Love them or hate them, Brutalist buildings are now being listed and protected as a part of our architectural heritage. Brutalist structures, with their emphasis on blockish forms and concrete construction are often described as ugly, crude and drab yet there are examples of this building type which merit a second examination. Considering Britain’s best (or most notorious) Brutalist constructions, including the Trellick Tower in London, the Tricorn Centre in Portsmouth as well as notable examples from around the world, this lecture will shed new light on an architectural style which we may yet learn to love! 

Sarah Pearson holds a First Class BA in Art History, an MA in World Art Studies and a PhD in Architectural History. Sarah has lectured for 10 years at Reading and at the University of East Anglia. She works as a freelance lecturer and teaches at the University of Cambridge (Madingley Hall). Sarah has published articles and a book chapter on the architect Francesco di Giorgio and maintains active research interests in the subject of architecture and ideology.

Lectures begin at 11am and usually end by 12.15pm.

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In 1936 Dame Laura Knight became the first woman to be elected as a full member of the Royal Academy in London, 168 years after its establishment. In her extraordinary career she painted landscapes, portraits and seascapes, as well as scenes from the circus, the ballet and the theatre. She was the only woman to be given War Commissions in both the First and Second World Wars and the only British artist to cover the Nuremberg Trials of 1946. This lecture by Rosalind Whyte provides an overview of Dame Laura’s fascinating career and some of the remarkable achievements of her long life. 

Rosalind Whyte has a BA and MA from Goldsmith’s College, and an MA (distinction) from Birkbeck College. She is a guide at Tate Britain, Tate Modern, the Royal Academy and Greenwich. She lectures at the Tate, to independent art societies and also lectures on cruises.

Lectures begin at 11am and usually end by 12.15pm.

Tickets for the lecture for non-members can be purchased at the cinema. Alternatively, visit the Broadway website page here.

London's history is fascinating and full of colourful characters, from William Shakespeare to Dick Whittington's cat!  In this lecture we gallop through almost 2000 years of London's history brilliantly illustrated through the stained glass windows found in the city churches and livery halls.  Often overlooked, these provide a unique insight into the milestones which have made up London's story.  As well as 18th, 19th century and 20th century windows we look at some of the most up-to-date and contemporary glass makers. 

Anna Warrillow has a BA in History of Art & Italian and MA in Renaissance Decorative Arts & Design from the Royal College of Art.  She has worked for 6 years as a curator in the Sculpture Department at the Victoria & Albert Museum as well as in smaller collections such as the Henry Moore Family Trust. Anna is adjunct lecturer at Richmond The American International University in London where she teaches undergraduates The History of London.

Lectures begin at 11am and usually end by 12.15pm.

Tickets for the lecture for non-members can be purchased at the cinema. Alternatively, visit the Broadway website page here.

This lecture is a celebration of how the Ancient Greeks and Romans created our love of wine - how wine's popularity spread, how wine production has, and has not, changed, and what wine connoisseurs 2,000 years ago thought made a wine great!  As an archaeologist who has excavated a Roman wine-producting warehouse, Gillian promises this talk will refresh your palette!

Gillian Hovell gained a BA in Latin and Ancient History from Exeter University and then branched out into archaeology. Gillian is ex-BBC, lecturer for British Museum and York University, and an award winning writer and author who specialises in relating the ancient world to our modern lives  (most recently on BBC News, Channel, Radio 4 Today programme and BBC World Service). Gillian teaches adult education courses in Latin, archaeology and ancient history and has publicly lectured widely; on cruises and tours, and for museums such as the British Museum & Ashmolean, national press, universities and literary festivals.

Lectures begin at 11am and usually end by 12.15pm.

Tickets for the lecture for non-members can be purchased at the cinema. Alternatively, visit the Broadway website page here.

This lecture will explore the life of Frida Kahlo, one of the most famous and iconic Mexican artists of the twentieth century. It will situate her within an extraordinary historical context and explore her family background and her battle as a child with polio. Her flamboyant character will be set against her deep sadness in love and in pain after an appalling accident left her disabled physically but able to paint while in her hospital bed. We will chart her meeting with the great figure of Diego Rivera, muralist and revolutionary, and her subsequent love affair with him, their turbulent marriage, divorce and re-marriage. Often scrutinising her self-portraits, we will see her rise to international fame, her liaisons with extraordinary characters of the time such as Leon Trotsky, and her untimely and very public death in 1954.

Jacqueline Cockburn is Managing Director of Art and Culture Travel and is a course director and lecturer at the V&A. She also lectures at The Royal Academy.  Jacqueline has toured New Zealand and Australia for The Arts Society. Her specialist field is Spanish Art, but she also lectures on European Art 1790-1950. She is currently working on a Monograph on Goya.

Lectures begin at 11am and usually end by 12.15pm.