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SUMMARY:The Renaissance Portrait from Van Eyck to Titian with Paula Nuttall
DESCRIPTION:Portraiture is a quintessentially renaissance art form which evolved in response to new ideas about realism\, likeness and posterity. This lecture looks at its development in Italy and the north\, across a variety of media\, from sculpted busts and medals to painted portraits. It also discusses how and why portraits were made\, and the role they played in expressing status\, personal qualities and commemoration\, unravelling the meanings of still-life detail and costume to shed light on the social practices of the day. We encounter a host of examples\, from the unfamiliar to the iconic\, including Van Eyck’s Arnolfini Portrait\, Dürer’s Self Portrait as Christ\, Holbein’s Ambassadors\, and the Mona Lisa.
URL:https://www.sandwichdfas.org.uk/tasevent/the-renaissance-portrait-from-van-eyck-to-titian-with-paula-nuttall/
LOCATION:Guests are always welcome at our lectures. Just come along and pay £7 on the door. No reservation required.\, Guildhall\, Sandwich\, CT13 9AH
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260511T190000
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SUMMARY:The History of Colour: Blue with Alice White
DESCRIPTION:Loaded with symbolism\, the colour blue creates meaning\, provokes emotion and ignites memory on a personal\, and a cultural level\, throughout the world.  \n\n\n\nFrom the scared shade of Ultramarine\, to the ancient roots of Indigo\, to the startling alchemy of Prussian\, blue has been used to venerate icons since the earliest human civilizations. Enjoy this rich history of colour via two powerful forces: Impressionism andJ apanese Print. \n\n\n\nWhen Monet’s water-lilies met Hokusai’s Great Wave\, the values of art changed forever.
URL:https://www.sandwichdfas.org.uk/tasevent/the-history-of-colour-blue-with-alice-white/
LOCATION:Guests are always welcome at our lectures. Just come along and pay £7 on the door. No reservation required.\, Guildhall\, Sandwich\, CT13 9AH
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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SUMMARY:The Bayeux Tapestry: International relations then and now with Hilary Williams
DESCRIPTION:What is the Bayeux Tapestry really all about? A power struggle\, dynastic rivalries\, broken promises\, diplomatic relations in peril\, military prowess and the building of a super power? How was this amazing document in stitch made\, when and possibly why? What has been the history of this brilliant but fragile object throughout its life? Its conservation has brought new data to light. \n\n\n\nHow important is this piece of history as an object to foster ‘entente-cordiale’ and to link nations today?
URL:https://www.sandwichdfas.org.uk/tasevent/the-bayeux-tapestry-international-relations-then-and-now-with-hilary-williams/
LOCATION:Guests are always welcome at our lectures. Just come along and pay £7 on the door. No reservation required.\, Guildhall\, Sandwich\, CT13 9AH
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260602T190000
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SUMMARY:The Mayoralty of Sandwich - an 800 year Celebratory Talk
DESCRIPTION:Description: The mayoralty of Sandwich is an ancient office dating back to the early 13th century with various mayors playing key roles in English history. \n\n\n\nIn 1226\, Sandwich was one of the first towns outside of London to install a mayor\, highlighting its significance as a port. \n\n\n\nAs part of the 800-years celebration of Sandwich mayors\, this talk will share some of the stories about them through the past eight centuries. \n\n\n\nHear about the theft\, extortion and bribery of some mayors\, as well as the bravery\, kindness and astuteness of others. Learn how we welcomed Royalty to the town and discover how Sandwich became one of the original Cinque Ports and was granted the ‘Honours of Court’ at Royal Coronations from the 13th century to the present day.
URL:https://www.sandwichdfas.org.uk/tasevent/the-mayoralty-of-sandwich-an-800-year-celebratory-talk/
LOCATION:The Delf Room\, Guildhall\, Sandwich
CATEGORIES:Events,Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260907T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260907T200000
DTSTAMP:20261031T201235
CREATED:20250908T064046Z
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SUMMARY:The Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz: A story of survival and music with Anne Sebba
DESCRIPTION:In 1943\, the German SS officers in charge of Auschwitz-Birkenau ordered that an orchestra should be formed among the female prisoners. Forty-seven women and girls were drafted into a hurriedly-assembled band that would play to other inmates as they left each morning and as they returned at the end of the day. They were made to give weekly concerts for Nazi officers\, and members were sometimes summoned to give individual performances of an officer’s favourite piece of music. For almost all of the musicians chosen to take part\, the orchestra was to save their lives. \n\n\n\nWhy was the orchestra formed? What was the effect on those women who owed their survival to their participation in a Nazi propaganda project? And how did it feel to be forced to provide solace to the perpetrators of a genocide that claimed the lives of their family and friends? In The Women’s Orchestra of Auschwitz\, award-winning historian Anne Sebba traces these tangled questions of deep moral complexity with sensitivity and care. \n\n\n\nFrom the orchestra’s formidable conductor (and niece of Gustav Mahler) Alma Rosé\, to Anita Lasker-Wallfisch\, its cellist and last surviving member\, i draw on a mixture of archival research and exclusive first-hand accounts to bring the full and astonishing story of the orchestra and its members to light for the very first time.
