Enriching Lives Through The Arts
We were able to welcome back Bertie Pearce, but this time not on Zoom, and once again he kept the[…]
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On Tuesday 17th October the Arts Society Grayshott was pleased to welcome Timothy Walker, retired director of the Oxford Botanical[…]
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Jamie Hayes started his most interesting lecture on the History of Opera by quoting W.H. Auden ‘No good opera plot can[…]
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Hever Castle, as we see it today, is a glorious pastiche, one very rich American’s idea of an English baronial[…]
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Author, lecturer and “Antiques Roadshow” expert Mark Hill gave an enthusiastic and riveting talk on his abiding interest and hobby[…]
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What a pleasure it was to be back at the V. & A. again; whilst a few of our members[…]
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For our May lecture we were transported to Ancient Egypt by Egyptologist Lucia Gahlin who gave a fascinating talk about[…]
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Ian Swankie is an art scholar and guide for the Tate Modern, Tate Britain, Guildhall Art Galleries and is also[…]
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Art historian and freelance lecturer Dr Justine Hopkins gave 3 outstanding lectures on the place of trees in art and[…]
Read moreAlice White, who is an oil painter and Art tutor at the University of the Arts and UCL in London,[…]
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At our February meeting we had an enthralling lecture from Jo Walton, an expert on Art and Architecture of 15th[…]
Read moreColin is a BAFTA award winning screenplay writer as well as a lecturer in the History of Film, author and[…]
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Christopher Bradley, writer, photographer, film producer and expert on the Middle East and North Africa took us on a very[…]
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The first Virtual Tour of the season was both fascinating and extremely moving. Lecturer and Blue Badge Guide Ruth Polling[…]
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In November, writer, journalist and broadcaster Sarah Dunant gave the most interesting and exciting lecture on The Borgias: The Most[…]
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After 6 years in the organising, 53 members of our Society finally made their way to Westminster Abbey for a[…]
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This special interest day consisted of a series of three lectures, the first lecture covered the first two millennia[…]
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Who was Pieter Bruegel the Elder? Where was he born? In what year? We don’t know the exact answer to[…]
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Members thoroughly enjoyed our visit to the London home of the Duke of Northumberland. Syon House is right under the[…]
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The Arts Society was very lucky to have artist, designer and lecturer Richard Whincop to step in with his lecture[…]
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