Our lectures

For all his talent, this rather unpleasant, over ambitious, over confident man actually lived through some tough times personally. But...

In the year 2000, having been a Curator in the Greek and Roman Department of the British Museum for 13...

This is the remarkable untold story of Carry On actor Peter Butterworth, and his wife, Britain’s first female tv impressionist...

Most of us lived through the Cold War, but now it’s history. The Western Allies and their implacable foes, the...

This is a narrative approach to the revival of 15th century carpets in Khiva, a desert oasis in Uzbekistan. Illuminations on...

Angelica Kauffman was one of the most important artists of the 18th century, described by one of her contemporaries as...

In December 2024, Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris reopened after a devastating fire had threatened to destroy it five years...

During the Edo period of rule by the Tokugawa Shogunate (1615-1868), the arts of Japan gained in richness and diversity....

The great Venetian artist Canaletto spent ten years living in London producing wonderful landscapes of the city and its surrounds....

 Lost for centuries until its rediscovery in the 1970’s, we will discover one of South America’s greatest archaeological treasures and...

Peggy Guggenheim was the ‘poor little rich girl’ who changed the face of twentieth century art. Not only was she...

St Catherine’s Monastery, at the foot of Mount Sinai in Egypt was founded in the sixth century by Byzantine emperor...

By the latter half of the 1700s, British artists were making their mark and, if they wanted to make money,...

Christmas at Blenheim Palace has always been a time of celebration. The 7th Duke and Duchess followed the lead of...