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ARCHIVE - lectures
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2023-24
| 17th October. Sophie Oosterwijk, Love, Marriage and Fidelity in Western Art. |
| 14th November. Paul Roberts, The Last Supper in Pompeii |
| 21st November. Pedro Valcárcel , 14 beautiful Alcazabas of Al Andalus |
| 28th November. Alejandra Carazo, Andy Warhol |
| 12th December. John Stevens, The Art of Rabindranath Tagore |
| 9th January. Sarah Ciacci, The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood: |
| 23rd January. Antonio Guerra and Company, Latin American Heartbeat in Flamenco: From Cuba to Cádiz. |
| 13th February. Andrew Prince, The Glamour Years: Jewellery and fashion 1929-1959 |
| 12th March. Giles Ramsay, Oscar Wilde: Up Close |
| 9th April. Cindy Polemis, The Disruptive Power of Art |
| 10th April. Cindy Polemis, Three Northern Lights: |
| 14th May. Jacqueline Cockburn, Joaquin Sorolla - Painter of Light |
2022-23
2021-22
2020-21
2019-20
| 5th May. Andrew Hopkins, The Guggenheims: a dynasty of art collectors |
| 7th April. Anthea Streeter, Dame Zaha Hadid |
| 24th March. Antonio Guerra and Company and narrator Helen Sijsling, From Folklore to Flamenco: the Music of Málaga: its history and rhythms |
| 10th March. Brian Healey, Monet and His Gardens |
| 18th February. Anne-Marie O'Connor, The Cruise Market film: Lady in Gold - a 'double bill' |
| 11th February. Geri Parlby, From Magic Lanterns to Metro Goldwyn Meyer - the birth of the Silver Screen and the Artists it inspired. |
| 28th January. Rafael Anderson, Copenhagen - City of the Future |
| 14th January. Shauna Isaac, Stolen Masterpieces: the Most Sensational Art Thefts in History |
| 10th December. Simon Rees, Carmen in Seville |
| 12th November. Guy Rooker, The Hands of Leonardo da Vinci |
| 29th October. Manuel Parodi, Gadir, the Phoenician Western Pearl |
| 15th October. Peter Medhurst, Vivaldi in Venice |
2018-19
| 14th May. Leslie Primo, Foreigners in London 1520-1677: the artists that changed the course of British art |
| 9th April. Paul Bahn, What really happened on Easter Island? |
| 12th March. John Iddon, The Night Before the Morning After: Hard Drinking and Harlots in Art |
| 26th February. Penni Wilson, Othello - More than just the Moor |
| 19th February. , Film: Lawrence of Arabia |
| 12th February. Neil Faulkner, Lawrence of Arabia: tortured hero of troubled times |
| 29th January. Antonio Guerra, Heartbeat of the South: Flamenco, its history, its rhythms |
| 15th January. Anne Anderson, How we got IKEA! - Scandinavian Design c. 1880-1960 |
| 11th December. Anne Haworth, Spain: a history of art, power and passion - a memory of Al-Andalus |
| 27th November. Bertie Pearce, Charles Dickens - The Man and his Life through his Characters |
| 13th November. Siân Walters, Velázquez and the Golden Age of Spanish Painting |
| 16th October. Doug Gillen, Hidden Canvasses: Street Art and the City |
2017-18
| 16th May. Jacqueline Cockburn, Córdoba Mosque, a fusion of cultures |
| 10th April. James Russell, Art and Life in Santa Fé, New Mexico |
| 27th March. Richard Blair, George Orwell: Life with my father |
| 13th March. Ray Warburton, Pop Art on both sides of the Atlantic |
| 20th February. Ludo Slabbaert, The 7 areas of Contemporary Art Photography |
| 13th February. Julian Halsby, The Extraordinary Life of Misia Sert: Celebrated Parisian Socialite 1872 - 1950 |
| 16th January. Roberta Kettel, Federico García Lorca: His Life, Times and Literary Legacy |
| 9th January. Mary Alexander, Riviera Paradise: Art, Design and Pleasure in the 20s and 30s |
| 12th December. Vivienne Lawes, The Honourable East India Company: East West Trade, 1600 - 1800, Chinese Export and Chinoiserie |
| 28th November. Helen Sijsling, From the Depths of the Past: Rock Art from Sulawesi to Spain |
| 14th November. Angela Smith, Persistent Memory: The Art of Salvador Dalí |
