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30 September 2026Henry Moore: Monumental Nature at Kew GardensVisit
16 September 2026THE AGE OF JAZZLecture
09 September 2026Three Oxfordshire Churches with John Piper WindowsVisit
15 July 2026THE ART OF WITCHCRAFT Lecture
17 June 2026THE COLLECTIONS OF NAPOLEON AND JOSEPHINE AT THE CHATEAU DE MALMASON: giving an insight into one of history's most famous couplesLecture
10 June 2026At Home with Agatha Christie Wallingford MuseumVisit
10 June 2026At Home with Agatha Christie Wallingford MuseumVisit
03 June 2026Buscot ParkVisit
20 May 2026AN INTRODUCTION TO THE NEWLYN SCHOOL 1880-1910Lecture
29 April 2026Small Islamic Objects from the Ashmolean's CollectionVisit
29 April 2026Small Islamic objects from the Ashmolean's Collection Special Event
22 April 2026Dyrham ParkVisit
15 April 2026THE ECCENTRIC WORLD OF AGATHA CHRISTIE ON FILM AND TVLecture
18 March 2026THE ART OF ART DECOLecture
11 March 2026Bletchley ParkVisit
25 February 2026CROSSING RELIGIOUS BOUNDARIES: Islamic Carved Ivory CasketsLecture
28 January 2026Tate Britain: Lee Miller & Turner and Constable - 2 exhibitionsVisit
21 January 2026TITIAN: the mythological paintingsLecture
19 November 2025THE WILD MEN OF THE NORTH: Tom Thompson and the group of sevenLecture
06 November 2025Pat Suet Bik Hui - modern Chinese abstract artistVisit
06 November 2025Pat Suet Bik Hui - modern Chinese abstract artistSpecial Event
22 October 2025V&A Cartier exhibition & Marie Antoinette exhibitionVisit
15 October 2025THE BAROQUE COUNTRY HOUSELecture
28 September 2025Gems of North Yorkshire: a 5-day holiday Visit
24 September 2025Christopher Wren's Oxford: walking tour with Lizzy RoweVisit
17 September 2025MULBERRY TREES, MACCHIATO, MOSQUES AND MOTHER TERESA: an illustrated tour of Kosovo's capital PrishtinaLecture
10 September 2025All Souls and Teddy Hall: Oxford Walk with Lizzy RoweVisit
05 September 2025Michael and Anne Heseltine's garden and arboretum at ThenfordVisit
16 July 2025CARAVAGGIO: THE BAD BOY OF THE BAROQUELecture
18 June 2025TREASURES OF OTTOMAN ISTANBULLecture
04 June 2025Rousham House and GardenVisit
21 May 2025TEMPLES, TOMBS, AND TREASURES: In search of the Queen of ShebaLecture
24 April 2025The Edwardians: Age of EleganceVisit
23 April 2025AFRICA IN THE WESTERN IMAGINARY AND AFRICAN ARTLecture
01 April 2025Print Room Ashmolean Museum: Van Dyck materialSpecial Event
01 April 2025Van Dyck print material Visit
19 March 2025THE ART OF STAINED GLASSLecture
06 March 2025Shri Swaminarayan Mandir Temple, LondonVisit
12 February 2025SIR ANTHONY VAN DYCKLecture
15 January 2025THE GARDENS OF VERSAILLESLecture
08 January 2025Van Gogh: Poets and LoversVisit
27 November 2024Christmas at WaddesdonVisit
20 November 2024LES TROIS GRANDES DAMES' OF IMPRESSIONISM: MARIE BRACQUEMOND, MARY CASSATT, AND BERTHE MORISOTLecture
07 November 2024Vanessa BellVisit
16 October 2024THE BRILLIANCE OF BRUNEL: THE MAN WHO BUILT THE MODERN WORLDLecture
08 October 202478 Derngate Northampton & the Shoe Gallery at Northampton MuseumVisit
30 September 2024The Dukedoms of Parma and Mantua: 5 night holidayVisit
18 September 2024CHARLES RENNIE MACKINTOSH: MORE THAN JUST A TEAROOMLecture
17 July 2024WILDE ABOUT OSCAR: FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS AND INFAMOUSLecture
