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14 October 2026Paint the Town: The Story Behind the SprayLecture
09 September 2026Disorder Restored : the radical side of Agatha ChristieLecture
08 July 2026Edward Burne-Jones - legend of the Briar RoseLecture
29 June 2026Visit to National TheatreVisit
29 June 2026Behind the Scenes Tour of The Royal National Theatre, LondonVisit
10 June 2026Gilbert and Sullivan and the Birth of English OperettaLecture
13 May 2026A Portrait of Jewels: Following missing treasures through canvasLecture
08 April 2026Inspired by StonehengeLecture
11 March 2026Finest Ship of the Line: How Titanic changed the WorldLecture
26 February 2026Historic Guildford Walking tourVisit
11 February 2026George Villiers, Duke of BuckinghamLecture
14 January 2026The Golden Age of British ComedyLecture
10 December 2025Covent Garden: The Theatres Royal and the Birth of TheatrelandLecture
03 December 2025The Ballet ShoesVisit
12 November 2025Tintoretto ‘il furioso’: Painter for the PeopleLecture
14 October 2025Visit to the Wallace CollectionVisit
08 October 2025Great English Mansions - made in AmericaLecture
18 September 2025Visit to Kings Cross - Stations and CanalsVisit
10 September 2025Girls Behaving Badly: Jane Austen's Wicked WomenLecture
09 July 2025Casablanca: The Making of a LegendLecture
26 June 2025Royal Hospital ChelseaVisit
11 June 2025History of Cartoons: from William Hogarth to Private EyeLecture
20 May 2025Highlights tour - Tate to TateVisit
14 May 2025The Green Man in English ChurchesLecture
30 April 2025Visit to Parham House and GardensVisit
09 April 2025The Jurassic World of Mary AnningLecture
12 March 2025Bach and Handel - Separated at BirthLecture
20 February 2025A special visit to Adam Aaronson Glass Studio, West Horsley Surrey Visit
12 February 2025Renaissance Marriage and MythologyLecture
08 January 2025Monopoly The Game you know so well - or do you?Lecture
11 December 2024Dingley Dell to “A Christmas Carol”: Charles Dickens and ChristmasLecture
13 November 2024How Napier became the Art Deco Capital of the WorldLecture
09 October 2024Great Railway Stations – Evoking the Spirit of Romance and AdventureLecture
03 October 2024Guided tour Battersea Power StationVisit
11 September 2024The Wallace Collection's RembrandtsLecture
09 September 2024Visit to Leighton House and Sambourne HouseVisit
10 July 2024Catherine the Great: the World’s Greatest CollectorLecture
27 June 2024Visit to Hatfield HouseVisit
12 June 2024Bringing India to BritainLecture
23 May 2024Visit to the National GalleryVisit
08 May 2024Three Great Families and their GardensLecture
17 April 2024Legal London Visit Visit
10 April 2024A Private Palace of Art - Frederic Leighton's Studio HouseLecture
13 March 2024Behind the Scenes at the National GalleryLecture
11 March 2024A visit to Horsley Towers and talk on Ada LovelaceVisit
14 February 2024Madonnas and Miracles: The Golden Age of Sienese PaintingsLecture
10 January 2024Tite Street - home to artists and eccentricsLecture
13 December 2023From Tchaikovsky to Tin Pan AlleyLecture
23 November 2023Seasonal Visit to WinchesterVisit
08 November 2023Through a Glass Darkly: Vermeer and the Camera ObscuraLecture
11 October 2023National Treasures Lecture
13 September 2023For Their Majesties' Pleasure: Treasures from the Royal Library at Windsor CastleLecture
20 July 2023Longford CastleVisit
12 July 2023A Carpet Ride to Khiva: Exploring the Revival of 15th Century Timurid Carpet Designs Lecture
14 June 2023Vauxhall Revisited: London’s Pleasure Gardens, 1660-1877 Lecture
15 May 2023Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Club - Group Tour & self-guided tour of museumVisit
10 May 2023Fabergé: Objects of DesireLecture
24 April 2023Visit to Trinity HouseVisit
