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28 October 2026AN ENGLISH EYE: JAMES RAVILIOUS - THE PHOTOGRAPHY OF A FORGOTTEN CORNER OF BRITAIN
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24 June 2026EDWARD BURRA
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25 March 2026ALL THE BEASTS OF THE EARTH & THE FLOWERS OF THE FIELD: DEPICTIONS OF FLORA & FAUNA IN POTTERY & PORCELAIN
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28 January 2026 JOHN CONSTABLE: CHOCOLATE BOX PAINTER OR MAVERICK ARTIST?
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22 October 2025FOOD FOR THOUGHT
24 September 2025AROUND THE WORLD IN SIXTY MINUTES
23 July 2025DELIGHTS FOR THE SENSES: EXQUISITE AND RARE VESSELS FOR PERFUME
25 June 2025PAINTING IN THE JUNGLE OF PARIS: AN EXPLORATION OF THE LIFE AND WORK OF HENRI ROUSSEAU
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26 March 2025FIRE, SMOKE AND IRON: SPANISH ARTISTS AND THE BILBAO IRON INDUSTRY
26 February 2025CARAVAGGIO: A REBEL WITH A CAUSE
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27 November 2024PACKING UP THE NATION - SAVING LONDON'S MUSEUMS & GALLERIES
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26 June 2024COFFEE - FROM ARABIA TO THE COFFEE HOUSE: THE ART AND HISTORY OF COFFEE MAKING
22 May 2024FIELD OF CLOTH OF GOLD
24 April 2024JOAQUIN SOROLLA
27 March 2024THE GARDENS OF VERSAILLES
28 February 2024THE CORSICAN ADVENTURER: IMAGES OF NAPOLEON
24 January 2024ERIC RAVILIOUS & THE LURE OF THE EVERYDAY
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25 October 2023PIGMENTS OF THE IMAGINATION: TEN THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT ICONS
27 September 2023GRACE DARLING & THE FINE ART OF SAVING LIVES AT SEA
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24 May 2023CINEMA FROM THE RUBBLE: THE POSTWAR POLITICS OF EALING STUDIOS
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22 February 2023THE HOUSEKEEPER’S TALE: THE WOMEN WHO REALLY RAN THE COUNTRY HOUSE
25 January 2023DAME LAURA KNIGHT

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Lecture: AN ENGLISH EYE: JAMES RAVILIOUS - THE PHOTOGRAPHY OF A FORGOTTEN CORNER OF BRITAIN