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The Forbidden City – Review

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On Wednesday 30th October, 2024, Anne Haworth gave a talk to on the Forbidden City, Beijing, to a full house at Les Cotils.

The Forbidden City is the Imperial <br/> Find out more “The Forbidden City – Review”

Brave New World – The Festival of Britain – Review

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Lecturer:  Marc Allum

The 1951 Festival Of Britain was established to celebrate the centenary of the 1851 Great Exhibition but also to give post-war Britain a morale-boost. It was ‘a <br/> Find out more “Brave New World – The Festival of Britain – Review”

The Home Beautiful: Pre-Raphaelite Interiors

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Lecturer: Joanna Banham

The Victorian period witnessed massive changes in the manufacture and utilisation of wallpaper: a product that had previously been a luxury item became available to all <br/> Find out more “The Home Beautiful: Pre-Raphaelite Interiors”

The Marquesses of Bute: Patrons of Opulence

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Lecturer: Matthew Williams

The Marquesses of Bute are an ancient Scottish family who rose to prominence during the eighteenth century. Wise marriages brought wealth and by 1860 industrial enterprise <br/> Find out more “The Marquesses of Bute: Patrons of Opulence”