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25 September 2026The Castles and Lakes of Bavaria and MunichTour
09 September 2026History of PensLecture
24 June 2026CaravaggioLecture
27 May 2026A Piece of the Action- Behind the Scenes of an International Auction HouseLecture
22 April 2026New York New York - An Architectural DiscoveryLecture
13 April 2026The Historic Houses and Heritage of Shropshire and the Iron BridgeTour
25 March 2026Scottish ColouristsLecture
25 February 2026Olekasandr Bogomazov - The Lost Futurist of UkraineLecture
28 January 2026Gustav KlimtLecture
26 November 2025Wassall AwayLecture
12 November 2025Art as Remembrance, Rehabilitation and ReformSpecial Event
22 October 2025Hot Stuff-The Birth of Studio GlassLecture
24 September 2025Lake Bled, SloveniaTour
24 September 2025Bled in SloveniaVisit
10 September 2025The Mysterious World of Salvador DaliLecture
25 June 2025A Royal RescueLecture
28 May 2025Magnificent MosaicsLecture
12 May 2025Devon Tour
12 May 2025The historic houses and heritage in DevonVisit
07 May 2025St. Albans Abbey and Verulamium Museum, HertsfordshireVisit
23 April 2025Canaletto in EnglandLecture
26 March 2025Paint Brushes at DawnLecture
26 February 2025ART DECO Celebrating the Centenary of the 1925 Paris ExpositionLecture
12 February 2025Fashion is my PassionSpecial Event
22 January 2025The Art of TrickeryLecture
27 November 2024Franz Schubert: The Piano & the Power of FriendshipLecture
13 November 2024Covent Garden - in 3 ActsSpecial Event
24 October 2024Mayo - IrelandVisit
23 October 2024Pugin and the Gothic RevivalLecture
11 September 2024Banksy - Fraud or Genius?Lecture
26 June 2024The Rivalry between Leonardo and MichelangeloLecture
12 June 2024Knebworth House, HertfordshireVisit
22 May 2024The Royal Art Collection in the Court of King Henry V111Lecture
24 April 2024Regency Revelations- The lost diary of a DandyLecture
18 April 2024"The Wellington Experience"Visit
27 March 2024Piccasso and his WomenLecture
13 March 2024Ups and Downs of London Coliseum Theatre now the home of the English National OperaSpecial Event
28 February 2024Patience: Gilbert and Sullivan's Aesthetic OperaLecture
24 January 2024Highlights of the Russel-Cotes Arts Gallery & MuseumLecture
12 December 2023Christmas Visit to Wellington BarracksVisit
22 November 2023Harp & Holly: It's History, Design & Music with a Seaonal FlavourLecture
08 November 2023The Rise and Falls of Napoleon and JosephineSpecial Event
25 October 2023Shepard's RoyaltyLecture
13 September 2023English Caricature from Hogarth to PunchLecture
28 June 2023The Gardens of VersailesLecture
05 June 2023Imagna Valley in Northern ItalyTour
24 May 2023Selfies, Self-Expression, Celebrity & the Victorian Carte de VisiteLecture
10 May 2023Ascott house and GardensVisit
26 April 2023Music in ArtLecture
22 March 2023The Spectacle of Fashion at Barkers Dept. Store 1928 to 1930Lecture
22 February 2023The Life & Work of May Morris: A Remakable WomanLecture
08 February 20231 Curves Colours and Cool 2 Cracking GlassSpecial Event
25 January 2023Koh-I-Nour:The most Famous Diamond in the WorldLecture
23 November 2022A very Ceremonial Christmas Lecture
09 November 2022Islamic Art and Architecture Special Event
26 October 2022Les Trois Grandes Dames d’Impressionisme Lecture
07 September 2022The History of English Fairs, Markets and ShopsLecture
22 June 2022 The Spectacle of Fashion at Barkers Dept Store 1928 to 1930 Lecture
25 May 2022The Housekeepers Tale: Uppark Sussex: The Worst HousekeeperLecture
27 April 2022Madame Pompadour & Portraiture at the Court of Louis XVLecture
23 March 2022Undressing AntiquesLecture
23 February 2022George Gerswin: The Young GeniusLecture
09 February 2022 Art & MedicineSpecial Event
26 January 2022Sicket Murder and the Camden TownLecture
