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02 June 2026From Negative to Positive: Photography’s Long Road to Recognition as ArtLecture
12 May 2026Up to a Point - Pyramids in Britain and IrelandLecture
14 April 2026Gilbert and Sullivan and the Birth of English OperettaLecture
03 March 2026The World’s Greatest Paintings - 200 years of the National GalleryLecture
03 February 2026Balenciaga, Dior & Fath: Haute Couture’s Holy TrinityLecture
06 January 2026David Hockney: A Certain Generosity of SpiritLecture
02 December 2025The Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy: The Christmas Story of Tchaikovsky and the NutcrackerLecture
04 November 2025Faces and Fortunes - British Portraiture through the AgesLecture
07 October 2025From Venice to Sheffield: John Ruskin’s passion for art, craft and social justiceLecture
03 June 2025The Art of the Hero: Commemorating Scott of the AntarcticLecture
13 May 2025The History of American Art in 25 Iconic WorksLecture
04 March 2025Behind the Scenes, curating the Museum.Lecture
09 January 2024Death of a City: Pompeii AD79 Lecture
05 December 2023Dingley Dell to “A Christmas Carol”: Charles Dickens and ChristmasLecture
07 November 2023Theo Major - Wigan ArtistLecture
18 October 2023COACH TRIP: LIVERPOOL ANGLICAN CATHEDRAL AND ALBERT DOCK. WEDNESDAY 18TH OCTOBER 2023. 9am at Bolton Interchange.Visit
03 October 2023Manchester Art Gallery: The HighlightsLecture
31 August 2023PROGRAMME FOR 2023-2024Lecture
06 June 2023Prometheus Unbound: The Art of IndustryLecture
09 May 2023‘Debo’ - Mitford, Cavendish, Devonshire Duchess, Housewife, 1920-2014Lecture
07 March 2023Lake District Artists: Beyond the CanonLecture
04 October 2022Masters of Northern EuropeLecture
07 June 2022The Golden Age of British WatercolourLecture
10 May 2022Concise History of our Great British Public ParksLecture
05 April 2022The Enigma of Edward ElgarLecture
01 March 2022William Powell FrithLecture
01 February 2022The Dramatic Story of the Hagia Sophia Lecture
04 January 2022Masters of Northern Europe (Brueghels, Cranach, Durer)Lecture
06 December 2021A CORNUCOPIA OF CURIOUS CHRISTMAS CUSTOMSLecture
02 November 2021PORTMEIRION - A WELSH ITALIANATE FANTASYLecture
05 October 2021BOOM BUST AND BAROQUE (MANCHESTER AFTER THE TOWN HALL)Lecture
08 June 2021GEORGE SHAW: THE VICTORIAN FORGER AT WORKLecture
11 May 2021THE GOLDEN SECTION: PROPRTION IN ART AND ARCHITECTURELecture
13 April 2021THE MASTERS OF NORTHERN EUROPE: BRUEGHELS, CRANACH, DURERLecture
02 March 2021CULTURAL CROSSROADS: ART IN THE WESTERN BALKANSLecture
02 February 2021THE HISTORY OF WATER IN THE GARDENLecture
05 January 2021CANAL HISTORY & HERITAGELecture
01 December 2020THE JOURNEY OF THE MAGILecture
03 November 2020THE TOWN HALL TRIUMPHANTLecture
06 October 2020A WOMAN ARTIST LOOKS AT WOMEN PAINTERSLecture
07 April 2020THE FOUNDERS AND TREASURES OF THE WALLACE COLLECTIONLecture
03 March 2020TAPESTRY - THE ULTIMATE WALL DECORATIONLecture
04 February 2020THE GLASGOW BOYS, THE GLASGOW GIRLS, THE SCOTTISH COLOURISTS AND THE FRENCH CONNECTIONLecture
07 January 2020COUNTRY HOUSES OF THE GOTHIC REVIVALLecture
03 December 2019SANTA CLAUS - THE ART THAT TURNS HIM FROM ST NICHOLAS TO FATHER CHRISTMASLecture
05 November 2019MAD MEN AND ARTISTS - HOW THE ADVERTISING INDUSTRY EXPLOITED FINE ARTLecture
01 October 2019THE BRONZES OF IFE AND BENIN AND AN HISTORICAL REVIEW OF THE ART AND CULTURE OF NIGERIALecture
04 June 2019THE SECRETS OF ANNE SYKES'S DRESS DIARYLecture
30 April 2019BATTLE OF THE GIANTS: PICASSO AND MATISSELecture
02 April 2019SIR ANTONY VAN DYCK - PRINCE OF PAINTERSLecture
05 March 2019WHEN COTTON WAS KING - THE ARCHITECTURAL LEGACY OF 19TH CENTURY MANCHESTERLecture
05 February 2019REBEL IN GLASS: THE ART OF LOUIS COMFORT TIFFANYLecture
08 January 2019ARTS AND CRAFTS OF KASHMIRLecture
04 December 2018CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL: ITS STORY THROUGH THREE LIVESLecture
06 November 2018HEALING STITCHES - THERAPEUTIC HANDICRAFTS AT TIMES OF CONFLICTLecture
02 October 2018ALL HUMAN LIFE - A TOUR OF VICTORIAN PAINTINGLecture
