Newly launched: Sailing the Aegean, 4–13 October 2025

Online talks

Our online talks programme originated in 2020, the result of the pandemic, yet quickly established itself as a popular year-round product in its own right. We have continued to run a programme of enlightening, entertaining and intellectually stimulating series ever since.

How we understand the history and culture of a specific subject can be determined by the age at which we were first exposed to it; the online series offer fresh perspectives on a range of topics, both familiar and unexpected. They provide a showcase to our expert speakers that goes beyond tour-leading to the heart of current scholarship. Watch live from the privacy of your own home and participate in the Q&A sessions that follow each talk or watch at your leisure for two months following the end of each series. The online series also make excellent gifts.

Featured online talks

Questioning the First Christmas: the Nativity Story in Early Christian Traditions
Questioning the First Christmas: the Nativity Story in Early Christian Traditions - four online talks by Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
28th November 2024
Professor Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones

£55

Early Christian Rome – Architecture and Imagery from Constantine to Innocent II
Early Christian Rome – Architecture and Imagery from Constantine to Innocent II - six talks by John McNeill
3rd December 2024
Mr John McNeill

£75

Made in China: Looking at art, grasping art history
Made in China: Looking at art, grasping art history - five online talks by Professor Oliver Moore
9th January 2025
Professor Oliver Moore

£65

The History of Islam told by its Great Buildings
The History of Islam told by its Great Buildings - six online talks by Dr Peter Webb
10th February 2025
Dr Peter Webb

£75

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Catch up on past series

Fake Heritage – from Artefact to Artifice
Fake Heritage – from Artefact to Artifice - six online talks by John Darlington
Mozart’s 'Figaro' – a Marriage made in Heaven
Mozart’s 'Figaro' – a Marriage made in Heaven - four online talks by Ian Page
The Reformation and Art in Germany
The Reformation and Art in Germany - five online talks by Dr Ulrike Ziegler
Conflict & Penance: the remarkable history of Henry II & Thomas Becket
Conflict & Penance: the remarkable history of Henry II & Thomas Becket - three online talks by Dr Hugh Doherty
Understanding Buddhist Art: A Journey of Cultural Connections
Understanding Buddhist Art: A Journey of Cultural Connections - six online talks by Freddie Matthews
" A wonderful musical experience! " The Lucerne Festival - Music in Switzerland’s loveliest city
" We had a good mixture of culture, concerts, excellent food, sightseeing and trips, with each day in itself a balance of all these. " The Lucerne Festival - Music in Switzerland’s loveliest city
" Top marks to the lecturer who offered brilliant insights into the vary varied works to be performed, and new ways of focussing on the works, all delivered with brilliant understated wit. " The Lucerne Festival - Music in Switzerland’s loveliest city
" 'Verona Festival was on the bucket list - and the chance to be educated about Verona as well as attend the opera was too good a chance to miss.; " Verona Opera - lyric spectacle in the Veneto
" The music was spectacular – an amazing experience. " Verona Opera - lyric spectacle in the Veneto
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