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25 August 2026The Evolution of Street ArtLecture
23 June 2026The Queen Mother's Lifelong Love of JewelleryLecture
16 June 2026Chartwell, Kent - coach travelVisit
26 May 2026Tulip Mania, a 17th Century Passion in Art, Gardens and CollectingLecture
12 May 2026Champs Hill - The Art of the Newlyn SchoolVisit
28 April 2026The Art of the CartoonistLecture
24 March 2026London's Lost Department StoresLecture
24 February 2026The Exotic in English ArchitectureLecture
27 January 2026Shaken by an Earthquake Igor Stravinsky/The Ballets RussesLecture
25 November 2025Viking Gods and Valkyries – The Art of Norse MythologyLecture
14 November 2025Study Day on French Artists - programme to followSpecial Event
28 October 2025London UndergroundLecture
23 September 2025The Unknown ChurchillLecture
26 August 2025The History of Opera 1600 - Hamilton,Lecture
22 July 2025Imperial Calcutta – Arts and ArchitectureLecture
09 July 2025 Visit to Parham House. Visit
24 June 2025William Morris and the Arts and Crafts MovementLecture
17 June 2025Chichester Theatre backstage tourVisit
27 May 2025The Post-War Textile Visionaries of Modern Art: Zika and Lida AscherLecture
08 May 2025Farleys Farmhouse, Chiddingly from middayVisit
22 April 2025The Confirmed Brilliance of British ArchitectureLecture
08 April 2025Visit to Palllant Hse Gallery ChichesterVisit
25 March 2025The Art of Art DecoLecture
25 February 20251951: The Festival of BritainLecture
28 January 2025John Singer Sargent: The Private Radical Lecture
26 November 2024'A Right Royal Christmas' Royal Festivities through the AgesLecture
15 November 2024Study Day - William HogarthSpecial Event
22 October 2024The Mayan Civilisation of Central AmericaLecture
24 September 2024Life on a Harp String: The History of this Unique InstrumentLecture
10 September 2024Breamore House, Fordingbridge, Hampshire, SP6 2DFVisit
27 August 2024Sorolla, The Master of LightLecture
06 August 2024A tour of Goodwood House, Chichester, PO18 0PXVisit
23 July 2024Linking China with Europe: Blue-and-white in the Middle EastLecture
16 July 2024The Old Vicarage, Washington, RH20 4ASVisit
25 June 2024My work as a Theatre Set DesignerLecture
13 June 2024A visit to Sculptor Philip Jackson's home and garden Visit
28 May 2024Top 20 Most popular artworks in Britain todayLecture
23 April 2024Fabergé: Jeweller to a Vanished WorldLecture
16 April 2024Champs Hill, Pulborough, RH20 1LYVisit
26 March 2024The Landscape Art of Andy GoldsworthyLecture
12 March 2024Jane Austen's House and Chawton HouseVisit
27 February 2024Knight Errant: The Life and Adventures of William the MarshalLecture
23 January 2024Girls Behaving Badly: Jane Austen's Wicked WomenLecture
28 November 2023Art and FoodLecture
03 November 2023Study Day Lecture
24 October 2023The Modern Art of Watercolour - a Global MovementLecture
05 October 2023Charleston Farmhouse, LewesVisit
26 September 2023Cambodia: The Sacred Art of Angkor and Living ArtsLecture
19 September 2023A tour of ArundelVisit
25 July 2023The History of Art Criticism; from Aristotle to FAcebookLecture
18 July 2023Stopham Vineyard nr PulboroughVisit
27 June 2023The Hidden World of Canal HistoryLecture
13 June 2023St Mary's House and GardenVisit
30 May 2023The English Country Church: Pre-Christian to the TudorsLecture
18 May 2023Philip Jackson's studioVisit
26 April 2023Champs Hill 'Made in Sussex'Visit
25 April 2023Pepys' CityLecture
28 March 2023Magnificent Mosaics, Windows in the the Colourful Roman WorldLecture
21 March 2023Visit to Watts GalleryVisit
28 February 2023The Enigma of Edward ElgarLecture
31 January 2023Giles: His Life, Times and CartoonsLecture
22 November 2022Thomas Heatherwick, A Modern LeonardoLecture
25 October 2022Landscape and the Environment from Joseph Wright to Richard Long, Lecture
25 October 2022Pepys' CityLecture
07 October 2022Study Day Programme - Celebrating Womem as ArtistsLecture
27 September 2022Damien Hirst: What’s it Worth?Lecture
26 July 2022Lyres through the AgesLecture
14 July 2022Visit to Matt Black BarnVisit
28 June 2022We are amused! A panorama of Victorian Leisure from the Parlour to the Seaside, via the nursery Lecture
26 May 2022Parham HouseVisit
24 May 2022Greek Drama in Greek Vase PaintingsLecture
26 April 2022A Private Place of Art - Frederic Leighton’s Studio HouseLecture
22 March 2022Punishing StatuesLecture
02 March 2022Visit to Champs Hill, Colwaltham, PulboroughVisit
22 February 2022Legends of Czech GlassLecture
16 February 2022Visit to Pallant House and Chichester CathedralVisit
25 January 2022Why Roy LIchtenstein MattersLecture
23 November 2021Diaghilev And The Ballets RussesLecture
26 October 2021Gilt And Gorgeousness: A Celebration Of The 200th Anniversary of The Reign Of George IVLecture
08 October 2021Study Day The Newlyn SchoolSpecial Event