05 June 2018INDIANS, BUFFALO AND STORMS: THE AMERICAN WEST IN 19TH CENTURY ARTLecture
01 May 2018FOREIGNERS IN LONDON 1520-1677: THE ARTISTS WHO CHANGED THE COURSE OF BRITISH ARTLecture
10 April 2018THE SILVER THREAD: SILVER FILIGREE AND TRADITIONAL ARTS IN KOSOVOLecture
14 March 2018THE ARTS SOCIETY - NW AREASpecial Event
06 March 2018WOMEN BEHIND THE LENS: OUTSTANDING FEMALE PHOTOGRAPHERS AND THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO THE ART OF PHOTOGRAPHYLecture
06 February 2018CULTURAL EXPERIMENTS IN THE WEIMAR REPUBLICLecture
09 January 2018THE OTHER SIDE - GERMANY'S POST WW2 CULTURE OF MEMORIALS AND COUNTER MEMORIALSLecture
05 December 2017MAN AND THE ARCTIC: ARTISTS OF NORTHERN NORWAYLecture
07 November 2017MEDIEVAL ILLUSTRATED MANUSCRIPTS: MAKERS AND USERSLecture
03 October 2017LET THERE BE LIGHT: THE ART AND SCIENCE OF LIGHT IN PAINTINGSLecture
06 June 2017THE ART AND ARCHITECTURE OF TRAVELLecture
09 May 2017STYLISH TIMES - ART DECO DESIGN AND BUILDING DECORATIONLecture
20 April 2017The Historic Houses, Heritage & Art of NorthumberlandVisit
04 April 2017A PASSION FOR PIERSLecture
07 March 2017THE AMAZING BELLINI FAMILY AND THE BIRTH OF THE VENETIAN RENAISSANCELecture
07 February 2017CHINESE IMPERIAL COURT COSTUME: A JOURNEY THROUGH THE IMPERIAL WARDROBELecture
26 January 2017BOLTON DFAS - Winter LunchVisit
10 January 2017EVERY PICTURE TELLS A STORY: LITERATURE IN ARTLecture
06 December 2016THE CIRCUS - HOW ARTISTS HAVE DEPICTED IT OVER THE CENTURIESLecture
01 November 2016TO THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD: CAPTAIN JAMES COOK AND THE ENLIGHTENMENTLecture
27 October 2016SPECIAL INTEREST DAY MODERNIST EXPRESSION IN THE GARDENSpecial Event
04 October 2016VAN GOGH - THE GOSPEL IN PAINTLecture
23 June 2016BOLTON DFAS - Summer LunchVisit
15 June 2016Manchester Cathedral & Chetham's Library TourVisit
07 June 2016THE ART OF CUISINE AND THE CUISINE OF ART!Lecture
10 May 2016INN SIGNIA - PUB SIGNS, THE ARTWORK AND THE STORIES BEHIND THEIR NAMESLecture
10 April 2016Historic Houses & Heritage of Suffolk Visit
05 April 2016PEELED! THE ART OF THE STILL LIFELecture
01 March 2016IMPERIAL PURPLE TO DENIM BLUE: THE COLOURFUL HISTORY OF TEXTILESLecture
29 February 2016ArtFund - Lancashire Volunteer Fundraising CommitteeSpecial Event
16 February 2016Riviera Paradise: The fusion of art, design and pleasure on the Côte d'Azur in the 1920s and 30s Special Event
02 February 2016THOMAS MORAN 1837 - 1926: THE TURNER OF THE AMERICAN WESTLecture
28 January 2016BOLTON DFAS - January LunchVisit
05 January 2016A FEAST FOR THE EYES: THE FRICK COLLECTION, NEW YORKLecture
01 December 2015STORIES IN STAINED GLASSLecture
10 November 2015LOST ON THE TITANIC: THE MAKING OF THE GREAT OMAR BINDINGLecture
03 November 2015NADFAS NORTH WEST AREA - A DAY OF SPECIAL INTERESTSpecial Event
20 October 2015WHITWORTH ART GALLERYVisit
06 October 2015HOW TIME WAS TOLD THROUGHOUT THE AGESLecture
02 July 2015BOLTON DFAS - Summer LunchVisit
02 June 2015THE BLACK DEATH – A TURNING POINT IN THE ARTSLecture
12 May 2015WILLIAM WORDSWORTH HIS LEGACY IN ART & POETRYLecture
01 May 2015NADFAS NORTH WEST AREA - DAY OF SPECIAL INTEREST: PEWTERSpecial Event
14 April 2015THE HISTORICAL USE OF WALLPAPER IN THE BRITISH INTERIOR 1685 TO TODAYLecture
24 March 2015"NO EXPENSE SPARED - PLACES OF WORSHIP IN LIVERPOOL'S SUBURBSSpecial Event
03 March 2015GILDING THE LILY: GARDENS OF FLORENCELecture
03 February 2015FURNITURE: THE AGE OF OAKLecture
22 January 2015Bolton DFAS LunchVisit
06 January 2015VICTORIAN OPTICAL ENTERTAINMENTSLecture
02 December 2014CHRISTMAS & OTHER FESTIVALS IN MODERN MEXICOLecture
17 November 2014ArtFund - Lancashire Fund Raising Committee Special LectureSpecial Event
06 November 2014NADFAS North West Area ART DECO DAYSpecial Event
04 November 2014THE LOST CIVILISATION OF CAMBODIALecture
03 November 2014NONE WILL REMAIN: Five Lost Churches of Manchester Special Event
14 October 2014BACKSTAGE TOUR - ROYAL EXCHANGE THEATRE MANCHESTERVisit
07 October 2014THE INVISIBLE WOMAN: INTO THE HEART OF DICKENSLecture