Diary

2024

January	16	Monthly Lecture	The Century of Deception; The Birth of the Hoax in the C18th.
February	7	Event	SPECIAL INTEREST DAY (The Arts Society Mid Sussex, Ditchling) The British Empire & Imperial India Images, Architecture and Arts
	20	Monthly Lecture	The Art of the Cartoonist
	20	Event	Get together for recent members (After the lecture)
	23	Visit	Chichester Festival Theatre – behind the scenes tour
March	4	Event	TRADING BOUNDARIES (The Arts Society Mid Sussex, Uckfield) Mark Hill, from the BBC’s Antique Roadshow
	19	Monthly Lecture	Grace Darling and the Fine Art of Saving Lives at Sea
	20	Event	SPECIAL INTEREST DAY (The Arts Society South Downs, Fittleworth) The Age of Jazz
April	16	Monthly Lecture	The Artist’s Village; the Legacy of GF Watts and Mary Seton Watts at Compton
	18	Visit	Champs Hill – summer exhibition
	18	Event	SPECIAL INTEREST DAY (The Arts Society Wealden Heath, Heathfield) Venice in the 15th & 16th Centuries
May	8	Event	DAY OF SPECIAL INTEREST British Musical Theatre in the c20th
	21	Monthly Lecture	History of Arts Criticism, from Aristotle to Facebook
June	4	Visit	Watts Gallery & Artists Village
	18	Monthly Lecture	Medieval Animals, Loved and Feared
	24	Visit	Philip Jackson’s Studio – with talk by the sculptor (provisional)
July	16	Monthly Lecture	Castles: The Unquenchable Thirst of William Randolph Hearst
	24	Visit	Stratfield-Saye House – home of the Dukes of Wellington since 1817
September	17	Monthly Lecture	The Royal Art Collection in the court of King Henry V111
	25	Visit	Hammerwood Park – guided tour of the house
October	15	Monthly Lecture	AGM followed by; The Brilliance of Brunel – The Man who Built the Modern World
	24	Visit	Anne of Cleves House
November	19	Monthly Lecture	The Twelve Plants of Christmas. The Natural History, Botany and Folklore of the Plants that Surround us at Christmas
	19	Event	FESTIVE DRINKS AND MINCE PIES (After the lecture)