| 11 June 2026 | ALBRECHT DURER: the Italian and Northern Renaissance | Lecture |
| 20 May 2026 | Salford Museum and Art Gallery and Howarth Art Gallery | Visit |
| 14 May 2026 | A PIECE OF THE AUCTION - behind the scenes of an International Auction House | Lecture |
| 09 April 2026 | MODERN ART IN ONE HOUR | Lecture |
| 12 March 2026 | RECOGNISE THE ARTIST | Lecture |
| 25 February 2026 | Vermeer with afternoon tea | Special Event |
| 12 February 2026 | A HISTORY OF JEWELLERY - from Elizabeth I to Elizabeth Taylor | Lecture |
| 15 January 2026 | THE JOY OF INDIAN CLASSICAL MUSIC (1pm start) | Lecture |
| 13 November 2025 | ROMAN BRITAIN UNEARTHED - What did the Romans really do for art? | Lecture |
| 14 October 2025 | Lunch with Adam Partridge | Special Event |
| 09 October 2025 | THE DAY PARLIAMENT BURNED DOWN and the paintings of JWM Turner | Lecture |
| 11 September 2025 | THE ARCHITECTURE OF LIVERPOOL | Lecture |
| 12 June 2025 | EMPEROR QIN SHI HUANGDI (221-209 BCE) China’s First Emperor and his Terracotta Afterlife | Lecture |
| 22 May 2025 | MUCH MORE THAN SOUPCANS: The Life and Work of Andy Warhol | Lecture |
| 08 May 2025 | SHOPPING ON THE RIALTO IN RENAISSANCE VENICE | Lecture |
| 10 April 2025 | THE AGE OF JAZZ | Lecture |
| 13 March 2025 | THE WALLACE COLLECTION'S REMBRANDTS - from Twelve to One, but now Three and Two Halves | Lecture |
| 13 February 2025 | TULIP MANIA | Lecture |
| 07 January 2025 | CANCELLED:
MUCH MORE THAN SOUP CANS: The Life and Work of Andy Warhol | Lecture |
| 14 November 2024 | PASSIONS, PERSONALITIES AND PATRONAGE: Chatsworth and the Devonshire family Collections | Lecture |
| 10 October 2024 | ANTONI GAUDI: TURNING NATURE INTO STONE | Lecture |
| 18 September 2024 | Arts Society North West tour of Knowsley Hall, Liverpool | Visit |
| 12 September 2024 | THE BRILLIANCE OF BRUNEL | Lecture |
| 13 June 2024 | FROM KITCHEN TO BANQUETING HALL - The history of cooking through art and architecture | Lecture |
| 13 May 2024 | Grand Day Out | Visit |
| 09 May 2024 | NEPAL - THE ART AND CULTURE OF THE KATHMANDU VALLEY | Lecture |
| 11 April 2024 | SCULPTURE AND NATURE | Lecture |
| 19 March 2024 | AFTERNOON TEA AND QUIZ | Visit |
| 14 March 2024 | WILLIAM HOGARTH - THE ARTIST’S EYE ON GEORGIAN SOCIETY | Lecture |
| 08 February 2024 | THE MAYAN CIVILISATION OF CENTRAL AMERICA | Lecture |
| 11 January 2024 | WILDE ABOUT OSCAR - FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS AND INFAMOUS | Lecture |
| 13 December 2023 | Christmas Lunch 2023 | Visit |
| 09 November 2023 | MEET THE GLASGOW GIRLS | Lecture |
| 17 October 2023 | Lunch at The Deanwater Hotel | Visit |
| 12 October 2023 | LIFE AND MUSIC OF GIUSEPPE VERDI | Lecture |
| 14 September 2023 | GIOTTO - HIS REVOLUTIONS AND HIS LEGACY | Lecture |
| 09 July 2023 | The Chairman's Garden Party | Visit |
| 08 June 2023 | THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY: VERMEER AND THE CAMERA OBSCURA | Lecture |
| 26 May 2023 | Arts Society North West tour to the Netherlands | Visit |
| 11 May 2023 | PAINTING NORMANDY - FROM TURNER TO MONET | Lecture |
| 20 April 2023 | "Dandy Style" Exhibition at Manchester Art Gallery | Visit |
| 13 April 2023 | MAKING A STAND – SPORTING ARCHITECTURE, LIST IT OR LOSE IT? | Lecture |
| 14 March 2023 | The Tate Liverpool | Visit |
| 09 March 2023 | THE MEN WHO MADE MENSWEAR | Lecture |
| 09 February 2023 | THE SUBTLE SCIENCE AND ART OF COLOUR IN ENGLISH GARDEN DESIGN | Lecture |
| 12 January 2023 | INTRODUCING THE GLASGOW BOYS | Lecture |
| 08 December 2022 | Christmas Lunch 2022 | Visit |
| 10 November 2022 | THE CULTURE OF UKRAINE | Lecture |
| 13 October 2022 | HOLLYWOOD IN THE 1930s | Lecture |
| 05 October 2022 | Macclesfield Silk Museum and Paradise Mill | Visit |
| 08 September 2022 | THE ARCHITECTURE OF MUGHAL INDIA: PALACES, MOSQUES, GARDENS AND MAUSOLEUMS | Lecture |
| 14 June 2022 | THE QUEST FOR THE HOLY GRAIL | Lecture |
