In this seasonal lecture I will talk about the seemingly polished world of professional pantomime - and reveal what it’s really like.
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Art lies at the heart of social unrest, a voice for those who cannot be heard. Graffiti is more than mindless vandalism - it's the early stages of revolution.
This lecture will look at the early experiments into porcelain making in England in the middle years of the eighteenth century
The image of the Last Supper is as readily familiar as the book shape of Italy on a map. However, the history of how this famous mural came to be painted, how precisely Leonardo painted it, and who he painted it for, are much less well known.
An epic tale of two extraordinary figures from the same valley in Yorkshire who were destined to change the world of fashion and design for all time.
Sarah Cove ACR founded the Constable Research Project in conjunction with the V&A
Museum in 1986 to study John Constable RA's materials and techniques from the technical and
scientific point of view.
Ralph will bring some silver for the audience to handle and examine
Because Jan Breugel did not inherit the right to copy his father Peter’s pictures, he invented a field of his own
Henry VIII was an enthusiastic patron of the arts, whose commissions relate to one central story: the glorification of Henry and his England.
Charlie Waite is one of the world’s leading landscape photographers, noted for his "painterly" approach in using light and shade. His photographs convey a spiritual quality of serenity and calm.