{"id":2707,"date":"2023-06-26T12:58:43","date_gmt":"2023-06-26T11:58:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/?page_id=2707"},"modified":"2024-12-14T19:55:42","modified_gmt":"2024-12-14T19:55:42","slug":"events","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/events\/","title":{"rendered":"Events"},"content":{"rendered":"<section \t     class=\"block-hero  no-m no-p  \"\n>\n    \n    <div class=\"hero-image\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/G-E-Street-St-James-the-Less-Pimlico-1861-photo-3-\u00a9-Neil-Jackson-1.jpg');\">\n                    <div class=\"hero-subtitle\">\n                G E Street St James the Less, Pimlico, 1861 \u00a9 Neil Jackson            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section\t     class=\"block-columns  no-m pt  \"\n>\n    <div class=\"container\">\n            \n                <div class=\"section-title-area \">\n        <h1 class=\"section-title\">Events<\/h1>\n            <\/div>\n    \n\n        \t\t            \n        <div class=\"grid\" style=\"grid-template-columns:repeat(2, 1fr);\">\n                            <div class=\"col \">\n                    <p>The Victorian Society runs a diverse programme of events including visits, walks, online talks and weekends away. These are publicised to members below and in the &#8216;Blue Sheet&#8217; which is mailed with our membership magazine, \u2018The Victorian\u2019, in February, June and October. Members receive priority booking.<\/p>\n                <\/div>\n\t\t\t                <div class=\"col \">\n                    <p>The Victorian Society is an CPD provider recognised by The Institute of Historic Building Conservation. Our recorded online talks can be found in our shop <a href=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/recorded-talks\/\">here<\/a>. This is a fantastic opportunity to discover over 80 lectures on Victorian and Edwardian architecture, architects, and related themes including railways.<\/p>\n                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section \t     class=\"block-events  no-m pbth  \"\n>\n    <div class=\"container\">\n\n        <div class=\"event-filter grid\">\n            <div class=\"col\">\n                <h3>Filter by:<\/h3>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"col\">\n                \n                <div class=\"event-filter-grid\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/events\/\" class=\"button outline active\">All Locations<\/a>\n\n                                                                                    \n                                                                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/events\/?categories=88\" class=\"button outline\">Wales<\/a>\n                        \n                                                                    \n                                                                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/events\/?categories=332\" class=\"button outline\">Spring Lecture Series 2026<\/a>\n                        \n                        <\/div><div class=\"event-filter-grid\">                                            \n                                                                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/events\/?categories=283\" class=\"button outline\">Autumn Online Lecture Series 2025<\/a>\n                        \n                                                                    \n                                                                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/events\/?categories=143\" class=\"button outline\">Winter Online Lecture Series 2025<\/a>\n                        \n                                                                    \n                                                                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/events\/?categories=114\" class=\"button outline\">Visit<\/a>\n                        \n                                                                    \n                                                                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/events\/?categories=113\" class=\"button outline\">Walk<\/a>\n                        \n                        <\/div><div class=\"event-filter-grid\">                                            \n                                                                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/events\/?categories=112\" class=\"button outline\">Talk<\/a>\n                        \n                                                                    \n                                                                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/events\/?categories=101\" class=\"button outline\">Autumn Online Lecture Series 2024<\/a>\n                        \n                                                                    \n                                                                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/events\/?categories=100\" class=\"button outline\">G E Street Bicentenary 2024<\/a>\n                        \n                                                                    \n                                                                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/events\/?categories=87\" class=\"button outline\">West Yorkshire<\/a>\n                        \n                        <\/div><div class=\"event-filter-grid\">                                            \n                                                                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/events\/?categories=86\" class=\"button outline\">South Yorkshire<\/a>\n                        \n                                                                    \n                                                                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/events\/?categories=85\" class=\"button outline\">Manchester<\/a>\n                        \n                                                                    \n                                                                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/events\/?categories=84\" class=\"button outline\">London<\/a>\n                        \n                                                                    \n                                                                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/events\/?categories=77\" class=\"button outline\">In Person<\/a>\n                        \n                        <\/div><div class=\"event-filter-grid\">                                            \n                                                                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/events\/?categories=62\" class=\"button outline\">Online<\/a>\n                        \n                                                                    \n                                                                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/events\/?categories=57\" class=\"button outline\">Birmingham &amp; West Midlands<\/a>\n                        \n                                                                    \n                                                                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/events\/?categories=58\" class=\"button outline\">Leicester<\/a>\n                        \n                                                                    \n                                                                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/events\/?categories=59\" class=\"button outline\">Liverpool<\/a>\n                        \n                        <\/div><div class=\"event-filter-grid\">                                    <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n        \n        \n                \n        \n                                                                                        \n                            <h2 class=\"month-title\">February<\/h2>\n                        \n            <div class=\"event-listing\">\n              \n                <div class=\"grid\">\n                    <div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/regional-group-events\/sheffields-globe-theatre-cavern-club-combined-with-steve-wood\/\" >Talk: &#8220;Sheffield&#8217;s Globe Theatre &amp; Cavern Club Combined&#8221; with Steve Wood<\/a><\/h3>\n                                                 <!--   <p>An introduction to the city&#8217;s footballing heritage through the eyes of its surviving Victorian Buildings, with <strong>Steve Wood.<\/strong><br \/>\nSheffield has many surviving Victorian buildings that were used by key individuals in the early history of the beautiful game to create clubs, write rules, organise matches, host key meetings, act as business premises or residence for key footballing individuals. Learn about the host works, churches, pubs, or hotels that gave birth to some of our earliest association football clubs and much more.<\/p>\n<p>Come and find out about this hidden history Sheffield has to offer to a sport now followed by 5 billion people globally. You don\u2019t need to be a football fan to enjoy this talk!<\/p>\n<p>Steve Wood is a trustee and historian of the charity <strong>Sheffield Home of Football<\/strong> \u2013 this is what he says about himself: \u201cMy interest in Sheffield&#8217;s history, especially its football heritage, goes back to 1974 when aged 11 I moved here from Bolton via Africa. I make football history film documentaries, have co-authored an illustrated children&#8217;s Sheffield football history book as well as co-written an academic paper about to be published throwing new light on the evolution of passing in early football. I regularly give talks and lead walking tours about the city&#8217;s amazing football heritage.\u201d<br \/>\nHere\u2019s the website if you want to find out more:\u00a0www.sheffieldhomeoffootball.org<br \/>\nSteve will be selling\u00a0Sheffield Home of Football merchandise at the end of the evening\u00a0&#8211; payment by card or cash.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>Book Here<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> from 3<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><sup><span style=\"font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">rd<\/span><\/span><\/sup><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> January<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>An introduction to the city&#8217;s footballing heritage through the eyes of its surviving Victorian Buildings, with Steve Wood.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"button\" title=\"Talk: &#8220;Sheffield&#8217;s Globe Theatre &amp; Cavern Club Combined&#8221; with Steve Wood\" href=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/regional-group-events\/sheffields-globe-theatre-cavern-club-combined-with-steve-wood\/\">More information<\/a>\n                                            <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"col event-meta-items\">\n                                                    <div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Ticket Price:<\/strong> \u00a3 5<\/div>\n                                                                            <div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Date:<\/strong> \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTuesday, February 3rd, 2026\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n                                                                            <div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Time:<\/strong> 7.30 pm<\/div>\n                                                \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Venue: <\/strong>Showroom 5, Paternoster Row, Sheffield City Centre, Sheffield S1 2BX &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/search\/Showroom 5, Paternoster Row, Sheffield City Centre, Sheffield S1 2BX\" target=\"_blank\">View on map<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Location: <\/strong>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTalk | South Yorkshire | In Person\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n                                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/sheffields-globe-theatre-cavern-club-combined-with-steve-wood-tickets-1735380362379?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\" class=\"button booking\" target=\"_blank\">Book now<\/a>\n                        \t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                                                                                \n                        \n            <div class=\"event-listing\">\n              \n                <div class=\"grid\">\n                    <div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/regional-group-events\/talk-the-leicester-school-board-by-neil-crutchley\/\" >Talk: The Leicester School Board by Neil Crutchley<\/a><\/h3>\n                                                 <!--   <p>Set up in 1871, the Leicester School Board existed for 33 years and was responsible for a number of impressive school buildings that towered over the surrounding housing. Many are still in use and are a distinctive feature of the city.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6187\" style=\"width: 2570px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6187\" class=\"wp-image-6187 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/21-70-_0083a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/21-70-_0083a.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/21-70-_0083a-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/21-70-_0083a-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/21-70-_0083a-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/21-70-_0083a-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/21-70-_0083a-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/21-70-_0083a-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/21-70-_0083a-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6187\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Leicester, Belper Street School (Edward Burgess) Photo: Peter Ellis<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u00a33 Donation. Tickets on the door.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Neil Crutchley will discuss the architecture of the Leicester School Board.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"button\" title=\"Talk: The Leicester School Board by Neil Crutchley\" href=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/regional-group-events\/talk-the-leicester-school-board-by-neil-crutchley\/\">More information<\/a>\n                                            <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"col event-meta-items\">\n                                                    <div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Ticket Price:<\/strong> \u00a33 donation on the door.<\/div>\n                                                                            <div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Date:<\/strong> \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTuesday, February 3rd, 2026\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n                                                                            <div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Time:<\/strong> 7:30 pm &#8211; 9:00 pm<\/div>\n                                                \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Venue: <\/strong>Friends Meeting House, 16 Queens Road,  Leicester LE2 1WP &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/search\/Friends Meeting House, 16 Queens Road,  Leicester LE2 1WP\" target=\"_blank\">View on map<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Location: <\/strong>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTalk | In Person | Leicester\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n                        \t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                                                                                \n                        \n            <div class=\"event-listing\">\n              \n                <div class=\"grid\">\n                    <div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/event\/spring-online-lecture-series-2026-2-gertrude-jekyll-by-caroline-ikin\/\" >Spring Online Lecture Series 2026 2: Gertrude Jekyll: \u2018Artist Gardener Craftswoman\u2019 by Caroline Ikin<\/a><\/h3>\n                                                 <!--   <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6078 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Munstead_Wood_in_Gardens_for_small_country_houses_1913.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"694\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Munstead_Wood_in_Gardens_for_small_country_houses_1913.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Munstead_Wood_in_Gardens_for_small_country_houses_1913-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Munstead_Wood_in_Gardens_for_small_country_houses_1913-768x521.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Munstead_Wood_in_Gardens_for_small_country_houses_1913-320x217.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Munstead_Wood_in_Gardens_for_small_country_houses_1913-600x407.