lecture programme 2023
Our lectures take at 3 pm and 7 pm on the first Wednesday of each month, except January and August in the Digby Hall, Hound Street, Sherborne.
Exceptionally, the lecture on Russian Icons, cancelled in 2022 and again in January 2023, will be rescheduled at some time in the future
We welcome visitors to our lectures in the Digby Hall. There is a Visitor Charge of £7. Online Visitor registration is normally available approximately 2 weeks before the meeting.
Visitors to the Digby Hall can also register and pay by card (preferred) or cash at the door. If paying by cash please present exact amount

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1 February 2023
Linking China With Europe
Blue And White In The Middle East
James Allan

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1 March 2023
Mad Men and Artists
How the Advertising Industry Exploited Fine Art
Tony Rawlins

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5th April 2023
Post War Fashion Illustration And The Artists of Today
Connie gray

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3rd May 2023
Vaux Le Vicomte “Fit for a King”
The Inspiration Behind Versailles Palace: A Take of Misplaced Ambition, Jealousy and Betrayal
Carole petipher

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7th June 2023
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Classical Music`s Greatest Revolutionary
Sandy Burnett

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5th July 2023
Velasquez – The Great Magician of Art
Douglas Skeggs

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6th September 2023
160 Years of the London Underground Design and Architecture
Mark Ovenden
The lecture includes architecture, the Arts and Crafts movement, Edward Johnson`s typeface and the Streamline Moderne/Art Deco movement up to the present.

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4th October 2023
From Errol Flynn to Bottles of Gin
Literary Portraits and their Afterlives
Annalie Talent

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1st November 2023
WELLS CATHEDRAL
Jonathan Foyle

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6th December 2023
Bring An Object
Audience Participation Talk Based on Artifacts Brought in for the Talk with Some of My Own Objects Interspersed
Marc Allum
A popular format, this spontaneous talk uses objects brought in by the audience to form an instant “Antiques RoadShow” of history, anecdotes and audience involvement; also interspersed with artefacts from his own collections