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16 June 2026Bulmer Brick and Tile Works, SudburyVisit
09 June 2026Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers in LondonLecture
27 May 2026The Art and History of Glasgow, Edinburgh and Charles Rennie MackintoshTour
12 May 2026How Many Colours in the Rainbow?Lecture
21 April 2026Finn Juhl: The Fall and Rise of Denmark’s Greatest DesignerLecture
25 March 2026Cambridge Botanic GardensVisit
10 March 2026A Celebration of Nature; Antoni Gaudi (1852-1926) and Other Catalan ArchitectsLecture
05 March 2026The Cultural Revolution in Central EuropeSpecial Event
17 February 2026Murray Edwards College: The Women's Art CollectionVisit
10 February 2026The Art of the JokeLecture
20 January 2026Shopping on the Rialto in Renaissance VeniceLecture
15 January 2026Pembroke CollegeVisit
02 December 2025The Twelve Days of ChristmasLecture
17 November 2025Bury St EdmundsVisit
11 November 2025Rosa Bonheur (1822-1899): Animal Painter ExtraordinaireLecture
21 October 2025Saffron WaldenVisit
14 October 2025Painting is Dead...Long Live Photography!Lecture
05 October 2025Classical SicilyTour
10 June 2025Writers and Relics: a Brief History of Literary TourismLecture
21 May 2025The Shuttleworth CollectionVisit
13 May 2025Dazzling Dufy: Invitation to a Luminous Feast with Raoul DufyLecture
22 April 2025The Imperial Easter Eggs of Carl Fabergé: after the RevolutionLecture
26 March 2025Ely Stained Glass MuseumVisit
11 March 2025The Mayan Civilisation of Central AmericaLecture
11 February 2025The Dinosaur Sculptures of Crystal PalaceLecture
28 January 2025Museum of ZoologyVisit
21 January 2025Charles I: King and CollectorLecture
03 December 2024The Curious History of Christmas FoodLecture
14 November 2024The Wellcome Genome CampusVisit
12 November 2024Time Machines: Clocks in Art and Literature from c.1300 to nowLecture
08 October 2024NG200: celebrating 200 years of the National GalleryLecture
20 September 2024The Mallory Exhibition at Magdalene CollegeVisit
19 June 2024The Manor at Hemingford GreyVisit
11 June 2024Opera - the Melting Pot of CultureLecture
14 May 2024Bruegel, the Seasons and the WorldLecture
10 May 2024The National Stud, NewmarketVisit
22 April 2024Historic Landmarks of the North EastTour
16 April 2024Aboriginal Rock ArtLecture
22 March 2024William Blake at the Fitzwilliam MuseumVisit
12 March 2024Stabat Mater - A Journey through Holy WeekLecture
13 February 2024Same Old, Same New - Can the Old Masters Help Us Understand Modern and Contemporary Works of Art?Lecture
24 January 2024Museum of Archaeology and AnthropologyVisit
09 January 2024How to Get Down from a Yak - Adventures in Central Asian Nomadic TextilesLecture
05 December 2023Dick Whittington - International Man of Myth and Myster(ie)Lecture
30 November 2023Cambridge Central MosqueVisit
14 November 2023The Bayeux Tapestry - 950 Years of Propaganda, Intrigue and SpinLecture
17 October 2023The Scott Polar Research InstituteVisit
10 October 2023From Biscuits to Blouses - Garibaldi and the BritishLecture
27 June 2023Secret Cambridge: Robinson CollegeVisit
13 June 2023Creating the Golden Era of Transatlantic LinersLecture
17 May 2023Gainsborough's HouseVisit
09 May 2023The Mosaics of Ravenna: for the Glory of Kings, Emperors and EmpressesLecture
18 April 2023VermeerLecture
21 March 2023Dutch Art TreasuresTour
14 March 2023The Other Side: Counter Memorials - Germany’s post-WW2 culture of apology and atonementLecture