26 June 2024Sargent and FashionVisit
19 June 2024JOHN SINGER SARGENT: THE PRIVATE RADICALLecture
23 May 2024Lower Bowden Manor GardenVisit
15 May 2024GUSTAF HOLST: 'THE PLANETS' AND BEYONDLecture
09 May 2024Hokusai Woodblock Prints and related materialVisit
09 May 2024Hokusai Woodblock Prints and other related materialSpecial Event
24 April 2024Mid Eighteenth-Century English Rococo Silver, its social context, and the adventures of its owners and makers. Special Event
17 April 2024JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINTS OF THE EDO ERALecture
26 March 2024Gwen John: Art and Life in London and ParisVisit
20 March 2024THE MAYAN HERITAGE: Ancient and Modern Maya Culture Lecture
21 February 2024PICASSO’S YEAR OF WONDERSLecture
25 January 2024Holbein at the Tudor CourtVisit
17 January 2024CATHERINE THE GREAT: Empress of all the Russias Lecture
22 November 2023Battersea Power StationVisit
15 November 2023“FIRST, CATCH A SQUIRREL" Lecture
19 October 2023Getty Library at Wormsley ParkVisit
18 October 2023PINS AND POKING STICKS - Decoding dress in Shakespeare's time Lecture
01 October 2023The Welsh Marches & Industrial IronbridgeVisit
26 September 2023Durer material at the Ashmolean MuseumSpecial Event
26 September 2023Durer material in the Ashmolean Print RoomVisit
20 September 2023ALBRECHT DURER: Life, Ego and Afterlife Lecture
29 August 2023Longford Castle and Art CollectionVisit
19 July 2023ARCHITECTURAL TROMPE L'OEIL Lecture
21 June 2023DUTCH SEVENTEENTH CENTURY PAINTING: The Portraiture of All HollandLecture
17 May 2023FROM DOWNTON TO GATSBY: Jewellery and Fashion from 1890-1929Lecture
02 May 2023Two Jericho Churches: a walking tourVisit
19 April 2023POP GOES THE ARTIST: FROM WARHOL TO DYLANLecture
30 March 2023Waddesdon ManorVisit
29 March 2023Aegean World galleries at AshmoleanVisit
15 March 2023The Dinosaur Sculptures of Crystal PalaceLecture
22 February 2023Oscar Nemon - Sculptor of Statesmen and RoyaltyVisit
15 February 2023The Art of the CartoonistLecture
08 February 2023Cezanne exhibition at Tate ModernVisit
18 January 2023Palmyra - Bride of the desertLecture
14 December 2022Christmas Lunch at Frilford Heath Golf ClubVisit
29 November 2022Fabulous Flowers demo: 'Decorating for Christmas'Visit
16 November 2022The Art of the Steal: Nazi Looting During World War 11Lecture
19 October 2022Cezanne - The unlikely father of modern artLecture
13 October 2022Syon HouseVisit
21 September 2022The Dowager Empress Cixi - Ruling from behind the Yellow Silk ScreenLecture
04 September 2022Holiday - Manchester - Cultural PowerhouseVisit
25 August 2022St Peter's College Duncan Grant Collection & Chavasse Family MemorialsVisit
20 July 2022A Touch of the SunLecture
19 July 2022Masterpieces of Stuart Embroidery Ashmolean Study SessionVisit
19 July 2022Masterpieces of Stuart EmbroiderySpecial Event
23 June 2022Oscar Nemon Museum and Wild GardenVisit
15 June 2022The Story of Westminster HallLecture
18 May 2022George Stubbs1724-1806: The English Leonardo Lecture
13 May 2022Stratfield SayeVisit
04 May 2022Ashmolean Islam Study Session 1Special Event
04 May 2022Ashmolean Islamic Art Study Session 1Visit
25 April 2022Suffolk's Art, Houses and HistoryVisit