URL:https://www.sandwichdfas.org.uk/tasevent/the-womens-orchestra-of-auschwitz-a-story-of-survival-and-music-with-anne-sebba/
LOCATION:Guests are always welcome at our lectures. Just come along and pay £7 on the door. No reservation required.\, Guildhall\, Sandwich\, CT13 9AH
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20261005T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20261005T200000
DTSTAMP:20261031T201235
CREATED:20250908T064317Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250908T064327Z
UID:4305-1791226800-1791230400@www.sandwichdfas.org.uk
SUMMARY:Vincent in Ramsgate: Van Gogh in England with Jacqui Ansell
DESCRIPTION:Before he was a famous artist – or indeed an artist at all – Vincent Van Gogh was a disgruntled art salesman\, a failed suitor\, and a would-be teacher. We glimpse Vincent’s life through his letters which illuminate his inner thoughts\, passions and preoccupations. Focusing on a few short months from late 1875 to the middle of 1876 we find Vincent’s life at a crossroads\, having lost his job at the Paris branch of respected international art dealership Goupil & Cie. The main focus of the talk is how he found himself working in a small school in Ramsgate on the Kent coast. From the rich and poetic descriptions in his letters we discover more about this unique corner of England\, and how it attracted architects like A. W. N. Pugin to live there\, and artists\, writers and royalty to stay there and record their impressions of the place where Van Gogh found happiness albeit short-lived.
URL:https://www.sandwichdfas.org.uk/tasevent/vincent-in-ramsgate-van-gogh-in-england-with-jacqui-ansell/
LOCATION:Guests are always welcome at our lectures. Just come along and pay £7 on the door. No reservation required.\, Guildhall\, Sandwich\, CT13 9AH
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20261102T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20261102T200000
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SUMMARY:Carry on up the Khyber - Movies and the end of an Empire with Colin Shindler
DESCRIPTION:It’s hard to laugh at something too immediate. The surest sign that something serious has finished is when you can laugh at it. The end of the British Empire\, which started with the partition of India in 1947 but increased rapidly in the 1960s as the African colonies disappeared\, was immortalised in the very best Carry On film ever made. Set in India under the Raj but clearly filmed in Pinewood\, Up The Khyber starring Sid James as Sir Sidney Ruff-Diamond and Kenneth Williams as the Khasi of Kalibar is a glorious parody of every imperial film ever made with its upstanding British heroes and mad/stupid/villainous natives.
URL:https://www.sandwichdfas.org.uk/tasevent/carry-on-up-the-khyber-movies-and-the-end-of-an-empire-with-colin-shindler/
LOCATION:Guests are always welcome at our lectures. Just come along and pay £7 on the door. No reservation required.\, Guildhall\, Sandwich\, CT13 9AH
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20261207T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20261207T200000
DTSTAMP:20261031T201235
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SUMMARY:E H Shepard's Christmas (Illustrator of Winnie-the-Pooh and The Wind in theWillows) with James Campbell
DESCRIPTION:E H Shepard loved Christmas\, and this lecture describes\, including his own words much of the magic and joy of successive festive seasons\, from those of his own childhood to others throughout his long life. We see a range of artistic styles from full colour images to pen-and-ink personal Christmas cards\, with cartoons\, drawings and watercolours\, some featuring the iconic images from the Wind in the Willows (the snow in the Wild Wood…) and Winnie-the-Pooh (Pooh and Piglet from The House at Pooh Corner). Many of the images have not been published for over fifty years.