14 December 2021Polesden Lacey & Denbies Wine EstateVisit
24 November 2021A Right Royal Christmas: How our royal families have celebrated Christmas through the agesLecture
10 November 2021Tudors and Tudor GardensSpecial Event
27 October 2021The Glory of VeniceLecture
08 September 2021Thomas Rowlandson & Bath: The fashions and follies of Bath seen through the eyes of a Regency sateristLecture
25 August 2021Britan with BetjermanLecture
28 July 2021Turner vs ConstableLecture
23 June 2021Catherine de Medici: The story of three in a marriageLecture
23 May 2021Historic Houses & Heritage of NorthumberlandTour
28 April 2021A Brief Story of WineLecture
04 March 2021Jewish London on LocationLecture
24 February 2021A Concise History of our Great British Public ParksLecture
27 January 2021Packing up the NationLecture
09 December 2020Polesden Lacey and Denbies Wine EstateVisit
25 November 2020Jane Austen's ChristmasLecture
11 November 2020Art and MedicineSpecial Event
28 October 2020Portrait of JewelsLecture
13 October 2020Split and Surroundings: The Best of the Croatian CoastTour
09 September 2020Cleopatra - Images of the Dream WomanLecture
23 June 2020Upton House & GardensVisit
12 May 2020Walpole's Gothic Castle &GardensVisit
26 April 2020Devon and the Tamar ValleyTour
08 April 2020Cutty Sark & Queen's GalleryVisit
26 February 2020Inn Signia: The Art Work and Stories behind Peculiar Pub namesLecture
12 February 2020Cornish ArtistsSpecial Event
22 January 2020William Hogarth - His life, times and workLecture
27 November 2019Merrily on High A History of Christmas CarolsLecture
13 November 2019The Seine - RIVER OF LIGHT - Home to ImpressionismSpecial Event
06 November 2019Visit to St Pancras International Station and the Canal Museum Visit
23 October 2019Art of Food Through the AgesLecture
01 October 2019Art and Architecture in LisbonTour
11 September 2019Arsenic and Old Wallpaper - The Darker side of William MorrisLecture
26 June 2019Sir Winston Churchill the ArtistLecture
12 June 2019Broughton HouseVisit
22 May 2019Cracking Glass. The British Big FourLecture
12 May 2019Art and Architecture of SomersetTour
01 May 2019Hampstead - A London VillageVisit
24 April 2019Tiffany & Co of Diamonds, Decadence and TravelLecture
09 April 2019Visit to Vintners’ Hall and the Bank of England Museum Visit
27 March 2019Shaken by an Earthquake - Igor Stravinsky, The Ballets Russes and the astonishing 1913 premier of the Rite of Spring.Lecture
27 February 2019Origins: Cave Paintings to the GreeksLecture
23 January 2019Historic Gardens of the Italian LakesLecture
28 November 2018Programme change -"The Astonishing Master Mozart comes to London"Lecture
14 November 2018Feisty Ladies - Women Travellers in Victorian TimesSpecial Event
24 October 2018Optical Entertainments before the MoviesLecture
03 October 2018Charleston House & Berwick ChurchVisit
30 September 2018Art in North Yorkshire - based in HarrogateTour
12 September 2018Monet at GivernyLecture
27 June 2018Foreigners in London 1520 - 1677 The Artists that Changed the Course of British ArtLecture
06 June 2018Ightham Moat and Knole House and ParkVisit
23 May 2018The Honourable East India Company East-West Trade 1600 to 1800 Chinese Export and ChinoiserieLecture
15 May 2018Dutch Art Treasures The Hague & DelftTour
02 May 2018Bath - No 1 Royal Crescent and Fashion Museum Visit
11 April 2018Legal London - Lincolns Inn Royal Courts & Knights Templar ChurchVisit
28 March 2018Wren's City of London ChurchesLecture
28 February 2018Hidden Canvases Street Art and The CityLecture
14 February 2018Klimt and the Vienna SecessionSpecial Event
24 January 2018Masquerades, Music Lessons and Monkeys The World of 18th Century Porcelain FiguresLecture
