Author: peter@quarendon.net

Note this lecture will be online only, not at the Crosfield Hall.

This lecture shines a light on the intriguing story of women’s love affair with plumage –  and of the brave[…]

A Spanish painter who created a world full of light and colour which delights the senses.

This lecture considers the influence of the Art of the Low Countries on Italian Renaissance Art. Generally viewed as a[…]

A journey around some of the most evocative and splendid stations in the world.  Magnificent Architecture, brilliant Engineering and  numerous[…]

Portmeirion is an extraordinary surprise; a colourful and delightful fantasy village on the coast of north Wales.   Created from the[…]

Dazzled by the impact of Impressionism it is easy to overlook the stunning achievements of Nordic painters during the 19th[…]

With major furniture commissions in 54 of the 68 Oxbridge colleges, countless museums, palaces, boardrooms and churches, it is highly[…]

William Morris’s famous injunction to “have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful or beautiful”[…]

What is it that conductors do that makes orchestras respond in so many different ways?