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\n<p><strong>Online Spring Lecture Series 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Heroines and Heroes of the Arts and Crafts Movement<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>THESE TICKETS ARE FOR ONLINE ONLY. FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO ATTEND IN PERSON, PLEASE FOLLOW THIS <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/gertrude-jekyll-by-caroline-ikin-in-person-tickets-1904235994119?aff=Website\">LINK<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As a result of the pandemic, the Victorian Society\u2019s two annual lecture series have since autumn 2020 taken place online, where they have drawn very large audiences. With the spring 2026 series, organised by Steven Brindle, Maya Donelan and Michael Hall, we are moving to a hybrid arrangement of in-person lectures that will be live-streamed as well as being available as recordings. The subject is one of perennial interest, the Arts and Crafts movement. Although it might be thought that there is little more to be learned about its leading practitioners, our speakers will be drawing on a large amount of new research, much of which is highlighting the often-neglected role played by women in a movement that remains of direct relevance to architects, artists and designers today.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TO BOOK THE COMPLETE SERIES, PLEASE FOLLOW THIS <\/strong><a title=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/heroines-and-heroes-of-the-arts-and-crafts-movement-7-online-talks-for-6-tickets-1862558064309?aff=booking\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/heroines-and-heroes-of-the-arts-and-crafts-movement-7-online-talks-for-6-tickets-1862558064309?aff=booking\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc\" data-airgap-id=\"406\"><strong>LINK.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>NEW STARTING TIME: 6:30pm<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Each lecture is recorded and sent out within a week after the talk. This recording can be accessed at any time.<\/p>\n<p>There is new pricing in place. Each lecture costs:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a36 for members\/ \u00a38 for non-members \/ \u00a33 for Young Victorians<\/p>\n<p><strong>Online Spring Lecture 2:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Gertrude Jekyll: \u2018Artist Gardener Craftswoman\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Wednesday 4 February, 6:30 pm &#8211; 8:00 pm<\/p>\n<p>As the home of celebrated gardener Gertrude Jekyll (1843-1932), Munstead Wood holds deep significance as the place where her ideal of the \u2018artist-gardener\u2019 achieved complete expression.\u00a0 A trained artist, Jekyll also applied her creativity to the decorative arts, design and collecting, and was a skilled craftswoman.\u00a0 Recent research on the interiors and furnishing of Munstead Wood, now in the care of the National Trust, offers insight into the collaboration between Jekyll and her architect Edwin Lutyens to create a domestic space shaped around arts and crafts ideals.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dr Caroline Ikin<\/strong> is National Trust Curator at Munstead Wood.\u00a0 She has previously worked in museums and for the Gardens Trust and her research interest lies broadly in nineteenth century art, architecture and gardens.\u00a0 She is author of <em>The Victorian Garden<\/em> (2012), <em>The Victorian Gardener<\/em> (2014), <em>The Kitchen Garden<\/em> (2017) and is currently working on a new book on <em>Victorian Gardens<\/em> to be published by Bloomsbury.\u00a0 Caroline has written for publications including <em>Oxford Dictionary of National Biography<\/em>, <em>Garden History<\/em>, <em>Furniture History<\/em>, <em>Decorative Arts Society Journal<\/em> and <em>Museums Journal<\/em>, and was awarded the Mavis Batey Essay Prize in 2022.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The Victorian Society is an IHBC recognised CPD provider\u200b.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Image: <\/em><em>Frontispiece from the 1914 edition of the book &#8220;Gardens for small country houses&#8221; <\/em><em>By Gertrude Jekyll (1843-1932), Sir Lawrence Weaver (1876\u20131930) &#8211; https:\/\/archive.org\/stream\/gardensforsmallc00jekyrich#page\/n9\/mode\/1up, Public Domain, https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=46580563<\/em><\/p>\n -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Caroline Ikin will discuss Gertrude Jekyll\u2019s decorative arts and interiors.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"button\" title=\"Spring Online Lecture Series 2026 2: Gertrude Jekyll: \u2018Artist Gardener Craftswoman\u2019 by Caroline Ikin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/event\/spring-online-lecture-series-2026-2-gertrude-jekyll-by-caroline-ikin\/\">More information<\/a>\n                                            <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"col event-meta-items\">\n                                                    <div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Ticket Price:<\/strong> \u00a36 for members, \u00a38 for non-members, \u00a33 for Young Victorians<\/div>\n                                                                            <div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Date:<\/strong> \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWednesday, February 4th, 2026\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n                                                                            <div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Time:<\/strong> 6:30 pm &#8211; 8:00 pm<\/div>\n                                                \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Venue: <\/strong>Online &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/search\/Online\" target=\"_blank\">View on map<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Location: <\/strong>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSpring Lecture Series 2026 | Online\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n                                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/gertrude-jekyll-by-caroline-ikin-online-tickets-1904304499019?aff=Website\" class=\"button booking\" target=\"_blank\">Book now<\/a>\n                        \t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                                                                                \n                        \n            <div class=\"event-listing\">\n              \n                <div class=\"grid\">\n                    <div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/event\/spring-lecture-series-2026-2-gertrude-jekyll-by-caroline-ikin\/\" >Spring Lecture Series 2026 2: Gertrude Jekyll: \u2018Artist Gardener Craftswoman\u2019 by Caroline Ikin<\/a><\/h3>\n                                                 <!--   <p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6078 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Munstead_Wood_in_Gardens_for_small_country_houses_1913.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"694\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Munstead_Wood_in_Gardens_for_small_country_houses_1913.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Munstead_Wood_in_Gardens_for_small_country_houses_1913-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Munstead_Wood_in_Gardens_for_small_country_houses_1913-768x521.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Munstead_Wood_in_Gardens_for_small_country_houses_1913-320x217.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Munstead_Wood_in_Gardens_for_small_country_houses_1913-600x407.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\n<p><strong>Spring Lecture Series 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Heroines and Heroes of the Arts and Crafts Movement<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>THESE TICKETS ARE FOR IN PERSON ONLY. FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO ATTEND ONLINE, PLEASE FOLLOW THIS <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/gertrude-jekyll-by-caroline-ikin-online-tickets-1904304499019?aff=Website\">LINK<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As a result of the pandemic, the Victorian Society\u2019s two annual lecture series have since autumn 2020 taken place online, where they have drawn very large audiences. With the spring 2026 series, organised by Steven Brindle, Maya Donelan and Michael Hall, we are moving to a hybrid arrangement of in-person lectures that will be live-streamed as well as being available as recordings. The subject is one of perennial interest, the Arts and Crafts movement. Although it might be thought that there is little more to be learned about its leading practitioners, our speakers will be drawing on a large amount of new research, much of which is highlighting the often-neglected role played by women in a movement that remains of direct relevance to architects, artists and designers today.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TO BOOK THE COMPLETE SERIES, PLEASE FOLLOW THIS <\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/heroines-and-heroes-of-the-arts-crafts-movement-7-in-person-talks-for-6-tickets-1864431307229?aff=Website\">LINK<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lectures will be about an hour long and take place at\u00a0<strong>NYU London, 265 Strand, London WC2R 1BH<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Doors open at 6:15 pm and the lecture starts at 6:30 pm. Refreshments will be available after the lecture (not included in the ticket prices).<\/p>\n<p>Tube: Charing Cross, Waterloo or Temple.<\/p>\n<p>Each lecture is recorded and sent out within a week after the talk. This recording can be accessed at any time.<\/p>\n<p>There is new pricing in place. The complete in-person series of 7 lectures for 6:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a311 for members\/ \u00a315 for non-members \/ \u00a35.50 for Young Victorians<\/p>\n<p><strong>Spring Lecture 2:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Gertrude Jekyll: \u2018Artist Gardener Craftswoman\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Wednesday 4 February, 6:30 pm &#8211; 8:00 pm<\/p>\n<p>As the home of celebrated gardener Gertrude Jekyll (1843-1932), Munstead Wood holds deep significance as the place where her ideal of the \u2018artist-gardener\u2019 achieved complete expression.\u00a0 A trained artist, Jekyll also applied her creativity to the decorative arts, design and collecting, and was a skilled craftswoman.\u00a0 Recent research on the interiors and furnishing of Munstead Wood, now in the care of the National Trust, offers insight into the collaboration between Jekyll and her architect Edwin Lutyens to create a domestic space shaped around arts and crafts ideals.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dr Caroline Ikin<\/strong> is National Trust Curator at Munstead Wood.\u00a0 She has previously worked in museums and for the Gardens Trust and her research interest lies broadly in nineteenth century art, architecture and gardens.\u00a0 She is author of <em>The Victorian Garden<\/em> (2012), <em>The Victorian Gardener<\/em> (2014), <em>The Kitchen Garden<\/em> (2017) and is currently working on a new book on <em>Victorian Gardens<\/em> to be published by Bloomsbury.\u00a0 Caroline has written for publications including <em>Oxford Dictionary of National Biography<\/em>, <em>Garden History<\/em>, <em>Furniture History<\/em>, <em>Decorative Arts Society Journal<\/em> and <em>Museums Journal<\/em>, and was awarded the Mavis Batey Essay Prize in 2022.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The Victorian Society is an IHBC recognised CPD provider\u200b.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Image: <\/em><em>Frontispiece from the 1914 edition of the book &#8220;Gardens for small country houses&#8221; <\/em><em>By Gertrude Jekyll (1843-1932), Sir Lawrence Weaver (1876\u20131930) &#8211; https:\/\/archive.org\/stream\/gardensforsmallc00jekyrich#page\/n9\/mode\/1up, Public Domain, https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=46580563<\/em><\/p>\n -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Caroline Ikin will discuss Gertrude Jekyll\u2019s decorative arts and interiors.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"button\" title=\"Spring Lecture Series 2026 2: Gertrude Jekyll: \u2018Artist Gardener Craftswoman\u2019 by Caroline Ikin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/event\/spring-lecture-series-2026-2-gertrude-jekyll-by-caroline-ikin\/\">More information<\/a>\n                                            <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"col event-meta-items\">\n                                                    <div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Ticket Price:<\/strong> \u00a311 for members, \u00a315 for non-members, \u00a35.50 for Young Victorians<\/div>\n                                                                            <div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Date:<\/strong> \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWednesday, February 4th, 2026\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n                                                                            <div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Time:<\/strong> 6:30 pm &#8211; 8:00 pm<\/div>\n                                                \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Venue: <\/strong>New York University London, 265 Strand, London WC2R 1BH. &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/search\/New York University London, 265 Strand, London WC2R 1BH.\" target=\"_blank\">View on map<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Location: <\/strong>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSpring Lecture Series 2026 | In Person | London\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n                                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/gertrude-jekyll-by-caroline-ikin-in-person-tickets-1904235994119?aff=Website\" class=\"button booking\" target=\"_blank\">Book now<\/a>\n                        \t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                                                                                \n                        \n            <div class=\"event-listing\">\n              \n                <div class=\"grid\">\n                    <div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/event\/spring-lecture-series-2026-3-edwin-lutyens-by-clive-aslet\/\" >Spring Lecture Series 2026 3: Edwin Lutyens by Clive Aslet (In-Person)<\/a><\/h3>\n                                                 <!--   <div id=\"attachment_6081\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6081\" class=\"wp-image-6081 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Goddards_Abinger_Common_Surrey-1093965338-1024x679.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"679\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Goddards_Abinger_Common_Surrey-1093965338-1024x679.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Goddards_Abinger_Common_Surrey-1093965338-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Goddards_Abinger_Common_Surrey-1093965338-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Goddards_Abinger_Common_Surrey-1093965338-1536x1019.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Goddards_Abinger_Common_Surrey-1093965338-2048x1359.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Goddards_Abinger_Common_Surrey-1093965338-320x212.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Goddards_Abinger_Common_Surrey-1093965338-600x398.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6081\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Spring Lecture Series 2026<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Heroines and Heroes of the Arts and Crafts Movement<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>THESE TICKETS ARE FOR IN PERSON ONLY. FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO ATTEND ONLINE, PLEASE FOLLOW THIS <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/edwin-lutyens-by-clive-aslet-online-tickets-1904646883099?aff=Website\">LINK<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As a result of the pandemic, the Victorian Society\u2019s two annual lecture series have since autumn 2020 taken place online, where they have drawn very large audiences. With the spring 2026 series, organised by Steven Brindle, Maya Donelan and Michael Hall, we are moving to a hybrid arrangement of in-person lectures that will be live-streamed as well as being available as recordings. The subject is one of perennial interest, the Arts and Crafts movement. Although it might be thought that there is little more to be learned about its leading practitioners, our speakers will be drawing on a large amount of new research, much of which is highlighting the often-neglected role played by women in a movement that remains of direct relevance to architects, artists and designers today.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TO BOOK THE COMPLETE SERIES, PLEASE FOLLOW THIS <\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/heroines-and-heroes-of-the-arts-crafts-movement-7-in-person-talks-for-6-tickets-1864431307229?aff=Website\">LINK<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lectures will be about an hour long and take place at\u00a0<strong>NYU London, 265 Strand, London WC2R 1BH<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Doors open at 6:15 pm and the lecture starts at 6:30 pm. Refreshments will be available after the lecture (not included in the ticket prices).<\/p>\n<p>Tube: Charing Cross, Waterloo or Temple.<\/p>\n<p>Each lecture is recorded and sent out within a week after the talk. This recording can be accessed at any time.