22 November 2017O, Yes it is! History of Pantomime from Ancient to Modern TimesLecture
08 November 2017From Moore to Kapoor: the changing face of post-war public sculptureSpecial Event
25 October 2017Partnership in Planting. A Lutyens house in a Jekyll gardenLecture
04 October 2017University of Cambridge Botanical Gardens and Fitzwilliam MuseumVisit
07 June 2017VISIT CANCELLED Globe Theatre and Tate ModernVisit
03 May 2017Worcester Porcelain Museum & Worcester CathedralVisit
25 April 2017Art and Palladian Villas in the VenetoTour
05 April 2017"London's Burning" Guildhall Art Gallery and City Heritage GalleryVisit
08 February 2017British & American Artists in Venice 1815 to PresentSpecial Event
09 November 2016Inessential Necessities in 18th Century EnglandSpecial Event
29 September 2016Liverpool and ChesterTour
21 September 2016Mary Rose Museum and Portsmouth Historic DockyardVisit
08 June 2016Bletchley ParkVisit
04 May 2016Blenheim Palace TourVisit
25 April 2016Madrid, Segovia and Toledo,SpainTour
06 April 2016Wallace Collection, LondonVisit
10 February 2016Lawrence of Arabia: excavating a legendSpecial Event
11 November 2015History of JewellerySpecial Event
07 October 2015"Secret London" Silver Vaults, Hatton Garden & Leighton HouseVisit
27 September 2015SCOTTISH BORDERS AND EDINBURGHTour
03 June 2015Whitchurch Silk Mill, Hampshire & Winchester CathedralVisit
06 May 2015Arts & Crafts Movement Rodmarton Manor, Cirencester & Cheltenham Wilson MuseumVisit
19 April 2015Jewel of Saxony- Dresden Tour
08 April 2015Petworth House and ParkVisit
11 February 2015The Turner Prize ExplainedSpecial Event
12 November 2014Mackintosh and the Glasgow FourSpecial Event
08 October 2014London in the Great War: The Guards & the Great War in LondonVisit
17 September 2014Northern IrelandTour
09 July 2014New Members' Visit to CookhamVisit
04 June 2014Kensington Palace and GardensVisit
10 May 2014Western SicilyTour
07 May 2014Chartwell HouseVisit
03 May 2014Western Siciy - 2Tour
03 April 2014Malmesbury Abbey, Wiltshire, Lacock Village & Fox Talbot MuseumVisit
12 February 2014The Drama behind the Taj Mahal, Mughal painting at its Zenith. King George III, Patron of the Arts.Special Event
13 November 2013History of the Medici: Bankrolling the RenaissanceSpecial Event
12 September 2013Watts Gallery and Loseley ParkVisit
05 June 2013Kill or Cure - The 2000 Year History of Medicine and Nursing in London.Visit
15 May 2013BudapestTour
08 May 2013Bowood House and GardensVisit
10 April 2013The Vine and Highclere CastleVisit
13 February 2013New Discoveries about Old Oak FurnitureSpecial Event
14 November 2012Sculpture in the Twentieth CenturySpecial Event
20 October 2012Shropshire, Herefordshire and the Welsh BordersTour
18 October 2012Vintners Livery Company & The Bank of EnglandVisit
13 June 2012Polesden LaceyVisit
16 May 2012Lake DistrictTour
09 May 2012Clandon Park and Hatchlands Park Visit
08 February 2012Charles Dickens and the London of his Times Special Event
09 November 2011Secrets of the Royal PavilionSpecial Event
19 October 2011MarrakeshTour
19 May 2011The Delights of Suffolk Tour
10 November 2010Mozart’s Magic FluteSpecial Event
21 October 2010FlorenceTour
10 February 2010Antwerp & Bruges – Flemish Painting Special Event
11 November 2009Frederick Lord LeightonSpecial Event
13 October 2009IstanbulTour
11 February 2009Wine Related AntiquesSpecial Event
12 November 2008Old Father Thames – The River in ArtSpecial Event
16 October 2008AndaluciaTour
09 May 2008North WalesTour
13 February 2008Private Palaces – London’s Stately Homes Special Event
14 November 2007Kingdom of the Sun – Classical SicilySpecial Event
30 April 2007KrakowTour
08 October 2006BerlinTour
03 May 2006NorthumbriaTour
24 September 2005St PetersburgTour
17 September 2005St PetersburgTour
06 April 2005CardiffTour