| 20 May 2022 | "Bring your own bottle" Barbecue | Visit |
| 10 May 2022 | SYMPHONIES IN COLOUR: THE MOSAICS OF RAVENNA | Lecture |
| 28 April 2022 | Tabley House | Visit |
| 19 April 2022 | A BRIEF STORY OF WINE | Lecture |
| 19 March 2022 | Lindow Ensemble Concert | Visit |
| 08 March 2022 | ART, EMOTION AND THE MIND – THE PSYCHOLOGY OF CREATIVITY | Lecture |
| 08 February 2022 | VIENNA THE MELTING POT OF EUROPEAN CULTURE | Lecture |
| 11 January 2022 | ARCHITECTURE, HISTORY AND MATERIAL CULTURE OF MOORISH SPAIN | Lecture |
| 08 December 2021 | CHRISTMAS LUNCH | Visit |
| 07 December 2021 | DOWNTON TO GATSBY -JEWELLERY AND FASHION 1890 TO 1929 | Lecture |
| 09 November 2021 | TURNER VS CONSTABLE - THE GREAT BRITISH PAINT OFF | Lecture |
| 12 October 2021 | ADOLPHE VALETTE: THE MANCHESTER IMPRESSIONIST | Lecture |
| 14 September 2021 | SLEEPING BEAUTIES: THE IRISH COUNTRY HOUSE | Lecture |
| 08 June 2021 | TREASURES OF THE FAN MUSEUM: HISTORY UNFURLED | Lecture |
| 13 April 2021 | A WHITEHALL WANDER | Lecture |
| 08 September 2020 | THE BRONZES OF IFE AND BENIN WITH AN HISTORICAL REVIEW OF THE ART AND SCULPTURE OF NIGERIA | Lecture |
| 09 June 2020 | THE SUBTLE SCIENCE AND EXACT ART OF COLOUR IN ENGLISH GARDEN DESIGN | Lecture |
| 23 April 2020 | Behind the Scenes at the Antiques Roadshow | Special Event |
| 26 March 2020 | Colour and the Artist's Palette | Special Event |
| 10 March 2020 | RAPHAEL: A MASTER IN THE MAKING | Lecture |
| 11 February 2020 | SENSATION: CHARLES SAATCHI, DAMIEN HIRST AND BRITISH ART | Lecture |
| 14 January 2020 | ALL THE WORLD’S A STAGE - A HISTORY OF THEATRE FROM GREEK AND ROMAN TIMES TO THE PRESENT DAY | Lecture |
| 12 December 2019 | Christmas Lunch | Visit |
| 03 December 2019 | THE MAGIC OF PANTOMIME | Lecture |
| 12 November 2019 | THE POWER AND GLORY OF OUR COUNTRY HOUSES | Lecture |
| 17 October 2019 | The Georgian Country House in NW England and beyond | Special Event |
| 09 October 2019 | History & Art of Glasgow and Dundee V&A | Visit |
| 08 October 2019 | A GALAXY OF STARCHITECTS | Lecture |
| 10 September 2019 | CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS:
ANTONY GORMLEY & ANISH KAPOOR | Lecture |
| 25 June 2019 | Renishaw Hall and Gardens | Visit |
| 11 June 2019 | LEGENDARY PORCELAIN COLLECTORS: PRINCES, POWER AND A PASSION FOR FRAGILE BEAUTY | Lecture |
| 14 May 2019 | ENGLISH CARICATURE FROM HOGARTH TO PUNCH | Lecture |
| 09 April 2019 | THE FOUNDERS AND TREASURES OF THE WALLACE COLLECTION | Lecture |
| 28 March 2019 | 'Everything you wanted to know about modern art but were too afraid to ask', and
The Art of Grayson Perry
| Special Event |
| 21 March 2019 | Sudbury Hall, near Ashbourne and St Giles Church, Cheadle (Staffs) | Visit |
| 12 March 2019 | MASTERS OF NORTHERN EUROPE: THE BRUEGHELS, CRANACH AND DÜRER | Lecture |
| 12 February 2019 | A PASSION FOR FASHION | Lecture |
| 08 January 2019 | CHILDREN AS ARTISTS | Lecture |
| 12 December 2018 | CHRISTMAS LUNCH | Visit |
| 04 December 2018 | The Journey of the Magi from St Matthew to the Medici | Lecture |
| 13 November 2018 | The Imperial Easter Eggs of Carl Faberge | Lecture |
| 11 October 2018 | ROCHDALE TOWN HALL
AND THE PIONEERS MUSEUM | Visit |
| 09 October 2018 | Liszt and the Hungarian Natural Style | Lecture |
| 11 September 2018 | A History of Photography in 10 Great Pictures | Lecture |
| 25 June 2018 | The Hepworth Gallery, Wakefield
Art Fund Museum of the Year 2017 | Visit |
| 12 June 2018 | Vivaldi in Venice | Lecture |
| 10 May 2018 | Tissington Hall and Well Dressing,
Tissington, Derbyshire | Visit |
| 08 May 2018 | The Sumptuous World of Indian Textiles | Lecture |
| 19 April 2018 | 250 Years of The Royal Academy | Special Event |
| 10 April 2018 | Masters of Art Nouveau – Galle, Tiffany & Lalique | Lecture |
| 13 March 2018 | Art & Architecture along the Silk Road | Lecture |
