

Girl with a Pearl Earring
Johannes Vermeer
Mauritshuis Museum
Programme 2023
To print your copy of the programme 2023 cilck HERE
Wednesady 8th February 2023

Virtual Tour
The Borghese Gallery Rome
Presented by Stuart Harvey
This visit will be held on Zoom
Commencing at 11:00am.
Members will receive joining details by email.

This Tour is available to Guest Visitors
Please click HERE for details
Tuesday 14th February 2023

Simon de Montfort - At Home and At War
Presented by Rupert Willoughby
This lecture will be held at Alton College
Commencing at 8:00pm.
Please note this is no longer on Zoom
There is a Youtube video available by Rupert on The Great Wall of Basingstoke. An amusing but critical comment on 1960's architecture.
To view CLICK HERE (you can skip the adverts)

Monday 6th March 2023
Virtual Tour
Tour of Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens
Cape Town
Presented by Waldo Steyn and tour guide Kirsten Keun
This visit will be held on Zoom Commencing at 9:30am.
Members will receive joining details by email.

This Tour is available to Guest Visitors
Please click HERE for details

Tuesday 14th March 2023

Edward Seago - Landscape Perfectionist & Royal Favourite
Presented by Anthony Russell
This lecture will be held at Alton College
Commencing at 8:00pm.
CLICK HERE to see directions.

Thursday 30th March to 3rd April 2023

5 Day tour to Belgium and the Netherlands Including the Mauritshuis and Ghent Cathedral. Click on the Reservations button below to reserve you place on this tour.

Girl with a Pearl Earring
Johannes Vermeer
Mauritshuis Museum
CANCELLED
Ghent Cathedral

The Mauritshuis Museum
Tuesday 11th April 2023

The Field of Cloth of Gold
6000 Englishmen in France for 18 days - How Did They Do It?
Presented by Joana Mabbutt
This lecture will be held at Alton College
Commencing at 8:00pm.

CLICK HERE to see directions.
Tuesday 9th May 2023

Michael Harris : Mdina Glass & Isle of Wight Studio Glass
Presented by Mark Hill
This lecture will be held at The Maltings
Commencing at 8:00pm.

Unfortunately most images of Mdena Glass are copyright and we are therefore not able to show any here. The above is one piece of Isle of White Studio Glass that we can show. However there is a number of Youtube videos available. CLICK HERE to view a video showing the manufacture in progress.
Tuesday 13th June 2023

The Subtle Science & The Exact Art of Colour in English Garden Design.
Why Gardening can rank as Fine Art
Presented by Timothy Walker
This lecture will be held at The Maltings
Commencing at 8:00pm.
CLICK HERE to see directions.

RHS Wisley 2022
Departs 25th June 2023

6 day visit - The Art & History of Dresden, Saxony Switzerland, Leipzig & Meiβen
With Tailored Travel company.
Click on the Download button below for the Itinerary and booking form.

CANCELLED
Tuesday 12th September 2023
Dresden from the right bank of the Elbe below the Augustus Bridge Canaletto (1722-1780)
State Art Collection Dresden

From Errol Flynn to Bottles of Gin:
Literary Portraits and their Afterlives
Presented by Annalie Talent
This lecture will be held at Alton College
Commencing at 8:00pm.
CLICK HERE to see directions.

Tuesday 10th October 2023

Mediaeval Illuminated Bestiaries
Presented by Christopher de Hamel
This lecture will be held at The Maltings
Commencing at 8:00pm.
CLICK HERE to see directions.
Tuesday 14th November 2023

The Extraordinary Life of Misia Sert:
Muse to Renoir, Toulouse-Lautrec, Bonnard & Vuillard: Patron of the Ballet Russes; Concert Pianist and fashion icon.
Presented by Julian Halsby
This lecture will be held at The Maltings
Commencing at 8:00pm.
CLICK HERE to see directions.

Tuesday 12th December 2023

From Tchaikovsky to Tin Pan Alley
Uplifting music for Christmas
Presented by Sandy Burnett
This lecture will be held at The Maltings
Commencing at 8:00pm.
CLICK HERE to see directions.