Programme 2012

West Surrey at Shalford

L ectures commence at 10.45 prompt - Coffee from 10am

Before joining why don't you come to one of our meetings?

Past Programmes

Leonardo da Vinci - Painter at the Court of Milan

The National Gallery

VISIT
Tuesday January 17

Sir Edwin Lutyens, the Architect with a Twinkle in his Eye

by Lt Col Dick Bolton
A Guide for Canterbury Cathedral and S E England Blue
Badge Guide. Also a lecturer, writer and broadcaster

MEETING

February 28

Wedgwood, Catherine the Great and the Frog Service

by Deborah Lambert BA MA
Curator of the Schroder Collection - a furniture
specialist on the Antiques Roadshow - and Academic
Director for Christie's Education

MEETING

January 24

Coronations and Celebrations - Diamond Jubilee

London

VISIT

Tuesday March 13

Grinling Gibbons: Carver to the Crown and Court

by Launce Gribbin
Studied Art History at the Courtaulds Institute and worked
at the V & A. Was tutor to Sotherby's Educational Studies

MEETING

March 27

MEETING

April 24

The Rothschilds of Waddesdon Manor

by William Forrester
A registered guide and lecturer for Cumbria and
London and the City of London

Waddesdon Manor

Aylesbury

VISIT

Wednesday May 16

Great Gardens of the 18th Century

Landscape Gardening from HaHas to Hermits
by Dr Patrick Connor
Teacher, Director of Martyn Gregory Gallery in London
and author of several books

followed by

ANNUAL LUNCH - booking required

MEETING

May 29

MEETING

June 26

What the Dickens : An Ilustrated Talk on
Charles Dickens - His Life and Times
by Jane Tapley
Special Events Organiser, Theatre Royal Bath.
West country Blue Badge Guide/Lecturer

FRANCE
Burgundy's Wine, Art and History

VISIT

Tuesday July 10

BROADLANDS

Romsey

TOUR

September 9 - 14

MEETING

September 25

From Rags to Riches - The Huguenot
Silk Weavers of Spitalfields
by Sue Jackson
Lectures for the National Trust, U3A and City Literary
Institutes. Has published work on the lost world of
the River Fleet

A Walk with Andrew Davies :

Whitechapel and Spitalfields

All Done on Ginger Beer :
The Creation of the ENO, The Royal Ballet and the
National Theatre by Lillian Baylis at the Old Vic
by Sarah Lenton
Has written and directed shows for the Royal Opera
House Linbury Theatre and given tours at the London
Coliseum. Is a broadcaster, commentator and cartoonist

MEETING

October 23

VISIT

Tuesday October 9

Iran : Land of Great Kings, Shahs and Ayatollahs

by John Osborne
Tutor, Guide, Lecturer and leader of study tours
to Bulgaria, Romania, Iran, Turkey and other
countries in S.E. Europe and the Mediterranean

SPECIAL INTEREST DAY - BOOKING REQUIRED

November13

MEETING

November 27

Horace Walpole and Strawberry Hill
by John Iddon
Lecturer and Guide for both Tate
Britain and Tate Modern

The Christmas Story in Medieval Art
by Sally Dormer
BA (University of Durham), PhD (Medieval
Manuscript Illumination) and MA (Medieval
History of Art) Courtaulds Institute

MEETING

December 11

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