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02 July 2026Toulouse-Lautrec -An Aristocrat in MontmartreLecture
23 June 2026Syon House Park and GardensVisit
04 June 2026Pots and Frocks – the World of Grayson Perry from Essex Punk Potter to Superstar National TreasureLecture
07 May 2026The Frome Hoard - the Largest Pot of Roman Coins ever found in BritainLecture
30 April 2026The Brighton Royal Pavilion and Museum and Art GalleryVisit
16 April 2026Wilde About Oscar: The Extraordinary Life & Times of Oscar WildeSpecial Event
02 April 2026Art in Westminster Abbey and St Paul’s CathedralLecture
15 March 2026Hidden Northern Greece (inc Thessaloniki) Tour
05 March 2026Henry Moore: Thought and ProcessLecture
05 February 2026Puzzling Out PicassoLecture
10 December 2025Christmas illuminations at Kew GardensVisit
04 December 2025The Twelve Plants of ChristmasLecture
10 November 2025The Museum of the Order of St John and Goldsmiths Hall, LondonVisit
06 November 2025Sir Henry J. Wood: Founder of the Proms and Master MusicianLecture
19 October 2025Puglia and the heel of ItalyTour
16 October 2025The Forensic Eye: Find your inner connoisseurSpecial Event
02 October 2025Van Gogh’s 444 Days in ProvenceLecture
24 September 2025Andy Warhol Lecture
10 July 2025In the Footsteps of the Tudors: Penshurst Place and Hever Castle, KentVisit
03 July 2025John Singer Sargent: The Private RadicalLecture
05 June 2025The Brilliance of Brunel – The Man who Built the Modern WorldLecture
01 May 2025The Scoliotic King: Reconstructing the Real Richard lllLecture
16 April 2025SIN City: A walk around Southwark and the river Thames with Andrew DaviesVisit
10 April 2025The British Empire and Imperial India: Images, Architecture and Art by John Stevens Special Event
03 April 2025 The Ballets Russes: When Art Danced with MusicLecture
22 March 2025Magical MarrakechTour
06 March 2025With a Little Help from their Friends: The Beatles and the Art WorldLecture
06 February 2025Handel in Georgian England 1711-1759Lecture
18 December 2024LSO Concert at the Barbican - Christmas Swing, with Frank DupreeVisit
05 December 2024Clarice Cliff (1899-1972): The Doyenne of Art DecoLecture
27 November 2024TASB Koestler Exhibition InvitationVisit
14 November 2024Ashmolean Museum and the Money Talks exhibitionVisit
07 November 2024William Morris Wallpapers and TextilesLecture
17 October 2024Art Deco by Pamela Campbell-JohnstonSpecial Event
08 October 2024ProvenceTour
03 October 2024The Art of the Japanese Garden: From Tradition to ModernityLecture
25 September 2024The Discovery of Paris (AGM at 6pm)Lecture
17 July 2024Kelmscott Manor and Buscot ParkVisit
04 July 2024The Elgin Marbles: A History of MeaningLecture
06 June 2024Pictures of the Floating World: Ukiyo-E Woodblock PrintsLecture
09 May 2024Polesden Lacey and Denbies Wine EstateVisit
02 May 2024Creating the Golden Era of Transatlantic LinersLecture
25 April 2024Spain beside the seaside- Picasso, Sorolla and GaudiSpecial Event
04 April 2024Lucien Freud: The Art and the ManLecture
08 March 2024Istanbul - Where East meets WestTour
07 March 2024Symbolist Painting: The Age of Decadence (1880 – 1910)Lecture
01 February 2024William J Neatby – the Master of Harrod’s Meat HallLecture
12 December 2023Blenheim Palace Christmas LightsVisit
07 December 2023Why Gardening can rank as a Fine ArtLecture
02 November 2023Belonging and Not Belonging: The Immigrant Experience in Modern British ArtLecture
26 October 2023Old Jewish London Walking TourVisit
19 October 2023Unravelling the Silk RoadSpecial Event
09 October 2023Trip to Tuscany and FlorenceTour
05 October 2023No Great Women Artists? Women Painters from the Enlightenment to the 21st CenturyLecture
20 September 2023AGM and LectureLecture
06 July 2023From Chocolate Box to Jackson PollockLecture
22 June 2023Compton VerneyVisit