<\/p>\n<p>There is new pricing in place. The complete in-person series of 7 lectures for 6:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a311 for members\/ \u00a315 for non-members \/ \u00a35.50 for Young Victorians<\/p>\n<p><strong>Spring Lecture: 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>From Surrey to New Delhi: Lutyens and the Arts &amp; Crafts Movement by Clive Aslet<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Wednesday 11 February, 6:30 pm &#8211; 8:00 pm<\/p>\n<p>Growing up in the Surrey village of Thursley, Sir Edwin Lutyens didn\u2019t know it, but he was to follow in the footsteps of greats like John Ruskin, William Morris and Philip Webb in the tradition of British pride in craftsmanship that was to define the Arts and Crafts movement at the end of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Home educated and sickly, a chance meeting with the cottage-loaf shaped figure of Gertrude Jekyll would turn this young architect into THE architect of the rich elite of Surrey, London and beyond. Their partnership and his talent for charming his clients would see Lutyens move in ever greater circles and culminated in large scale projects of New Delhi and Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral \u2013 outwardly classical, elements of these monoliths can be traced back to designs found at Folly Farm, Marsh Court and Castle Drogo.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Clive Aslet<\/strong> is an award-winning writer and Visiting Professor of Architecture at the University of Cambridge. In 2019, he founded Triglyph Books with the photographer Dylan Thomas. Clive has published more than thirty books on architecture and British culture, beginning with The Last Country Houses for Yale University Press in 1982. His most recent publications include Sir Edwin Lutyens: Britain\u2019s Greatest Architect? (2024) and King Charles III: 40 Years of Architecture (2025). For many years Clive was Editor of the magazine Country Life. He is now on the board of the INTBAU, and was awarded the \u2018Board of Directors Honor\u2019 at the 2025 Arthur Ross Awards for Excellence in Classical Tradition for his contribution to the field of Classical architecture in literature. Married with three children, Clive lives in London and Ramsgate, England.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The Victorian Society is an IHBC recognised CPD provider\u200b.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Image: Goddards, Photo by Steve Cadman &#8211; https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/stevecadman\/1093965338, CC BY-SA 2.0, https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=42911824<\/em><\/p>\n -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Join us to hear Clive Aslet as he discusses the work of Edwin Lutyens.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"button\" title=\"Spring Lecture Series 2026 3: Edwin Lutyens by Clive Aslet (In-Person)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/event\/spring-lecture-series-2026-3-edwin-lutyens-by-clive-aslet\/\">More information<\/a>\n                                            <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"col event-meta-items\">\n                                                    <div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Ticket Price:<\/strong> \u00a311 for members, \u00a315 for non-members, \u00a35.50 for Young Victorians<\/div>\n                                                                            <div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Date:<\/strong> \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWednesday, February 11th, 2026\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n                                                                            <div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Time:<\/strong> 6:30 pm &#8211; 8:00 pm<\/div>\n                                                \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Venue: <\/strong>New York University London, 265 Strand, London WC2R 1BH. &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/search\/New York University London, 265 Strand, London WC2R 1BH.\" target=\"_blank\">View on map<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Location: <\/strong>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSpring Lecture Series 2026 | In Person | London\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n                                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/edwin-lutyens-by-clive-aslet-in-person-tickets-1904399011709?aff=Website\" class=\"button booking\" target=\"_blank\">Book now<\/a>\n                        \t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                                                                                \n                        \n            <div class=\"event-listing\">\n              \n                <div class=\"grid\">\n                    <div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/event\/spring-online-lecture-series-2026-3-edwin-lutyens-by-clive-aslet\/\" >Spring Online Lecture Series 2026 3: Lutyens and the Arts &amp; Crafts Movement by Clive Aslet<\/a><\/h3>\n                                                 <!--   <div id=\"attachment_6081\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6081\" class=\"wp-image-6081 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Goddards_Abinger_Common_Surrey-1093965338-1024x679.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"679\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Goddards_Abinger_Common_Surrey-1093965338-1024x679.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Goddards_Abinger_Common_Surrey-1093965338-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Goddards_Abinger_Common_Surrey-1093965338-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Goddards_Abinger_Common_Surrey-1093965338-1536x1019.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Goddards_Abinger_Common_Surrey-1093965338-2048x1359.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Goddards_Abinger_Common_Surrey-1093965338-320x212.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Goddards_Abinger_Common_Surrey-1093965338-600x398.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6081\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Venue for Karen&#8217;s 30th birthday<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Online Spring Lecture Series 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Heroines and Heroes of the Arts and Crafts Movement<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>THESE TICKETS ARE FOR ONLINE ONLY. FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO ATTEND IN PERSON, PLEASE FOLLOW THIS <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/edwin-lutyens-by-clive-aslet-in-person-tickets-1904399011709?aff=Website\">LINK<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As a result of the pandemic, the Victorian Society\u2019s two annual lecture series have since autumn 2020 taken place online, where they have drawn very large audiences. With the spring 2026 series, organised by Steven Brindle, Maya Donelan and Michael Hall, we are moving to a hybrid arrangement of in-person lectures that will be live-streamed as well as being available as recordings. The subject is one of perennial interest, the Arts and Crafts movement. Although it might be thought that there is little more to be learned about its leading practitioners, our speakers will be drawing on a large amount of new research, much of which is highlighting the often-neglected role played by women in a movement that remains of direct relevance to architects, artists and designers today.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TO BOOK THE COMPLETE SERIES, PLEASE FOLLOW THIS <\/strong><a title=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/heroines-and-heroes-of-the-arts-and-crafts-movement-7-online-talks-for-6-tickets-1862558064309?aff=booking\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/heroines-and-heroes-of-the-arts-and-crafts-movement-7-online-talks-for-6-tickets-1862558064309?aff=booking\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc\" data-airgap-id=\"406\"><strong>LINK.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>NEW STARTING TIME: 6:30pm<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Each lecture is recorded and sent out within a week after the talk. This recording can be accessed at any time.<\/p>\n<p>There is new pricing in place. Each lecture costs:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a36 for members\/ \u00a38 for non-members \/ \u00a33 for Young Victorians<\/p>\n<p><strong>Online Spring Lecture: 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>From Surrey to New Delhi: Lutyens and the Arts &amp; Crafts Movement by Clive Aslet<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Wednesday 11 February, 6:30 pm &#8211; 8:00 pm<\/p>\n<p>Growing up in the Surrey village of Thursley, Sir Edwin Lutyens didn\u2019t know it, but he was to follow in the footsteps of greats like John Ruskin, William Morris and Philip Webb in the tradition of British pride in craftsmanship that was to define the Arts and Crafts movement at the end of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Home educated and sickly, a chance meeting with the cottage-loaf shaped figure of Gertrude Jekyll would turn this young architect into THE architect of the rich elite of Surrey, London and beyond. Their partnership and his talent for charming his clients would see Lutyens move in ever greater circles and culminated in large scale projects of New Delhi and Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral \u2013 outwardly classical, elements of these monoliths can be traced back to designs found at Folly Farm, Marsh Court and Castle Drogo.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Clive Aslet<\/strong> is an award-winning writer and Visiting Professor of Architecture at the University of Cambridge. In 2019, he founded Triglyph Books with the photographer Dylan Thomas. Clive has published more than thirty books on architecture and British culture, beginning with The Last Country Houses for Yale University Press in 1982. His most recent publications include Sir Edwin Lutyens: Britain\u2019s Greatest Architect? (2024) and King Charles III: 40 Years of Architecture (2025). For many years Clive was Editor of the magazine Country Life. He is now on the board of the INTBAU, and was awarded the \u2018Board of Directors Honor\u2019 at the 2025 Arthur Ross Awards for Excellence in Classical Tradition for his contribution to the field of Classical architecture in literature. Married with three children, Clive lives in London and Ramsgate, England.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The Victorian Society is an IHBC recognised CPD provider\u200b.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Image: Goddards, Photo by Steve Cadman &#8211; https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/stevecadman\/1093965338, CC BY-SA 2.0, https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=42911824<\/em><\/p>\n -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Join us to hear Clive Aslet as he discusses the work of Edwin Lutyens and the Arts &#038; Crafts Movement.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"button\" title=\"Spring Online Lecture Series 2026 3: Lutyens and the Arts &amp; Crafts Movement by Clive Aslet\" href=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/event\/spring-online-lecture-series-2026-3-edwin-lutyens-by-clive-aslet\/\">More information<\/a>\n                                            <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"col event-meta-items\">\n                                                    <div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Ticket Price:<\/strong> \u00a36 for members, \u00a38 for non-members, \u00a33 for Young Victorians<\/div>\n                                                                            <div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Date:<\/strong> \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWednesday, February 11th, 2026\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n                                                                            <div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Time:<\/strong> 6:30 pm &#8211; 8:00 pm<\/div>\n                                                \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Venue: <\/strong>Online &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/search\/Online\" target=\"_blank\">View on map<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Location: <\/strong>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSpring Lecture Series 2026 | Online\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n                                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/edwin-lutyens-by-clive-aslet-online-tickets-1904646883099?aff=Website\" class=\"button booking\" target=\"_blank\">Book now<\/a>\n                        \t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                                                                                \n                        \n            <div class=\"event-listing\">\n              \n                <div class=\"grid\">\n                    <div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/event\/visit-lambeth-palace-library-and-church-of-england-archives\/\" >Visit: Lambeth Palace Library and Church of England Archives<\/a><\/h3>\n                                                 <!--   <p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6106 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lambeth_Palace_London_240404-1024x461.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lambeth_Palace_London_240404-1024x461.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lambeth_Palace_London_240404-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lambeth_Palace_London_240404-768x346.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lambeth_Palace_London_240404-320x144.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lambeth_Palace_London_240404-600x270.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lambeth_Palace_London_240404.jpg 1083w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\n<p>Join us as we explore the archives of Lambeth Palace and the Church of England to discover the range of documents and images relating to the history of churches, housing, schools and other public spaces.<\/p>\n<p>Founded in 1610 by the will of Archbishop Bancroft, its collections have been freely available for research ever since, making it one of the oldest public libraries in England. Lambeth Palace Library holds collections of outstanding national and international importance, with manuscripts, books and archives dating from the 9th century to the present day.<\/p>\n<p>The new building, completed in 2020, houses more than 20km of books, manuscripts and archives, over 6 floors, in controlled environmental conditions.<\/p>\n<p>The new Library combines the collections of Lambeth Palace Library and the Church of England Record Centre to create a single national library and archive for the Church of England, telling the story of the involvement of the church across the country in towns, villages and in schools all over England.<\/p>\n<p>The tour goes behind the scenes at their Collections Care studio, the Reading Room and the view from the 8th floor terrace.<\/p>\n<p><em>Meeting Place: Outside Lambeth Palace, Lambeth, SE1 7JU<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Image: <\/em><em>Lambeth Palace, CC BY-SA 3.0, https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=774610<\/em><\/p>\n -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Discover the variety of archival material in Lambeth Palace covering churches, cathedrals, housing and other buildings.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"button\" title=\"Visit: Lambeth Palace Library and Church of England Archives\" href=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/event\/visit-lambeth-palace-library-and-church-of-england-archives\/\">More information<\/a>\n                                            <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"col event-meta-items\">\n                                                    <div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Ticket Price:<\/strong> \u00a320<\/div>\n                                                                            <div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Date:<\/strong> \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThursday, February 12th, 2026\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n                                                                            <div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Time:<\/strong> 2:00 pm  &#8211; 4:00 pm<\/div>\n                                                \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Venue: <\/strong>Lambeth Palace &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/search\/Lambeth Palace\" target=\"_blank\">View on map<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Location: <\/strong>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVisit | London | In Person\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n                                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/visit-lambeth-palace-library-and-church-of-england-archives-tickets-1920855363099?aff=Website\" class=\"button booking\" target=\"_blank\">Book now<\/a>\n                        \t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                                                                                \n                        \n            <div class=\"event-listing\">\n              \n                <div class=\"grid\">\n                    <div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/event\/victorian-short-story-reading-group-krag-the-kootenay-ram-by-ernest-thompson-seton\/\" >Victorian Short Story Reading Group:\u00a0\u2018Krag, the Kootenay Ram\u2019, by Ernest Thompson Seton<\/a><\/h3>\n                                                 <!