2026 Lecture Programme

January 6th – Mark Cottle. The World of the Tudor Court and Beyond. Paintings, drawings and miniatures of Holbein and Hilliard

February 3rd – Leslie Primo. Joseph Wright of Derby and the Men and Art of the Lunar Society

March 3rd – Gavin Plumley. John Singer Sargent: The Private Radical

April 7th – Brian Stater. When Britain Clicked. Photography of the Swinging Sixties

May 6th – Paul Roberts. Last Supper in Pompeii (Note – this lecture is on a Wednesday, not a Tuesday as usual)

June 2nd – Matthew Williams. ‘Ghastly Good Taste!’ A century of British interiors

October 6th – Charlie Forman. Portraits of London.  How great artists have shaped our city

November 3rd – Caroline Levisse. Henri Matisse: Le Bonheur de Vivre

December 1st – Sarah Lenton. 300 Years of Christmas at Covent Garden