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Alan Read, The Elgin Marbles: the History of Meaning In the two centuries since they were removed from the Parthenon by Lord Elgin, the meaning and significance has changed dramatically. This lecture looks at...

Tobias Capwell: The Scoliotic Knight: Reconstructing the Real Richard III. Understood by Armoury and Art. Tobias questions and imagines how the armoury worn by a scoliotic king might be an expressive art-form, designed to...

Timothy Walker Beauty in Truth: The Past Present and Future of Botanical Illustration. This talk looks at the history of botanical illustration from the early herbals 1500 years ago to the present day, taking...

Bertie Pearce 'The Dancing Faun' by Adrien De Vries. A Personal Story of a 17th Century Masterpiece. Bertie recounts the extraordinary tale of how a small bronze statue, which had sat in his grandfather's...