12 April 2023The Healing Power of PlantsLecture
23 March 2023Visit to Greenwich by boat and guided tours of the Cutty Sark and the Painted Hall.Visit
08 March 2023Simplicity & Splendour: Arts and Crafts InteriorsLecture
22 February 2023Behind the scenes at Polesden Lacey, BookhamVisit
08 February 2023The Dust Bowl through the Lens of a Photographer Lecture
11 January 2023'As if by Magic': Secrets of Turner’s Watercolour TechniqueLecture
14 December 2022Baroque on a Roll: Classical Music in the Modern MediaLecture
01 December 2022Christmas at BlenheimVisit
09 November 2022The Greatest Art Patron in the World: Rudolph II and his KunstkammernLecture
03 November 2022Virtual Tour of Borghese GalleriesVisit
12 October 2022Writers and Relics: A Brief History of Literary TourismLecture
14 September 2022A Photographic Odyssey: Shackleton’s Endurance Expedition on CameraLecture
06 September 2022City Visit to include Cutlers Livery Company Visit
13 July 2022The Housekeepers Tale Lecture
07 July 2022London Walk with Ian SwankieVisit
25 June 202225th Anniversary Lunch and Lecture The Glory of Venice (Ticketed event) Lecture
08 June 2022Dame Laura KnightLecture
11 May 2022Wonders of the Roman Empire - Off LimitLecture
10 May 2022Lingfield and the Garth Pleasure GroundVisit
20 April 2022Visit to Arundel Castle and HardhamVisit
13 April 2022Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts Lecture
09 March 2022Giles; His Life, Times and Cartoons Lecture
23 February 2022Virtual Tour of RomeLecture
23 February 2022Virtual Tour of RomeVisit
23 February 2022Virtual tour of RomeVisit
16 February 2022Clarement Fan Court School and Esher ChurchesVisit
09 February 2022The Queen of Instruments: The Lute Within Old Masters Lecture
12 January 2022The Forensic Eye: How to Find your Inner Connoisseur Lecture
08 December 2021Children’s Book Illustrations Lecture
10 November 2021British Studio Pottery: A Concise History Lecture
13 October 2021Mars and The Muses: The Renaissance Art of ArmourLecture
04 October 2021Private Tour of Spencer House (FULLY BOOKED)Visit
08 September 2021Undressing Antiques Lecture
06 September 2021The Delights of Mid Wales Visit
15 July 2021Vann House GardensVisit
14 July 2021Played in London: Charting the Heritage of a City at PlayLecture
09 June 2021Hand Grenades like Cartier Clips: Lee Miller’s Life and Work in Fashion A talk on Lee Miller by her son,Lecture
12 May 2021The Collections of Napoleon and Josephine at the Chateau de MalmaisonLecture
22 April 2021Virtual Tour of British MuseumLecture
22 April 2021Virtual Tour of British MuseumVisit
14 April 2021Caravaggio: Murderer or Genius? Lecture
25 March 2021Virtual Tour of VeniceLecture
25 March 2021Virtual Tour of VeniceVisit
10 March 2021Gold of the Gods: Treasures of South America and the search for El DoradoLecture
25 February 2021Virtual Walk - Lisbon and BelemLecture
10 February 2021Turner v Constable: The Great British Paint-offLecture
28 January 2021One Westminster Six Palaces WalkLecture
13 January 2021The World’s Most Expensive Art Lecture
09 December 2020"Gilt and Gorgeousness" – A Celebration of the 200th Anniversary of King George IV’s Accession to the throne Lecture
26 November 2020Virtual Walking Tour of BathLecture
11 November 2020The Bed in Art: From Titian to EminLecture
30 October 2020Westminster School & the Supreme Court - Cancelled due to corona-19 Visit
19 October 2020Spencer House & Westminster School - CancelledVisit
14 October 2020The Borgias, the Most Infamous Family in History?Lecture
09 September 2020Fashion, Fury and Feminism. Women's Fight for ChangeLecture
03 September 2020Mid Wales Holiday - Postponed to Sep 2021Visit
13 August 2020Charleston and Farleys FarmVisit
12 August 2020Opera, the Melting Pot of CultureLecture
