MENU PREVIOUS EVENTS


× Home Our Society
About Us Joining Us Where We Meet What Is The Arts Society? Committee Documents
Lectures Visits Special Interest Days News Diary Volunteering
Arts Volunteers Heritage Volunteers Church Recorders
Web Page Links
Useful Links Culture Links Videos
Contact Us Surrey Area
About The Area Area Events Local Society Events

These are previous events. Click on a row for more information

Or click here to see what's coming up
27 July 2026Longford CastleVisit
16 July 2026Frauds and Fakes – paintings which fooled the worldLecture
18 June 2026The creation of the BBCLecture
11 June 2026Great Dixter Garden & RyeVisit
21 May 2026The healing power of plantsLecture
13 May 2026Arundel CastleVisit
16 April 2026Mary Queen of Scots – secrets and spiesLecture
24 March 2026Brighton PavilionVisit
19 March 2026Insatiable appetites – eating out in Georgian LondonLecture
19 February 2026Coco Chanel – art, fashion and businessLecture
15 January 2026Pantomime – when the fairy is over fiftyLecture
18 December 2025The British Crown Jewels: every stone tells a story Lecture
20 November 2025A Dickens of a Christmas and God bless us every one Lecture
13 November 2025Two talks about Books and Films: Screening the Novel – books into films Behind the scenes – the making of Gone with the Wind Special Event
16 October 2025Cezanne and Van Gogh: death as a career moveLecture
18 September 2025A Photographic Odyssey: Shackleton’s Endurance expedition captured on camera Lecture
10 September 2025Oxford and Broughton CastleVisit
17 July 2025The Baroque Country House Lecture
19 June 2025The woman who inspired Daphne du Maurier’s writing career Lecture
15 May 2025Inn signia – the art and stories of pub names Lecture
01 May 2025Sudeley Castle and GardensVisit
10 April 2025The Jurassic World of Mary Anning Lecture
28 March 2025Leighton and Sambourne HousesVisit
20 March 2025Curves, colours and cool – an introduction to mid-century modern Lecture
20 February 2025National Treasures – saving London’s museums & galleries in WWII Lecture
16 January 2025Secrets of affluent Mayfair Lecture
19 December 2024The World’s greatest paintings : 200 years of the National Gallery Lecture
21 November 2024The collections of Napoleon & Josephine at the Chateau de MalmaisonLecture
07 November 2024Glamorous Nights: British Musical Theatre from the 1920s to the Phantom of the Opera Special Event
17 October 2024MonopolyLecture
25 September 2024Chartwell House Visit
19 September 2024Gotta dance! The Hollywood Musical Lecture
19 July 2024Kenwood House & Fenton House Visit
18 July 2024The Ship Burial at Sutton Hoo Lecture
20 June 2024A Piece of the Auction Lecture
16 May 2024An Actor’s life for me Lecture
10 May 2024Highgrove GardensVisit
25 April 2024Exbury Gardens Visit
18 April 2024Writers and relics : a brief history of literary tourism Lecture
21 March 2024Cleopatra : image and reality Lecture
22 February 2024Bletchley ParkVisit
15 February 2024From the Saxons to Mary Berry: a visual history of the English cookbook Lecture
18 January 2024Banksy: fraud or genius? Lecture
21 December 2023The Three Kings: the real story Lecture
16 November 2023World famous photos : images that shaped our culture Lecture
02 November 2023Riviera Paradise: art and design in the 1920sSpecial Event
19 October 2023Giles: his life, times and cartoons Lecture
28 September 2023Bateman’s and Scotney Castle Visit
21 September 2023Faber and Faber: 90 years of excellence in cover design Lecture
20 July 2023Home Sweet Home: exploring Victorian interiors & the home Lecture
29 June 2023Kingston LacyVisit
08 June 2023The Odd Couple : the gardens of Edwin Lutyens & Gertrude Jekyll Lecture
18 May 2023The discovery of Paris Lecture
25 April 2023Blenheim Palace Visit
20 April 2023Art transported Lecture
22 March 2023Audley End House Visit
16 March 2023The Talent of Tite Street Lecture
16 February 2023An Artist’s best friend : the dog in art Lecture
19 January 2023The curious world of Pieter Bruegel the Elder Lecture
15 December 2022The Magic of PantoLecture
24 November 2022Turner vs Constable: the Great British Paint Off!Special Event
17 November 2022Dame Laura Knight Lecture
20 October 2022Agatha Christie and Dorothy L Sayers in London Lecture
05 October 2022Kelmscott – William Morris House, LechladeVisit
15 September 2022Spitalfields Silks and the Age of EleganceLecture
21 July 20221950s Britain through the eyes of the Picture Post Lecture
09 June 2022The ups and downs in the lives of the Impressionists Lecture
19 May 2022Jane Austen: letters, life & lesser-known works, with sketches & watercolours Lecture
12 May 2022Sezincote House Visit
21 April 2022Blenheim Palace: the agony and the ecstasyLecture
29 March 2022Leonardslee Gardens near Horsham Visit
17 March 2022Ocean Liner Art: ships that shaped our lives, 1800-1950Lecture
