Lecture programmes

Northern lights – Scandinavian design in the mid-20th century

Category: 2016-2017 season

Wednesday 5 April 2017 Deborah Lambert Deborah Lambert studied for her MA in the…

Lawrence of Arabia

Category: 2016-2017 season

Wednesday 1 March 2017 Dr Neil Faulkner Neil Faulkner lectures widely on archaeology, ancient…

“A little revolution” Eric Gill, Jacob Epstein and the revival of direct carving into stone

Category: 2016-2017 season

Wednesday 1 February 2017 Madeline Goold With a first degree in law and qualifications…


Caravaggio – the bad boy of the Baroque

Category: 2016-2017 season

Wednesday 4 January 2017 Daniel Evans Dan Evans is deputy head of sixth form…

Will the real Santa Claus please stand up?

Category: 2016-2017 season

Wednesday 7 December 2016 Dr Janet Robson An independent art historian with a BA…

Opera – set and costume design

Category: 2016-2017 season

Wednesday 2 November 2016 Simon Rees With an MA in English literature from Cambridge,…


Masters of the Northern Renaissance (Jan van Eyck, Rogier van der Weyden, Hans Memling)

Category: 2016-2017 season

Wednesday 5 October 2016 Lizzie Darbyshire Lizzie is a graduate of the Courtauld Institute…

Pots and Frocks – the world of Grayson Perry, Britain’s favourite transvestite

Category: 2015-2016 season

Wednesday 6 July 2016 Ian Swankie A Londoner with a passion for art and…

The Mystery of Holbein’s Ambassadors

Category: 2015-2016 season

Wednesday 1 June 2016 Anthony Russell Anthony Russell has travelled much of the world,…