--   <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5883 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Canada-1904-1024x644.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"644\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Canada-1904-1024x644.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Canada-1904-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Canada-1904-768x483.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Canada-1904-1536x965.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Canada-1904-2048x1287.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Canada-1904-320x201.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Canada-1904-600x377.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\n<p>The Victorian Short Story Reading Group has regular meetings to explore some of the exciting material from the golden age of the British short story, which began during the latter part of the nineteenth century.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Current Theme: Colonial Short Stories:<\/strong> <strong>Canada<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Continuing our exploration of Victorian colonial short stories, from this autumn we will consider and discuss tales of and from Canada. These will cover portrayals of new settlers, indigenous first nations people, the landscape, and the flora and fauna.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2018Krag, the Kootenay Ram\u2019, by Ernest Thompson Seton<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(First published as a two-part serial in <em>Scribner&#8217;s Magazine<\/em>, 1901, and later in Seton&#8217;s collection, <em>Lives of the Hunted<\/em>.)<\/p>\n<p>This story depicts the birth and development of an exceptional bighorn sheep and the obsessive behaviour of a hunter, reputed to be based on real incidents reported in the <em>Recreational Magazine<\/em>, 1897.<\/p>\n<p>Upon registration you will receive a link to an on-line copy of the text and, as it is a short story group, it will require no more than an evening\u2019s preparation to read the required material.<\/p>\n<p>Sessions take place monthly between October and June at a venue in Chiswick, London, W4 1TT, between 7 and 8.30 pm. At each session there is a brief introduction to the work, followed by a group discussion in a relaxed atmosphere, with wine and nibbles supplied.<\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"><em>Image: A map of Canada dated 1904<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/Category:1904_maps_of_Canada#\/media\/File:A_short_history_of_England_(1904)_(14777886795).jpg\">A short history of England (1904) (14777886795) &#8211; Category:1904 maps of Canada &#8211; Wikimedia Commons<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Victorian Short Story Reading Group has regular meetings to explore some of the exciting material from the golden age of the British short story, which began during the latter part of the nineteenth century. The current theme is colonial short stories, with stories from Canada.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"button\" title=\"Victorian Short Story Reading Group:\u00a0\u2018Krag, the Kootenay Ram\u2019, by Ernest Thompson Seton\" href=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/event\/victorian-short-story-reading-group-krag-the-kootenay-ram-by-ernest-thompson-seton\/\">More information<\/a>\n                                            <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"col event-meta-items\">\n                                                    <div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Ticket Price:<\/strong> \u00a36<\/div>\n                                                                            <div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Date:<\/strong> \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWednesday, February 18th, 2026\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n                                                                            <div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Time:<\/strong> 7:00 pm\u2013 8:30 pm<\/div>\n                                                \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Venue: <\/strong>Priory Gardens, London W4 1TT &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/search\/Priory Gardens, London W4 1TT\" target=\"_blank\">View on map<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Location: <\/strong>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIn Person | London\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n                                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/victorian-short-story-reading-group-krag-the-kootenay-ram-tickets-1869026010109?aff=Website\" class=\"button booking\" target=\"_blank\">Book now<\/a>\n                        \t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                                                                                \n                        \n            <div class=\"event-listing\">\n              \n                <div class=\"grid\">\n                    <div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/event\/visit-old-bailey-2\/\" >Visit: Old Bailey<\/a><\/h3>\n                                                 <!--   <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5218 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Justice_statue_on_Central_Criminal_Court_London_-_2022-09-10-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Justice_statue_on_Central_Criminal_Court_London_-_2022-09-10-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Justice_statue_on_Central_Criminal_Court_London_-_2022-09-10-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Justice_statue_on_Central_Criminal_Court_London_-_2022-09-10-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Justice_statue_on_Central_Criminal_Court_London_-_2022-09-10-320x480.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Justice_statue_on_Central_Criminal_Court_London_-_2022-09-10-600x900.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Justice_statue_on_Central_Criminal_Court_London_-_2022-09-10.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/>\n<p>The Central Criminal Courts, better known as the Old Bailey, was designed by Edward William Mountford and opened in 1907. Architecturally, the building is a masterpiece of the Edwardian Baroque, a grandiloquent style approximating to the reign of Edward VII but actually emerging before the end of the 19th century. We will see the magnificent Great Hall, the splendid but intimidating Court No.1 and the subterranean cells below.<\/p>\n<p>Our guide Robert Woolf, will provide information on the judiciary system and how the Old Bailey operates, as well as on the architecture and decoration.<\/p>\n<p>Meeting place: Please assemble at the north end of Old Bailey by the Magpie and Stump<\/p>\n -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Discover the architecture of the Old Bailey.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"button\" title=\"Visit: Old Bailey\" href=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/event\/visit-old-bailey-2\/\">More information<\/a>\n                                            <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"col event-meta-items\">\n                                                    <div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Ticket Price:<\/strong> \u00a332<\/div>\n                                                                            <div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Date:<\/strong> \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThursday, February 19th, 2026\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n                                                                            <div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Time:<\/strong> 5:00 pm &#8211; 7:00 pm<\/div>\n                                                \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Venue: <\/strong>Old Bailey &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/search\/Old Bailey\" target=\"_blank\">View on map<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Location: <\/strong>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVisit | In Person | London\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n                                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/visit-to-the-old-bailey-tickets-1853340935629?aff=Website\" class=\"button booking\" target=\"_blank\">Book now<\/a>\n                        \t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                                                                                \n                        \n            <div class=\"event-listing\">\n              \n                <div class=\"grid\">\n                    <div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/event\/visit-royal-albert-hall-2\/\" >Visit: Royal Albert Hall<\/a><\/h3>\n                                                 <!--   <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5324 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Royal_Albert_Hall_London_-_Nov_2012-1024x521.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"521\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Royal_Albert_Hall_London_-_Nov_2012-1024x521.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Royal_Albert_Hall_London_-_Nov_2012-300x153.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Royal_Albert_Hall_London_-_Nov_2012-768x390.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Royal_Albert_Hall_London_-_Nov_2012-1536x781.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Royal_Albert_Hall_London_-_Nov_2012-320x163.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Royal_Albert_Hall_London_-_Nov_2012-600x305.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Royal_Albert_Hall_London_-_Nov_2012.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\n<p>On this rare occasion, you can go behind the curtain of the much-loved Grade I listed building and see parts of the Royal Albert Hall that are normally off limits to the public. Led by the Tour Research and Development Executive of the Royal Albert Hall, you will see the non-public spaces of the building that hosted some of the world\u2019s biggest change-makers, history-shapers and stars \u2013 <em>from Arctic Monkeys to Muhammad Ali, BBC Proms to Beyonc\u00e9, Cirque du Soleil to Winston Churchill, and Albert Einstein to Ed Sheeran, <\/em>\u00a0and walk the artists\u2019 corridors.<\/p>\n<p>The Behind the Scenes tour takes you under the stage, into the dressing rooms and deep underground into the bustling loading bay. This tour is an opportunity to acquire a very rare insight into how the building works and how the show, hospitality and technical teams come together to stage over 390 different events in the main auditorium per year<\/p>\n<p>Meeting place: Door 12 of the Albert Hall<\/p>\n -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This is a rare opportunity to go behind the scenes of Grade I listed building and see parts of the Royal Albert Hall that are normally off limits to the public.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"button\" title=\"Visit: Royal Albert Hall\" href=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/event\/visit-royal-albert-hall-2\/\">More information<\/a>\n                                            <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"col event-meta-items\">\n                                                    <div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Ticket Price:<\/strong> \u00a330<\/div>\n                                                                            <div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Date:<\/strong> \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMonday, February 23rd, 2026\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n                                                                            <div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Time:<\/strong> 1:00 pm  &#8211; 2:30 pm<\/div>\n                                                \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Venue: <\/strong>Royal Albert Hall &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/search\/Royal Albert Hall\" target=\"_blank\">View on map<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Location: <\/strong>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVisit | London | In Person\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n                                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/behind-the-scenes-tour-of-the-royal-albert-hall-tickets-1980857062798?aff=Website\" class=\"button booking\" target=\"_blank\">Book now<\/a>\n                        \t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                                                                                \n                        \n            <div class=\"event-listing\">\n              \n                <div class=\"grid\">\n                    <div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/event\/spring-lecture-series-2026-4-phoebe-anna-traquair-by-elizabeth-cumming\/\" >Spring Lecture Series 2026 4: Phoebe Anna Traquair by Elizabeth Cumming<\/a><\/h3>\n                                                 <!--   <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6085 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Steinway_piano_decorated_by_Phoebe_Traquair_National_Museum_of_Scotland-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Steinway_piano_decorated_by_Phoebe_Traquair_National_Museum_of_Scotland-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Steinway_piano_decorated_by_Phoebe_Traquair_National_Museum_of_Scotland-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Steinway_piano_decorated_by_Phoebe_Traquair_National_Museum_of_Scotland-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Steinway_piano_decorated_by_Phoebe_Traquair_National_Museum_of_Scotland-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Steinway_piano_decorated_by_Phoebe_Traquair_National_Museum_of_Scotland-2048x1364.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Steinway_piano_decorated_by_Phoebe_Traquair_National_Museum_of_Scotland-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Steinway_piano_decorated_by_Phoebe_Traquair_National_Museum_of_Scotland-600x399.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\n<p><strong>Heroines and Heroes of the Arts and Crafts Movement<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>THESE TICKETS ARE FOR IN PERSON ONLY. FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO ATTEND ONLINE, PLEASE FOLLOW THIS <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/phoebe-anna-traquair-by-elizabeth-cumming-online-tickets-1906372925739?aff=Website\">LINK<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As a result of the pandemic, the Victorian Society\u2019s two annual lecture series have since autumn 2020 taken place online, where they have drawn very large audiences. With the spring 2026 series, organised by Steven Brindle, Maya Donelan and Michael Hall, we are moving to a hybrid arrangement of in-person lectures that will be live-streamed as well as being available as recordings. The subject is one of perennial interest, the Arts and Crafts movement. Although it might be thought that there is little more to be learned about its leading practitioners, our speakers will be drawing on a large amount of new research, much of which is highlighting the often-neglected role played by women in a movement that remains of direct relevance to architects, artists and designers today.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TO BOOK THE COMPLETE SERIES, PLEASE FOLLOW THIS <\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/heroines-and-heroes-of-the-arts-crafts-movement-7-in-person-talks-for-6-tickets-1864431307229?aff=Website\">LINK<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lectures will be about an hour long and take place at\u00a0<strong>NYU London, 265 Strand, London WC2R 1BH<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Doors open at 6:15 pm and the lecture starts at 6:30 pm. Refreshments will be available after the lecture (not included in the ticket prices).<\/p>\n<p>Tube: Charing Cross, Waterloo or Temple.<\/p>\n<p>Each lecture is recorded and sent out within a week after the talk. This recording can be accessed at any time.<\/p>\n<p>There is new pricing in place. The complete in-person series of 7 lectures for 6:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a311 for members\/ \u00a315 for non-members \/ \u00a35.50 for Young Victorians<\/p>\n<p><strong>Spring Lecture Series: 4<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Phoebe Anna Traquair by Elizabeth Cumming<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2018A woman the size of a fly\u2019: Louis Davis\u2019s 1902 comment to his friend Robert Lorimer gives no idea of the sheer ambition and many achievements of Phoebe Anna Traquair (1852\u20131936). Born and educated in Ireland, she settled with her Scottish husband to Edinburgh, where she became involved in the city\u2019s social art movement, painting murals in tiny and vast buildings and teaching design from the 1880s. In addition, she produced some of Britain\u2019s most remarkable embroideries, illuminated manuscripts, tooled bookcovers and art enamels, packed with colour and imagination.<\/p>\n<p>Our speaker, <strong>Dr Elizabeth Cumming<\/strong>, has documented Traquair\u2019s life and art for nearly half a century, including most recently Phoebe Anna Traquair for the National Galleries of Scotland in 2022.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The Victorian Society is an IHBC recognised CPD provider\u200b.