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26 October 2026Avebury Stones and ManorVisit
11 October 2026Ancient Jordan and PetraTour
08 October 2026Shopping with Jane AustenLecture
04 September 2026The Historic Houses and Heritage of NorthWalesTour
11 June 2026How To Read The English Country ChurchLecture
22 May 2026Morwhellham QuayVisit
14 May 2026Manet: A Most Sophisticated RebelLecture
26 April 2026The History & Art of Madrid, Toledo, Avila, Salamanca & SegoviaTour
24 April 2026Art Deco SIDSpecial Event
09 April 2026Writers and Relics; The History of Literary TourismLecture
30 March 2026Great Fulford HosueVisit
19 March 2026The Art Treasures of MadridSpecial Event
12 March 2026Marathon; the Victory That Saved Western CivilisationLecture
12 February 2026The Golden Age of British ComedyLecture
08 January 2026Winslow Homer and Edward Hopper Coastal Scenes in American ArtLecture
11 December 2025The Borgias: The Most Infamous Family in HistoryLecture
25 November 2025Christmas at Cotehele: The Garland in the HallVisit
21 November 2025Art DecoSpecial Event
13 November 2025The History of London in Stained GlassLecture
03 November 2025Wren's London ChurchesTour
09 October 2025Music in ArtLecture
30 September 2025KillarneyTour
11 September 2025Influences on PhotographyLecture
12 June 2025The Lure of the Midi; Modern Artists and the South of FranceLecture
12 May 2025Merrivale Stone Rows, Princetown and TavistockVisit
08 May 2025Indians, Buffalo and Storms; The American West in 19th century ArtLecture
26 April 2025Puglia TourTour
10 April 2025The Woman who Ate her Husband Lecture
04 April 2025All at Sea: Seafaring, Seaside Modern and UnderseaSpecial Event
31 March 2025Kingston Lacy VisitVisit
13 March 2025Bombing with Banksy and Co; The graffiti and street art of east London and Spitalfields Lecture
13 February 2025Edward Coley Burne-Jones: The last Pre RaphaeliteLecture
09 January 2025Celebrating the Royal Academy of ArtsLecture
12 December 2024The Life of an Opera Singer; The inside track Lecture
28 November 2024Architectural Trompe L'Oeil- The Story of Frescos and MuralsSpecial Event
14 November 2024The Cradle of ImpressionismLecture
10 October 2024Collecting the Grand Tour; The enlightenment of the English Gentlemen. Lecture
29 September 2024The History of Western Sicily and PalermoTour
16 September 2024Buckland Abbey and Brent Tor ChurchVisit
02 September 2024Highgrove VisitVisit
13 June 2024The Classic Reinvented: The Brilliant Legacy of Sir Christopher WrenLecture
23 May 2024"New York, New York"Special Event
21 May 2024Dunster Castle VisitVisit
09 May 2024Pigments of the imagination - 10 things you should know about Icons.Lecture
15 April 2024The Historic Houses and Heritage of SuffolkTour
11 April 2024Furniture of the Common Man: Vernacular Furniture Lecture
20 March 2024Sicily: Cultural CrossroadsSpecial Event
08 February 2024Fashion, Fury And Feminism: Women’s Fight For ChangeLecture
11 January 2024The Art of the CartoonistLecture
14 December 2023Pioneering Potteries 0f The South WestLecture
30 November 2023Ghastly Good TasteSpecial Event
09 November 2023The painting Secrets of Freud and BaconLecture
18 October 2023Athelhampton HouseVisit
12 October 2023Why is Tolstoy's "Anna Karenina" still so popular today?Lecture
03 October 2023Magical Andalucía - Granada, the Alhambra, Cordoba, Seville & RondaTour
08 June 2023Nicholas Hilliard and the art of the miniature Lecture
06 June 2023Mount Edgecumbe and Antony HouseVisit
25 May 2023The 'ISMs": How To Understand Modern ArtSpecial Event
11 May 2023Bauhaus: Idea and Reality Lecture
17 April 2023Northern Ireland, Belfast, Derry & the Titanic ExperienceTour
13 April 2023Cool Marble: the essential guide to Greek sculpture Lecture
23 March 2023Moorish Architecture and Designs in Andalucia. Special Event
09 March 2023England's Green And Pleasant LandLecture
09 February 2023Cézanne: the (unlikely) father of modern art Lecture
12 January 2023Here We Are Again: the great British pantomime Lecture
08 December 2022Norman Rockwell. Great American Artist or mere illustratorLecture
10 November 2022The art of the Low Countries and the start of Landscape painting. Lecture
13 October 2022Sir John Betjeman - His Life, Times and Enthusiasms Lecture
02 October 2022The Floriade, Holland and the Dutch MastersTour
08 September 2022Blenheim Palace - The Agony and the EcstasyLecture
24 July 2022Sherborne Abbey and Sherborne Castle Visit
16 June 2022Two extraordinary goldsmiths Special Event
09 June 2022Picasso and his Women Lecture
12 May 2022Garden Design and the Use of Colour Lecture
12 May 2022Garden Design and the Use of Colour Lecture
09 May 2022Mapperton House and GardensVisit
14 April 2022RaphaelLecture
31 March 2022Music in Art Special Event
10 March 2022The Classic Re-invented: The Brilliant Legacy of Christopher Wren Lecture
10 February 2022John Constable's lesser known paintings Lecture
13 January 2022Provenance Matters: The Mass Faking of the Russian Avant-Garde on the World Art Market 2000- 2018 Lecture
09 December 2021Celebrate, Rejoice, Rise up Lecture
11 November 2021Cathedrals are Safe Places to do Risky Things Lecture
14 October 2021CARAVAGGIO IS NOT THE ONLY ARTIST:Lecture
05 October 2021The Box, Plymouth Visit
09 September 2021John Sell Cotman: lost in landscapeLecture
10 June 2021The Glories of Byzantium Lecture
13 May 2021Misia Sert: Queen of Paris, Muse, Patron of the Arts and Fashion Icon Lecture
08 April 2021Peru: The Incas and their Predecessors seen through their Arts and Textiles. Lecture
11 March 2021David Hockney - The Old Master of Modern Art Lecture
11 February 2021Before Impressionism, Sketch and Finish in 19th Century Landscape, Painting in Plein AiLecture
14 January 2021The Genius of Antonio Stradivari Lecture
12 November 2020Augustus and Gwen John Lecture
08 October 2020Mad Men and Artists - How the Advertising Industry Exploited Fine Art Lecture
11 September 2020Europe's Best Kept Secret.
The Painted Monasteries of Bulgaria Lecture