Category: Past Lectures

By Sarah Lenton. How do we cope with Christmas in the Royal Opera House? – 12 Bohèmes, 15 Hansel and Gretels and[…]

By Paula Nutall. Leonardo da Vinci is the author of iconic paintings such as the Virgin of the Rocks, the[…]

By Roger Rosewell. Stained glass was one of the most important arts of the Middle Ages, combining monumental painting with[…]

Before this month’s meeting, many of us thought of Titian as Venice’s great Renaissance painter but, the revelatory insight into[…]

By Linda Smith. This lecture traces the development of sculpture in the twentieth century, from large lumps of marble at[…]

By Anthea Streeter. Nowadays many people are familiar with Mackintosh’s striking and innovative designs; his high-backed chairs and white-paintedfurniture.  Yet,[…]

By Janet Canetty-Clarke.   Janet has built up an immense list of operas – some old, some new, some very[…]

By Peter Medhurst. The celebration of the period following Christmas can be traced back several millennia and to at least[…]

By John Iddon. This is the story of the artists who fled to Britain to escape the war in France,[…]

By Clare Phillips This is the rescheduled lecture originally planned for March but which was cancelled due to the adverse[…]

By Alexandra Epps. This is a special Lecture in Celebration of the NADFAS Golden Anniversary which will be followed by[…]

Who was Tutankhamun – The Boy King Behind the Greatest Treasures Ever Found by Anthony Russell. Read the lecture report[…]

By Colin Davies. Dame Zaha Hadid died suddenly in 2016, at the age of sixty-five. Architectural historians of the future[…]

By Ann Clements. Although most famous for “The Kiss”, there is in fact much more to Klimt’s work. Throughout his[…]

by Jane Tapley. This lecture tells the fascinating story of how Pantomime  developed out of its Greek and Roman roots[…]

By Sian Walters. The dramatic canvases which cover the walls and ceiling of the  Scuola de San Rocco not only[…]

The Artwork and Stories Behind Strange Pub Names by John Ericson. In this colourful and entertaining lecture John shows some[…]

Pissarro and his Artistic Family in London and Grayshott by Nicholas Reed. Camille Pissarro (the founder of French impressionism) and[…]

Hans Holbein the Younger (1497-1543) Portraitist of the Rennaisance by Jane Choy-Thurlow This phenomenal artist has done so much to[…]

Faber & Faber: 90 Years of Excellence in Cover Design  by Toby Faber This lecture traces the history of Faber[…]