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Image: <\/em><em>Steinway piano decorated by Phoebe Traquair, National Museum of Scotland<\/em><em>, By Stephencdickson &#8211; Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=125670555<\/em><\/p>\n -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Our speaker, Dr Elizabeth Cumming, has documented Traquair\u2019s life and art for nearly half a century, and will discuss her findings tonight.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"button\" title=\"Spring Lecture Series 2026 4: Phoebe Anna Traquair by Elizabeth Cumming\" href=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/event\/spring-lecture-series-2026-4-phoebe-anna-traquair-by-elizabeth-cumming\/\">More information<\/a>\n                                            <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"col event-meta-items\">\n                                                    <div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Ticket Price:<\/strong> \u00a311 for members, \u00a315 for non-members, \u00a35.50 for Young Victorians<\/div>\n                                                                            <div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Date:<\/strong> \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWednesday, February 25th, 2026\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n                                                                            <div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Time:<\/strong> 6:30 pm &#8211; 8:00 pm<\/div>\n                                                \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Venue: <\/strong>New York University London, 265 Strand, London WC2R 1BH. &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/search\/New York University London, 265 Strand, London WC2R 1BH.\" target=\"_blank\">View on map<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Location: <\/strong>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSpring Lecture Series 2026 | In Person | London\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n                                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/phoebe-anna-traquair-by-elizabeth-cumming-in-person-tickets-1906297159119?aff=Website\" class=\"button booking\" target=\"_blank\">Book now<\/a>\n                        \t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                                                                                \n                        \n            <div class=\"event-listing\">\n              \n                <div class=\"grid\">\n                    <div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/event\/spring-online-lecture-series-2026-4-phoebe-anna-traquair-by-elizabeth-cumming\/\" >Spring Online Lecture Series 2026 4: Phoebe Anna Traquair by Elizabeth Cumming<\/a><\/h3>\n                                                 <!--   <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6085 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Steinway_piano_decorated_by_Phoebe_Traquair_National_Museum_of_Scotland-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Steinway_piano_decorated_by_Phoebe_Traquair_National_Museum_of_Scotland-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Steinway_piano_decorated_by_Phoebe_Traquair_National_Museum_of_Scotland-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Steinway_piano_decorated_by_Phoebe_Traquair_National_Museum_of_Scotland-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Steinway_piano_decorated_by_Phoebe_Traquair_National_Museum_of_Scotland-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Steinway_piano_decorated_by_Phoebe_Traquair_National_Museum_of_Scotland-2048x1364.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Steinway_piano_decorated_by_Phoebe_Traquair_National_Museum_of_Scotland-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Steinway_piano_decorated_by_Phoebe_Traquair_National_Museum_of_Scotland-600x399.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\n<p><strong>Online Spring Lecture Series 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Heroines and Heroes of the Arts and Crafts Movement<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>THESE TICKETS ARE FOR ONLINE ONLY. FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO ATTEND IN PERSON, PLEASE FOLLOW THIS <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/phoebe-anna-traquair-by-elizabeth-cumming-in-person-tickets-1906297159119?aff=Website\">LINK<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As a result of the pandemic, the Victorian Society\u2019s two annual lecture series have since autumn 2020 taken place online, where they have drawn very large audiences. With the spring 2026 series, organised by Steven Brindle, Maya Donelan and Michael Hall, we are moving to a hybrid arrangement of in-person lectures that will be live-streamed as well as being available as recordings. The subject is one of perennial interest, the Arts and Crafts movement. Although it might be thought that there is little more to be learned about its leading practitioners, our speakers will be drawing on a large amount of new research, much of which is highlighting the often-neglected role played by women in a movement that remains of direct relevance to architects, artists and designers today.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TO BOOK THE COMPLETE SERIES, PLEASE FOLLOW THIS <\/strong><a title=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/heroines-and-heroes-of-the-arts-and-crafts-movement-7-online-talks-for-6-tickets-1862558064309?aff=booking\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/heroines-and-heroes-of-the-arts-and-crafts-movement-7-online-talks-for-6-tickets-1862558064309?aff=booking\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc\" data-airgap-id=\"406\"><strong>LINK.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>NEW STARTING TIME: 6:30pm<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Each lecture is recorded and sent out within a week after the talk. This recording can be accessed at any time.<\/p>\n<p>There is new pricing in place. Each lecture costs:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a36 for members\/ \u00a38 for non-members \/ \u00a33 for Young Victorians<\/p>\n<p><strong>Online Spring Lecture Series: 4<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Phoebe Anna Traquair by Elizabeth Cumming<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Wednesday 25 February, 6:30 pm &#8211; 8:00 pm<\/p>\n<p>\u2018A woman the size of a fly\u2019: Louis Davis\u2019s 1902 comment to his friend Robert Lorimer gives no idea of the sheer ambition and many achievements of Phoebe Anna Traquair (1852\u20131936). Born and educated in Ireland, she settled with her Scottish husband to Edinburgh, where she became involved in the city\u2019s social art movement, painting murals in tiny and vast buildings and teaching design from the 1880s. In addition, she produced some of Britain\u2019s most remarkable embroideries, illuminated manuscripts, tooled bookcovers and art enamels, packed with colour and imagination.<\/p>\n<p>Our speaker, <strong>Dr Elizabeth Cumming<\/strong>, has documented Traquair\u2019s life and art for nearly half a century, including most recently Phoebe Anna Traquair for the National Galleries of Scotland in 2022.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The Victorian Society is an IHBC recognised CPD provider\u200b.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Image: <\/em><em>Steinway piano decorated by Phoebe Traquair, National Museum of Scotland<\/em><em>, By Stephencdickson &#8211; Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=125670555<\/em><\/p>\n -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Our speaker, Dr Elizabeth Cumming, has documented Traquair\u2019s life and art for nearly half a century, and will discuss her findings tonight.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"button\" title=\"Spring Online Lecture Series 2026 4: Phoebe Anna Traquair by Elizabeth Cumming\" href=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/event\/spring-online-lecture-series-2026-4-phoebe-anna-traquair-by-elizabeth-cumming\/\">More information<\/a>\n                                            <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"col event-meta-items\">\n                                                    <div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Ticket Price:<\/strong> \u00a36 for members, \u00a38 for non-members, \u00a33 for Young Victorians<\/div>\n                                                                            <div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Date:<\/strong> \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWednesday, February 25th, 2026\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n                                                                            <div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Time:<\/strong> 6:30 pm &#8211; 8:00 pm<\/div>\n                                                \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Venue: <\/strong>Online &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/search\/Online\" target=\"_blank\">View on map<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Location: <\/strong>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSpring Lecture Series 2026 | Online\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n                                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/phoebe-anna-traquair-by-elizabeth-cumming-online-tickets-1906372925739?aff=Website\" class=\"button booking\" target=\"_blank\">Book now<\/a>\n                        \t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                                                                                \n                        \n            <div class=\"event-listing\">\n              \n                <div class=\"grid\">\n                    <div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/event\/visit-tour-of-the-linnean-society-of-london\/\" >Visit: \u00a0Tour of the Linnean Society of London<\/a><\/h3>\n                                                 <!--   <p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Join expert staff for a tour of the Linnean Society of London, the world\u2019s oldest learned society devoted to biology and natural history, and the birthplace of the theory of evolution. As you explore the Society\u2019s magnificent 19th century premises at Burlington House in the heart of Mayfair, you will learn about the history of this remarkable institution and the countless treasures it holds.<\/p>\n<p>The tour will include a visit to the Society\u2019s bombproof collections store, where the priceless book, archive and biological specimen collections of the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus are housed in environmentally-controlled conditions beneath the teeming shoppers of Piccadilly.<br \/>\nOne of the most important venues in the history of Victorian science, a tour of the Linnean Society offers a glimpse of one of London\u2019s true treasures.<\/p>\n<p><em>Image:\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Join expert staff for a tour of the Linnean Society of London, the world\u2019s oldest learned society devoted to biology and natural history.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"button\" title=\"Visit: \u00a0Tour of the Linnean Society of London\" href=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/event\/visit-tour-of-the-linnean-society-of-london\/\">More information<\/a>\n                                            <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"col event-meta-items\">\n                                                    <div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Ticket Price:<\/strong> \u00a320<\/div>\n                                                                            <div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Date:<\/strong> \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThursday, February 26th, 2026\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n                                                                            <div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Time:<\/strong> 10:30 am  &#8211; 12:00 pm<\/div>\n                                                \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Venue: <\/strong>Linnean Society of London &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/search\/Linnean Society of London\" target=\"_blank\">View on map<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Location: <\/strong>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVisit | In Person | London\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n                                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/tour-of-the-linnean-society-of-london-tickets-1869027314009?aff=Website\" class=\"button booking\" target=\"_blank\">Book now<\/a>\n                        \t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                                                                                \n                        \n            <div class=\"event-listing\">\n              \n                <div class=\"grid\">\n                    <div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/regional-group-events\/annual-general-meeting-and-report-from-northern-conservation-adviser\/\" >Annual General Meeting and report from Northern Conservation Adviser<\/a><\/h3>\n                                                 <!--   <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6226 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/SPH-front-angled-scaled-1-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/SPH-front-angled-scaled-1-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/SPH-front-angled-scaled-1-1024x687.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/SPH-front-angled-scaled-1-768x515.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/SPH-front-angled-scaled-1-1536x1031.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/SPH-front-angled-scaled-1-2048x1374.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/SPH-front-angled-scaled-1-320x215.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/SPH-front-angled-scaled-1-600x403.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n<p>The 2025 Annual General Meeting<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>of the Manchester Group will report on events held during 2025, including our 60<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary celebrations last month and the new initiative \u2018The Victorian Society present the Lunch Hour.\u2019 The Northern Conservation Adviser will bring us up to speed with his work in our area.<\/p>\n<p>Our meeting takes place at Stretford Public Hall, a grand Victorian public building saved for the city by the actions of local people.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>A<\/strong><strong>GM AGENDA\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Apologies<\/li>\n<li>Minutes of the AGM held at Stretford Public Hall on 25 Jan 2025<\/li>\n<li>Matters arising<\/li>\n<li>Chair\u2019s report<\/li>\n<li>Membership and mailing list report<\/li>\n<li>Treasurer\u2019s Report<\/li>\n<li>Events report (including future proposals)<\/li>\n<li>Election of officers and committee<\/li>\n<li>AOB<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Thomas Ollivier, a buildings archaeologist, joined the Victorian Society in February 2025 from the York Civic Trust and King\u2019s Manor Archive at the University of York.<\/p>\n<p>Tom\u2019s casework includes secular buildings in Northern England, Wales, the East Midlands and West Midlands.<\/p>\n -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"button\" title=\"Annual General Meeting and report from Northern Conservation Adviser\" href=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/regional-group-events\/annual-general-meeting-and-report-from-northern-conservation-adviser\/\">More information<\/a>\n                                            <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"col event-meta-items\">\n                                                    <div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Ticket Price:<\/strong> Free<\/div>\n                                                                            <div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Date:<\/strong> \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSaturday, February 28th, 2026\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n                                                                            <div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Time:<\/strong> 2 for 2.15pm<\/div>\n                                                \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Venue: <\/strong>Stretford Public Hall Chester Road Manchester M32 0LG &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/search\/Stretford Public Hall Chester Road Manchester M32 0LG\" target=\"_blank\">View on map<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Location: <\/strong>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tManchester\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n                        \t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                                                                                \n                            <h2 class=\"month-title\">March<\/h2>\n                        \n            <div class=\"event-listing\">\n              \n                <div class=\"grid\">\n                    <div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/regional-group-events\/building-stories-with-robin-hughes-of-hallamshire-historic-buildings\/\" >Talk: Building Stories with Robin Hughes of Hallamshire Historic Buildings<\/a><\/h3>\n                                                 <!