20 April 2022Bess of Hardwick: ‘a woman of masculine understanding and conduct’ Lecture
16 March 2022Tinted S.T.E.A.M: Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Maths in the Work of J.M.W. Turner Lecture
23 February 2022Virtual Tour of St Peter's College Oxford and the Duncan Grant CollectionLecture
23 February 2022Virtual Tour of St Peter's College Oxford and the Duncan Grant CollectionVisit
16 February 2022The Silver Thread: silver filigree and traditional arts in KosovoLecture
19 January 2022Bruegel: Peasants, Proverbs and LandscapesLecture
15 December 2021Christmas Lunch 2021Visit
15 December 2021Christmas LunchLecture
08 December 2021Gaudi in Barcelona lecture CANCELLEDLecture
23 November 2021Compton Verney: Grinling Gibbons and John Nash exhibitionsVisit
17 November 2021A Hungarian Metropolis: Art and Culture in BudapestLecture
01 November 2021Kind Hearts and CoronetsVisit
20 October 2021Sewn and Sown: The Gardens of Restoration EnglandLecture
24 September 2021An Artist's Open Garden and StudioVisit
24 September 2021Oxford Statues and CarvingsVisit
15 September 2021The Guggenheims: a dynasty of art collectorsLecture
18 August 2021Dumfries House an Ayrshire RenaissanceLecture
21 July 2021Cinema from the Rubble: the post-war politics of Ealing StudiosLecture
16 June 2021Raphael: Painter of PerfectionLecture
14 June 2021The Radcliffe Observatory Quarter - an architectural walkVisit
19 May 2021The Genius of BeethovenLecture
12 May 2021Keble College and The Light of the WorldLecture
12 May 2021Keble College and The Light of the WorldVisit
21 April 2021Faces of the English Court: Hans Holbein at the Court of Henry VIIILecture
10 March 2021A Garden Like No Other: Edward James & Las PosasLecture
10 February 2021Post-war Australian PaintingLecture
03 February 2021Bangladesh to Banksy: The Story of London's New East EndLecture
13 January 2021Turner vs Constable: the Great British Paint-OffLecture
09 December 2020The Christmas Story in Renaissance ArtLecture
25 November 2020Virtual Tour of the Old East End of LondonLecture
17 November 2020The Housekeeper's Tale: the women who really ran the English Country HouseLecture
11 November 2020Fiction, Fallacy & Fake News: Spin and progaganda in art through the agesLecture
12 March 2020Visions of Beauty: The Mughals and their ArtVisit
25 February 2020Visions of Beauty: The Mughals and their ArtVisit
19 February 2020Influences in Photography Lecture
30 January 2020The Queen's Gallery: George lV exhibitionVisit
22 January 2020Wyvern Area Study Days 2020Special Event
15 January 2020Power Politics and a Country Church: The story of Geoffrey Chaucer's grand-daughter, Alice de la Pole and her husband William, Duke of Suffolk Lecture
20 November 2019Van Gogh & Gauguin “A Terrible Lucidity” Lecture
16 October 2019The Genius of Antonio Stradivari Lecture
25 September 2019Kew GardensVisit
18 September 2019Gems from Life from Flies to Elephants Lecture
10 September 2019An Artists GardenVisit
09 September 2019Wells and Somerset HolidayVisit
18 July 2019The Queen’s College Librarian’s guided tour of the C.17th Upper Library and C.21st New Library Visit
17 July 2019The Good, the Bad and the Guggley – My Lifetime’s Pick of Pots Lecture
