2021-22 Planned Lecture Programme

Lectures are held at 11.00am on the first Tuesday of he month, either at the Crosfield Hall or on Zoom.

  • 7 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? Read more…

  • 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 more…

  • 2 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 more…

  • 7 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 more…

  • 1 February 22 Jacky Klein “Cezanne: The (Unlikely) Father of Modern Art”

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

  • 1 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 more…

  • 5 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 more…

  • 3 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 more…

  • 7 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 more…

  • 5 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 more…