URL:https://www.sandwichdfas.org.uk/tasevent/e-h-shepards-christmas-illustrator-of-winnie-the-pooh-and-the-wind-in-thewillows-with-james-campbell/
LOCATION:Guests are always welcome at our lectures. Just come along and pay £7 on the door. No reservation required.\, Guildhall\, Sandwich\, CT13 9AH
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20270111T190000
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SUMMARY:Imogen Corrigan - The Topsy-Turvy world of Misericords
DESCRIPTION:This lecture takes the audience on a tour of some of the extraordinary images that existin some 400 churches in England. The art form was in vogue mainly from C13th –C15th and rarely includes religious images despite the misericords being positioned soclose to the high altar. The secular\, sometimes bizarre and often profane nature of theirsubjects meant that many survived the Reformation and later religious enthusiasts.Much social comment can be gleaned from these carvings even though there are norecords describing why particular images were chosen and very often it is not possibleto date them accurately.
URL:https://www.sandwichdfas.org.uk/tasevent/imogen-corrigan-the-topsy-turvy-world-of-misericords/
LOCATION:Guests are always welcome at our lectures. Just come along and pay £7 on the door. No reservation required.\, Guildhall\, Sandwich\, CT13 9AH
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20270201T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20270201T200000
DTSTAMP:20261031T201235
CREATED:20261031T085513Z
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SUMMARY:Peter Ross – Insatiable Appetites: Eating out in Georgian England
DESCRIPTION:Georgians of all classes dined out in pubs\, coaching inns\, French ordinaries andconfectioners. They also ate all kinds of street food and had an almost insatiableappetite for buns. On a journey through London\, we will discover the early morningdrinks consumed on the street before dawn\, ‘nunchions’ served at coaching inns\,Billingsgate dinners\, confectioners’ cakes\, syllabubs and ices\, the proverbially thin hamdished up to diners at Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens\, as well as the Jewish takeawayfoods of the East End and even London’s first ‘Indian’ restaurant.
URL:https://www.sandwichdfas.org.uk/tasevent/peter-ross-insatiable-appetites-eating-out-in-georgian-england/
LOCATION:Guests are always welcome at our lectures. Just come along and pay £7 on the door. No reservation required.\, Guildhall\, Sandwich\, CT13 9AH
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20270301T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20270301T200000
DTSTAMP:20261031T201235
CREATED:20261031T085825Z
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SUMMARY:Alan Silman – Beethoven: Deaf\, Suicidal and with Deteriorating Physical Health – howdid he manage such magnificent works.
DESCRIPTION:Beethoven’s deafness is well known but the psychological impact of this wasdevastating and also was far from his only problem. Less well known\, is the paralleldecline in his physical health and failure of many of his organs. From an unparalleledquantity of documented material\, this lecture will describe in his own words the impactof all his challenges and on his phenomenal outputs. The talk is also richly illustratedwith extracts of recordings of his works.
URL:https://www.sandwichdfas.org.uk/tasevent/alan-silman-beethoven-deaf-suicidal-and-with-deteriorating-physical-health-howdid-he-manage-such-magnificent-works/
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20270510T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20270510T200000
DTSTAMP:20261031T201235
CREATED:20261031T090543Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261031T090758Z
UID:4783-1809975600-1809979200@www.sandwichdfas.org.uk
SUMMARY:Joanna Banham – Pleasure\, Practicality & Pain: The History of Shoes
DESCRIPTION:Shoes have provided essential protection for our feet ever since ancient times but theirdesign has rarely been inspired simply by comfort or necessity. Beautifully decorated\,hand-crafted and employing expensive materials\, they have also represented importantmarkers of status\, identity\, taste and even sexuality. Some\, like Medieval poulaineswith their elaborately elongated toes\, and Venetian chopines with their 22 inchplatforms\, epitomised the triumph of fashion over practicality.
URL:https://www.sandwichdfas.org.uk/tasevent/joanna-banham-pleasure-practicality-pain-the-history-of-shoes/
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20270607T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20270607T200000
DTSTAMP:20261031T201235
CREATED:20261031T090638Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261031T090752Z
UID:4785-1812394800-1812398400@www.sandwichdfas.org.uk
SUMMARY:Sarah Quill – John Ruskin: The Stones of Venice
DESCRIPTION:John Ruskin (1819–1900)\, whose life spanned the Victorian era\, became the mostcelebrated and influential art critic of his age. Author of countless books and a gifteddraughtsman\, he was a polymath whose interests ranged from literature\, art andarchitecture to geology\, early photography and the sciences. He inherited a fortune butgave most of it away to philanthropic enterprises. His work on Venetian architecture isbest remembered in his three-volume masterpiece\, The Stones of Venice (published1851–53)\, which has inspired generations of visitors to the city. Sarah Quill will discussRuskin’s life and Venetian work in this illustrated lecture.
