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03 September 2026Visit to Hatfield HouseVisit
03 September 2026Time Machines: Clocks in Art and Literature from c.1300 to NowLecture
16 July 2026Visit to Deene Park House and GardensVisit
02 July 2026Celebrating the Centenary of Winnie the PoohLecture
08 June 2026Visit to Wimpole Hall and EstateVisit
04 June 2026Rosa Bonheur (1822-1899): animal painter extraordinaireLecture
12 May 2026Visit to Sudeley CastleVisit
07 May 2026The Unknown Churchill - Winston Churchill and Blenheim PalaceLecture
16 April 2026Visit to the Russell-Cotes Museum and Art GalleryVisit
02 April 2026‘Memorials of these Dark Days’: Arts and Crafts War MemorialsLecture
12 March 2026British Studio Pottery: a concise historyLecture
05 February 2026William Powell Frith: Painting the Victorian WorldLecture
08 December 2025Visit to Kew Gardens for Christmas LightsVisit
04 December 2025A Very Ceremonial ChristmasLecture
12 November 2025Visit to the Foundling Museum & Charles Dickens HouseVisit
06 November 2025TS Eliot and artLecture
09 October 2025Visit - Chichester Festival Theatre and Chichester CathedralVisit
02 October 2025Turner and the SublimeLecture
22 September 2025Tour - The History and Heritage of YorkshireVisit
04 September 2025Opium – Seduction, greed, art.Lecture
14 July 2025 Visit to Deene Park House and GardensVisit
09 July 2025Visit - Wilton HouseVisit
03 July 2025Light on Realism The Elusive Transition from Medieval to Renaissance Painting Lecture
09 June 2025Visit - Chiswick House and Gardens and Hogarth's HouseVisit
05 June 2025Christopher Marlowe: Poet and SpyLecture
13 May 2025Visit - Brighton Royal PavilionVisit
01 May 2025Viking Gods and Valkyries: The Art of Norse MythologyLecture
24 April 2025Visit - National Gallery and Covent GardenVisit
03 April 2025Spanish Painter of Sunlight: Joaquin SorollaLecture
20 March 2025Visit - Dorney Court & Battle of Britain Bunker & Visitor CentreVisit
06 March 2025The Female Gaze: photography from Julia Margaret Cameron to Lee MillerLecture
06 February 2025The Queen Mother's Lifelong Love of JewelleryLecture
05 December 2024The History of MusicalsLecture
07 November 2024Shopping on the Rialto in Renaissance VeniceLecture
08 October 2024ART OF JAPAN: TRADITION AND INNOVATION Art Society Chiltern and Chalfont Special Interest daySpecial Event
03 October 2024The History of American Art in 25 Iconic worksLecture
01 October 2024Special interest DaysSpecial Event
04 July 2024Latin American Art: Universalism or National IdentityLecture
06 June 2024The City of London Through Stained GlassLecture
02 May 2024The Worlds Greatest Paintings - National Gallery bicentenaryLecture
04 April 2024Royal History of the RSN: 4 Coronations 2 Weddings and a FuneralLecture
07 March 2024The Art of Art DecoLecture
01 February 2024'In Paynted Pots is Hidden the Deadliest Poyson' - English Delftware Drug JarsLecture
07 December 2023A bit of a Carry On/ An Actors Life for MeLecture
02 November 2023Travels with a Trowel: Adventures of an ArchaeologistLecture
05 October 2023William Burges: Genius Designer of Victorian GothicLecture
06 July 2023Marina Abramovic - Pioneer Performance ArtistLecture
01 June 2023The Medici 'Bankrolling the Renaissance'Lecture
04 May 2023Picasso's Year of WondersLecture
06 April 2023Imperial Calcutta: Arts and ArchitectureLecture
02 March 2023Sicilian Splendours: from Greece to the NormansLecture
02 February 2023From the Sublime to the Ridiculous – Venetian Glass 1450-1900Lecture
01 December 2022'Singe We Yule' A Musical Portrait of a Medieval ChristmasLecture
03 November 2022Women ImpressionistsLecture
06 October 2022King and Collector - The Art of King Henry VIIILecture
07 July 2022Fizz and Crackle: Imagination, Innovation and Curiosity in the work of John Singer SargentLecture
02 June 2022The Duc De BerryLecture
05 May 2022Galla Placidia: The Empress and the Fall of RomeLecture