--   <p><span style=\"font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Buildings are worth saving because they are great storytellers, but teasing out those tales can unexpectedly become an Odyssey in itself. Join <strong>Robin Hughes<\/strong> of Hallamshire Historic Buildings on his quest as he visits a pub with no beer, hears heavenly voices in a churchyard, seeks missionaries and moneymen in Mayfield and spins a yarn about a cotton mill in Kelham.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;\">Robin Hughes<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;\"> was born in Sheffield in the 1960s, and growing up in the city saw how its appearance was constantly changing. Initially excited by new developments, he has become increasingly concerned at the loss of heritage, especially historic buildings, and with them character and sense of place. Now retired after a career in Information Technology, he is a trustee of Hallamshire Historic Buildings and Joined Up Heritage Sheffield, campaigning for a more positive attitude to heritage and researching the stories that give the historic environment meaning and value. In private life he is also a singer, pianist and occasional composer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;\"><b>Hallamshire Historic Buildings<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;\">Since 1970 Hallamshire Historic Buildings has been working to protect the architectural heritage of Sheffield and surrounding areas. Our aims are:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>to protect the architectural heritage in and around Sheffield<\/li>\n<li>to promote interest &amp; pride in architecture &amp; local history<\/li>\n<li>to increase public awareness of our historic past through its buildings<\/li>\n<li>to conserve whatever is beautiful in our environment &amp; to improve that which is not<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Hallamshire Historic Buildings is a registered charity, run solely by volunteers and funded from donations and fees for talks. In 2016 we made the decision to make membership of HHB entirely free, so that as many people as possible can be kept informed of our campaigns and help spread the word. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Sign up at\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><span lang=\"zxx\"><u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hhbs.org.uk\/join-hhb\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">https:\/\/www.hhbs.org.uk\/join-hhb\/<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0to receive email updates, alerts of buildings under threat and future campaigns.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;\"><b>Book Here<\/b><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;\"> from 3<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><sup><span style=\"font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;\">rd<\/span><\/sup><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;\"> February<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Buildings are worth saving because they are great storytellers, but teasing out those tales can unexpectedly become an Odyssey in itself. Join Robin Hughes of Hallamshire Historic Buildings on his quest as he visits a pub with no beer, hears heavenly voices in a churchyard, seeks missionaries and moneymen in Mayfield and spins a yarn about a cotton mill in Kelham.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"button\" title=\"Talk: Building Stories with Robin Hughes of Hallamshire Historic Buildings\" href=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/regional-group-events\/building-stories-with-robin-hughes-of-hallamshire-historic-buildings\/\">More information<\/a>\n                                            <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"col event-meta-items\">\n                                                    <div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Ticket Price:<\/strong> \u00a3 5<\/div>\n                                                                            <div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Date:<\/strong> \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTuesday, March 3rd, 2026\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n                                                                            <div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Time:<\/strong> 7.30 pm<\/div>\n                                                \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Venue: <\/strong>Showroom 5, Paternoster Row, Sheffield City Centre, Sheffield S1 2BX &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/search\/Showroom 5, Paternoster Row, Sheffield City Centre, Sheffield S1 2BX\" target=\"_blank\">View on map<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Location: <\/strong>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTalk | South Yorkshire | In Person\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n                        \t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                                                                                \n                        \n            <div class=\"event-listing\">\n              \n                <div class=\"grid\">\n                    <div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/event\/spring-online-lecture-series-2026-5-charles-rennie-mackintosh-and-margaret-macdonald-by-robyne-calvert\/\" >Spring Online Lecture Series 2026 5: Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Margaret Macdonald by Robyne Calvert<\/a><\/h3>\n                                                 <!--   <p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6088 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Room_de_Luxe-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Room_de_Luxe-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Room_de_Luxe-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Room_de_Luxe-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Room_de_Luxe-1536x1019.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Room_de_Luxe-2048x1359.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Room_de_Luxe-320x212.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Room_de_Luxe-600x398.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\n<p><strong>Online Spring Lecture Series 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Heroines and Heroes of the Arts and Crafts Movement<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>THESE TICKETS ARE FOR ONLINE ONLY. FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO ATTEND IN PERSON, PLEASE FOLLOW THIS <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/charles-rennie-mackintosh-margaret-macdonald-by-robyne-calvert-in-person-tickets-1906561910999?aff=Website\">LINK<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As a result of the pandemic, the Victorian Society\u2019s two annual lecture series have since autumn 2020 taken place online, where they have drawn very large audiences. With the spring 2026 series, organised by Steven Brindle, Maya Donelan and Michael Hall, we are moving to a hybrid arrangement of in-person lectures that will be live-streamed as well as being available as recordings. The subject is one of perennial interest, the Arts and Crafts movement. Although it might be thought that there is little more to be learned about its leading practitioners, our speakers will be drawing on a large amount of new research, much of which is highlighting the often-neglected role played by women in a movement that remains of direct relevance to architects, artists and designers today.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TO BOOK THE COMPLETE SERIES, PLEASE FOLLOW THIS <\/strong><a title=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/heroines-and-heroes-of-the-arts-and-crafts-movement-7-online-talks-for-6-tickets-1862558064309?aff=booking\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/heroines-and-heroes-of-the-arts-and-crafts-movement-7-online-talks-for-6-tickets-1862558064309?aff=booking\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc\" data-airgap-id=\"406\"><strong>LINK.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>NEW STARTING TIME: 6:30pm<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Each lecture is recorded and sent out within a week after the talk. This recording can be accessed at any time.<\/p>\n<p>There is new pricing in place. Each lecture costs:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a36 for members\/ \u00a38 for non-members \/ \u00a33 for Young Victorians<\/p>\n<p><strong>Spring Lecture Series: 5<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Margaret Macdonald by Robyne Calvert<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Wednesday 4 March, 6:30 pm &#8211; 8:00 pm<\/p>\n<p>For all his fame \u2013 or perhaps partly because of it \u2013 more myths cling to Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868\u20131928) and his significance as a designer than to almost any other architect of the Arts and Crafts movement. Many centre on his marriage in 1900 to the artist Margaret Macdonald (1864\u20131933), with whom he was then collaborating on the design of the Ladies Luncheon Room at Miss Cranston\u2019s Tearooms at Ingram Street, Glasgow. \u2018You are half if not three-quarters in all my architectural work\u2019, wrote Mackintosh to his wife, but how true was that?<\/p>\n<p>Their partnership will be analysed by <strong>Robyne Calvert<\/strong>, a cultural historian specializing in the art, architecture, design, and fashion of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The Mackintosh Research Fellow at Glasgow School of Art from 2015 to 2021, she is the author of <em>The Mack: Charles Rennie Mackintosh and the Glasgow School of Art<\/em>, published by Yale University Press in 2024.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The Victorian Society is an IHBC recognised CPD provider\u200b.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Image: The Room de Luxe at<\/em> <a title=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Willow_Tearooms\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Willow_Tearooms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc\" data-airgap-id=\"991\"><em>The Willow Tearooms<\/em><\/a><em>,<\/em> <a title=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Glasgow\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Glasgow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc\" data-airgap-id=\"992\"><em>Glasgow<\/em><\/a> <em>designed by<\/em> <a title=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charles_Rennie_Mackintosh\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charles_Rennie_Mackintosh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc\" data-airgap-id=\"993\"><em>Charles Rennie Mackintosh<\/em><\/a> <em>in collaboration with<\/em> <a title=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Margaret_MacDonald_(artist)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Margaret_MacDonald_(artist)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc\" data-airgap-id=\"994\"><em>Margaret MacDonald<\/em><\/a> <em>for<\/em> <a title=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Catherine_Cranston\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Catherine_Cranston\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc\" data-airgap-id=\"995\"><em>Catherine Cranston<\/em><\/a><em>. Photograph by<\/em> <a title=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/User:Dave_souza\" href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/User:Dave_souza\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc\" data-airgap-id=\"996\"><em>User:Dave souza<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Their partnership will be analysed by Robyne Calvert, a cultural historian specializing in the art, architecture and design.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"button\" title=\"Spring Online Lecture Series 2026 5: Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Margaret Macdonald by Robyne Calvert\" href=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/event\/spring-online-lecture-series-2026-5-charles-rennie-mackintosh-and-margaret-macdonald-by-robyne-calvert\/\">More information<\/a>\n                                            <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"col event-meta-items\">\n                                                    <div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Ticket Price:<\/strong> \u00a36 for members, \u00a38 for non-members, \u00a33 for Young Victorians<\/div>\n                                                                            <div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Date:<\/strong> \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWednesday, March 4th, 2026\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n                                                                            <div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Time:<\/strong> 6:30 pm &#8211; 8:00 pm<\/div>\n                                                \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Venue: <\/strong>Online &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/search\/Online\" target=\"_blank\">View on map<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Location: <\/strong>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSpring Lecture Series 2026 | Online\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n                                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/charles-rennie-mackintosh-and-margaret-macdonald-by-robyne-calvert-online-tickets-1908034435359?aff=Website\" class=\"button booking\" target=\"_blank\">Book now<\/a>\n                        \t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                                                                                \n                        \n            <div class=\"event-listing\">\n              \n                <div class=\"grid\">\n                    <div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/event\/spring-lecture-series-2026-5-charles-rennie-mackintosh-and-margaret-macdonald-by-robyne-calvert\/\" >Spring Lecture Series 2026 5: Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Margaret Macdonald by Robyne Calvert<\/a><\/h3>\n                                                 <!--   <p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6088 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Room_de_Luxe.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2272\" height=\"1508\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Room_de_Luxe.jpg 2272w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Room_de_Luxe-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Room_de_Luxe-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Room_de_Luxe-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Room_de_Luxe-1536x1019.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Room_de_Luxe-2048x1359.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Room_de_Luxe-320x212.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Room_de_Luxe-600x398.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2272px) 100vw, 2272px\" \/>\n<p><strong>Heroines and Heroes of the Arts and Crafts Movement<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>THESE TICKETS ARE FOR IN PERSON ONLY. FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO ATTEND ONLINE, PLEASE FOLLOW THIS <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/charles-rennie-mackintosh-and-margaret-macdonald-by-robyne-calvert-online-tickets-1908034435359?aff=Website\">LINK<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As a result of the pandemic, the Victorian Society\u2019s two annual lecture series have since autumn 2020 taken place online, where they have drawn very large audiences. With the spring 2026 series, organised by Steven Brindle, Maya Donelan and Michael Hall, we are moving to a hybrid arrangement of in-person lectures that will be live-streamed as well as being available as recordings. The subject is one of perennial interest, the Arts and Crafts movement. Although it might be thought that there is little more to be learned about its leading practitioners, our speakers will be drawing on a large amount of new research, much of which is highlighting the often-neglected role played by women in a movement that remains of direct relevance to architects, artists and designers today.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TO BOOK THE COMPLETE SERIES, PLEASE FOLLOW THIS <\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/heroines-and-heroes-of-the-arts-crafts-movement-7-in-person-talks-for-6-tickets-1864431307229?aff=Website\">LINK<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lectures will be about an hour long and take place at\u00a0<strong>NYU London, 265 Strand, London WC2R 1BH<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Doors open at 6:15 pm and the lecture starts at 6:30 pm. Refreshments will be available after the lecture (not included in the ticket prices).<\/p>\n<p>Tube: Charing Cross, Waterloo or Temple.<\/p>\n<p>Each lecture is recorded and sent out within a week after the talk. This recording can be accessed at any time.