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14 October 2026CANCELLED***The Ashmolean Museum, OxfordVisit
13 October 2026Art of the Chalk LandscapeLecture
21 July 2026Summer Vineyard guided tour at Bluestone Vineyards in Cholderton.Visit
14 July 2026Ancient Egyptian Treasures in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford Lecture
09 June 2026Please note a change to the advertised lecture. Owing to ill health James Stourton is no longer able to deliver his lecture as planned. In his place Simon Cottle will present "A Piece of the Auction: Behind the Scenes of an International Auction House." Lecture
12 May 2026The Excitement of English Silver; Mid- 18th century English Rococo Silver Lecture
14 April 2026Caravaggio, the Bad Boy of the BaroqueLecture
10 March 2026Le Corbusier: Towards a New ArchitectureLecture
09 March 2026Textile Treasures Tour at Salisbury CathedralVisit
02 March 2026Textile Treasures Tour at Salisbury CathedralVisit
10 February 2026Botanical Marvels - The Origins and Development of Botanical Art Lecture
27 January 2026Live screening of National Theatre Live: HamletVisit
13 January 2026Tahiti - the enduring image 1767 – 1920Lecture
09 December 2025Christmas with Giles, Grandma and the FamilyLecture
08 December 2025Mompesson House - all dressed up for ChristmasVisit
18 November 2025When England had scarcely begun - Sutton Hoo and the Lindisfarne GospelsStudy Morning
11 November 2025The Wallace Collection’s Rembrandts: from Twelve to One, but now Three and Two HalvesLecture
14 October 2025Seriously Funny: Humour in the Tales of Beatrix PotterLecture
15 July 2025George Herbert WalkVisit
08 July 2025Jewellery And The Jazz AgeLecture
10 June 2025The Making of Landscape PhotographsLecture
20 May 2025Wilton House Visit
13 May 2025Great English Mansions... Made in AmericaLecture
08 April 2025The Nation’s Mantelpiece: a History of The National Gallery in Ten PaintingsLecture
11 March 2025Composers, Kapellmeisters and Kaisers: A Short History Of German Opera (Music)Lecture
05 March 2025Paris 1925: Birth of Art Deco and ModernismStudy Morning
11 February 2025When in Rome - 2000 years of Roman TourismLecture
14 January 2025A Photographic Odyssey: Shackleton’s Endurance Expedition Captured on CameraLecture
04 January 20252025 Proposed VisitsVisit
10 December 2024Dingley Dell to 'A Christmas Carol': Charles Dickens and Christmas Lecture
12 November 2024Le Théâtre de la Mode: Paris Haute Couture 1945-46 Lecture
22 October 2024John Constable in SalisburyVisit
08 October 2024The England of Eric Ravilious (1903-1942) Lecture
06 August 2024Visit to Roche CourtVisit
16 July 2024Visit to Breamore HouseVisit
09 July 2024Beautiful Houses: Frank Lloyd WrightLecture
11 June 2024Gustav Holst: 'The Planets' and Beyond Lecture
21 May 2024Visit to Russell Cotes Arts Gallery and MuseumVisit
14 May 2024'Wild Men of the North': Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven Lecture
09 April 2024The Rebuilding of the Town of Ypres After its Total Destruction in the Great War Lecture
12 March 2024William Morris and the Arts & Crafts MovementLecture
13 February 2024The Beatles: Here, There and Everywhere Lecture
09 January 2024Making Sense of Portraits in Country HousesLecture
12 December 2023The Painters of the Cirque MedranoLecture
14 November 2023Amadeo Modigliani and Bohemian Paris 1906 - 1920Lecture
10 October 2023David Hockney - The Old Master of the Modern WorldLecture
12 September 2023Forgotten Bugmore - Salisbury’s Greyfriars, and Epidemics in olden timesVisit
11 July 2023The Woman Who Told Us Where to Go!Lecture
13 June 2023Lost Finishes in Historic BuildingsLecture
09 May 2023Poet in Paint: The Art & Life of Paul Nash (1889-1946)Lecture
18 April 2023THE SALISBURY DOOM PAINTING - A WINDOW TO THE PASTVisit
11 April 2023Tutankhamun and the Splendours of Ancient EgyptLecture
14 March 2023Brave New World - The Festival of BritainLecture
14 February 2023The Collections of Napoleon and Josephine at Chateau de MalmaisonLecture
10 January 2023The Hands of Leonardo da VinciLecture
13 December 2022From Oklahoma to Phantom of the Opera - The Modern MusicalLecture
08 November 2022J.M.W. Turner: Painter Turned Architect.Lecture