19 June 2019Treasures of the Black Tent – Antique Tribal Rugs and Dowry Weavings of the Persian and Central Asian Nomads Lecture
04 June 2019V&A ReviewVisit
22 May 2019Dresden Holiday May 2019 ReviewVisit
15 May 2019Portraits of the Maharinis Lecture
07 May 2019Chavenage House Tetbury ReviewVisit
17 April 2019Goldwork: The Story of Britain and Gold Lecture
28 March 2019Christ Church& Oxford University Real Tennis Court ReviewVisit
20 March 2019Underground Cathedrals: The Architecture of London Underground, above and below street level Lecture
20 February 2019The Paintings of Hieronymus BoschLecture
05 February 2019Russia:Royalty and the Romanovs The Queen's Gallery ReviewVisit
23 January 2019The Art of IslamVisit
16 January 2019Islam and the MosqueLecture
21 November 2018Getting Under their Skins - Finding Character and Story in Renaissance Art.Lecture
12 November 2018Guided Tour of the BMW Mini WorksVisit
17 October 2018The Golden Age of Venetian GlassLecture
19 September 2018Zaha Hadid - Architectural Superstar.Lecture
13 September 2018Sculpture in the VineyardVisit
28 August 2018Tate Modern, Picasso 1932 - Love Fame, Tragedy.Visit
18 July 2018Golden Jubilee lecture: Who Says? Can We Trust the Experts on Good and Bad Art?Lecture
10 July 2018An Artist's GardenVisit
26 June 2018Bombay Sapphire Gin Distillery and the Hospital of St Cross in WinchesterVisit
20 June 2018Mackintosh and the Glasgow FourLecture
11 June 2018HOLIDAY- North NorthumberlandVisit
16 May 2018Henry Vll's State BedLecture
20 April 2018Oxford Union and Exeter College. A Guided tour with Alistair LackVisit
18 April 2018AVM (Animal/Vegetable/Mineral) Curiosities: Food, Art and History Lecture
28 March 2018Compton Verney, Ravilious & CoVisit
21 March 2018The Two Gustavs: Mahler and Klimt Lecture
28 February 2018Mary Fedden. A voice of her ownVisit
21 February 2018Thomas Heatherwick: "The Leonardo da Vinci of our times" (Sir Terence Conran) Lecture
25 January 2018Queen's Gallery. Charles II: Art and PowerVisit
17 January 2018Empowering People - the Real Voice of Street Art Lecture
15 November 2017Auguste Rodin - the First Modern Sculptor? Lecture
18 October 2017Let there be Light: the art and science of light in painting Lecture
27 September 2017Oxford Union Murals & Burne-Jones tapestry in Exeter College Visit
20 September 2017Undressing Antiques Lecture
12 September 2017Lamport Hall, NorthantsVisit
19 July 2017The Honourable East India Company: East-West trade 1600 - 1800, Chinese Export and Chinoiserie Lecture
05 July 2017Kensington Palace and the Serpentine GalleryVisit
21 June 2017The Tiger in Asian Art Lecture
17 May 2017The Art and Science of the Lunar Society Lecture
15 May 2017Wellby CollectionVisit
11 May 2017Paul Nash and the Wittenham Clumps WalkVisit
26 April 2017HOLIDAY to NaplesVisit
19 April 2017The Surreal World of René Magritte Lecture
15 March 2017Gods, Godesses, Heaven & Hell Lecture
07 March 2017Surprising Nudes; Ashmolean leactureVisit
20 February 2017The Oxford of Inspector Morse A Guided walk with Alistair LackVisit
15 February 2017Satirist to Insanity: Celebrating the work of James GillrayLecture
07 February 2017Paul Nash Exhibition at Tate BritainVisit
18 January 2017Pots to Frocks - The World of Grayson Perry From Essex Punk Potter to Superstar National TreasureLecture