29 July 2020Virtual Walk through the East EndLecture
23 July 2020new tourTour
08 July 2020Debo; Cavendish, Duchess and HousewifeLecture
27 June 2020new specialSpecial Event
10 June 2020Quiz NightLecture
04 June 2020Borde Hill House and Gardens CANCELLEDVisit
27 May 2020The Power of PhotographyLecture
18 May 2020PwC Evening Art Tour at Embankment PlaceVisit
13 May 2020Wonders of the Roman Empire - Off LimitLecture
22 April 2020Lisbon and the Silver Coast Holiday CANCELLED Visit
15 April 2020Arundel Castle CANCELLED Visit
08 April 2020Gold of the Gods. Treasures of South America and EldoradoLecture
24 March 2020An Inspiring Greensand Way Walk CANCELLEDVisit
11 March 2020An Illustrated DickensLecture
01 March 2020test tourTour
18 February 2020Durdans Stables & Snowdrop WalkVisit
12 February 2020Raphael: A Master in the MakingLecture
02 February 2020old specialSpecial Event
26 January 2020Betchworth Park Sunday LunchVisit
08 January 2020Rene Lalique: Master of Art Nouveau Jewellery and Art Deco GlassLecture
11 December 2019It's not just TchaikovskyLecture
13 November 2019Gypsies, Tramps and ThievesLecture
09 October 2019Cordoba and BeyondLecture
01 October 2019Ightham Mote and Chevening HouseVisit
15 September 2019Western SicilyVisit
11 September 2019Modern Art through a Cartoonist EyeLecture
18 August 2019Grim's Dyke Tour, Tea and ConcertVisit
01 August 2019Great Dixter Garden and HouseVisit
10 July 2019Artists and EspionageLecture
20 June 2019Christ's Hospital SchoolVisit
12 June 2019Queen Victoria, Prince Albert and the ArtistsLecture
19 May 2019North Wales Tour 19-24 May 2019Visit
08 May 2019Tapestry - the ultimate wall decorationLecture
26 April 2019West Horsley Place (3rd visit)Visit
10 April 2019Klimt and the Austrian Succession: A Kiss for All the WorldLecture
08 April 2019City Visit to Mansion HouseVisit
19 March 2019Thames Stroll in the Shadow of the ShardVisit
13 March 2019Temples, Tombs and Treasures: in search of the Queen of ShebaLecture
20 February 2019Claremont Fan Court SchoolVisit
13 February 2019The Role of the Arts in the Cycle of Crime, Prison and Re-offendingLecture
10 February 2019Sunday Lunch at Betchworth Golf CourseVisit
09 January 2019Design for Wearing: Jewellery in the 20th CenturyLecture
12 December 2018That pretty German toyLecture
17 November 2018Historic Tour of Westminster Abbey with Purcell SingersVisit
14 November 2018Collecting on the Grand TourLecture
10 October 2018Chinese Imperial Court CostumeLecture
16 September 2018Treasures of RomaniaVisit
12 September 2018Aboriginal ArtLecture
11 September 2018Bamber Gascoigne's West Horsley PlaceVisit
05 September 2018'Woman's Place in Parliament' ExhibitionVisit
16 July 2018St Mary's House, Bramber & Lancing CollegeVisit
11 July 2018Lawrence of Arabia - Excavating the legendLecture
14 June 2018College of Arms Tour and supperVisit
13 June 2018Thomas Heatherwick - The Leonardo de Vinci of our timesLecture
11 June 2018Royal Holloway CollegeVisit
14 May 2018Isle of Wight HolidayVisit
09 May 2018Foreigners in London 1520 to 1677: The artists who changed the course of British Art.Lecture
25 April 2018College of Arms Tour and supperVisit
11 April 2018Benin Bronzes: Masterpieces of African ArtLecture
14 March 2018The Making of AssisiLecture
14 February 2018The Silver Thread: Silver Filigree and traditional arts in KosovoLecture
10 January 2018Pots & Frocks - the world of Grayson PerryLecture
07 January 2018"Loving Vincent" and Lecture at Leatherhead TheatreVisit
07 January 201850th Anniversary Lecture - Loving VincentLecture
19 December 2017Christmas by CandlelightVisit
13 December 2017Norman Rockwell's Christmas WishLecture
08 November 2017What really happened on Easter IslandLecture
18 October 2017Trip to Dover CastleVisit
15 October 2017Members Sunday LunchVisit