07 April 2022The Glamour Years: Jewellery and Fashion from 1929 to 1959Lecture
03 March 2022Go With the Flow: Art Nouveau (C.1890-1920)Lecture
03 February 2022Cubism ExplainedLecture
06 January 2022ZOOM - Pottery Talk and Live Pottery Throwing Demonstration Elaine WellsLecture
02 December 2021Stocking Fillers from FabergéLecture
04 November 2021Passionate Potters - from de Morgan to LeachLecture
14 October 2021AGM and ‘All that Glitters…’, a Survey of Royal Patronage of SilverLecture
01 July 2021The Arts and Crafts of KashmirLecture
03 June 2021Beautiful British Books - a lecture delivered by ZoomLecture
06 May 2021The Genius of Beethoven-250 years celebration -a lecture given via ZoomLecture
01 April 2021Gaudi and Catalan Modernista ArchitectureLecture
04 March 2021Bandstands – History, Decline and RevivalLecture
04 February 2021Matisse -Master of Colour This lecture will follow the AGM and will be a webinar on Zoom.Lecture
03 December 2020Journey of the Magi: Origins, Myth & Reality - the true story of the Three Kings WEBINARLecture
05 November 2020A Decorative Art: History of Wallpapers WEBINARLecture
01 October 2020AGM postponed Zoom lecture Raphael of Urbino: Artist & Architect (500th anniversary in 2020)Lecture
02 July 2020Dickens, Lawrence & Zhivago: David Lean’s Art of Cinema Lecture
04 June 2020Passionate Potters - from de Morgan to Leach CANCELLEDLecture
07 May 2020Gaudi and Catalan Modernista Architecture CANCELLEDLecture
02 April 2020The Duc de Berry CANCELLEDLecture
05 March 2020A Brief Story of Wine Lecture
06 February 2020The Queen of Instruments: The Lute within Old Master paintings Lecture
05 December 2019Pantomime: A very British feastLecture
07 November 2019The Field of Cloth of Gold: 6000 Englishmen in France for 18 days – how did they do it? Lecture
03 October 2019AGM & Chinese Painting from the Tang Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty Lecture
04 July 2019Illustrating ‘Alice’ – Some views of WonderlandLecture
06 June 2019A Kelmscott Chaucer for our timesLecture
02 May 2019Rubens & Breughel: a working friendshipLecture
04 April 2019Form & Fortune: fifty years of British Sculpture 1969-2018Lecture
07 March 2019Mad Men and Artists – how the advertising industry has exploited fine art Lecture
07 February 2019Discovering MacDonald Gill: architect, artist and mapmaker Lecture
06 December 2018Misshapen Pearl - an overview of the music of the Baroque EraLecture
01 November 2018Dazzle: Disguise & Disruption in War & ArtLecture
04 October 2018AGM & The botanic gardens of London before KewLecture
05 July 2018British GoldLecture
07 June 2018The art of the steal: Nazi Looting during World War IILecture
03 May 2018Tamara de Lempicka: Mistress of Art DecoLecture
05 April 2018Historic Graffiti – the hidden story of the hopes, fears and desires of a NationLecture
01 March 2018Form & Fortune: Fifty Years of British Sculpture 1968-2018 CANCELLED owing to the weather, rearranged for April 2019 Lecture
01 February 2018AVM Curiosities: Food, Art & HistoryLecture
07 December 2017Christmas and other Festivals in Modern MexicoLecture
02 November 2017SMALLHYTHE PLACE AND OTHER HIDDEN GEMS: THE INTIMATE JEWELS OF DAME ELLEN TERRYLecture
05 October 2017AGM followed by Dale Chihuly - the World's Foremost Glass ArtistLecture
06 July 2017Knights of Heaven: Warrior Angels and Saints in Medieval and Renaissance ArtLecture
01 June 2017'Sweet Thames Run Softly': the Thames Through Artists' EyesLecture
04 May 2017Looking at Portraits: a Very Engilsh TasteLecture
06 April 2017The Court of the Gonzagas in MantuaLecture
02 March 2017Cleopatra, Myth & RealityLecture
02 February 2017King George IV, the Greatest Royal Collector of ArtLecture
01 December 2016Celebration of 20th Anniversary of Amersham DFAS (Drinks served 7pm - 7.30pm, speeches start in the auditorium at 7.45pm) followed by The Secret World of Charles Dickens: Mirth, Marvels and the MysteriousLecture