<\/p>\n<p>There is new pricing in place. The complete in-person series of 7 lectures for 6:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a311 for members\/ \u00a315 for non-members \/ \u00a35.50 for Young Victorians<\/p>\n<p><strong>Spring Lecture Series: 5<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Margaret Macdonald by Robyne Calvert<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For all his fame \u2013 or perhaps partly because of it \u2013 more myths cling to Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868\u20131928) and his significance as a designer than to almost any other architect of the Arts and Crafts movement. Many centre on his marriage in 1900 to the artist Margaret Macdonald (1864\u20131933), with whom he was then collaborating on the design of the Ladies Luncheon Room at Miss Cranston\u2019s Tearooms at Ingram Street, Glasgow. \u2018You are half if not three-quarters in all my architectural work\u2019, wrote Mackintosh to his wife, but how true was that?<\/p>\n<p>Their partnership will be analysed by <strong>Robyne Calvert<\/strong>, a cultural historian specializing in the art, architecture, design, and fashion of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The Mackintosh Research Fellow at Glasgow School of Art from 2015 to 2021, she is the author of <em>The Mack: Charles Rennie Mackintosh and the Glasgow School of Art<\/em>, published by Yale University Press in 2024.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The Victorian Society is an IHBC recognised CPD provider\u200b.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Image:<\/em> <em>The Room de Luxe at<\/em> <a title=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Willow_Tearooms\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Willow_Tearooms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc\" data-airgap-id=\"991\"><em>The Willow Tearooms<\/em><\/a><em>,<\/em> <a title=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Glasgow\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Glasgow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc\" data-airgap-id=\"992\"><em>Glasgow<\/em><\/a> <em>designed by<\/em> <a title=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charles_Rennie_Mackintosh\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charles_Rennie_Mackintosh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc\" data-airgap-id=\"993\"><em>Charles Rennie Mackintosh<\/em><\/a> <em>in collaboration with<\/em> <a title=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Margaret_MacDonald_(artist)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Margaret_MacDonald_(artist)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc\" data-airgap-id=\"994\"><em>Margaret MacDonald<\/em><\/a> <em>for<\/em> <a title=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Catherine_Cranston\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Catherine_Cranston\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc\" data-airgap-id=\"995\"><em>Catherine Cranston<\/em><\/a><em>. Photograph by<\/em> <a title=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/User:Dave_souza\" href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/User:Dave_souza\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc\" data-airgap-id=\"996\"><em>User:Dave souza<\/em><\/a><em>. <\/em><\/p>\n -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Their partnership will be analysed by Robyne Calvert, a cultural historian specializing in the art, architecture and design.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"button\" title=\"Spring Lecture Series 2026 5: Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Margaret Macdonald by Robyne Calvert\" href=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/event\/spring-lecture-series-2026-5-charles-rennie-mackintosh-and-margaret-macdonald-by-robyne-calvert\/\">More information<\/a>\n                                            <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"col event-meta-items\">\n                                                    <div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Ticket Price:<\/strong> \u00a311 for members, \u00a315 for non-members, \u00a35.50 for Young Victorians<\/div>\n                                                                            <div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Date:<\/strong> \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWednesday, March 4th, 2026\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n                                                                            <div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Time:<\/strong> 6:30 pm &#8211; 8:00 pm<\/div>\n                                                \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Venue: <\/strong>New York University London, 265 Strand, London WC2R 1BH. &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/search\/New York University London, 265 Strand, London WC2R 1BH.\" target=\"_blank\">View on map<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Location: <\/strong>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSpring Lecture Series 2026 | In Person | London\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n                                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/charles-rennie-mackintosh-margaret-macdonald-by-robyne-calvert-in-person-tickets-1906561910999?aff=Website\" class=\"button booking\" target=\"_blank\">Book now<\/a>\n                        \t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                                                                                \n                        \n            <div class=\"event-listing\">\n              \n                <div class=\"grid\">\n                    <div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/event\/spring-online-lecture-series-2026-6-may-morris-and-the-art-of-embroidery-by-lynn-hulse\/\" >Spring Online Lecture Series 2026 6: May Morris and the Art of Embroidery by Lynn Hulse<\/a><\/h3>\n                                                 <!--   <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6091 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Rose_wreath_May_Morris_-_WMG_0110.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Rose_wreath_May_Morris_-_WMG_0110.jpg 520w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Rose_wreath_May_Morris_-_WMG_0110-300x288.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Rose_wreath_May_Morris_-_WMG_0110-320x308.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Online Spring Lecture Series 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Heroines and Heroes of the Arts and Crafts Movement<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>THESE TICKETS ARE FOR ONLINE ONLY. FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO ATTEND IN PERSON, PLEASE FOLLOW THIS <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/may-morris-and-the-art-of-embroidery-by-lynn-hulse-in-person-tickets-1907067964619?aff=Website\">LINK<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As a result of the pandemic, the Victorian Society\u2019s two annual lecture series have since autumn 2020 taken place online, where they have drawn very large audiences. With the spring 2026 series, organised by Steven Brindle, Maya Donelan and Michael Hall, we are moving to a hybrid arrangement of in-person lectures that will be live-streamed as well as being available as recordings. The subject is one of perennial interest, the Arts and Crafts movement. Although it might be thought that there is little more to be learned about its leading practitioners, our speakers will be drawing on a large amount of new research, much of which is highlighting the often-neglected role played by women in a movement that remains of direct relevance to architects, artists and designers today.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TO BOOK THE COMPLETE SERIES, PLEASE FOLLOW THIS <\/strong><a title=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/heroines-and-heroes-of-the-arts-and-crafts-movement-7-online-talks-for-6-tickets-1862558064309?aff=booking\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/heroines-and-heroes-of-the-arts-and-crafts-movement-7-online-talks-for-6-tickets-1862558064309?aff=booking\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc\" data-airgap-id=\"406\"><strong>LINK.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>NEW STARTING TIME: 6:30pm<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Each lecture is recorded and sent out within a week after the talk. This recording can be accessed at any time.<\/p>\n<p>There is new pricing in place. Each lecture costs:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a36 for members\/ \u00a38 for non-members \/ \u00a33 for Young Victorians<\/p>\n<p><strong>Spring Lecture Series: 6<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>May Morris and the Art of Embroidery by Lynn Hulse<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Wednesday 11 March, 6:30 pm &#8211; 8:00 pm<\/p>\n<p>May Morris described design as \u2018the very soul and essence of beautiful embroidery\u2019 and ranked it chief among the four elements that make a piece of needlework truly \u2018artistic\u2019. Drawing on her substantial corpus of designs in the Ashmolean Museum, Lynn Hulse will explore May\u2019s approach to translating a sketched idea into a finished piece of embroidery, contextualising her work within the artistic developments of needle-art that were taking place in the years leading up to and during her lifetime.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dr Lynn Hulse<\/strong> is a textile scholar and practitioner, specialising in embroidered furnishings of the Aesthetic and Arts and Crafts movements. She is the author of several publications on decorative needlework and editor of <em>May Morris: Art &amp; Life<\/em> (2017). Her most recent book <em>May Morris Designs<\/em> was published by the Ashmolean Museum in August 2025. Formerly archivist at the Royal School of Needlework, Lynn now runs Ornamental Embroidery which delivers workshops, lectures and first-hand study sessions of objects in public and private collections.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The Victorian Society is an IHBC recognised CPD provider\u200b.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Image: Rose Wreath By William Morris \/ May Morris &#8211; https:\/\/wmgallery.org.uk\/object\/rose-wreath-embroidery\/, Public Domain, https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=118193247<\/em><\/p>\n -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>May Morris (1862\u20131938), was well-known in her lifetime for her pioneering expertise in \u2018art embroidery\u2019.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"button\" title=\"Spring Online Lecture Series 2026 6: May Morris and the Art of Embroidery by Lynn Hulse\" href=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/event\/spring-online-lecture-series-2026-6-may-morris-and-the-art-of-embroidery-by-lynn-hulse\/\">More information<\/a>\n                                            <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"col event-meta-items\">\n                                                    <div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Ticket Price:<\/strong> \u00a36 for members, \u00a38 for non-members, \u00a33 for Young Victorians<\/div>\n                                                                            <div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Date:<\/strong> \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWednesday, March 11th, 2026\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n                                                                            <div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Time:<\/strong> 6:30 pm &#8211; 8:00 pm<\/div>\n                                                \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Venue: <\/strong>Online &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/search\/Online\" target=\"_blank\">View on map<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Location: <\/strong>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSpring Lecture Series 2026 | Online\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n                                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/may-morris-by-lynn-hulse-online-tickets-1907254211689?aff=Website\" class=\"button booking\" target=\"_blank\">Book now<\/a>\n                        \t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                                                                                \n                        \n            <div class=\"event-listing\">\n              \n                <div class=\"grid\">\n                    <div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/event\/spring-lecture-series-2026-6-may-morris-and-the-art-of-embroidery-by-lynn-hulse-in-person\/\" >Spring Lecture Series 2026 6: May Morris and the Art of Embroidery by Lynn Hulse<\/a><\/h3>\n                                                 <!--   <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6091 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Rose_wreath_May_Morris_-_WMG_0110.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Rose_wreath_May_Morris_-_WMG_0110.jpg 520w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Rose_wreath_May_Morris_-_WMG_0110-300x288.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Rose_wreath_May_Morris_-_WMG_0110-320x308.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Heroines and Heroes of the Arts and Crafts Movement<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>THESE TICKETS ARE FOR IN PERSON ONLY. FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO ATTEND ONLINE, PLEASE FOLLOW THIS <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/may-morris-by-lynn-hulse-online-tickets-1907254211689?aff=Website\">LINK<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As a result of the pandemic, the Victorian Society\u2019s two annual lecture series have since autumn 2020 taken place online, where they have drawn very large audiences. With the spring 2026 series, organised by Steven Brindle, Maya Donelan and Michael Hall, we are moving to a hybrid arrangement of in-person lectures that will be live-streamed as well as being available as recordings. The subject is one of perennial interest, the Arts and Crafts movement. Although it might be thought that there is little more to be learned about its leading practitioners, our speakers will be drawing on a large amount of new research, much of which is highlighting the often-neglected role played by women in a movement that remains of direct relevance to architects, artists and designers today.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TO BOOK THE COMPLETE SERIES, PLEASE FOLLOW THIS <\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/heroines-and-heroes-of-the-arts-crafts-movement-7-in-person-talks-for-6-tickets-1864431307229?aff=Website\">LINK<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lectures will be about an hour long and take place at\u00a0<strong>NYU London, 265 Strand, London WC2R 1BH<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Doors open at 6:15 pm and the lecture starts at 6:30 pm. Refreshments will be available after the lecture (not included in the ticket prices).<\/p>\n<p>Tube: Charing Cross, Waterloo or Temple.<\/p>\n<p>Each lecture is recorded and sent out within a week after the talk. This recording can be accessed at any time.<\/p>\n<p>There is new pricing in place. The complete in-person series of 7 lectures for 6:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a311 for members\/ \u00a315 for non-members \/ \u00a35.50 for Young Victorians<\/p>\n<p><strong>Spring Lecture Series: 6<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>May Morris and the Art of Embroidery by Lynn Hulse<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>May Morris described design as \u2018the very soul and essence of beautiful embroidery\u2019 and ranked it chief among the four elements that make a piece of needlework truly \u2018artistic\u2019. Drawing on her substantial corpus of designs in the Ashmolean Museum, Lynn Hulse will explore May\u2019s approach to translating a sketched idea into a finished piece of embroidery, contextualising her work within the artistic developments of needle-art that were taking place in the years leading up to and during her lifetime.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dr Lynn Hulse<\/strong> is a textile scholar and practitioner, specialising in embroidered furnishings of the Aesthetic and Arts and Crafts movements. She is the author of several publications on decorative needlework and editor of <em>May Morris: Art &amp; Life<\/em> (2017). Her most recent book <em>May Morris Designs<\/em> was published by the Ashmolean Museum in August 2025. Formerly archivist at the Royal School of Needlework, Lynn now runs Ornamental Embroidery which delivers workshops, lectures and first-hand study sessions of objects in public and private collections.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The Victorian Society is an IHBC recognised CPD provider\u200b.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Image: Rose Wreath By William Morris \/ May Morris &#8211; https:\/\/wmgallery.org.uk\/object\/rose-wreath-embroidery\/, Public Domain, https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=118193247<\/em><\/p>\n -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>May Morris (1862\u20131938), was well-known in her lifetime for her pioneering expertise in \u2018art embroidery\u2019.