningtonVisit
15 January 2018Tintoretto and the Scuola di San RoccoLecture
02 December 2017Houses of Parliament, WestminsterVisit
20 November 2017A Flawed Genius? The Life and Art of ModiglianiLecture
17 October 2017Historic Rotherhithe and Brunel MuseumVisit
16 October 2017Indians, Buffalo and Storms: The American West in 19th Century ArtLecture
18 September 2017Food and Art Through the Ages: from Renaissance Sugar Sculpture to 3D PrintingLecture
15 September 2017Watts GalleryVisit
17 July 2017AGM followed by The Silver Thread: Silver Filigree and Traditional Arts in KosovoLecture
03 July 2017Fine Arts Tour to Tallinn, EstoniaTour
19 June 2017Imperial Purple to Denim Blue: the Colourful History of TextilesLecture
01 June 2017The Globe Theatre Tour and MatineeVisit
18 May 2017Stanley Picker HouseVisit
15 May 2017Inspired by StonehengeLecture
08 May 2017Supper PartyLecture
26 April 2017Bletchley ParkVisit
10 April 2017From Coal Hole to Palace: the Story of the Music HallLecture
20 March 2017A Certain Generosity of Spirit: the Art of David HockneyLecture
13 March 2017Deutsche Bank Art CollectionVisit
23 February 20172 Temple Place and The Courtauld GalleryVisit
20 February 2017Curves, Colours and Cool: an Introduction to Mid-Century ModernLecture
16 January 2017The Life and Art of Marianne North: Victorian and Botanical ArtistLecture
11 January 2017BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, The Neasden TempleVisit
21 November 2016The Rivalry between Leonardo and MichelangeloLecture
10 November 2016Brookwood Cemetery and The Lightbox, WokingVisit
17 October 2016The Golden Section: Divine Proportion in Art and ArchitectureLecture
15 October 2016Historic Bermondsey WalkVisit
21 September 2016Stanley Spencer Gallery, Cookham and Nuffield PlaceVisit
19 September 2016Mars and the Muses: the Renaissance Art of ArmourLecture
18 July 2016Revolutionary Russia: The Avant-Garde and Visual Russia PLUS AGMLecture
28 June 2016Ightham Mote and Scotney CastleVisit
20 June 2016Narrative Painting in Renaissance VeniceLecture
05 June 2016Fine Arts Tour to DerbyshireTour
18 May 2016Stanley Picker HouseVisit
16 May 2016Art and Architecture in ArmeniaLecture
20 April 2016Winchester & Hospital of St. CrossVisit
18 April 2016Hatshepsut: Portrait of a Female PharoahLecture
21 March 2016Picasso and his WomenLecture
15 March 2016Evening Musical Tour of CharterhouseVisit
23 February 2016The Foundling Museum and Charles Dickens MuseumVisit
15 February 2016Who wrote Shakespeare?Lecture
18 January 2016Sculpted Forms of Enlightenment: Buddhist, Hindu and Jain SculptureLecture
09 January 2016Indian Textiles at the V&ASpecial Event
02 December 2015The Geffrye Museum of the HomeVisit
16 November 2015Glory to the New Born King: Depictions of the Nativity in European ArtLecture
02 November 2015City of London Walk and visit to St Bride's ChurchVisit
19 October 2015Photography as Fine ArtLecture
30 September 2015Greater London Study DaysSpecial Event
24 September 2015The Red House and Eltham PalaceVisit
21 September 2015Goya: the PortraitsLecture
20 July 2015The Czech’s in the PosterLecture
15 June 2015The Imperial Easter Eggs of Carl Faberge - After the Revolution Lecture
18 May 2015The Pier-head painters - a Study of the naive ship portrait painters Lecture
20 April 2015Travels in Rajasthan with Rudyard Kipling: Palaces, Temples, and FortsLecture
13 April 2015Fine Arts Tour to HollandTour
01 April 2015Stanley Picker HouseVisit
16 March 2015Lost on the Titanic: the Story of the Great Omar BindingLecture
25 February 2015Blenheim PalaceVisit
16 February 2015Tales of a Mysterious Land: Legends and Archaeology of EthiopiaLecture
21 January 2015Royal Opera HouseVisit
20 January 2015Westminster AbbeySpecial Event
19 January 2015The Art of WaterlooLecture
20 November 2014Leighton House and Linley Sambourne MuseumVisit
17 November 2014Rembrandt: family, faces and friendsLecture
21 October 2014The National Portrait GalleryVisit
20 October 2014From the Workshop to the Studio: Images of the Artist at WorkLecture
07 October 2014Stanley Picker House and CollectionVisit
25 September 2014The Cathedral and Abbey Church of St. Alban and Chenies ManorVisit
15 September 2014Now you see it, now you don’t- the Art of DeceptionLecture
21 July 2014Charles Saatchi: A Modern Medici?Lecture
14 July 2014Summer Social - Tamesis Club, TeddingtonVisit
16 June 2014Wimples to Wellingtons: A History of Dress and FashionLecture
30 May 2014Fine Arts Tour to GlasgowTour
19 May 2014A Crisis of Brilliance: Young British Artists, 1908–1919Lecture
14 April 2014Frank Lloyd Wright - American ArchitectLecture
17 March 2014Machu Picchu – The Great Citadel of the Incas: Beauty And MysteryLecture
06 March 2014Visit to Tate Britain: Modern Prints and drawingsVisit
21 February 201418th Century PorcelainSpecial Event
17 February 2014The Imperial Easter Eggs of Carl Fabergé: before the RevolutionLecture
06 February 2014Visit to the Royal Society for Asian Affairs: Indian Miniatures, Tibetan Thangkas and other Items of interest from the RegionVisit
20 January 2014The Destruction of the Monasteries: The greatest Act of Artistic Vandalism in English HistoryLecture
14 January 2014Visit to William Morris House and Waltham AbbeyVisit
05 December 2013Visit to the Courtauld Institute: Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Drawings and printsVisit
18 November 2013Picturing the Nativity: 15C Artists reinterpret the ScripturesLecture
11 November 2013London Walk around the Middle TempleVisit
07 November 2013Visit to Tate Britain: Golden Age of Watercolours 1753 – 1850Visit
21 October 2013Sevres PorcelainLecture
10 October 2013Visit to Stanley Picker HouseVisit
17 September 2013London Walk around King’s Cross and St PancrasVisit
16 September 2013L S Lowry: a Visionary Artist Lecture
13 February 2013From Antiquity to Turner Prize: Most of the things you wanted to know but were afraid to askSpecial Event
31 December 201212,000 Years of Japanese Art Special Event
16 November 2011Shafts of Light: The Phenomenon of Mining ArtSpecial Event