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08 October 2026Treasures of the Silk Road: The Arts of Asia and Beyond Lecture
30 September 2026What's On: September 2026WhatsOn
10 September 2026Art’s Hidden Secrets Lecture
31 August 2026Taking a break!WhatsOn
30 June 2026What's On: June 2026WhatsOn
11 June 2026The Wonderful World of Heath Robinson: Cartoons and Contraptions.Lecture
31 May 2026What's On: May 2026WhatsOn
14 May 2026A History of Blue: When Monet’s Waterlilies Met Hokusai’s Great Wave.Lecture
30 April 2026What's On: April 2026WhatsOn
09 April 2026National Treasures: Saving London’s Museums and Galleries in the Second World War.Lecture
31 March 2026What's On: March 2026WhatsOn
12 March 2026Caravaggio: Murderer or Genius?Lecture
28 February 2026What's On: February 2026WhatsOn
12 February 2026Banksy: The A to Z of a Street ArtistLecture
31 January 2026What's On: January 2026WhatsOn
08 January 2026The World of Art Deco.Lecture
31 December 2025What's On: December 2025WhatsOn
11 December 2025How the West was Spun: The Role of Art in Building the American Persona. Lecture
30 November 2025What's On: November 2025WhatsOn
13 November 2025The Age of Jazz.Lecture
31 October 2025What's On: October 2025WhatsOn
09 October 2025Rattigan to Pinter: Postwar Theatre - Who Stands the Test of Time?Lecture
30 September 2025What's On: September 2025WhatsOn
11 September 2025Antony Gormley: A Body of Work.Lecture
31 August 2025Taking a Break!WhatsOn
30 June 2025What's On: June 2025WhatsOn
12 June 2025Royal Jewels and the American Heiress.Lecture
31 May 2025What's On: May 2025WhatsOn
08 May 2025The Bauhaus: Idea and RealityLecture
30 April 2025What’s On: April 2025WhatsOn
10 April 2025The Brilliance of Brunel: The Man who Built the Modern World.Lecture
31 March 2025What’s On: March 2025WhatsOn
13 March 2025Leni Riefenstahl, Hitler's Filmmaker.Lecture
28 February 2025What’s On: February 2025WhatsOn
13 February 2025Post War Fashion Illustrations and the Artists of Today.Lecture
09 January 2025Double Act.Lecture
12 December 2024Stocking Fillers from Faberge.Lecture
01 December 2024What’s On in December 2024WhatsOn
30 November 2024What's On in November 2024WhatsOn
14 November 2024The Jurassic World of Mary Anning.Lecture
31 October 2024What’s On in October 2024WhatsOn
10 October 2024The Divine Sunflower in Art and CultureLecture
30 September 2024What’s On in September 2024WhatsOn
12 September 2024Chinese Imperial Costume - Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) 'A journey through the Imperial Wardrobe'.Lecture
13 June 2024The Century of Deception: Hoaxes in the 18th Century.Lecture
09 May 2024Baroque on a Roll: Classical Music in the Modern Media.Lecture
11 April 2024Culture of Ukraine.Lecture
14 March 2024Quest for the Holy Grail.Lecture
08 February 2024The Men who made Menswear: Brummel to McQueen.Lecture
11 January 2024The Architecture of Mughal India: Palaces, Gardens & Mausoleums.Lecture
14 December 2023A Bit of a Carry On.Lecture
09 November 2023Not in Front of the Audience: Stage Censorship.Lecture
12 October 2023Seafaring: Art and Life at Sea from Turner until Today.Lecture
14 September 2023The Top 20 Most Popular Artworks in Britain Today.Lecture
08 June 2023The Art of DanceLecture
11 May 2023Great English Mansions...Made in America.Lecture
13 April 2023Grace Darling and the Fine Art of Saving Lives at Sea.Lecture
09 March 2023Sixty Years On: Life in Britain as seen in 1960s Films.Lecture
09 February 2023The OvershadowedLecture
12 January 2023Rescuing Zeugma from the Floodwaters of the Euphrates.Lecture
08 December 2022The Art of the CartoonistLecture
10 November 2022Behind the scenes at the National GalleryLecture
13 October 2022'In paynted pots is hidden the deadliest poyson' - English Delftware Drug Jars.Lecture
08 September 2022Jerome Kern, Irving Berlin, George Gershwin: An introductionLecture
09 June 2022An Artists Best Friend: The Dog in Art.Lecture
12 May 2022The Music of Trooping the Colour.Lecture
14 April 20228 Buildings for 8 Faiths in LondonLecture
10 March 2022Sunken Treasures from the East: Tales of Chinese Shipwreck Porcelain.Lecture
10 February 2022Oscar Wilde: Up Close. ZOOMLecture
20 January 2022Greenwich - A Virtual TourTour
13 January 2022Warwick Castle: A Forgotten Collection ZOOMLecture
16 December 2021CHRISTMAS LUNCH AT BARTELLASVisit
09 December 2021A Brief Story of Wine (Hybrid)Lecture
11 November 2021"The Paths of Glory": Art, Poetry and the Great War. (Hybrid)Lecture
14 October 2021Zaha Hadid - Architectural Superstar ZOOMLecture
09 September 2021Art and Illusion ZOOMLecture
10 June 2021150 Years of London Underground DesignLecture
13 May 2021The Subtle Science and exact Art of Colour in English Garden Design: Why Gardens can rank as Fine ArtLecture
08 April 2021Faces, Figures and Forms: Exploring Sculpture in the UK’s Public Art CollectionsLecture
11 March 2021Dickens, Lawrence and Zhivago: David Lean’s Art of CinemaLecture
11 February 2021English Women and the French RevolutionLecture
14 January 2021In the Kingdom of SweetsLecture
10 December 2020A Right Royal Christmas: How our Royal families have celebrated Christmas through the agesLecture
12 November 2020Insiders/Outsiders: Refugees from Nazi Europe and their contribution to British Visual Culture. (via ZOOM)Lecture
08 October 2020Art and Architecture: Estranged Bedfellows. (via ZOOM)Lecture
10 September 2020Treasures of the Livery Company Halls. (via ZOOM)Lecture
11 June 2020Dame Zaha Hadid CANCELLEDLecture
14 May 2020Warwick Castle – A Forgotten Collection. CANCELLEDLecture
09 April 2020Art and Illusion. CANCELLEDLecture
12 March 2020Mad Men and ArtistsLecture
13 February 2020The Paintings & Wit of Winston Churchill & Noel CowardLecture
09 January 2020Nomadic Textiles of Central AsiaLecture
05 December 2019Christmas with Giles, Grandma and the familyLecture
14 November 2019Tour of Big BenLecture
10 October 2019The Bayeux Tapestry, the World’s Oldest Comic StripLecture
12 September 2019The Magnificent Maya, Fact or FictionLecture
15 May 2019Avington Park, near WinchesterVisit
04 April 2019Brothers’ tour of Charterhouse and John Ruskin at Two Temple PlaceVisit
31 January 2019Strawberry Hill Exhibition and Ham HouseVisit