Archive | Programme 2005-06
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LECTURES
All meetings are held on the last Wednesday of each month
except July, August and December
at 10.30am in Potten End Village Hall.
Coffee is served 10.00 - 10.20am.
Visitors are welcome on prior
application to the Secretary.
Donations are welcome.
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2005
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28 September
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Turner and Constable
Although exact contemporaries, they were opposites in background, temperament and their approach to art
| Valerie Woodgate
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26 October
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Michelangelo's Own Tragedy - The Sistine Chapel Ceiling
"I'm not a painter and I've got a backache....." (Michelangelo).
| Warren Hearnden
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30 November
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Florence and the Medici - City of Magnificence
History of Florence and the Medici Family - great patrons of the arts.
| Shirley Turner
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2006
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25 January
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Renaissance
Jewellery
Jewellery development 1450 to 1618
Goldwork to gemstones
| Catherine Dolman
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16 February (Thurs) |
ANNUAL SUPPER Theatrical Tales
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Frances Hughes
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22 February |
A Talent to
Amuse-Noel Coward
The Master. His Life and Songs with Music
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Jennifer Rice & Ian Edwards
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29 March |
The World of
Carpets
Their development, manufacture and the
Growth of collecting in the West. |
Roderick Taylor
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| 26 April |
Silver and Social Custom
What did it mean to be above or below the Salt? Why would you
be happy to drink from a "Poison Cup"?
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Ian
Pickford |
31 May |
Chardin-A Moral
View
Chardin’s wise and gentle pictures of
domestic security yreflect a code of civilised values
at odds with the Versailles aristocracy
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Warren Hearnden
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28 June |
ANNUAL GENERAL
MEETING
Humphrey Repton and the User Friendly Garden Mocked by his
opponents as the ‘Milestone Man’
Repton’s gardens were designed for the
English weather. |
Eithne Henson
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OUTINGS AND VISITS
All outings start and finish at the Post Office Car Park, St John's Well Lane, Berkhamsted and Gadebridge Park and Ride.
Names and payments will be taken at the two lectures prior to the event.
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Wednesday, 5 October |
National Theatre Matinee: "Aristocrats" |
Thursday, 20 October |
'Nelson and Napoleon' a the Maritime Museum, Greenwich |
Tuesday, 15 November |
Study Day: 'Looking at the History of British Art at Tate Britain' and lecture and visit to The Degas, Sickert and Toulouse-Lautrec Exhibition |
2006 |
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Wednesday, 18 January |
Dennis Severs House |
Thursday, 9 February |
Sir John Soanes Museum |
Thursday, 23 March |
Leeds Castle and Ightham Mote |
Thursday, 6 April |
Lecture and visit to Michelangelo drawings at the British
Museum and a tour of the Enlightenment Gallery |
9 - 12 May |
Lake District
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Wednesday, 24 May |
Highgrove House
(List closed) |
Tuesday, 6 June |
Clandon Park, Hatchlands Park and the Cobbe collection |
Wednesday, 12 July |
Highclere Castle and Gardens |
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THEATRE VISITS
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From time to time theatre visits will be
arranged. |
The Programme and Outings organisers always welcome
suggestions from members for lectures and places to visit in
2007 and beyond.
Every effort will be made to fit in as many as possible
though this will be subject to limitations imposed by the
rest of the programmes.
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