01 June 2023The Ming DynastyLecture
04 May 2023The Two Gustavs: Mahler and KlimtLecture
20 April 2023Fashion Fury and Feathers: The Social History of the High Street and FashionSpecial Event
06 April 2023A child of six could do it!...A Cartoonist's view of Modern Art.Lecture
23 March 2023Extended Visit to Malta and GozoTour
09 March 2023Visit to Worcester Cathedral and Royal Worcester MuseumVisit
02 March 2023Caravaggio: painter extraordinaire, flawed genius and...murderer!Lecture
02 February 2023The Art MarketLecture
06 December 2022Royal Albert Hall John Rutter Concert and V&A Beatrix Potter ExhibitionVisit
01 December 2022Canal HistoryLecture
03 November 2022In search of Stravinksky's Piano teacherLecture
20 October 2022An Introduction to Sculpture : Major Figures, Problems and PossibilitiesSpecial Event
10 October 2022The History and Art of Madrid, Toledo, Salamanca and SegoviaTour
06 October 2022David Hockney and the Modern LandscapeLecture
28 September 2022AGM at 6.00 p.m followed by lecture on Macdonald GillLecture
08 September 2022Visit to Batsford Arboretum and Sezincote HouseVisit
07 July 2022George StubbsLecture
23 June 2022Fairford Church and Rodmarton Manor and Gardens. Visit
09 June 2022Polperro ArtistsLecture
05 May 2022The National Gallery Lecture
07 April 2022A Passion for PiersLecture
03 March 2022Vaux- le -Vicomte the inspiration behind VersaillesLecture
14 February 2022The Delights, History and Art of NorthumbriaTour
03 February 2022The Bayeux TapestryLecture
02 December 2021Peggy Guggenheim Lecture
04 November 2021Alexander Bogomazov 1880-1930: The Lost Futurist of UkraineLecture
21 October 2021Packing up the NationLecture
05 October 2021Crete 5th-11th October 2021Tour
30 September 2021Painting Modern Life: Manet, Impressionism and Later Nineteenth-Century Paris Lecture
15 July 2021Australian Art (online)Lecture
01 July 2021Basingstoke and its Contribution to World Culture (Online)Lecture
03 June 2021Fakes and Fortunes (or "Have I found a Constable in my attic?") (Online)Lecture
20 May 2021Virtual London Walk Part 2- from Bangladesh to Banksy Lecture
06 May 2021Thomas Gainsborough (Online)Lecture
01 April 2021The Art of Kashmir (Online)Lecture
04 March 2021Ancient Artefacts: 3,000 years of Mediterranean Treasures (Online)Lecture
18 February 2021VIRTUAL VISIT: The Old East End of London (Online)Lecture
04 February 2021The Glasgow Boys, the Glasgow Girls, The Scottish Colourists, the French Connection (Online)Lecture
07 January 2021The Ghent Altarpiece and Jan Van Eyck (Online from 2.00 p.m)Lecture
17 December 2020The Queen of instruments : The Lute within Old Master Paintings (Online)Lecture
03 December 2020The field of the Cloth of Gold (Online)Lecture
19 November 2020Unfolding the Art of Georgia O'Keeffe (Online)Lecture
05 November 2020From Bronzes to Banksy (Virtual Visit)Lecture
15 October 2020The Black Death (Online)Lecture
01 October 2020"As if by magic": The Secret of Turner's Water Colour Techniques (Online)Lecture
03 September 2020Deceiving the Eye - Trompe l’oeil Painting (Online)Lecture
06 August 2020The Age of Rembrandt Holland's Golden Age (Online)Lecture
16 July 2020Christina Rossetti, Poetry in Art (Online)Lecture
02 July 2020Liveries of the City of London (Online)Lecture
18 June 2020Bonampak, Mexico's Sistine Chapel and Mayan Culture (Online)Lecture
04 June 2020Goya (online)Lecture
07 May 2020 The Guggenheim Bilbao and its Architect, Frank Gehry (Online)Lecture
02 April 2020The Art Market: How does it work? CANCELLED. Lecture
05 March 2020Orientalism, Chinoiserie, JaponismeLecture
24 February 2020Behind the scenes at the Royal Opera House and St Mary le StrandVisit
06 February 2020Mars and the Muses: The Renaissance of ArmourLecture
11 December 2019John Rutter's Christmas Celebration at the Albert HallVisit
