Lectures 25-26

Programme Secretary Mark Duncan

You can view the programme for the whole year, by clicking  here.

All lectures start at 10.30 with coffee available from 10am

The lectures are free to members of TASLA. The charge per lecture for Visitors is £10

9th September 2025

From Downton to Gatsby.

by

Andrew Prince

Jewelry and Fashion are often seen as two entirely separate and                                           

 distinct fields of design, but this is very far from the case.

In his talk, Andrew guides you through the extraordinary

decades and events between 1890 and 1929 where the

great couturiers collaborated with the finest of jewelers

to produce jewels and clothes of outstanding quality

 and glittering opulence.

14th October 2025

The Baroque Country House

by

Amy Lim

Visiting some of the most iconic houses of the baroque period,  

including Chatsworth, Petworth, and Blenheim. We will meet

the patrons who created them and look at some of the

highlights of their sumptuous interiors, gardens and

collections, addressing the question: what is ‘Baroque’?

11th November 2025

Tintoretto, Painter of the People. 

by

Julia Musgrave

His work, characterised by muscular figures, dramatic gestures

and movement takes the art of  the Mannerist period into the

Baroque. By the end of his life he was working for the wealthiest in

 Venice and for international patrons-yet he never forgot his roots.

9th December 2025

Christmas Ghosts .

by

Kirsty Hartsiosis

Journey back to the earliest winter tales of the Middle Ages and the

age of Shakespeare and Marlowe through to the 19C when many

traditional Christmas ghost tales were collected. We draw on

midwinter tales from all around Britain and Europe. 

13th January  2026

The History of Opera. 

by

Jamie Hayes

How opera began, developed and spread worldwide; from 1600 to

the present day. It looks at the development of opera from its

baroque beginnings right up to the modern-day Hamilton.

10th February 2026

The Glasgow Girls 

by

Elaine Hansen

The Glasgow Girls, a group of women artists and designers who studied

and worked in Glasgow at the turn of the twentieth century. They

 contributed significantly to the development of the ‘Glasgow Style’,

a distinctive branch of the Arts Nouveau movement of the same period.

The work produced by the principal artists is examined in detail