Details will follow shortly. Lecture: Alexandra Epps BA MA.

This event has been rescheduled from 2nd July 2020 due to coronavirus Hans Holbein brought with him from mainland Europe to England both sophistication and skill, with far reaching consequences for this island's artistic development. His Ambassadors is one of the National Gallery of London’s greatest treasures, dating from a tradition in the arts when no object was without meaning and symbolism, practically all of which has been lost to the modern observer. This lecture considers the tempestuous circumstances of…

Details will follow shortly. Lecture: Nigel Bates The Music Adminisrator, Royal Ballet.

This event has been rescheduled from the 2nd of April 2020 due to Coronavirus The Picturesque was the final phase of the English Landscape Movement.   Capability Brown’s serpentine curves, smooth lawns and clumps of trees were now considered insipid and dull by a generation with an enthusiasm for untamed nature and rugged wildness The aim was always to engender a pleasurable frisson of fear. Repton knew that this was all very well as theory, but his clients actually required practicality…

Details will follow shortly. Lecture: Sandy Burnett MA (Cantab) Musician and Broadcaster.

Details will follow shortly. Lecture: Justine Hopkins.

This event has been rescheduled from the 7th of May 2020 due to Coronavirus The work of S.J. Peploe and J.D. Fergusson was seen in Edinburgh and London in the decade leading up to World War 1, but Hunter and Cadell were less well known. All were bold pioneers in the field of rich colour and exuberant brushwork. The strong light and bright colour they discovered in France was easily harnessed to their favourite places in Scotland. Lecturer: Alice Foster MA…

Details will follow shortly. Lecture: Sue Jackson Lecturer, Guide.

Details will follow shortly. Lecture: Helen Ritchie MA(Cantab) Curator, Modern Applied Arts, The Fitzwilliam Museum.