4 day Visit  to  Liverpool 23-26 April  2012  [O]

Norman Coady The Development of the Nude in Renaissance Art 18 April [L]

Theatre Royal and National Portrait Gallery 28 March  [O]

Robert Freidus [Legacy of Love - Italian Memorial Sculptures - 1820-1940  March 22  EL]

Christopher Herbert Most Excellent Tree : The Changing Image of the Cross  21 MarchL]

Marie-Therese Barrett   -Artistic Encounters between Japan and the West   6 March  [S]

Bertie Pearce -Wonder Workers and the Art of Illusion.  23  February  [EL]

Strawberry Hill House and the Brentford Musical Museum - 22 February  [O]

David Battie   Batty About Pots 15 February  [L]

Antony Penrose, Roland Penrose “The Friendly Surrealist”  26th January  [EL]

Leonardo da Vinci at the Court of Milan Exhibition  26th January   [O]

David Cross - Science through the eyes of the artist   18 January 2012   [L]

Ian Pickford   Silver and Social  Custom       10 January 2012    [S]

Festive Lunch at Blenheim Palace 7 December  [O]

Kate Williams - Queen Victoria- Success Through Portraiture and Struggle for the Throne - 24 th November  [L]

Shirley Smith   Leonardo da Vinci at the Court of Milan   16 November  [L]

Mark Cottle-English Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts 1 November. [S]

Christopher Bradley-Abyssinia - 3000 Years of Ethiopian Art 27  October [EL]

4 day Visit to Berlin - October 2011  [O]

Ian Kelly - Casanova : Food Writer  [L]

Claydon House 28th September    [O]

Clare Ford Wille  - Berlin Old and New 22 Sept [EL]

Terry Pearson  - Gloriana: Queen Elizabeth I, Woman and Icon  21 Sept  [L]

 

2010-2011 season

Chairman’s dinner 17th June   [O]

Andrew Davies  - Sir John Betjeman.  His life, times and enthusiasms   15 June   [L]

National Maritime Museum and the Queen’s House   25th May [O]

Caroline Holmes  The Tudor Garden: Cultivating the Renaissance in England  18 May   [L]

Derbyshire 4 day visit in May .

Batemans:   Kipling’s House  27 April   [O]

Frank Woodgate Blondes have more fun: The Art of David Hockney   20 April:     [L]

 

Brief reports of past events                   click underlined text to see the report

[L ] morning  lecture :  [EL]  evening lecture :  [S]  special interest day :   [O]  outing