16 October
Day of Special Interest;
SPIES AND SHOWBIZ
The Gritty Side of Elizabethan Theatre
(The Arts Society South Downs)
This is a morning Special Interest Day, focusing on Elizabethan theatre and will include the politics, espionage and show-business developments of the period.
Lecturer; Giles Ramsay
6 November
Day of Special Interest;
A COLOURFUL HISTORY OF PAINTS, PIGMENTS AND DYES
(The Arts Society Turners Hill)
We will explore some of art’s most beautiful, expensive, rare, and poisonous, paints and dyes.
We will journey from the beginnings of empire and exploration, where precious colours such as
lapis lazuli, cochineal, and indigo were brought into Europe, to the modern day international trade in industrial pigments. From the days of Medieval alchemists, who concocted colours in secret from mixtures of arsenic, sulphur and mercury, to modern chemists with their toxic experiments and lurid coal tar dyes. Artists, fabric dyers, and manufacturers have brought us a brilliant world of man-made colour. It has been a fascinating journey and this will be a very colourful day!
Lecturer; Lynne Gibson
29 November
Day of Special Interest;
THE BRILLIANCE OF BRITISH ARCHITECTURE
(The Arts Society Brighton & Hove)
This a chance to explore old and new, examining the very best of British architects from
Christopher Wren to the present day. These three talks are not technical, but they form an
informative and lively examination of some brilliant architects and designers and their legacy.
We live today in the world they created.
Lecturer; Ian Swankie
29-30 November
KEW AT CHRISTMAS (The Arts Society East Sussex)
Enchanting & Glittering…
2 days – 1 night at Chenies Manor. With Success Tours.
1-5 April 2025
THE AMALFI COAST& NAPLES (The Arts Society East Sussex)
With its colourful towns tumbling down to the Tyrrhenian Sea, the Amalfi Coast is often deemed Italy’s most spectacular coastline.
5 days – 4 nights at Hotel Alpha, Sant’Agnello, Sorrento. With Success Tours.