Welcome to our 2025-2026 season!
We are delighted to bring you news of our new lecture season for 2026-2026. We’re sure you’ll agree that our Programme Team has created a varied and interesting series of talks. We are also currently organising Study Days, coffee mornings, a New Year lunch and other events. Please keep checking our website for news of these upcoming events.
Our 2025-2026 lectures are:
Wednesday 3 September 2025
THE ART OF STATE CEREMONIAL MUSIC, by Graham Jone
Wednesday 1 October 2025
WORTH & WINTERHALTER: THE MID-19TH CENTURY’S MASTERS OF DESIGN & DRAUGHTSMANSHIP, by Scott Schiavone
Wednesday 5 November 2025
THE HISTORY OF MUSICALS, by Jamie Hayes (AGM at 1.00 pm)
Wednesday 4 February 2026
EDITH DURHAM’S BOLD EDWARDIAN COLLECTION OF BEAUTIFUL BALKAN THINGS, by Elizabeth Gowing
Wednesday 4 March 2026
CHARLES I: KING & COLLECTOR, by Barbara Askew
Wednesday 1 April 2026
THERE’S MORE TO LIFE THAN LOWRY: PAINTING IN NORTHERN BRITAIN IN THE 20TH CENTURY, by Ed Williams
Wednesday 6 May 2026
THE GLORIES OF LIVERPOOL ARCHITECTURE, by Ed Glinert
Wednesday 3 June 2026
FLIGHTS OF FANCY: A HISTORY OF BIRDS IN ART, by Adrian Sumner
Tuesday 7 July 2026
THE INFLUENCE OF MUSIC ON EDWARD BURRA, by Catherine Tackley
Further information on each lecture will be made available shortly.
