Lecture programmes

The life and work of Isabella d’Este

Category: 2017-2018 season

Wednesday 7 March 2018 Sarah Dunant Novelist, broadcaster and critic.  Sarah Dunant read history…

Osborne, Pinter & Co: Post-War British Theatre

Category: 2017-2018 season

Wednesday 7 February 2018 Giles Ramsay Giles Ramsay is an independent theatre director and…

Eileen Gray – an Irish Rebel

Category: 2017-2018 season

Wednesday 3 January 2018 Nicholas Merchant Nicholas Merchant’s career has mirrored his abiding interest in…


Messenger or Missile? Angels With Glad Tidings, Doom, Gloom or Perdition

Category: 2017-2018 season

Wednesday 6 December 2017 Caroline Holmes Caroline Holmes has lectured in the UK, Australia,…

The Other Side: Counter Memorials – Germany’s Post-WWII Culture of Apology and Atonement

Category: 2017-2018 season

Wednesday 1 November 2017 Angela Findlay   Angela Findlay is a professional artist, writer…

Foreigners in London 1520 – 1677: The Artists that Changed the Course of British Art

Category: 2017-2018 season

Wednesday 4 October 2017 Leslie Primo Leslie Primo is a graduate with a degree…


Brilliant British Humour in the Forgotten Art of the Picture Postcard 1909–1939

Category: 2016-2017 season

Wednesday 5 July 2017 James Taylor James Taylor is a former curator of paintings,…

The Elgin Marbles

Category: 2016-2017 season

Wednesday 7 June 2017 Dr Stephen Kershaw Dr Kershaw is Classics tutor for the…

The Legendary Lee Miller

Category: 2016-2017 season

Wednesday 3 May 2017 Antony Penrose The son of Lee Miller and Roland Penrose,…