03 March 2023SECRET CAMBRIDGE: The Robert Cripps art gallery at Magdalene CollegeVisit
14 February 2023Wonderful Things! Tutankhamun's Tomb and TreasuresLecture
17 January 2023Cambridge Central MosqueVisit
10 January 2023The Kennedy White House: the Art, Architecture and Gardens of CamelotLecture
06 December 2022Fear Not! The Annunciation in ArtLecture
21 November 2022Clothes in Film, Fashions that made the MoviesSpecial Event
08 November 2022Norman Rockwell and the Heyday of the IllustratorLecture
11 October 2022The Dowager Empress CixiLecture
26 September 2022SECRET CAMBRIDGE! The Robert Cripps art gallery at Magdalene CollegeVisit
22 August 2022SECRET CAMBRIDGE! Behind the scenes at Anglesey AbbeyVisit
07 June 2022Chopin and his MusicLecture
10 May 2022Medieval Illuminated Books of HoursLecture
23 April 2022Baroque Sicily CANCELLED due to COVIDTour
19 April 2022Royal Collectors: Queen Victoria, Prince Albert and their ArtLecture
01 April 2022SECRET CAMBRIDGE! A private visit to Magdalene CollegeVisit
21 March 2022Russia and the WestSpecial Event
08 March 2022A Photographic Odyssey: Shackleton's Endurance Expedition Captured on CameraLecture
08 February 2022The Treasures of the Livery Company HallsLecture
25 January 2022CANCELLED Homer's World of Heroes: Greece in the Mycenean AgeLecture
11 January 2022Pharaohs of the Sun: How Egypt's Despots and Dreamers drove the Rise and Fall of Tutankhamun's DynastyLecture
07 December 2021A Dickens of a ChristmasLecture
22 November 2021The life of a Decorative Arts Curator at the Fitzwilliam MuseumSpecial Event
09 November 2021A Tour of Big BenLecture
12 October 2021From Peasants to Czars: A Portrait of Nineteenth Century RussiaLecture
08 June 2021We Do Like to be Beside the SeasideLecture
20 May 2021As Good as Gold - A special lecture in Celebration of the Arts Society's Golden anniversaryLecture
11 May 2021A Brief Story of WineLecture
29 April 2021“Undressing Antiques” - A persuasive introduction to buying antiques and integrating and using them in today’s homesLecture
20 April 2021British Studio Pottery – A concise HistoryLecture
01 April 2021150 years of London Underground DesignLecture
22 March 2021Paste, plastic and tin cans: Jewellery in Britain, 1800-nowSpecial Event
09 March 2021The Age of JazzLecture
04 March 2021Making Visions: the Jewellery of Artist Charles RickettsLecture
11 February 2021Turner vs Constable: The Great British Paint-OffLecture
09 February 2021Raphael of Urbino, Artist and ArchitectLecture
14 January 2021Pots and Frocks – the world of Grayson Perry From Essex punk potter to superstar national treasureLecture
12 January 2021The Art and Culture of Fin-de-Siècle ViennaLecture
10 December 2020Messenger or Missile? Angels glad tidings, doom, gloom or perdition(s)Lecture
08 December 2020James Gillray, Caterpillar on the Green Leaf of Reputation Lecture
10 November 2020The Rôle of the Arts in the Cycle of Crime, Prison and Re-offendingLecture
05 November 2020The Studio-Houses of the Holland Park CircleLecture
13 October 2020Madonna or Whore? A Woman’s Lot in Victorian EnglandLecture
08 October 2020Cleopatra: The Most Womanly of Women and the Most Queenly of QueensLecture
01 September 202010.30am Murder and Modernism: Walter Sickert and the Camden Town GroupLecture
01 September 20202pm Giles: his life, times and cartoonsLecture
09 June 2020POSTPONED Giles: his life, times and cartoonsLecture
