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12 May 2026Women Behind the Lens
14 April 2026Adventures Among the Nomadic Tribes of Iran and Afghanistan - Searching for the Woven Art of the Nomads
10 March 2026Harems, Hookahs, Odalisques and Ottomans - A Passion for the Oriental in Art in 18th and 19th Century’.
10 February 2026The Skagen Painters
27 January 2026Art Society's Annual Lunch
13 January 2026Catherine: The World’s Greatest Collector
09 December 2025Painting Winter Snow Scenes in Art
11 November 2025All the Beasts of the Earth and the Flowers of the Field - Depictions in Pottery and Porcelain
14 October 2025Arts and Crafts - An Introduction
13 May 2025Cornward Wood to Fangorn Forest – British trees in Art and Literature
08 April 2025Constantin Brancusi and 20th Century Sculpture
11 March 2025Curves, Colours and Cool: An introduction to Mid Century Modern
11 February 2025Le Theatre de La Mode The Renaissance of French Fashion
14 January 2025Great Operatic Rivalries: Handbags at Dawn
10 December 2024The Journey of the Magi, Origins, Myth and Reality: The True Story of The Three Kings
12 November 2024Bruegel: The Seasons and The World
08 October 2024A Bit of Slap and Tickle: Constable’s Early Paintings
14 May 2024Great Lengths-The Art and Architecture of Outdoor Pools and Lidos
09 April 2024Braid Making
12 March 2024Lost Splendours-Unfortunate Events and Extravagant Monarchs
13 February 2024Diego and Frieda-Two Revolutionary Artists
09 January 2024‘Urban Noir’, Edward Hopper’s’Nighthawks’.
12 December 2023'Singe we Yule' a musical portrait of a Medieval Christmas
14 November 2023The Life and Art of Georgia O'Keefe
10 October 202390 Years of Excellence in Cover Design
09 May 2023My Scrambling Affair - How Constable's Late Paintings Changed the Face of Modern Art
11 April 2023The Sublime in the Everyday, Johannes Vermeer 1632- 1675 and the Delft School of Painting
14 March 2023Great American Mansions
07 February 2023The Opera Singer Phenomena
10 January 2023Klimt and Mahler - the Two Gustavs
13 December 2022Cornwall's Forgotten Art - a History of Art in Polperro
08 November 2022Writers and Relics
11 October 2022Food for Thought
10 May 2022British Landscape Views in India
12 April 2022From Downton to Gatsby
08 March 2022After Miss Jekyll
08 February 2022Andrew Wyeth "Magical Realism"
11 January 2022Passionate Potters
14 December 2021Artemisia Gentileschi
09 November 2021The Role of the Arts in the Cycle of Crime and Re-offending
12 October 2021Public Art
11 May 2021"The World in a Grain of Sand" - the Art of William Blake
13 April 2021"Silent Lines Like a Cry of Pain" - the Art of Kathe Kollwitz
09 March 2021Molly and the Captain: Gainsborough's Daughters
09 February 2021Fake News: Spin and Propaganda in Art
12 January 2021The Secret Dress Diary of Mrs. Anne Sykes
08 December 2020Cleopatra - The Most Womenly of Women and Queenly of Queens
10 November 2020Tamara de Lempicka - Mistress of Art Deco
12 May 2020"British Landscape Views In India"
14 April 2020The Role of the Arts in Crime, Prison and Re-offending
10 March 2020"The Silk Road"
11 February 2020"James Gillray - A Caterpillar on the Green Leaf of Reputation"
14 January 2020Richlieu - The Cardinal and His City
10 December 2019Children's Book Illustrations - How They Influence Memories
12 November 2019"The Art of Partying"
08 October 2019Picasso and His Muses - "L'Amour Fou
14 May 2019Who Done It? Alfred Hitchcock the Master of Suspense
09 April 2019"Historic Gardens of the Italian Lakes."
12 March 2019Joshua Reynolds - The Creation of Celebrity
12 February 2019"Shackleton's Endurance Expedition on Camera"
08 January 2019"Love Art & Tragedy in a Cornish Art Colony".
11 December 2018"The Queen of Instruments" - the Lute in Old Master Paintings
13 November 2018"Emperor Qianlong 1736-1795 Ruler and Fine Art Collector"
09 October 2018"The Magnificent Maya" Fact or Fiction?
08 May 2018"A Passion For Piers"
10 April 2018"Foreigners in London 1520 - 1677 - Artists That Changed the Course of British Art
13 March 2018Inside the North Devon Church - "The Art of Glory"
13 February 2018"Turner in the West Country"
09 January 2018"Votes for Women" Art Suffragettes and Female Politicians
12 December 2017"Messenger or Missile" Angels with Glad Tidings, Doom, Gloom or Perdition
14 November 2017"American Art - Indians, Buffaloes and Storms."
10 October 2017"Let There Be Light"
09 May 2017The Emperor and the Prostitute: Justinian and Theodora, the most notorious couple in the History of Byzantium and the Art they inspired.
11 April 2017SS Great Britain - From Launch to Re-launch
14 March 2017Gypsies Tramps and Thieves - The Representation of the Working Classes in Art
14 February 2017Posters of the Belle Epoch - The Great Age of the Poster
10 January 2017Love, Art and Tragedy - Close Encounters in a Cornish Art Colony
13 December 2016Thomas Heatherwick - The Leonardo da Vinci of OurTime
08 November 2016Magnificent Mosaics - Windows into the Colourful Roman World
11 October 2016Norman Rockwell - Great American Artist or Mere Illustrator
10 May 2016Architectural Trompe L’Oeil
12 April 2016The Forbidden City – the secrets of China’s imperial palace and museum
08 March 2016Exeter Cathedral – a portrait in decorated gothic
09 February 2016Stolen Masterpieces – the most sensational art thefts in history
12 January 2016The Punch and Judy Show
08 December 2015The Art of Snow and Ice- how artists transformed the winter landscape
10 November 2015Victorian Art – The Stories and Scandals
13 October 2015Experiencing Egypt – Three years in Cairo
12 May 2015Life and Time of the Sundial
14 April 2015How is it made: A Closer look at Silver
10 March 2015Drama Behind the Taj Mahal
10 February 2015Bringing back the Needle. (Cleopatra’s Needle in London)
13 January 2015Great Tarts in Art: High Culture and the Oldest Profession
09 December 2014Meet Me at the Waldorf
11 November 2014Stolen Masterpieces: The Most Sensational Art Thefts in History
14 October 2014Arts and Crafts from Morris to Frank LLoyd Wright

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Lecture: Women Behind the Lens Lecturer: Brian Stater Tuesday 12 May 2026

Brian looks at a series of iconic photographs ranging across records of historic events, fabulous portraits and scenes of emotional release and joy.  He discusses the power of these images by women photographers and the stories behind them.


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