| 17th October. Libby Horner, Mille Miglia - Cars and Culture |
2016-17
| 9th May. Toby Faber, Faber and Faber - 90 years of excellence in cover design |
| 11th April. Jasleen Kandhari, Mughal Empire |
| 15th March. Brian Healey, Midsummer Magic |
| 14th March. Brian Healey, Vincent van Gogh in Arles |
| 21st February. Rafael Anderson, A fairytale of Barcelona |
| 14th February. Jon Cannon, The Secret Language of Sacred Spaces |
| 10th January. Tricha Passes, The Ashcan School and American Realism artists |
| 13th December. Michael Howard, L.S. Lowry - a Visionary Artist |
| 16th November. Manuel Parodi, The Spanish Indiana Jones in North Africa 1900-1948 |
| 15th November. Christopher Bradley, Magnificent Mosaics - windows into the colourful Roman world |
| 25th October. Roberta Kettel, Hemingway and Spain |
2015-16
2014-15
| 12th May. Julian Halsby, Venice: British and American artists in Venice: Sickert, Sargent, Turner, Whistler and Ruskin |
| 14th April. Gail Turner , Goya's painting "The Third of May 1808" |
| 24th March. Rev. Daniel Muñoz, Mystical Paintings and Poetry: from El Greco and John of the Cross to Lorca |
| 10th March. Stephen Kershaw, One Architect, Two Temples and Three Museums: the Adventures of Charles Robert Cockerell |
| 10th February. Peter Warwick, The Tragic Beauty of Ice |
| 27th January. Stephen Powell, Getting the Shot. Adventures in Bird Photography from Spain to Saigon |
| 13th January. David Cross, The Majesty of Rembrandt: Chiaroscuro and the Autumn Palette |
| 16th December. Peter Medhurst , ln the wake of Handel: the impact of Handel on 300 years of British Culture |
| 25th November. Rafael Anderson, Granada, a Story of the Opposite Hill |
| 11th November. Helen Sijsling, Foot prints of Dutch Masters: Amsterdam - The Hague - Delft |
| 14th October. Leslie Primo, The Divine Michelangelo: the Power and the Glory |
2013-14
| 13th May. Alexandra Drysdale, Out of the Blue. The story of blue in Art |
| 15th April. Roger Mitchell, Plantation Houses of the American South |
| 11th March. Felicity Herring, A Journey to Egypt and the Holy Land with David Roberts |
| 25th February. José Padilla Estruch, International Cinema in Andalucía |
| 11th February. Janzus Karczewski-Slowikowsk , Are you sitting comfortably, History of the Chair from ancient to Modern times |
| 28th January. Helen Sijsling, The Greek of Toledo |
| 14th January. Bertie Pearce, The Punch and Judy Show |
| 10th December. Oliver Everett, The Royal collection, from Henry VIII to our present Queen |
| 26th November. Rafael Anderson, The "Bilbao effect" on Modern Spanish Architecture |
| 12th November. John Ericson, Norman Rockwell - great American artist or mere illustrator? |
| 15th October. Colin Bailey, Treasures of the Prado |
2012-13
| 14th May. Bob Gowland, The Royal and Ancient Game - Golf and the Queens and Kings of Britain 1120 - 1920 |
| 13th April. Caroline Holmes, Artists' Views of Australia - Aboriginal, Pioneer, Botanical and Impressionist |
| 12th March. Peter Webb , David Hockney - art as biography |
| 26th February. Professor Juan Antonio Sánchez López , The Why, What and How of the Semana Santa in Málaga |
| 12th February. Barry Venning, Soapsuds and whitewash - the sea paintings of JMW Turner |
| 29th January. Professor Ian Phillips, The hidden story of British pressed glass in the Málaga Glass Museum |
| 15th January. Christopher Bradley , Treasures of the Silk Road from China to the Mediterranean |
| 11th December. Frances Hughes, The Master - Noel Coward as actor, playwright and painter |
| 13th November. Mike Higginbottom, Windy City - the architecture of Chicago |
| 30th October. Roberta Kettel, The World Heritage Sites of Spain |
| 9th October. Joanna Hardy, Jewels that catch an expert's eye |
2011-12
| 8th May. Claire Walsh, The Benin Bronzes: Masterpieces of African Art |
