Catherine de Medici, the only woman ever to rule France, married Henry, second son of King Francis I. This was[…]
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4 April: Rosamund Barlett “Chopin and the Polish Soul”
At the end of the 17th century Poland was the largest state in Europe, but within a hundred years it[…]
Read more7 February: Angela Findlay “The Art of Atonement: How Germany commemorates the Second World War”
How do you express national guilt and apology rather than pride and patriotism? How do you remember what you would[…]
Read more6 December: Harry Venning “The Art of the Cartoonist”
Harry will be tracing the history of his profession with examples from early practitioners like Cruickshank and Hogarth, to more[…]
Read more4 July: Mark Ovenden “160 years of London Underground Design and Architecture”
Love it or loathe it, you can’t fail to be impressed by London’s Tube. It was the world’s first underground[…]
Read more6 September: Gavin Plumley “A Hungarian Metropolis: Art and Culture in Budapest”
Budapest was formed in 1873 by the unification of Buda and Pest, situated on either side of the River Danube.[…]
Read moreWednesday 27 July. Visit to Stratfield Saye
The Arts Society Romsey will be visiting Stratfield Saye on Wednesday 27th July 2022. Group and individual visits are very[…]
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