| 13 February 2018 | The Battle of the Giants - Matisse and Picasso | Lecture |
| 08 February 2018 | Salmsbury Hall, Lancashire and the Haworth Art Gallery, Accrington | Visit |
| 09 January 2018 | Bernini and the Baroque | Lecture |
| 07 December 2017 | Christmas Luncheon | Visit |
| 05 December 2017 |
Charles Dickens and the Imagery of Christmas | Lecture |
| 14 November 2017 | The Art of Piero della Francesca | Lecture |
| 18 October 2017 | Liverpool trip to the Mucha exhibition at the Walker Gallery plus the Liverpool and Victoria Gallery at the University. | Visit |
| 10 October 2017 |
Undressing Antiques | Lecture |
| 12 September 2017 |
Mars and Muses:
The Renaissance Art of Armour | Lecture |
| 17 August 2017 | Proposed trip: The Art and History of Basel | Visit |
| 13 June 2017 | The art of the steal:
Nazi looting during World War II | Lecture |
| 18 May 2017 |
Combermere Abbey, Whitchurch and Dorfold Hall, near Nantwich | Visit |
| 09 May 2017 |
Versailles and the Politics of Porcelain | Lecture |
| 11 April 2017 |
Triumph or disaster?
An exploration of the art of
Mark Rothko. | Lecture |
| 29 March 2017 | Visit to Harewood House near Leeds and Salts Mill, Saltaire | Visit |
| 14 March 2017 |
Edgar Degas: Scenes of Modern Life | Lecture |
| 16 February 2017 | Riviera Paradise | Special Event |
| 14 February 2017 |
Peggy Guggenheim - art addict | Lecture |
| 24 January 2017 | Visit to the Lady Lever Art Gallery, Port Sunlight and the Tate Liverpool | Visit |
| 10 January 2017 | TO THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD:
Captain James Cook and the Age of Enlightenment.
| Lecture |
| 08 December 2016 | Christmas Lunch
Stanneylands Hotel,
Wilmslow | Visit |
| 06 December 2016 | The Inventors of Christmas | Lecture |
| 08 November 2016 | TENNIS, CRICKET and FOOTBALL from the Medieval Tournament to the 19th century games pitch. | Lecture |
| 14 October 2016 | Guided tour of the Wedgewood Museum and Factory, followed by a visit to the Italian Garden, Trentham
| Visit |
| 11 October 2016 | In the realm of Osiris | Lecture |
| 13 September 2016 | Temples, Tombs & Treasures:
In Search of the Queen of Sheba | Lecture |
| 14 June 2016 | The Splendour & Magnificence of Hampton Court Palace | Lecture |
| 18 May 2016 | Tatton Park's Mansion and Adlington Hall
| Visit |
| 10 May 2016 |
Pevsner – The Buildings of England | Lecture |
| 12 April 2016 | The Fascinating World of Playing Cards | Lecture |
| 17 March 2016 | Visit - "Springtime in the Lakes" - Brantwood & Blackwell | Visit |
| 08 March 2016 | A Pot of Paint in the Public’s Face:
Whistler v Ruskin
| Lecture |
| 09 February 2016 |
The Great 12: An Introduction to the
Senior Livery Companies of the City of London | Lecture |
| 19 January 2016 | The Barber Institute, The Library of Birmingham, Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery | Visit |
| 12 January 2016 | The Life & Work of Thomas Chippendale | Lecture |
| 03 December 2015 | Christmas Party Lunch | Visit |
| 01 December 2015 | We Three Kings | Lecture |
| 20 November 2015 | From Berlin to Bridlington:
Lucien Freud and David Hockney | Special Event |
| 10 November 2015 | Signs of the Times | Lecture |
| 16 October 2015 | Stokesay Castle and Court in Shropshire | Visit |
| 13 October 2015 | THE ART OF MAGNA CARTA | Lecture |
| 08 September 2015 |
THEATRICAL PERSONALITIES:
GARRICK TO IRVING | Lecture |
| 31 August 2015 | The Cultural Heart of Germany | Tour |
| 31 August 2015 | Tour - The Cultural Heart of Germany | Visit |
| 12 June 2015 | Tabley House & gardens, Knutsford plus Peover Hall, gardens & church | Visit |
| 09 June 2015 | SCALING THE HEIGHTS –
THE CLOTHING STRATEGIES OF EARLY MOUNTAINEERS
The lecture is preceded by the
AGM at 19-15pm. | Lecture |
| 12 May 2015 | THE ANATOMICAL DRAWINGS OF LEONARDO DA VINCI – A SURGEON’S VIEW. | Lecture |
| 14 April 2015 | WONDERFUL COPENHAGEN:
THE STORY OF FOUR OF ITS MAGNIFICENT ROYAL PALACES.
