This image by Petar Milošević is of the “Mosaic of Theodora, Basilica of San Vitale”, Italy. “The Mosaics of Ravenna” is the subject of our March Talk.
PROGRAMME oF TALKS
Our Talks are held in the Fittleworth Village Hall at 2:00pm on the 1st Tuesday of each month. Visitors are welcome to join our talks for £10 per visit in 2025.
Click the title of a talk to see information about the talk and the speaker.
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Apse Mosaic in Basilica of San Vitale, Ravenna, Italy. Photo by Petar Milošević
TUESDAY 3 MARCH 2026
THE MOSAICS OF RAVENNA:
FOR THE GLORY OF KINGS, EMPERORS AND EMPRESSES
DR HELENA RUFUS- WARD
TUESDAY 7 APRIL 2026
BATTERSEA POWER STATION - FOUR ICONIC CHIMNEYS
IAN SWANKIE
Battersea Power Station, Tosh Marshall
Isabella Thorpe influencing Catherine Morland, Hugh Thomson, Northanger Abbey, 1897.
TUESDAY 5TH MAY 2026
GIRLS BEHAVING BADLY: JANE AUSTEN’S WICKED WOMEN
ANNALIE TALENT
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Brooch with female head (René Lalique) Photo by Ángel M. Felicísimo from Mérida, España
TUESDAY 2 JUNE 2026
THE GENIUS OF RENE LALIQUE
ANDY MCCONNELL
English Country Garden, Sussex
WEDNESDAY 24 JUNE 2026
GARDENING STUDY DAY
THE SOUL, ART AND HEALING POWER OF GARDENS
TIMOTHY WALKER
Vanessa Bell by George Charles Beresford (1864–1938).
TUESDAY 7 JULY 2026
VANESSA BELL’S ART AND HER TANGLED BLOOMSBURY GROUP RELATIONSHIPS
RAYMOND WARBURTON
TUESDAY 1 SEPTEMBER 2026
THE ENIGMA OF EDWARD ELGAR
ROGER ASKEW
Edward Elgar, photographed in 1931 by Herbert Lambert.
TUESDAY 6 OCTOBER 2026
POMPEII: DIGGING DEEPER WITH THE MUDDY ARCHAEOLOGIST
GILLIAN HOVELL
Atrium of the House of the Ancient Hunt in Pompeii watercolor by Luigi Bazzani