Imperial Crown of the Holy Roman Emperor, engraving c. 1880.

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.

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Great Private Houses in Norfolk Special arrangements and in-depth visits

Walking in Southern Tuscany Art, architecture and landscapes in the Val d’Orcia and Chianti

Morocco Cities & empires

Great Palaces of Italy A selective Grand Tour from Turin to Naples

Leipzig Bach Festival Music by the Bach family and their Baroque contemporaries

" Fantastic mix of different private houses – old, new money, inherited, owned, leased. Fascinating how people live and lived in these houses, the level of restoration, and what commercially or otherwise they are doing to conserve the properties. Wonderful private tours by owners, and they were all very welcoming. " Great Private Houses in Norfolk - Special arrangements and in-depth visits

" A clever mixture of walking, visiting sites or artistic and historic interest, and wine tasting. It really made the most of our visit to this interesting area and showed us less familiar places that we would not have found on our own. " Walking in Southern Tuscany - Art, architecture and landscapes in the Val d’Orcia and Chianti

" The lecturer and tour manager were excellent with their wide knowledge and ease of answering any questions thrown at them. " Morocco - Cities & empires

" Luca Leoncini was brilliant and a gifted teacher. The depth of his knowledge on every aspect of the tour was extremely impressive, and he was always willing to answer all the questions and interact with us all. " Great Palaces of Italy - A selective Grand Tour from Turin to Naples

" The group was exceptionally privileged to have John Butt as lecturer. None could have been more knowledgeable and amiable. A most memorable experience for us. " Leipzig Bach Festival - Music by the Bach family and their Baroque contemporaries

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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.

Featured online talks

Catch up on past series

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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.

Featured online talks

SAVE at 50! - three conversations with pioneers in conservation

Notre-Dame – Phoenix of Paris - five online talks by Dr Alexandra Gajewski

'The Tale of the Two Brothers': a story to unlock Ancient Egypt - five online talks by Professor Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones

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Francis: the First Sun King - six talks by Professor Glenn Richardson

Turner and the Grand Tour - five online talks by Simon Rees

London Interiors – Style and taste in interior design, 1660–1940 - six online talks by Dr Steven Brindle

Edward Elgar: national icon and perennial outsider - five online talks by Richard Wigmore

How India changed the World – Tales of Trade and Influence - four online talks by Raaja Bhasin

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