| Lecture |
| 13 April 2015 | BBC Media City and the Lowry Centre | Visit |
| 10 March 2015 | THE ART OF WATERLOO | Lecture |
| 24 February 2015 | Visit to Bolton Museum and Hall I th Wood | Visit |
| 10 February 2015 | FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT – TRANSCONTINENTALIST | Lecture |
| 13 January 2015 | “WHAT DID THE EGYPTIANS EVER DO FOR BOLTON?” | Lecture |
| 05 December 2014 | WDFAS Silver Anniversary LUNCHEON and after-luncheon talk: 'Quest of the Magi and Nativity Scene History.' | Visit |
| 02 December 2014 | HAVE YOU SEEN MY HOBBY HORSE?
A MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR OF SOME OF BRITAIN’S ANCIENT CUSTOMS. | Lecture |
| 11 November 2014 |
FROM FARMHOUSE TO FANTASY:
THE EVOLUTION OF THE ROYAL PAVILION | Lecture |
| 15 October 2014 | LYME HALL, Silver Study Day 15th October. | Special Event |
| 15 October 2014 | LYME HALL, Silver Study Day
| Visit |
| 14 October 2014 | SILVER FOR DAZZLING & ENTERTAINING – ITS HISTORY & USE IN THE ARISTOCRATIC HOUSEHOLD. | Lecture |
| 13 September 2014 | OVERSEAS TOUR 2014 WILL NOT TAKE PLACE
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ARRANGEMENTS ARE IN HAND FOR A TOUR starting in August 2015 -- on 'The art and architecture of Weimar and Leipzig'.
| Tour |
| 09 September 2014 |
THE JEWELLERY OF RENE LALIQUE | Lecture |
| 10 June 2014 | CONTEMPORARY STAINED GLASS WORLD WIDE | Lecture |
| 13 May 2014 | THE INFLUENCE OF THE JAPANESE PRINT ON WESTERN PAINTINGS | Lecture |
| 08 April 2014 | UNROLLING A SECRET HISTORY: THE EAST BEDROOM AT HAREWOOD HOUSE INCLUDING THE CONSERVATION OF THE 18TH CENTURY CHINESE WALLPAPER
| Lecture |
| 20 March 2014 | PEOPLE'S HISTORY MUSEUM, Manchester | Visit |
| 11 March 2014 | FAKES AND FORGERIES | Lecture |
| 11 February 2014 | THE DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE’S ELYSIUM FIELDS - THE EVOLUTION OF THE DESIGNED LANDSCAPE AT CHATSWORTH. | Lecture |
| 14 January 2014 | MANET – A MOST SOPHISTICATED REBEL | Lecture |
| 06 December 2013 | CHRISTMAS LUNCH AT THE STANNEYLANDS HOTEL | Visit |
| 03 December 2013 | THE PUNCH AND JUDY SHOW | Lecture |
| 14 November 2013 | LADY LEVER GALLERY AND SUDLEY HALL. | Visit |
| 12 November 2013 | MEET THE MASTERS: LEONARDO DA VINCI | Lecture |
| 08 October 2013 | THE ART TREASURES OF ST PETERSBURG | Lecture |
| 10 September 2013 | INTRODUCTION TO THE GARDENS & TEA HOUSES OF JAPAN | Lecture |
| 13 June 2013 | Archived information: MANCHESTER ART GALLERY | Visit |
| 18 April 2013 | Archived information: BOUGHTON HALL and ESTATE | Visit |
| 15 November 2012 | Archived information: JACKFIELD TILE MUSEUM, IRONBRIDGE | Visit |