Note this lecture will be online only, not at the Crosfield Hall.
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5 October 21 (in person): Tessa Boase “Fashion, Fury and Feminism: Women’s Fight for Change”
This lecture shines a light on the intriguing story of women’s love affair with plumage – and of the brave[…]
Read more1 March 22: Jacqueline Cockburn “Joaquin Sorolla: A painter of Light”
A Spanish painter who created a world full of light and colour which delights the senses.
Read more5 April 22: James Lindow “Northern Lights: The Influence of Netherlandish Art on the Italian Renaissance”
This lecture considers the influence of the Art of the Low Countries on Italian Renaissance Art. Generally viewed as a[…]
Read more5 July 22: Ian Swankie “Great Railway Stations”
A journey around some of the most evocative and splendid stations in the world. Magnificent Architecture, brilliant Engineering and numerous[…]
Read more3 May 22: Matthew Williams “Portmeirion – a Welsh Italianate fantasy”
Portmeirion is an extraordinary surprise; a colourful and delightful fantasy village on the coast of north Wales. Created from the[…]
Read more7 June 22: Brian Healey “Masters of the North: The Golden Age of Nordic Paintings”
Dazzled by the impact of Impressionism it is easy to overlook the stunning achievements of Nordic painters during the 19th[…]
Read more7 December 21: Anthony Russell “English Furniture Design Today – the great commissions of Luke Hughes”
With major furniture commissions in 54 of the 68 Oxbridge colleges, countless museums, palaces, boardrooms and churches, it is highly[…]
Read more2 November 21: Jo Banham “Williams Morris wallpapers and textiles”
William Morris’s famous injunction to “have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful or beautiful”[…]
Read more7 September 21 (on Zoom): Nigel Bates “They Make No Noise”
What is it that conductors do that makes orchestras respond in so many different ways?
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