14 December 2016Christmas LunchVisit
16 November 2016How do they do that? (techniques of glassmaking)Lecture
10 November 2016Visit to the V&A. ReviewVisit
01 November 2016Picture Frames at the Ashmolean museum. ReviewVisit
19 October 2016Love & Loss: the story of Orpheus and Eurydice in art and musicLecture
29 September 2016Guided tour of the Bodleian Library. ReviewVisit
21 September 2016Double Dutch: Signs, symbols and double-entendre in Dutch genre paintingLecture
20 July 2016The Great Fire of LondonLecture
14 July 2016Shipwrecks - Lecture at the AshmoleanVisit
29 June 2016Madresfield Court & Beauchamp Community, Malvern. ReviewVisit
15 June 2016The History of the Harp from Mediterranean antiquity to 20th century EuropeLecture
25 May 2016Dinah Reynolds at the Ashmolean What is Porcelain – the finest of all Ceramic Wares?Visit
18 May 2016Donatello & the Italian RenaissanceLecture
20 April 2016MAGNIFICENT MOSAICS - WINDOWS INTO ROMELecture
13 April 2016Cookham - Stanley Spencer Gallery and John Lewis ArchiveVisit
23 March 2016Bonnard - The Old Master of Modern Art?Lecture
17 February 2016MONA LISA - BEHIND THE SMILELecture
11 February 2016Painting the Modern Garden Visit
20 January 2016ANCIENT EGYPTIAN TREASURES IN THE ASHMOLEANLecture
02 December 2015Christmas lunch with the Organ GrinderVisit
18 November 2015NOW YOU SEE IT - NOW YOU DONTLecture
21 October 2015MEDIEVAL ILLUMINATED BOOKS OF HOURSLecture
13 October 2015Windsor CastleVisit
16 September 2015FROM WILD BEASTS TO PICKLED SHARK - MODERN ARTLecture
29 July 2015Royal Academy Summer ExhibitionVisit
15 July 2015FIRE AND RESTORATION AT WINDSOR CASTLELecture
24 June 2015Winchester Flower FestivalVisit
17 June 2015CONSTABLE'S GREAT LANDSCAPESLecture
20 May 2015LIFE AND TIMES OF THE SUNDIALLecture
02 May 2015ADFAS HOLIDAY: Loire Valley & Monet’s GardenVisit
15 April 2015INESSENTIAL NECESSITIES IN 18TH CENTURY ENGLANDLecture
25 March 2015LAPIS LAZULI: IN PURSUIT OF A CELESTIAL STONELecture
23 March 2015BONNARDLecture
18 February 2015THE ART OF WILLIAM HOGARTH: GIN AND HARLOTSLecture
21 January 2015SIGNS, SYMBOLS & ICONOGRAPHY: THE HIDDEN STORIES IN ARTLecture
19 November 2014OPERA: THE MELTING POT OF CULTURELecture
15 October 2014FROM PHAETONS TO PHANTOMSLecture
17 September 2014THREE ARTISTS OF THE FIRST WORLD WARLecture
16 July 2014EARLY TRAVELLERS AT PETRALecture
18 June 2014THE BRITISH SEASIDE HOLIDAYLecture
03 June 2014VIKINGS: LIFE AND LEGEND, BRITISH MUSEUM, LONDONVisit
21 May 2014THREADS OF HISTORY: THE WORLD OF THE BAYEUX TAPESTRYLecture
09 May 2014ADFAS HOLIDAY 2014: HIGHLIGHTS OF HOLLANDVisit
16 April 2014TURNER: THE SUN IS GODLecture
19 March 2014WILLIAM KENT: C18TH OPPORTUNIST AND GENIUSLecture
25 February 2014Royal Albert Hall and a Kensington Museum, LondonVisit
19 February 2014IMPERIAL PURPLE TO DENIM BLUE: THE COLOURFUL HISTORY OF TEXTILESLecture
15 January 2014SOROLLA: PAINTER OF SUNLIGHTLecture
27 November 2013Australia, Royal Academy, LondonVisit
26 September 2013Lowry and the Painting of Modern Life, Tate Britain, LondonVisit
10 July 2013Burghley House, LincolnshireVisit
09 April 2013American Museum, BathVisit
18 December 2012Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Christmas Cracker Concert, Cadogan Hall, LondonVisit