17 February 2022George Villiers – Duke of Buckingham: the handsomest man in C17th Europe & his patronage of the artsLecture
20 January 2022The Four Seasons Lecture
16 December 2021The Kingdom of SweetsLecture
18 November 2021The subtle science and exact art of colour in English garden design Lecture
21 October 2021The Rockefellers: a dynasty of art collectors Lecture
13 October 2021Chiddingstone Castle, Edenbridge Visit
16 September 2021Caravaggio – murderer or genius?Lecture
15 July 2021A brief story of Wine Lecture
10 June 2021A load of old balls Lecture
20 May 2021Mad, bad & fascinating to know: the colourful ancestors of the Dukes of Bedford Lecture
15 April 2021From Downton to Gatsby : jewellery and fashion, 1890-1929Lecture
18 March 2021Medieval Castles: an alternative viewLecture
18 February 2021Fakes or Fortunes (or have I discovered a Constable in my attic?) Lecture
21 January 2021Les Parisiennes: how women lived, loved & died in Paris from 1939 -49Lecture
10 December 2020‘I was excessively delighted’ : Young Victoria’s watercolours and diaries showing delights in the arts.Lecture
19 November 2020Charles Dickens : the man and his life through his characters Lecture
15 October 2020Lawrence of Arabia: excavating a legend Lecture
17 September 2020The Art of 1935 Lecture
10 March 2020Strawberry Hill & Dorney CourtVisit
20 February 2020Mad Men & the artists and how the advertising industry has exploited fine artLecture
16 January 2020Women Artists of the Second World War Lecture
17 December 2019A Cornucopia of Christmas CustomsLecture
21 November 2019Rembrandt, Vermeer and Frans Hals ‘The Art in The Garden of God’Lecture
14 November 2019New York New York, an Architectural DiscoverySpecial Event
17 October 2019A Tour of Big Ben Lecture
11 October 2019Chavenage HouseVisit
19 September 2019The Roaring Twenties Lecture
16 September 2019Visit to The Bank of England and the Mansion HouseVisit
18 July 2019The Thames, theatre of pageantry and pleasure Lecture
05 July 2019Hatfield HouseVisit
27 June 2019Mind the Gap: Graphic Poster design on the London Underground Lecture
16 May 2019From Pageant to Pop: a history of music in London Lecture
18 April 2019Basingstoke and its contribution to world cultureLecture
26 March 2019Stonor Park & Greys CourtVisit
21 March 2019Feasts and Fantasy : food and its ritualsLecture
21 February 2019100 years of deception: hoaxers and swindlers in the 18th centuryLecture
17 January 2019As Good as Gold Lecture
13 December 2018The Boy who bit PicassoLecture
22 November 2018All done on Ginger Beer! The amazing story of Lilian Baylis, founder of the Old Vic and the Royal BalletSpecial Event
15 November 2018Holbein in England Lecture
18 October 2018Five Famous Paintings: some useful hints when trying to decipher art Lecture
11 October 2018Knole Park, KentVisit
20 September 2018Skin Deep: the Beastly Art of Beauty; Reality and Ridicule Lecture
19 July 2018Windsor Great Park and the Royal landscape Lecture
10 July 2018Farley Farm and Firle Place, SussexVisit
28 June 2018Pots and Frocks: the world of Grayson Perry from Essex potter to superstar national treasureLecture
17 May 2018London’s changing skyline: Past, Present and Future Lecture
19 April 2018A Child of Six could do it: cartoonists’ views of Modern Art Lecture
23 March 2018Charleston House; Sheffield Park and Garden, SussexVisit
15 March 2018Brilliant British Humour in the forgotten art of the Picture Postcard 1909-39Lecture
15 February 2018Queen of Instruments – the Lute in Old Master paintings Lecture
18 January 2018Undressing AntiquesLecture
14 December 2017Getting under their Skins: finding character and story in Renaissance artLecture
23 November 2017A Family Affair - Florence and the House of MediciSpecial Event
16 November 2017Women Impressionists:Mary Cassatt and Berthe Morisot in relation to their male contemporariesLecture
09 November 2017Visit to Hampton Court PalaceVisit
19 October 2017Symphonies in Colour: the Mosaics of RavennaLecture
28 September 2017Visit to Eltham PalaceVisit
21 September 2017Vivaldi in VeniceLecture
15 June 2017Henry Moore - England's Greatest SculptorLecture
13 June 2017Visit to Mottisfont AbbeyVisit
25 May 2017Visit to Waddesdon ManorVisit
18 May 2017La Mortella - Modern Italian GardenLecture
05 May 2017Extended Visit: The Art, Historic Houses and Gardens of CornwallVisit
20 April 2017Picasso and his WomenLecture
16 March 2017The Dollar Princesses: American women who married into the European aristocracy and whose wealth helped preserve houses and estatesLecture
02 March 2017Visit to Henry VIII's warship 'Mary Rose'Visit
16 February 2017The Rothschilds of Waddesdon ManorLecture
19 January 2017From Flea-pit to Picture Palace: a history of British cinema Lecture
15 December 2016Christmas at Covent GardenLecture
17 November 2016The Medieval Guildhall – a London nerve centre for 2,000 years – sculpture, monuments and art in this hidden gemLecture