11 October 2022Impressionism in Music & ArtLecture
19 July 2022Historic Wilton (The market town that gave its name to Wiltshire)Visit
12 July 2022Tantrums and TiarasLecture
14 June 2022Mad Men and ArtistsLecture
17 May 2022Forgotten Fisherton (or a thousand years of history)Visit
10 May 2022The Art of Partying: A Feast for the Eyes!Lecture
12 April 2022Cursed Artefacts in the British Museum: Tales of a CuratorLecture
08 March 2022Dame Laura & Dod: How two women artists reached the topLecture
08 February 2022Walls that Speak: The Alhambra Palace-FortressLecture
11 January 2022Émile Gallé: Master of Art Nouveau Glass (ZOOM)Lecture
14 December 2021Gilbert and Sullivan and Their Savoy Operas (ZOOM)Lecture
09 November 2021The Wind in the Willows REVISITED through its illustratorsLecture
12 October 2021George Chinnery - The Greatest Artist of British India and the Far EastLecture
14 September 2021The Art of Street Photography - AT 10.30AM JUST THIS ONCE (ZOOM)Lecture
13 July 2021The Art of Akhenaten & Nefertiti, Ancient Egypt's Unique Royal Couple (ZOOM)Lecture
08 June 2021Eric Gill: Artist - Craftsman. The Early Years (ZOOM)Lecture
11 May 2021Renaissance, Reformation and Counter-Reformation: A Revolution in Art in Context (ZOOM)Lecture
13 April 2021Great Railway Stations - Evoking the Spirit of Romance and Adventure (ZOOM)Lecture
09 March 2021The Genius of Beethoven (ZOOM)Lecture
09 February 2021The History of Garden Design Through the Lens of the Oxford Botanic Art (ZOOM)Lecture
12 January 2021Passion v. Ideas: Colour and Line in European Art (ZOOM)Lecture
08 December 2020Listening to a Century of Jazz (ZOOM)Lecture
10 November 2020The Urge to Buy and the Art of Advertising (ZOOM)Lecture
13 October 2020Drawn from Life: The Extraordinary Art and Life of Augustus John (ZOOM)Lecture
08 September 2020Music in Art (ZOOM)Lecture
11 August 2020The Glories of Byzantium (ZOOM)Lecture
14 July 2020Highlights of the Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum (ZOOM)Lecture
10 March 2020The Glamour Years. Jewellery and Fashion 1929 to 1959Lecture
11 February 2020'Debo' - Mitford, Cavendish, Devonshire Duchess, Housewife 1920 - 2014Lecture
14 January 2020Exploring Ephemera: Illuminating HistoryLecture
10 December 2019The Magic of Pantomime Lecture
12 November 2019Lover, Teacher, Muse….or Rival? Couples in Modern British Art. Lecture
08 October 2019Henry VIII, Cardinal Wolsey and the English Renaissance Lecture
09 July 2019Peter Carl Fabergé: Master Russian Goldsmith Lecture
11 June 2019Collecting the Grand Tour: The Enlightenment of the English GentlemanLecture
14 May 2019Food and Art through the Ages: from Renaissance sugar Sculptures to 3D Print. Lecture
13 May 2019Portsmouth Old Town and CathedralVisit
23 April 2019Salisbury's Hidden HistoryVisit
09 April 2019( AGM at 1.45pm) California Dreaming: A tour of the Getty Museum, the Huntington and Norton Simon Galleries. Lecture
12 March 2019Victoria and Albert, Art and LoveLecture
12 February 2019Indestructible Theatre: 1900 to Now.Lecture
15 January 2019From Magic Lanterns to Metro Goldwyn Mayer: Thhe birth of the Silver Screen and the art that surrounded it.Lecture
11 December 2018The Magnificence of Persia.The art of Isfahan, Shiraz and Persepolis.Lecture
13 November 2018Hidden Canvasses:Street Art and the CityLecture
09 October 2018William Cobbett and James GillrayLecture
18 September 2018Following Lawrence of Arabia through Wareham, Clouds Hill and Moreton ChurchVisit
11 September 2018Capability Brown and the Eighteenth Century English LandscapeLecture
13 July 2018Maiden Bradley House and the Deverill ValleyVisit
12 June 2018French influence on the British royal art collection and royal residencesLecture
15 May 2018A day exploring Romsey Town and Romsey AbbeyVisit
08 May 2018Power Politics and a Country ChurchLecture
25 April 2018Devizes Guided WalkVisit
10 April 2018 (NB AGM at 1.45) A Potted History of BritainLecture
13 February 2018Les ParisiennesLecture
12 December 2017Children's Book IllustrationsLecture
14 November 2017The Exraordinary Life of Misia Sert, Queen of Paris, 1872 - 1950Lecture
10 October 2017Restoration Dramas: How some of Britain's best loved buildings were savedLecture