05 December 2019The Art of ChristmasLecture
21 November 2019The Man with the PitchforkSpecial Event
07 November 2019Caravaggio: A Rebel on the RunLecture
30 October 2019Coventry Cathedrals and CityVisit
15 October 2019Bologna and other Italian citiesTour
03 October 2019Inspired by StonehengeLecture
02 October 20191000 years of English CoronationsLecture
04 July 2019Life and Times of Johann Sebastian BachLecture
19 June 2019Claydon House and Gardens, National TrustVisit
06 June 2019Lawrence of ArabiaLecture
02 May 2019Laos: A Little ParadiseLecture
18 April 2019Stonor Park and Henley Rowing MuseumVisit
04 April 2019Giotto: Founder of Modern ArtLecture
21 March 2019The Roman EmpireSpecial Event
07 March 2019Temples Tombs and Treasures: In Search of the Queen of ShebaLecture
07 February 2019Edward Seago; Landscape Perfectionist and Royal FavouriteLecture
06 December 2018Christmas at Covent GardenLecture
29 November 2018Christmas Concert at KewVisit
15 November 2018Picasso and Matisse - Best of friendly rivals and their impact on conceptual art.Special Event
01 November 2018History of the Harp Lecture
25 October 2018Tate Britain – Burne-Jones and Turner Prize ExhibitionsVisit
12 October 2018Bucharest, Legendary Transylvania & the Painted Monasteries of RomaniaTour
04 October 2018Journey of the River from the Source to the Sea in the Company of Artists (please note change from programme)Lecture
03 October 2018Men Behaving Badly - Rakes and Rogues Lecture
26 July 2018Broughton Castle, OxfordshireVisit
05 July 2018Drama Behind the Taj Mahal Lecture
07 June 2018Bhutan - Kingdom of the Thunder Dragons Lecture
03 May 2018The Golden Age of Venetian Glass Lecture
19 April 2018Shakespeare's Southwark. A walking tour with Andrew Davies.Visit
05 April 2018Woven Art & Symbolism of Nomadic Tribes of Iran/Afghanistan Lecture
27 March 2018Michelangelo: Paper, Stone and Flesh (Hosted by TAS Chiltern Hills Area) Lecture
15 March 2018Mexican Art - Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) and Diego Rivera (1886-1957)Special Event
01 March 2018Masters of the Renaissance Leonardo and Michelangelo Lecture
01 February 2018Trials and Tribulations of Van GoghLecture
07 December 2017Three Wise Men, Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh Lecture
06 December 2017John Rutter’s Christmas celebration at Royal Albert HallVisit
16 November 2017Pre-Raphaelites to the Turner Prize: A Brief History of British Art from 1850 to Now Special Event
02 November 2017Art Inspired By WineLecture
26 October 2017Queens House and Maritime Museums at Greenwich by James TaylorVisit
09 October 2017Art and Palaces in Lisbon and its EnvironsTour
05 October 2017Life and Times of Charles DickensLecture
04 October 2017Art & The Russian RevolutionLecture
29 August 201730th Anniversary Afternoon Tea at the Fitzwilliams CentreVisit
27 July 2017Tour of Waddesdon Manor and GardensVisit
06 July 2017To the Far Side of the World: Captain James CookLecture
01 June 2017Inspiration: Artists and their MusesLecture
04 May 2017Krakow: City of the DragonLecture
20 April 2017Broadway: Ashmoleum and Gordon Russell MuseumsVisit
06 April 2017August Rodin - The Soul in FlightLecture
16 March 2017Scandinavian Art Special Event
02 March 2017The Imperial Easter Eggs of Carl Faberge before the Russian RevolutionLecture
02 February 2017The Mystery of Holbein’s “Ambassadors”Lecture
08 December 2016Caravaggio and Christmas ConcertVisit
01 December 2016The Landscapes of Paul NashLecture
17 November 2016Iran: Land of Great Kings, Shahs and Ayatollahs Special Event
03 November 2016Brilliant British Humour in the Forgotten Art of the Picture PostcardLecture
27 October 2016A Walking Tour of Kenwood House and Hampstead with Andrew DaviesVisit
10 October 2016Sicily - East to WestTour
06 October 2016Art at the Landsdowne ClubLecture