| 10th April. Anne Sebba, The Dollar Princesses |
| 27th March. Liz Cochrane, Joachin Sorolla |
| 13th March. Mervyn Miller, Art and architecture of Cuba |
| 14th February. Liz Merry, An evening with Lord Byron |
| 24th January. Rafael Anderson, Barcelona ancient and modern - city of dreams realised |
| 10th January. Alan Read, David Bomberg - a British Cubo Futurist |
| 13th December. Sarah Leyton, Christmas at Covent Garden over 300 years |
| 15th November. Leslie Primo, The Cult of the South Pacific: from Cook to Gauguin |
| 25th October. Helen Sijsling, Valencia, Elche, Cartagena: the art of weaving past and present |
| 11th October. David Battie, Madame Pompadour and Sèvres |
2010-11
| 10th May. Clyde Binfield, Santiago Calatrava, Valencian Spanish Architect |
| 12th April. Zara Fleming , Sacred Art of Tibet |
| 22nd March. Roberta Kettel, Federico Garcia Lorca |
| 8th March. George Hart, Ancient Greece, Mycenae 'Rich in Gold |
| 15th February. Lynne Gibson, Revolting Artists, can art change the world? |
| 25th January. Jose Manuel Cabezas and colleagues , The Hidden Treasures of the Nerja caves |
| 11th January. Linda Smith, From Egg to Bacon: English Painting 1850-1950 |
| 14th December. Amanda Herries, The beastly art of Beauty, Reality and Ridicule |
| 9th November. Charles Hajdamach, Glass and Royal Connections |
| 26th October. Helen Sijsling, To be Conquered and to Conquer: Treasures of Roman and Spanish Conquerors in Southern Spain |
| 12th October. Gijs van Hensbergen, Guernica, the icon of the 20th Century |
2009-10
| 11th May. Antony Penrose, Picasso, Man Ray and Max Ernst through the eyes of Lee Miller and Roland Penrose |
| 13th April. Douglas Skeggs, The Pilgrims of Babylon - the artists of Montmartre |
| 23rd March. Pablo Rojo Platero , 100 years of Nerja |
| 9th March. Christopher Bradley, Libya Uncovered- The Magnificence of Leptis Magna, Sabratha and Cyrene |
| 9th February. Jo Walton, Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth |
| 26th January. Mark Shurey, Flamenco - traditional to modern: part 2 |
| 12th January. Bertie Pearce, Wonder Workers & the Art of Illusion |
| 15th December. James Gilpin, The Medici |
| 10th November. Ann Peerless , Royal courts of India |
| 27th October. Helen Sijsling, Morocco: Magic and Mystery - an artist's impression |
| 13th October. Elizabeth Rumbelow, Images of Cleopatra, an exploration of her life and its portrayal in art and music |
2008-09
| 12th May. Malcolm Kenwood , The Fine Art of Crime |
| 14th April. Douglas Skeggs, Monet |
| 24th March. Helen Sijsling, Barcelona 1900s |
| 10th March. Colin Bailey, What's wrong with modern art? |
| 10th February. Christopher Bradley, Queen of Sheba |
| 27th January. Mark Shurey, Flamenco - traditional to modern |
| 13th January. Lizzie Darbyshire, John Singer Sargent: an American abroad |
| 9th December. David Phillips, Is Christmas in Good Taste? |
| 25th November. David Bennett, Graphology |
| 11th November. Ian Kelly, Cooking for Kings: the life of Careme, the first celebrity chef |
| 14th October. Marion Hundleby, Swinging 60's |
2007-08
| 13th May. James Malpas, Kokoschka, Klimt and Schiele |
| 15th April. Denise Heywood, Vietnam: Ancient and Modern Artistic Heritage |
| 25th March. Helen Sijsling, Santiago de Compostela - Saints, Pilgrims and Holy Places |
| 11th March. John Ericson, Wine-related Antiques |
| 12th February. Judy Rudoe, Covered with Diamonds: Queen Charlotte's Jewellery |
| 29th January. Jose Manuel Cabezas, Flora in the Mountains of Nerja |
| 15th January. Jane Angelini , St Petersburg: The Venice of the North |
| 11th December. Vivien Heffernan, Inspired by Winter Colour: Bruegel to Cezanne and Beyond |
| 27th November. Rod Friend, The Art of Stained Glass and Painting with Light< |
| 13th November. Elizabeth Rumbelow , Chopin, Delacroix and George Sand |
| 9th October. Frank Woodgate, Art Treasures of Barcelona |