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Programme 2023/2024

Tuesday 12th December 2023

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From Tchaikovsky to Tin Pan Alley: Uplifting music for Christmas

Presented by Sandy Burnett

This lecture will now be held at Alton College commencing at 7:30pm (doors open 6:45pm) CLICK HERE to see directions.

Please note change venue and new start time.

Tuesday 9th January 2024

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The Overshadowed (artists who have fallen out of fashion)

Presented by Chantal Brotherton-Ratcliffe

Have you had this experience? You go to a gallery, an exhibition and are stopped dead by an unknown picture: you look at the label and......

 

This lecture will be held at Alton College commencing at 7:30pm (doors open 6:45pm) CLICK HERE to see directions.

Thursday 25th January 2024 (Amended date)

Online visit to:

Museum Island, Berlin. A symbol of power, with highlights

of the collection and their use.

Presented by Nick Jackson

A UNESCO world heritage site, Berlin’s Museum Island is home

to no less than five world famous museums, built orignally

between 1830 and 1930. Nick Jackson, local Berlin Guide, will tell us about the architecture of Museum Island as a symbol of power, the highlights of the collections and their use (a peculiarly Berlin angle) to underpin the final decades of the ‘old’ Berlin world before the deluge of WWI and its fall out. Nick’s tour will include video footage from inside the museums.

This online visit will commence at 11:00am on Zoom. Members will be sent the Zoom link a few days before the tour

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Tuesday 13th February 2024

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The Men who made Mens Wear

Presented by Nash Russell

This lecture tells the story of men's tailoring over the past 200 years, told through....

This lecture will be held at Alton College commencing at 7:30pm (doors open 6:45pm) CLICK HERE to see directions.

Tuesday 22nd February 2024

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Online visit:

Kosovo’s Capital, Pristina:

Mulberry Trees, Mosques, Macchiato and

Mother Teresa

Presented by Elizabeth Gowing

 

In this visit Elizabeth will share with us

the things she loves....

This online visit will commence at 11:00am on Zoom. Members will be sent the Zoom link a few days before the tour.

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Thursday 7th March 2024

Special Interest Day

Beech Village Hall

Details to follow

10:00am to 3:00pm

Tuesday 12th March 2024

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The Art and Culture of fin-de-siècle Vienna

Presented by Gavin Plumley

At the turn of the last century, Vienna was the capital of a vast empire and one of the most exciting.....

This lecture will be held at Alton College commencing at 7:30pm (doors open 6:45pm) CLICK HERE to see directions.

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Wednesday 27th March 2024

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The Architecture of Mussolini

Presented by Stuart Harvey

In Italy the two decades that Benito Mussolini was in power are referred to as...

 

This online visit will commence at 10:30am on Zoom. Members will be sent the Zoom link a few days before the tour.

Tuesday 9th April 2024

A bit of a Carry On

Presented by Tyler Butterworth

The remarkable untold story of Carry On actor Peter Butterworth,

and......

This lecture will be held at Alton College commencing at 7:30pm (doors open 6:45pm) CLICK HERE to see directions.

Thursday 25th April to Monday 29th April 2024

Visit to Nottingham including Bletchley Park and Boughton House

This visit is now fully booked

Tuesday 14th May 2024

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What have the Huguenots ever done for us? Mass migration and the Arts in Britain

Presented by Vivienne Lawes

The mass migration of the French Huguenot Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries due to religious persecution, had an impact on the arts, the military and finance sectors. It is estimated...

 

This lecture will be held at Alton College commencing at 7:30pm (doors open 6:45pm) CLICK HERE to see directions.

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Tuesday 11th June 2024

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An Englishman in New York - the art of Lord Duveen

Presented by Mark Meredith

Europe has a great deal of art, and America has a great deal of......

This lecture will be held at Alton College commencing at 7:30pm (doors open 6:45pm) CLICK HERE to see directions.

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Tuesday 10th September 2024

The Taj Mahal

Presented by Oliver Everett

This lecture will be held at Alton College commencing at 7:30pm (doors open 6:45pm) CLICK HERE to see directions.

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Tuesday 8th October 2024

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Caravagios in the Attic:

True Stories of Rediscovered Art Treasurers

Presented by Jacky Klein

This lecture tells the gripping tales of priceless works of art lost or stolen, mislabelled, misfiled or misidentified – and the dramatic stories.....

This lecture will be held at Alton College commencing at 7:30pm (doors open 6:45pm) CLICK HERE to see directions.

Thursday 31st October 2024

Special Interest Day

Beech Village Hall

Details to follow

10:00am to 3:00pm

Tuesday 12th November 2024

Architecture through the ages

Presented by John Sherlock

Following a colourful timeline (which every audience member receives), John takes you on a complete journey through.....

This lecture will be held at Alton College commencing at 7:30pm (doors open 6:45pm) CLICK HERE to see directions.

Tuesday 10th December 2024

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Christmas with Giles, Grandma and the Family

Presented by Barry Venning

For a great many members of The Arts Society, the cartoonist Carl Giles was as much a part of the festive season as the Christmas tree, crackers and the Queen's Speech. So popular.....

 

This lecture will be held at Alton College commencing at 7:30pm (doors open 6:45pm) CLICK HERE to see directions.

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