05 October 2016400 Years of Food as ephemeral ArtLecture
14 July 201630th Anniversary Lunch & Visit to Stowe House and GardensVisit
07 July 2016The Norman Conquest & LegacyLecture
02 June 2016A History of England's Architecture in Ten Great BuildingsLecture
05 May 2016Paintbrushes at Dawn: The Great Artistic FeudsLecture
21 April 2016Whitchurch Silk Mill and Winchester CathedralVisit
07 April 2016Searching for ShakespeareLecture
17 March 2016Music Inspired by Paintings & Paintings Inspired by MusicSpecial Event
03 March 2016Boris GodunovLecture
04 February 2016The Elgin MarblesLecture
10 December 2015Art and Music: A Christmas TreatVisit
03 December 2015Magnificent Mosaics: Windows in the colourful Roman WorldLecture
19 November 2015The Arts of Japan and EuropeSpecial Event
05 November 2015From Chintz to ClassicismLecture
22 October 2015St Pancras and Kings Cross StationVisit
01 October 2015Facing up to GoyaLecture
30 September 2015The Secret Art of the PassportLecture
09 July 2015Bletchley Park Museum and GalleryVisit
02 July 2015Helms, Hatchments and Hedgehogs - Heraldry, it's all around usLecture
04 June 2015Art and the Napoleonic WarsLecture
07 May 2015Art in the Garden Setting and SymbolismLecture
30 April 2015Barber Institute of Fine Arts, and Winterbourne HouseVisit
02 April 2015Dumfries House - Saved and RevealedLecture
27 March 2015The Artistic Highlights of HollandTour
19 March 2015Art and Scandalous Lives of the Bloomsbury GroupSpecial Event
05 March 2015Paradise Lost and Regained - European Landscape PaintingLecture
12 February 2015Bearskins and Blighty - The Great War in LondonVisit
05 February 2015Titan to Van Dyck - The Art of PortraitureLecture
04 December 2014The Story of Christmas in Medieval ArtLecture
20 November 2014National Gallery – Rembrandt - The Late WorksVisit
06 November 2014Who Says? Can we trust the experts on Good and Bad in Art?Lecture
23 October 2014Russian and Soviet Art: From Icons to Socialist RealismSpecial Event
02 October 2014Lost on the Titanic - Story of the Great Omar BindingLecture
01 October 2014Gilt and Gorgeousness Lecture
25 September 2014Lord Leycester Hospital and St. Mary's Collegiate Church in WarwickVisit
03 July 2014Encounters with Chopin and Parisian artists’ life 1847-8Lecture
12 June 2014Woburn AbbeyVisit
05 June 2014Walter Sickert and the Camden Town GroupLecture
01 May 2014London's changing skyline - past, present, future Lecture
03 April 2014The Great TwelveLecture
20 March 2014Palmyra, Sicily, and Roman Art of Eating and DrinkingSpecial Event
06 March 2014The Queenes Pickture - portraits of Elizabeth I Lecture
27 February 2014Vintners’ Hall, Guildhall Art Gallery and Roman AmphitheatreVisit
06 February 2014Silver in the Ashmolean MuseumLecture
12 December 2013The BAPS Shri Swaminarayan MandirVisit
05 December 2013In the bleak midwinter – artists’ responses to snowLecture
21 November 2013Treasures from The Royal CollectionSpecial Event
07 November 2013Books of HoursLecture
07 October 2013Berlin, Potsdam and DresdenTour
03 October 2013Beau BrummelLecture
02 October 2013Queen Mary's Dolls HouseLecture
04 July 2013 In search of sacred feminine-lady chapelsLecture
13 June 2013British Museum – Pompeii and Herculaneum ExhibitionVisit
06 June 2013British Neo RomanticsLecture
16 May 2013Moor Park Mansion and Summer LunchVisit
02 May 2013Art and the English bible Lecture
11 April 2013Chiswick House and GardensVisit
07 March 2013The art of imperial RomeLecture
07 February 2013Habitat catalogued Lecture
11 December 2012Longleat behind the scenesVisit
06 December 2012Is Christmas in good taste? Lecture
08 November 2012Cambodia and VietnamSpecial Event
04 October 2012The social history of opera Lecture
03 October 2012Wallis SimpsonLecture
21 March 2012Berlin, Potsdam and DresdenSpecial Event