11 October 2017The Whole Art of the BookLecture
20 September 2017Trip to Istria 19th - 27th September 2017Visit
13 September 2017How women lived, loved and died in Paris 1939-1949Lecture
17 August 2017Stories in StitchworkVisit
12 July 2017The Huguenot Silk Weavers of SpitalfieldsLecture
06 July 2017Hampstead guided walk and visit to two National Trust housesVisit
22 June 2017UK tour to NorwichVisit
14 June 2017The Day Parliament Burned DownLecture
10 May 2017The Art of the PosterLecture
08 May 2017Knebworth House visitVisit
12 April 2017Not just Smoke and Mirrors - The Magical Art of Camouflage in WarfareLecture
08 April 2017Anniversary Lunch - Punch and JudyLecture
20 March 2017Two Temple PlaceVisit
10 March 2017East Surrey Area Special Interest MeetingVisit
08 March 2017Art Inspired by WineLecture
02 March 2017"Mary Rose"Visit
08 February 2017Vivaldi in VeniceLecture
02 February 2017City Visit and Old BaileyVisit
11 January 2017The Art and Architecture of the Khmer Empire Lecture
20 December 2016Concert in Parish Church - Christmas by CandlelightVisit
14 December 2016The Corked Conjurer: comedy, contempt and credulity in Georgian EnglandLecture
11 November 2016East Surrey Special Interest day on Capability BrownVisit
09 November 2016Legends of Czech GlassLecture
25 October 2016Glyndebourne Don GiovanniVisit
23 October 2016RFH ConcertVisit
12 October 2016Beautiful, Beastly, Bizarre: the Art of Hieronymus BoschLecture
15 September 2016Royal Festival Hall Concert: Rogers and HammersteinVisit
14 September 2016 Contemporary Artists - Antony Gormley - Anish KapoorLecture
08 September 2016Street Art Tour around ShoreditchVisit
27 July 2016Guided Walk and Tea in Gatton ParkVisit
13 July 2016Restoration Dramas: How some of Britain’s best-loved buildings were saved from destruction Lecture
08 June 2016The Elgin MarblesLecture
11 May 2016The Shakers: Their Beliefs, Architecture and ArtefactsLecture
19 April 2016Trip to LewesVisit
13 April 2016It Will Never Show - Designing historical costumes for film and televisionLecture
09 March 2016Everything Very FineLecture
10 February 2016The Drama behind the Taj Mahal: The Life and Times of the Indian Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan Lecture
13 January 2016The Secret Language of Sacred Spaces: religious architecture of the worldLecture
18 December 2015Carols by CandlelightLecture
09 December 2015GRAND FATHER FROST AND OLD NEW YEAR. CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS IN RUSSIA Lecture
11 November 2015PAULA REGO—TALES OF THE UNEXPECTEDLecture
14 October 2015MOZART’S ‘COSI’ A COMIC OPERA?Lecture
09 September 2015PHOTOGRAPHY AS FINE ARTLecture
04 August 2015Greywell Hill HouseVisit
08 July 2015Creating an art ExhibitionLecture
10 June 2015HENRY MOORE—ENGLAND’S GREATEST SCULPTORLecture
13 May 2015ETHIOPIA: 3000 YEARS OF HISTORY, ART AND ARCHITECTURELecture
08 April 2015LUTYENS ABROADLecture
11 March 2015INN SIGNIALecture
11 February 2015ALLUSIVE ARTIST – BANKSY AND STREET ART IN THE CONTEXT OF UNDERSTANDING MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ARTLecture
14 January 2015BLOOD ROSES AND ELEPHANTS: THE ART AND ARCHITECTURE OF ST. ALBANS ABBEY Lecture
10 December 2014‘Singe we Yule’ Lecture
12 November 2014Wanderings amongst the Nomadic Tribes of Iran & Afghanistan Lecture
08 October 2014Gilded Glories – The Fascinating History of Gilded Decoration Lecture
10 September 2014From Leonardo to You – the Story of Art and Science Lecture
09 July 2014Theatrical Personalities: Garrick, Siddons, Kean and IrvingLecture
11 June 2014The Splendours of the City Churches Lecture
14 May 2014Cave paintings and pre-historic carvings, can we really call them art?Lecture
09 April 2014The city of Kyoto & the cult of beautyLecture
12 March 2014Life and times of sundialsLecture
