Art & History Archive 2014 – 2018

Art & History Group 2021

181210 Art Talk 10th Dec: Woman in Gold

180910 Art Talk Sept 10th: Vincent van Gogh – a Soul in Torment

180924 History Talk 24th Sep: RAF 100th Anniversary

181126 History Talk 26 Nov: The 2nd Spanish Republic and the Civil War 1930-1939

190128 Art Talk 28th Jan 2019: Political Art

180528 Art Talk 28th May: The Newlyn School

180514 History Talk 14th May: History of Spain Part 3; The 16th to the 18th Centuries

180430 History Talk 30th April: History of Spain Part 2; The Moors in Spain

180611 History Talk 11th Jun 2018: Pride and Prejudice

180625 History Talk: History of The Automobile

180411 History Talk 11th April 2018: History of Spain, Part 1: Ice age to the Romans

180326 History Talk 26th Mar 2018: The Ancients of Mexico

180312 History Talk 12th Mar: Exploration for Oil and Gas

180212 History Talk 12 Feb: A Tale of Two Cities: Madrid and Barcelona

180129 History Talk 29th Jan 2018: The History of Woolworths and the extraordinary exploits of the Woolworth Family

180219 Egyptology 19th Feb: From ‘Menes to Apophis: An Overview of Egyptian History – Part One

180528 Art Talk 28th May: The Newlyn School

171211 History Talk 11th Dec: Old King Coal

171127 History Talk 27th Nov: Women of the SOE

171030 History Talk 30th Oct: Entente Not So Cordiale

170626 26th June Art Talk: Casanova – the world’s greatest womaniser!

170612 Art Talk 12th June: Portrait Power

170529 29th May History Talk: Stirling and its Role in Scotland’s History

170517 8th May 2017 History Talk: The Geological History of the Costa Blanca

Art and History Talks date TBA: The Life and Times of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

History Talk TBA: Wonderful Things: The Discovery of King Tutankhamun’s Tomb

170410 10th Apr History Talk: The Golden Age of Piracy – 1650 – 1730

170227 History Talk 27th Feb 2017: The History of Natural and Manmade Glass

170116 History Talk: Famous Quakers

170130 Art Lecture 30th Jan 2017: Domenico Chiocchetti and Orkney’s Italian Chapel

161128 History Talk 28th Nov 2016: What about Magna Carta – did she die in vain?

170213 History Talk 13th Feb 2017: San Francisco and Yosemite

161114 History Talk 14th Nov 2016: The Man Who Was

161031 History Talk 31st Oct: Famous and Infamous Courtesans of the 18th Century

161010 History Talk 10th Oct: Sangreal The Romano-Spanish Legend of the Holy Grail

161212 12th Dec Graciela Kaplan: A Life in Four Acts

160926 Art Talk 26th Sep: Dante Gabriel Rossetti

160912 History Talk 12th Sept: Strange London Histories and Iconic Photographs of the 20th century

160912 Art and History Talks: Double Act

History Talk TBA: The Ancients of Mexico

160627 27th June History Talk: The Plundering of Ancient Egypt

160613 13th June Art Talk: Dance As Portrayed by Artists Throughout History

160530 History Talk: Who Was Queen Sarah

160509 9th May Art Talk: Celebrity Artists

160425 History Talk 25th April 2016: Mata Hari

160411 11th Apr 2016 Art Talk: Parallel Lives: Lowry and Rockwell

160314 Art Talk 14th March 2016: Grandma Moses

160208 Art Talk 8th Feb: Picasso and His Muses

160125 History Talk 25th Jan 2016: Portuguese Maritime Explorers

160505 Art Talk 5th May: Celebrity Artists

160111 History Talk 11th Jan 2016: Alternative History

151214 History Talk 14th Dec: Valencia: the Biography of a City

151130 Art & History Talk 30th Nov: Life in Lycra on the Roads to Santiago de Compostela: History, Art, Architecture and Landscape

151109 History Talk 9th Nov: The 2nd Republic and the Spanish Civil War 1930-1939

151026 26th Oct Art Talk: The Magic of Turner’s Watercolours

150928 Art Talk 28th Sept: Elizabeth Thompson

150914 Sep 14th Art Talk: Cheda and Brian double-act

170313 History Talk: Charles II The Wilderness Years

160926 History Talk 26th Sep: The Lecture With No Name

160229 History Talk 29th Feb 2016: In the Footsteps of Moses: The Wandering Years From Exodus to the Conquest of Canaan

150629 History Talk 29th June Oliver Cromwell

150608 Art Talk 8th June: Cheda and Brian Dual Art Presentation

150511 Art Talk 11th May 2015: Tamara de Lempicka

150330 History Talk 30th Mar 2015: Animals in Warfare

150427 History Talk 27th April 2015 Eva Perón: her life, her legacy and the legend

150420 Art Talk 20th Apr 2015: The Life and Work of Ansel Adams, Photographer

170925 History Talk An Afghan Disaster 1879-80

150525 History Talk 25th May: Lady Jane Grey

150126 History Talk 26th Jan 2015: A History of Andalucia

150223 History Talk 23rd Feb 2015: Exodus – Myth or History?

150309 Art Talk: 9th Mar 2015: Goya and the Duchess of Alba

150209 History Talk 9th Feb 2015: Cecil Rhodes

150112 Art Talk 12 Jan 2015: The Artist and World Conflict

150309 Art Talk: 9th Mar 2015: Picasso and His Muses

141124 Art Talk 24th Nov: The little-known Alfred Stevens and the Romantic Movement

140929 History Talk 29th Sep: Whilst London sleeps – Samuel Pepys

141027 History Talk: 27th Oct 2014 History of the Circus

141013 Art Talk 13th October: The artistic talents of Winston Churchill and Adolf Hitler.

141110 Art Talk Monday 10th Nov: Eladio Calleja

140908 Art Talk: 8th Sept “Are Brian and Cheda going Head to Head…?”

140609 History Talk: 9th June “Slavery and the Abolition Movement”

140526 History Talk: 26th May “Cleopatra – Queen of Egypt”

140512 Art Talk: May 12th: The Pitmen Painters

160414 History Talk 14th April: Victoria’s Children

140331 History Talk: 31st March The British East India Trading Company

140310 History Talk: 10 March War in the Alps

140127 History Talk: Jan 27th 2014 The Birth of a Nation – The American War of Independence and its Aftermath

140224: Art Talk 24th Feb: Guernica: The atrocity and the painting

140210 Art History Talk: A Short Stroll Through Egyptian Art Mon 10 Feb 2014

140113 Art Talk Jan 13 2014: “The creative mind of Leonardo da Vinci”