DATE

LECTURE

LECTURER

JAN 28

Velasques painting “Las Meninas

Goya painting “The Third of May 1808”

Gail Turner

Historian, art historian and painter. Lectures for many organisations, including The Art Fund, Cambridge Univ. Int Summer Schools. Lectured at the Prado in Madrid.

FEB 25

Minotaurs and Labyrinths.

Myth and Minoan Art

Louise Schofield

Was Curator of Greek Bronze Age and Geometric Antiquities in the British Museum. Lectures for a number of universities and institutions and cruise companies.

MAR 25

Paying on the Nail in the Shambles

The History and Architecture of Markets

Mrs Anna Hallett BA MA

Lectured for a number of universities and has published a book on almshouses in Britain.

APR 22

Wine and the Vine in Art

Its History and Culture

We will follow the story of wine from ancient Assyrian and Greek vase painting right up to the 19^th Cent of, amongst others, Monet, Manet and van Gogh.  

Hilary Guise

Lectures in the main museums in London for American universities.

Also worked for The Art Fund and is a guest speaker for cruises

MAY 27

King Edward V11 and the Countess of Warwick - A Victorian Love Affair

Mrs Jane Kelsall BA Hons

Graduate in English and History.

Lecturer and Cathedral guide at St Albans since 1977. Guidebook author

SEP 23

Maharajahs of India

Royal Courts, Palaces and Paintings

562 princely states controlled two fifths of the sub-continent. Many of the rulers were great patrons of the arts and architecture. We shall examine some of these personalities, their lives and their contribution to the heritage of India.

Ann Peerless

Guest lecturer on cruises and The Art Fund. Also lecturer at many other organisations, including the V & A, British Museum and Tutor and course director at Guy’s Hospital and Holloway Prison.

Widely studied and travelled in India and South East Asia.

OCT 28

An Ideal Partnership

Lutyens and Jeckyll

James Bolton

Garden designer and lecturer. Faculty Director, Design History at Inchbald School of Design. “Garden Mania”, book on garden ornaments, published 2000

NOV 25

Keeping up Appearances - Prehistoric Jewellery in Britain and Beyond

Around 4500 years ago, inhabitants of Britain started wearing and being buried with jewellery.

Dr. Ben Roberts

Curator of Early Prehistory at the British Museum. Published and lectured widely on Prehistoric Europe.

DEC

16

Vikings

Tracing the history and travels of the Vikings. Particular study given to the Norwegian Vikings on their travels westwards and finally settling for a short while in N. America.

Captain William Wells, Master Mariner

Member of the Professional Speakers Assoc., former Vice President of Toastmasters International, Ship’s Captain and licensed Commercial Marine Pilot.