The Arts and Crafts Garden Idyl
The transition from the 19th to the 20th century saw the emergence of a new ethos in art and design and saw the arrival of the Arts and...

The Age of Jazz
Sandy studied Music at St Catharine’s College, Cambridge, worked as Music Director for the RCA, National Theatre and in London’s West End...

AVM Curiosities: Food, Art and History
Tasha is an award-winning food historian who explores the relationship between food, art and history. Her practice, AVM Curiosities,...

Pots of Art from Grayson Perry
Harry Fletcher Harry is a practising artist who has a broad experience of teaching and examining Art and Art History across many levels....

The Bauhaus
Anthea studied Fine and Decorative Arts in London and continued her studies at Harvard University where she became interested in 20th...

Vivaldi in Venice
Peter Medhurst Peter appears in the UK and abroad as a musician and a scholar, giving recitals and delivering illustrated lectures on...

Art, Design & Photography in Post-revolution Russia
Barry Venning Barry is an Art Historian whose interests and teaching extend from medieval architecture to contemporary British art....

Christmas Meeting - In the Kingdom of Sweets & Tantrums & Tiaras
Nigel Bates Nigel is the Music Administrator of the Royal Ballet and has been a performer for nearly forty years with the Royal Opera...

The Impact of Pablo Picasso on Contemporary British Art
Raymond Warburton OBE In 1912 Picasso’s Cubist works were included in a ‘Post Impressionist’ Exhibition in London and from that moment,...

Dreams of the Orient in Western Dress from the Palaces of Peking to the Gardens of Mughal India
Anne Haworth Anne is a lecturer at the V&A, the British Museum and the Queens Gallery. She is a specialist in European and Oriental...