URL:https://www.sandwichdfas.org.uk/tasevent/sarah-quill-john-ruskin-the-stones-of-venice/
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20270906T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20270906T200000
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CREATED:20261031T090914Z
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UID:4788-1820257200-1820260800@www.sandwichdfas.org.uk
SUMMARY:Pamela Campbell-Johnson – The Art of Art Deco
DESCRIPTION:Art Deco has the reputation of being the most glamorous and popular style of the 20thcentury which was prevalent during the 1920s and 1930s. We will review thedevelopment of the style within the context of its social and economic environment and look at specific examples of objets d’arts\, including silver\, jewellery\, furniture\, ceramics\,clocks and architecture.
URL:https://www.sandwichdfas.org.uk/tasevent/pamela-campbell-johnson-the-art-of-art-deco/
LOCATION:Guests are always welcome at our lectures. Just come along and pay £7 on the door. No reservation required.\, Guildhall\, Sandwich\, CT13 9AH
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20271004T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20271004T200000
DTSTAMP:20261031T201235
CREATED:20261031T091120Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261031T091145Z
UID:4790-1822676400-1822680000@www.sandwichdfas.org.uk
SUMMARY:Caroline Walker - Discovering MacDonald Gill: Architect\, Artist\, Map Maker
DESCRIPTION:MacDonald ‘Max’ Gill\, younger brother of the sculptor and typographer Eric Gill\, was anarchitect\, graphic designer and letterer\, best known for his pictorial maps\, especiallythose for the London Underground. He also created painted maps for Arts & Craftshouses including Lindisfarne Castle\, magnificent murals for Cunard liners\, and eye-catching publicity posters for organisations such as the Empire Marketing Board. Anenduring legacy is his alphabet for the Imperial War Graves Commission used on allBritish military headstones since the First World War. This illustrated talk by Max Gill’sgreat-niece presents a colourful overview of this versatile artist’s personal life andartistic achievements.
URL:https://www.sandwichdfas.org.uk/tasevent/caroline-walker-discovering-macdonald-gill-architect-artist-map-maker/
LOCATION:Guests are always welcome at our lectures. Just come along and pay £7 on the door. No reservation required.\, Guildhall\, Sandwich\, CT13 9AH
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20271101T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20271101T200000
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CREATED:20261031T091307Z
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SUMMARY:Douglas Skeggs - Monet: The Joy and the Torment
DESCRIPTION:Monet was the driving force of Impressionism. Ambitious\, determined and stubborn\, hewas gifted with an astonishing technical ability and a precision of observation that fewartists have rivalled. Brought up on the Seine estuary he came into contact with Boudinand Jongkind who inspired him to ignore the conventions of the past and work directlyfrom nature\, recording only what his eyes could see. In Paris he met Renoir\, Sisley\,Pissarro and Bazille\, then later Manet who invited them to join his artist friends at theCafe Guerbois. After a disastrous exhibition the group became known as theImpressionists\, a chance name that has remained with them ever since.
URL:https://www.sandwichdfas.org.uk/tasevent/douglas-skeggs-monet-the-joy-and-the-torment/
LOCATION:Guests are always welcome at our lectures. Just come along and pay £7 on the door. No reservation required.\, Guildhall\, Sandwich\, CT13 9AH
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20271206T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20271206T200000
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CREATED:20261031T091418Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261031T092515Z
UID:4794-1828119600-1828123200@www.sandwichdfas.org.uk
SUMMARY:Phil Price – Chrstmas Carol Traditions: Ye Mortals All Rejoice!
DESCRIPTION:Christmas Carols: what are they\, where did they come from\, and why have we forgottennearly all of them? Phil Price is founder and conductor of “With Cheerful Voice”\, acathedral choir that assembles three to four times a year to sing the services at majorUK cathedrals and other historic venues. Phil takes us on this festive exploration ofChristmas Carol traditions.
URL:https://www.sandwichdfas.org.uk/tasevent/phil-price-christmas-carol-traditions/
LOCATION:Guests are always welcome at our lectures. Just come along and pay £7 on the door. No reservation required.\, Guildhall\, Sandwich\, CT13 9AH
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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