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Programme 2023/2024
Tuesday 12th December 2023
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
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
Tuesday 13th February 2024
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
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.
Thursday 7th March 2024
Special Interest Day
Beech Village Hall
Details to follow
10:00am to 3:00pm
Tuesday 12th March 2024
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.
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
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.
Tuesday 11th June 2024
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.
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.
Tuesday 8th October 2024
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
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.
