Forthcoming lectures
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20th February 2025 10.45am, repeated 2.15pm at The Henley Rugby Club. Live transmission 10.45am only. For more information on all lectures please contact Sarah Barry on SarahBarry63@yahoo.co.uk or 07879 611782.Lecturer: Liz WoolleyWilliam Morris - Lord Nuffield's Great Generosity to the Oxford Colleges William Morris, Lord Nuffield, probably did more than any other individual to transform Oxford in the twentieth |
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20th March 2025 10.45am repeated 2.15pm at The Henley Rugby Club. Live transmission 10.45am only. For more information on all lectures please contact Sarah Barry on SarahBarry63@yahoo.co.uk or 07879 611782.Lecturer: Mary SharpThe Fall into Knowledge: The Story of Prometheus and how his plight has captivated and influenced writers and artists over the years Prometheus was a Titan who, according to Greek legend, created the human race and then famously incurred the wr |
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17th April 2025 10.45am repeated 2.15pm at The Henley Rugby Club. Live transmission 10.45am only. For more information on all lectures please contact Sarah Barry on SarahBarry63@yahoo.co.uk or 07879 611782.Lecturer: James RenshawPersepolis: Art, Architecture and Ideology of the Persian Empire |
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15th May 2025 10.45am repeated 2.15pm at The Henley Rugby Club. Live transmission 10.45am only. For more information on all lectures please contact Sarah Barry on SarahBarry63@yahoo.co.uk or 07879 611782.Lecturer: Lydia BaumanBritish Art from Egg to Bacon This is a survey of a hundred years of Art in Britain from the Victorian Leopold Augustus Egg to Francis Bacon. |
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19th June 2025 10.45am repeated 2.15pm at The Henley Rugby Club. Live transmission 10.45am only. For more information on all lectures please contact Sarah Barry on SarahBarry63@yahoo.co.uk or 07879 611782.Lecturer: Sarah Deere-JonesSoft Angelic Whispers: The Hidden History of the Medieval Harp Many people around the world today believe the harp to be an exclusively 'Celtic' instrument and are unaware of |
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Thursday 18th September 2025 10.45am repeated 2.15pm at The Henley Rugby Club. Live transmission 10.45am only. For more information on all lectures please contact Sarah Barry on SarahBarry63@yahoo.co.uk or 07879 611782.Lecturer: Rupert DickensHogarth at the Hustings: The Election Entertainment Series and the Birth of Political Satire The long British tradition of political satire has come to the fore recently following the year of a General El |
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Thursday 16th October 2025 10.45am repeated 2.15pm at The Henley Rugby Club. Live transmission morning only. For more information on all lectures please contact Sarah Barry on SarahBarry63@yahoo.co.uk or 07879 611782.Lecturer: Angela FindlayThe Empty Chair in Contemporary Art from van Gogh to Ai Weiwei We all use chairs! |
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Thursday 20th November 2025 10.45am repeated 2.15pm at The Henley Rugby Club. Live transmission morning only. . For more information on all lectures please contact Sarah Barry on SarahBarry63@yahoo.co.uk or 07879 611782. Please note the Annual General Meeting for 2025 has been deferred to April 2026Lecturer: Henrietta HammantA History of Inuit Art in the Canadian Arctic |
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Thursday 11th December 2025 10.45am and 2.15pm at The Henley Rugby Club. Simultaneous transmission 10.45am only. For more information on all lectures please contact Sarah Barry on SarahBarry63@yahoo.co.uk or 07879 611782.Lecturer: Chris BradleyWho is Santa Claus? Art from St Nicholas to Father Christmas Nicholas was the Greek Bishop of Myra, a 4th century port in Anatolia. |
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Thursday 11th December 2025Lecturer: Chris BradleyWho is Santa Claus? Art from St Nicholas to Father Christmas Nicholas was the Greek Bishop of Myra, a 4th century port in Anatolia. |