28 September 2021Cathedrals: Safe Places to do Risky ThingsLecture
24 August 2021King Henry VIII brought to life Lecture
27 July 2021Lee Miller Witnessing Women At WarLecture
22 July 2021Visit to Roche Court Sculpture ParkVisit
22 June 2021The World of Graham Sutherland and John PiperLecture
09 June 2021Champs HillVisit
25 May 2021Faber & Faber: Ninety Years Of Excellence In Cover DesignLecture
27 April 2021Cunard History and Glamorous StarsLecture
23 March 2021Charles Dickens- The man And His Life Through His CharactersLecture
23 February 2021English Women in the French RevolutionLecture
26 January 2021The Use and Role of Colour in English Garden DesignLecture
24 November 2020Pleasure, Sin and men with Fish heads: the Fantastical Works of Hieronymous BoschLecture
27 October 2020A Brief Story of WineLecture
22 September 2020Great Railway Stations-Evoking the Sprit of Romance and AdventureLecture
28 July 2020Treasures of the Fan MuseumLecture
23 June 2020Lee Miller Witnessing Women at WarLecture
10 June 2020Salisbury Cathedral and Precincts Visit
01 April 2020March to June lectures 2020Lecture
01 April 2020MARCH - JUNE LECTURERS 2020Lecture
01 April 2020LECTURES MAY TO JUNE 2020Lecture
24 March 2020Faber&Faber: Ninety years of Excellence in Cover DesignLecture
15 March 2020British MuseumVisit
25 February 2020Canaletto's LondonLecture
28 January 2020The Elgin (Parthenon) MarblesLecture
26 November 2019The Art of Snow and Ice: How Artists Transformed The Winter LandscapeLecture
19 November 2019Study Day “Americans Abroad: James McNeill Whistler and John Singer Sargent”Special Event
19 November 2019Study Day '“Americans Abroad: James McNeill Whistler and John Singer Sargent”Lecture
22 October 2019Sex and the City: Hogarth and 18th century LondonLecture
10 October 2019KnoleVisit
24 September 2019In Search of Leokadiya Kashperova: Musical Adventures in RussiaLecture
23 July 2019From Downton to Gatsby: Jewellery and Fashion from 1890 to 1929Lecture
10 July 2019Bombay Sapphire and Silk MillVisit
25 June 2019A Decorative Art; the History of WallpapersLecture
06 June 2019Christ's HospitalVisit
28 May 2019Soviet Central Asian MosaicsLecture
15 May 2019AthelhamptonVisit
26 April 2019Champs HillVisit
23 April 2019Art and Illusion: Stage Scenery from Sophocles to SpidermanLecture
26 March 2019Constable in BrightonLecture
21 March 2019Brighton Pavilion and Art GalleryVisit
26 February 2019The Italian JobLecture
22 January 2019The Textile Arts of MexicoLecture
27 November 2018AVM Curiosities:food, art and historyLecture
23 October 2018Same old, same new AGM Please note 1.45 pm startLecture
16 October 2018StourheadVisit
25 September 2018Dame Zaha HadidLecture
31 July 2018Highclere Castle and Sandham Memorial Chapel.Visit
24 July 2018Banks, Burgundy and PiracyLecture
26 June 2018Georgia O'Keefe and her unique artistic visionLecture
12 June 2018Kew GardensVisit
22 May 2018The Marianne North CollectionLecture
16 May 2018Champs HillVisit
01 May 2018Kingston LacyVisit
24 April 2018Satirist to Insanity : cartoons of James GillrayLecture
27 March 2018The Art of Paula RegoLecture
27 February 2018Great Lengths : the history of lidosLecture
23 January 2018Pots and Frocks : Grayson PerryLecture
28 November 2017The Inventors of ChristmasLecture
24 October 2017The Art of the JokeLecture
26 September 2017Glorious Things : Discovering Byzantium Through Its ArtLecture
25 July 2017Foreigners in London 1520-1677Lecture
27 June 2017The Great ExhibitionLecture
23 May 2017Empowering People : the Real Voice of Street ArtLecture
25 April 2017William Morris and the Arts and Crafts MovementLecture
28 March 2017Inspired by StonehengeLecture
28 February 2017Getting Under Their Skins : Finding Character and Story in Renaissance ArtLecture
24 January 2017Art in Venice : Poets, Painters and Private Lives in Venice Lecture
22 November 2016Oh Yes It Is! A History of PantomimeLecture
26 July 2016Women Artists and ImpressionismLecture
24 May 2016John Singer Sargent : Power of the PortraitLecture
26 April 2016The Collection of Napoleon and JosephineLecture
22 March 2016The Art of Arabic CalligraphyLecture
24 November 2015A Christmas Pie Lecture
27 October 2015The Strange History Of Buckingham PalaceLecture
22 September 2015Art Therapy in SocietyLecture
28 July 2015"Now You See It"Lecture
23 June 2015Stanhope Forbes : A Fish Sale on a Cornish Beach - The Authority of the GazeLecture
26 May 2015The Art and Architecture of the Khmer EmpireLecture
28 April 2015Eric Ravilious : A Life in PicturesLecture
24 March 2015Man's Real Best Friend : Horses, Art and HistoryLecture
24 February 2015Contemporary Art and the Old Masters : Lessons Learned and RejectedLecture
27 January 2015Charles Darwin and the Voyage of The BeagleLecture
25 November 2014Twentieth Century SculptureLecture