12 February 2014Pearls- The tears of an oyster.Lecture
08 January 2014The history of the SkyscraperLecture
11 December 2013Three Wise Men: Gold, frankincense and myrrh- the traditions of the Magi Lecture
13 November 2013Treasures and Curiosities from the Royal Library, Windsor CastleLecture
09 October 2013Vermeer’s Shadow: Han Van Meegeren, master forger Lecture
11 September 2013The Genius of Antonio Stradivari Lecture
10 July 2013Basingstoke and its Contribution to World CultureLecture
12 June 2013English Art Deco Ceramics: Clarice Cliff, Susie Cooper and RuskinLecture
08 May 2013'What an Eye': The Art of Claude MonetLecture
10 April 2013Emile Galle and The Nancy School of Art NouveauLecture
13 March 2013The New Ashmolean Museum and its Classical CollectionLecture
13 February 2013That Woman Cancelled New Lecture: Servant, Mistress, Scoundrel, Princess: secret stories of Kensington PalaceLecture
09 January 2013'The Sincerest Form of Flattery' - great images and those who borrow themLecture
12 December 2012Christmas Dinner Edward I to Edward VIILecture
14 November 2012Gwen and Augustus John - two great oppositesLecture
10 October 2012The Splendour of Hampton Court Palace - including restoration and gardens Lecture
12 September 2012The Boy Who Bit PicassoLecture
11 July 2012Everyone Stops For Tea! A Social History of Tea drinkingLecture
13 June 2012The Giants of High Tech Architecture: Roger, Foster and GrimshawLecture
09 May 2012John Opei, The Cornish WonderLecture
11 April 2012Painters of Myths and Dreams: England’s Late Pre RaphaelitesLecture
14 March 2012Dickens Revisited 1812-2010 Lecture
08 February 2012Smallhythe Place and Other Hidden Gems: The Intimate Jewels of Dame Ellen TerryLecture
11 January 2012Cleopatra - Femme Fatale of Antiquity Lecture
14 December 2011Merrily on High: The History of the English Christmas Carol Lecture
25 November 2011East Surrey Area Study Morning - Symphonies in Colour:Byzantine and Italian MosaicsLecture
09 November 2011The Colour Red - It's Sacred and Secular Meaning Lecture
12 October 2011Annual General Meeting at 7.30 pm followed by Art and the F Word:Feminism Lecture
14 September 2011Antoni GaudiLecture
13 July 2011The Well Dressed Gentleman; Male Sartorial Elegance (17th -20thc) Lecture
08 June 2011A Family Affair - Florence and the House of Medici Lecture
11 May 2011Sir Thomas Brock - London's Forgotten SculptorLecture
13 April 2011The Arts and Crafts of Mexico, Past and PresentLecture
09 March 2011The Splendour of Venetian Landscapes: Palladio, Vivaldi, Carlo ScarpaLecture
09 February 2011History of the River Thames Lecture
12 January 2011Omai, the Exotic and Joshua Reynolds Lecture
08 December 2010The Art of DeceptionLecture
10 November 2010The Sacred Art of TibetLecture
13 October 2010Annual General Meeting followed by Silver and Social CustomsLecture
08 September 2010Max The IncomparableLecture
14 July 2010VELAZQUEZ – PRINCE OF PAINTERS Lecture
12 May 2010THE RISE OF ENGLISH LEAD CRYSTALLecture
14 April 2010BENEATH THE CITY STREETSLecture
10 March 2010A very Important Brotherhood (Pre Raphaelites) Lecture
10 February 2010Who Wrote Shakespeare?Lecture
13 January 2010MURDER SEX AND MAYHEM IN ENGLISH CHURCHES Lecture
09 December 2009NOEL COWARDLecture
11 November 2009BLOOD AND SAWDUST TO LYCRALecture
09 September 2009TENNIS, CRICKET and FOOTBALL IN ART FROM THE MEDIAEVAL TOURNAMENT ONWARDS Lecture
16 July 2009STANLEY SPENCER GALLERY, COOKHAM AND CLIVEDEN Lecture
08 July 2009EARLY FLEMISH PORTRAITS Lecture
10 June 2009TURNER Lecture
13 May 2009MUSIC ON THE GRAND TOUR Lecture
08 April 2009ERIC GILL: SCULPTOR Lecture
11 March 2009PHOTOGRAPHY AS FINE ART Lecture
11 February 2009THE CULTURE OF IMPERIAL RUSSIALecture
14 January 2009HAVE YOU GOOD TASTE?Lecture