12 May 2020POSTPONED Murder and Modernism: Walter Sickert and the Camden Town GroupLecture
05 May 2020Burghley House, Stamford CANCELLEDVisit
04 May 2020A visit to Shropshire CANCELLED due to COVIDTour
09 April 2020Charles Rennie Macintosh House & The Guildhall, NorthamptonVisit
09 April 2020David Parr House, Gwydir Street, CambridgeVisit
24 March 2020Ely Cathedral and Ickworth CANCELLEDVisit
10 March 2020The Dancing Faun: a personal story of a masterpieceLecture
05 March 2020Crossing Continents - Northern LightsSpecial Event
18 February 2020English Climate or French Perfidy: the failure of English sericultureLecture
14 January 2020Engraved on my Heart: Mary Tudor, the Cloth of the Field of Gold and Notre-Dame de CalaisLecture
03 December 2019Io Saturnalia! Happy Christmas the Roman wayLecture
19 November 2019Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery CANCELLEDVisit
18 November 2019Magic Lanterns to Metro Goldwyn MayerSpecial Event
12 November 2019The Queen of Instruments: the lute within Old Master paintingsLecture
15 October 2019From Bronzes to Banksy: an armchair tour of public art and street artLecture
11 June 2019JMW Turner and the Day Parliament Burned DownLecture
29 May 2019Harlow – Sculptures, Art Gallery, Sir Frederick Gibberd’s house, garden and sculptures Visit
14 May 2019Shakespeare : The Birth of Modern Show-BusinessLecture
09 May 2019Grimsthorpe CastleVisit
06 May 2019A visit to Wiltshire and DorsetTour
23 April 2019Doddington Hall, LincolnshireVisit
16 April 2019Fortitude and Fancy : Catherine of Aragon and Anne BoleynLecture
18 March 2019The early life and influences of William MorrisSpecial Event
12 March 2019Artists and EspionageLecture
27 February 2019Blenheim Palace, Bladon Church and WoodstockVisit
12 February 2019Shaken by an earthquake : Stravinsky, the Ballets Russes and The Rite of SpringLecture
15 January 2019Mad Men and the Artists - How The Art Industry has exploited Fine ArtLecture
04 December 2018From Frozen Forests to Reindeer: Gems from LifeLecture
20 November 2018Hampton Court PalaceVisit
13 November 2018Zaha Hadid : Architectural SuperstarLecture
05 November 2018How American Women have challenged the British EstablishmentSpecial Event
24 October 2018Voewood House and Castle AcreVisit
09 October 2018Celebrating the Royal Academy of Arts: its 250th AnniversaryLecture
12 June 2018The Art of the Poster: The Poor Man's Art Gallery?Lecture
16 May 2018Gainsborough's House and Cedric Morris ExhibitionVisit
15 May 2018Richer than the Romanovs: The Art of Prince Nikolai Borisovich YusupovLecture
07 May 2018Art Treasures of Northern ItalyTour
01 May 2018Harlaxton ManorVisit
17 April 2018The Sainsbury Centre for the Visual ArtsVisit
17 April 2018The Phenomenon of Mining ArtLecture
21 March 2018Eton College and Dorney HallVisit
19 March 2018Chinese ceramics and the Foundling MuseumSpecial Event
13 March 2018Breeches, Bonnets and Bags: British Fashion in Art through the AgesLecture
20 February 2018Higgins Art Gallery and Museum, and the John Bunyan MuseumVisit
13 February 2018Lawrence of Arabia: Excavating a LegendLecture
16 January 2018Going Potty about CommodesLecture
05 December 2017Mars and the Muses:The Renaissance Art of ArmourLecture
15 November 2017Winter in WindsorVisit
07 November 2017Out of the Blue: The story of Blue in ArtLecture
06 November 2017Art Nouveau, 1890 - 1905Special Event
10 October 2017The Most Infamous Family in History: The BorgiasLecture