Henley DFAS

Forthcoming lectures

	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 Bauman British 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.
	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-Jones Soft 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
	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 Dickens Hogarth 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
	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 Findlay The Empty Chair in Contemporary Art from van Gogh to Ai Weiwei We all use chairs!
	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 2026 Lecturer: Henrietta Hammant A History of Inuit Art in the Canadian Arctic
	Thursday 11th December 2025 Lecturer: Chris Bradley Who is Santa Claus? Art from St Nicholas to Father Christmas Nicholas was the Greek Bishop of Myra, a 4th century port in Anatolia.
	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 Bradley Who is Santa Claus? Art from St Nicholas to Father Christmas Nicholas was the Greek Bishop of Myra, a 4th century port in Anatolia.