12 September 2017Art for an Afterlife: Ancient Egyptian Tomb scenes and Funerary GoodsLecture
13 June 2017Charles Rennie MckintoshLecture
09 May 2017The Lure of IvoryLecture
25 April 2017Breamore HouseVisit
11 April 2017How we got Ikea! Scandinavian Design c 1880 - 1960 NB AGM at 1.45pmLecture
14 March 2017Pablo Picasso: 'My work is like a diary'Lecture
14 February 2017The Orientalists Artists and travellers to the Near EastLecture
10 January 2017Uniting Elegance with Utility: George and Alice HepplewhiteLecture
13 December 2016Tibetan Art in Transition - The Buddha goes BangLecture
08 November 2016Banks, Burgundy and Piracy: the Fifteenth Century Artists of BrugesLecture
11 October 2016Searching for ShakespeareLecture
13 September 2016Peter Carl Fabergé : Master Russian Goldsmith.1846 -1920Lecture
22 June 2016Corsham Court and a Guided Tour of Corsham AlmshousesVisit
14 June 2016The Other Side - WW2 Culture of Memorials and Counter MemorialsLecture
25 May 2016A Walk Through History to Wilton's Italianate ChurchVisit
10 May 2016Salisbury Cathedral - The Making and Unmaking of of a MasterpieceLecture
20 April 2016A Day at the Ashmolean Museum & Pitt Rivers MuseumVisit
12 April 2016The Elgin MarblesLecture
08 March 2016Norman RockwellLecture
09 February 2016Magnificent MosaicsLecture
12 January 2016Thomas HeatherwickLecture
08 December 2015That Pretty German ToyLecture
10 November 2015Women ImpressionistsLecture
13 October 2015History of the Royal AcademyLecture
08 September 2015Edward SeagoLecture
14 July 2015CHICHESTERVisit
09 June 2015Art and the Napoleonic WarsLecture
27 May 2015Roche Court Sculpture ParkVisit
12 May 2015Denys Lasdun and the National TheatreLecture
22 April 2015Salisbury Magna Carta WalkVisit
14 April 2015Leonardo to YouLecture
10 March 2015 René Lalique Lecture
10 February 2015Everything you always wanted to know about Magna Carta but were afraid to askLecture
13 January 2015British Tailoring from the 18th - 20th CenturyLecture
09 December 2014Wonder Workers and the Art of Illusion: The History of Magic Through Art and PicturesLecture
11 November 2014Michelangelo's Sculpture and the Concept of "non-finito"Lecture
14 October 2014War and PeaceLecture
09 September 2014Mary SeacoleLecture
16 July 2014Sherborne Guided TourVisit
10 June 2014Basingstoke and its contribution to World CultureLecture
13 May 2014Up to a Point - Pyramids in Britain and IrelandLecture
08 April 2014AGM (NB @1.45pm) The Drama behind the Taj MahalLecture
11 March 2014Habitat CataloguedLecture
11 February 2014Shakers of AmericaLecture
14 January 2014Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin 1812 - 1852Lecture
10 December 2013The Victorian Christmas: A CelebrationLecture
12 November 2013Church SilverLecture
08 October 2013Out of the BlueLecture
10 September 2013British Portraiture through the AgesLecture
09 July 2013Marlborough Visit
11 June 2013Murder, Sex and Mayhem in English ChurchesLecture
14 May 2013Venice in LondonLecture
09 April 2013Great Tarts in Art: Culture and the Oldest ProfessionLecture
12 March 2013The Great Twelve: An Introduction to the Senior Livery Companies of the City of LondonLecture
12 February 2013A Family Affair: Florence and the House of MediciLecture
08 January 2013As if by Magic: The Secrets of Turner's Watercolour TechniquesLecture
11 December 2012Deck the Hall: Yuletide Customs & TraditionsLecture
13 November 2012A Thousand Years of History: Medieval Cathedrals as Time MachinesLecture
09 October 2012The Great East India Adventure. The Trade in Decorative and Valuable Cargoes from 1600 - 1850Lecture
18 September 2012Devizes Guided Walk & Museum VisitVisit
11 September 2012Minotaurs and Labyrinths: Myth and Minoan ArtLecture
12 June 2012London's Changing Skline:Past, Present & FutureLecture
08 May 2012Dickens RevisitedLecture
18 April 2012WinchesterVisit
10 April 2012The Cecils of Hatfield and Burghley Lecture
13 March 2012Men Behaving BadlyLecture
14 February 2012The Destruction of the Monasteries Lecture
10 January 2012King George 111Lecture
13 December 2011St NicholasLecture
08 November 2011VermeerLecture
11 October 2011Aboriginal ArtLecture