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"button\" title=\"Spring Lecture Series 2026 6: May Morris and the Art of Embroidery by Lynn Hulse\" href=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/event\/spring-lecture-series-2026-6-may-morris-and-the-art-of-embroidery-by-lynn-hulse-in-person\/\">More information<\/a>\n                                            <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"col event-meta-items\">\n                                                    <div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Ticket Price:<\/strong> \u00a311 for members, \u00a315 for non-members, \u00a35.50 for Young Victorians<\/div>\n                                                                            <div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Date:<\/strong> \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWednesday, March 11th, 2026\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n                                                                            <div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Time:<\/strong> 6:30 pm &#8211; 8:00 pm<\/div>\n                                                \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Venue: <\/strong>New York University London, 265 Strand, London WC2R 1BH. &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/search\/New York University London, 265 Strand, London WC2R 1BH.\" target=\"_blank\">View on map<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Location: <\/strong>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSpring Lecture Series 2026 | In Person | London\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n                                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/may-morris-and-the-art-of-embroidery-by-lynn-hulse-in-person-tickets-1907067964619?aff=Website\" class=\"button booking\" target=\"_blank\">Book now<\/a>\n                        \t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                                                                                \n                        \n            <div class=\"event-listing\">\n              \n                <div class=\"grid\">\n                    <div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/regional-group-events\/victorian-drinking-fountains\/\" >Victorian Drinking Fountains<\/a><\/h3>\n                                                 <!--   <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6231\" src=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Baroness_Burdett_Coutts_Drinking_Fountain_-_South_West_View-241x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"241\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Baroness_Burdett_Coutts_Drinking_Fountain_-_South_West_View-241x300.jpg 241w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Baroness_Burdett_Coutts_Drinking_Fountain_-_South_West_View-320x399.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Baroness_Burdett_Coutts_Drinking_Fountain_-_South_West_View.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 241px) 100vw, 241px\" \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">By the end of the Victorian era almost all\u00a0British\u00a0towns and\u00a0cities\u00a0had at least one public\u00a0drinking\u00a0fountain. Thousands of these survive as part of our modern townscape yet, since few of them still work, they are easy to walk past and ignore. Kathryn Ferry has made a particular study of these fountains and will share her findings with us in this talk.<\/p>\n<p>Victorian drinking fountains were not just functional sources of clean water: they were symbols of public health, urban growth and charitable endeavour. Many were paid for by philanthropists, local governments and even royalty.\u00a0 Many can still be found in London where they remain a useful and symbolic reminder of how access to clean drinking water\u00a0transformed the life of London and other cities of the Industrial Revolution.<\/p>\n<p>Kathryn Ferry is a historian specialising in Architecture, Design and Seaside Culture. Her list of publications ranges from the history of beach huts, through Victorian homes and 1950s kitchens, to the official history of Butlin\u2019s. She\u00a0 shares her research through magazine articles, radio and television, podcasts and social media. She also lectures to a wide range of audiences from national museums to local history groups.<\/p>\n -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"button\" title=\"Victorian Drinking Fountains\" href=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/regional-group-events\/victorian-drinking-fountains\/\">More information<\/a>\n                                            <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"col event-meta-items\">\n                                                    <div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Ticket Price:<\/strong> \u00a310.00  bookable in advance on Eventbrite<\/div>\n                                                                            <div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Date:<\/strong> \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSaturday, March 14th, 2026\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n                                                                            <div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Time:<\/strong> 2 for 2.15pm<\/div>\n                                                \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Venue: <\/strong>Stretford Public Hall Chester Road Manchester M32 0LG &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/search\/Stretford Public Hall Chester Road Manchester M32 0LG\" target=\"_blank\">View on map<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Location: <\/strong>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tManchester\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n                        \t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                                                                                \n                        \n            <div class=\"event-listing\">\n              \n                <div class=\"grid\">\n                    <div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/event\/spring-lecture-series-2026-7-christopher-whall-by-peter-cormack\/\" >Spring Lecture Series 2026 7: Christopher Whall by Peter Cormack<\/a><\/h3>\n                                                 <!--   <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6096 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/CW_Playful_Angels_St._Andrew_Farnham_Surrey-789x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"789\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/CW_Playful_Angels_St._Andrew_Farnham_Surrey-789x1024.jpg 789w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/CW_Playful_Angels_St._Andrew_Farnham_Surrey-231x300.jpg 231w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/CW_Playful_Angels_St._Andrew_Farnham_Surrey-768x996.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/CW_Playful_Angels_St._Andrew_Farnham_Surrey-320x415.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/CW_Playful_Angels_St._Andrew_Farnham_Surrey-600x778.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/CW_Playful_Angels_St._Andrew_Farnham_Surrey.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 789px) 100vw, 789px\" \/>\n<p><strong>Heroines and Heroes of the Arts and Crafts Movement<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>THESE TICKETS ARE FOR IN PERSON ONLY. FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO ATTEND ONLINE, PLEASE FOLLOW THIS <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/christopher-whall-by-peter-cormack-online-tickets-1908187814119?aff=Website\">LINK<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As a result of the pandemic, the Victorian Society\u2019s two annual lecture series have since autumn 2020 taken place online, where they have drawn very large audiences. With the spring 2026 series, organised by Steven Brindle, Maya Donelan and Michael Hall, we are moving to a hybrid arrangement of in-person lectures that will be live-streamed as well as being available as recordings. The subject is one of perennial interest, the Arts and Crafts movement. Although it might be thought that there is little more to be learned about its leading practitioners, our speakers will be drawing on a large amount of new research, much of which is highlighting the often-neglected role played by women in a movement that remains of direct relevance to architects, artists and designers today.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TO BOOK THE COMPLETE SERIES, PLEASE FOLLOW THIS <\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/heroines-and-heroes-of-the-arts-crafts-movement-7-in-person-talks-for-6-tickets-1864431307229?aff=Website\">LINK<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lectures will be about an hour long and take place at\u00a0<strong>NYU London, 265 Strand, London WC2R 1BH<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Doors open at 6:15 pm and the lecture starts at 6:30 pm. Refreshments will be available after the lecture (not included in the ticket prices).<\/p>\n<p>Tube: Charing Cross, Waterloo or Temple.<\/p>\n<p>Each lecture is recorded and sent out within a week after the talk. This recording can be accessed at any time.<\/p>\n<p>There is new pricing in place. The complete in-person series of 7 lectures for 6:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a311 for members\/ \u00a315 for non-members \/ \u00a35.50 for Young Victorians<\/p>\n<p><strong>Spring Lecture Series: 7<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Christopher Whall by Peter Cormack<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Wednesday 18 March, 6:30 pm &#8211; 8:00 pm<\/p>\n<p>When windows designed by Christopher Whall (1849\u20131924) were shown at the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society in London in 1888 they were immediately recognised as a break-through. Whall changed for ever the direction of the finest stained-glass in Britain and beyond, thanks to his mastery of not only design but also every stage of its manufacture \u2013 cutting, painting and glazing \u2013 to create windows in which sumptuous colours were combined with thickly textured \u2018slab\u2019 glasses and bold leading patterns.<\/p>\n<p>Whall\u2019s achievement will be discussed by <strong>Peter Cormack<\/strong>, a noted scholar of post-medieval British and American stained glass, William Morris and the Arts and Crafts Movement, whose classic study Arts &amp; Crafts Stained Glass, published by Yale University Press in 2015 was the first book to do Whall and his legacy full justice.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The Victorian Society is an IHBC recognised CPD provider\u200b.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Image: <\/em><em>&#8220;Playful Angels&#8221; window (1899), St Andrew,<\/em> <em>Farnham<\/em><em>,<\/em> <em>Surrey<\/em><em> , Stained glass By Christopher Whall &#8211; https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/andrewox13\/3994213014\/, Public Domain, https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=71802890<\/em><\/p>\n -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Whall\u2019s achievement will be discussed by Peter Cormack, a noted scholar of post-medieval British and American stained glass.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"button\" title=\"Spring Lecture Series 2026 7: Christopher Whall by Peter Cormack\" href=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/event\/spring-lecture-series-2026-7-christopher-whall-by-peter-cormack\/\">More information<\/a>\n                                            <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"col event-meta-items\">\n                                                    <div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Ticket Price:<\/strong> \u00a311 for members, \u00a315 for non-members, \u00a35.50 for Young Victorians<\/div>\n                                                                            <div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Date:<\/strong> \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWednesday, March 18th, 2026\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n                                                                            <div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Time:<\/strong> 6:30 pm &#8211; 8:00 pm<\/div>\n                                                \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Venue: <\/strong>New York University London, 265 Strand, London WC2R 1BH. &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/search\/New York University London, 265 Strand, London WC2R 1BH.\" target=\"_blank\">View on map<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Location: <\/strong>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSpring Lecture Series 2026 | In Person | London\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n                                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/christopher-whall-by-peter-cormack-in-person-tickets-1908135778479?aff=Website\" class=\"button booking\" target=\"_blank\">Book now<\/a>\n                        \t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                                                                                \n                        \n            <div class=\"event-listing\">\n              \n                <div class=\"grid\">\n                    <div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/event\/spring-online-lecture-series-2026-7-christopher-whall-by-peter-cormack\/\" >Spring Online Lecture Series 2026 7: Christopher Whall by Peter Cormack<\/a><\/h3>\n                                                 <!--   <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6096 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/CW_Playful_Angels_St._Andrew_Farnham_Surrey-789x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"789\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/CW_Playful_Angels_St._Andrew_Farnham_Surrey-789x1024.jpg 789w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/CW_Playful_Angels_St._Andrew_Farnham_Surrey-231x300.jpg 231w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/CW_Playful_Angels_St._Andrew_Farnham_Surrey-768x996.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/CW_Playful_Angels_St._Andrew_Farnham_Surrey-320x415.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/CW_Playful_Angels_St._Andrew_Farnham_Surrey-600x778.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/CW_Playful_Angels_St._Andrew_Farnham_Surrey.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 789px) 100vw, 789px\" \/>\n<p><strong>Online Spring Lecture Series 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Heroines and Heroes of the Arts and Crafts Movement<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>THESE TICKETS ARE FOR ONLINE ONLY. FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO ATTEND IN PERSON, PLEASE FOLLOW THIS <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/christopher-whall-by-peter-cormack-in-person-tickets-1908135778479?aff=Website\">LINK<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As a result of the pandemic, the Victorian Society\u2019s two annual lecture series have since autumn 2020 taken place online, where they have drawn very large audiences. With the spring 2026 series, organised by Steven Brindle, Maya Donelan and Michael Hall, we are moving to a hybrid arrangement of in-person lectures that will be live-streamed as well as being available as recordings. The subject is one of perennial interest, the Arts and Crafts movement. Although it might be thought that there is little more to be learned about its leading practitioners, our speakers will be drawing on a large amount of new research, much of which is highlighting the often-neglected role played by women in a movement that remains of direct relevance to architects, artists and designers today.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TO BOOK THE COMPLETE SERIES, PLEASE FOLLOW THIS <\/strong><a title=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/heroines-and-heroes-of-the-arts-and-crafts-movement-7-online-talks-for-6-tickets-1862558064309?aff=booking\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/heroines-and-heroes-of-the-arts-and-crafts-movement-7-online-talks-for-6-tickets-1862558064309?aff=booking\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc\" data-airgap-id=\"406\"><strong>LINK.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>NEW STARTING TIME: 6:30pm<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Each lecture is recorded and sent out within a week after the talk. This recording can be accessed at any time.<\/p>\n<p>There is new pricing in place. Each lecture costs:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a36 for members\/ \u00a38 for non-members \/ \u00a33 for Young Victorians<\/p>\n<p><strong>Spring Lecture Series: 7<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Christopher Whall by Peter Cormack<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Wednesday 18 March, 6:30 pm &#8211; 8:00 pm<\/p>\n<p>When windows designed by Christopher Whall (1849\u20131924) were shown at the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society in London in 1888 they were immediately recognised as a break-through. Whall changed for ever the direction of the finest stained-glass in Britain and beyond, thanks to his mastery of not only design but also every stage of its manufacture \u2013 cutting, painting and glazing \u2013 to create windows in which sumptuous colours were combined with thickly textured \u2018slab\u2019 glasses and bold leading patterns.<\/p>\n<p>Whall\u2019s achievement will be discussed by <strong>Peter Cormack<\/strong>, a noted scholar of post-medieval British and American stained glass, William Morris and the Arts and Crafts Movement, whose classic study Arts &amp; Crafts Stained Glass, published by Yale University Press in 2015 was the first book to do Whall and his legacy full justice.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The Victorian Society is an IHBC recognised CPD provider\u200b.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Image: <\/em><em>&#8220;Playful Angels&#8221; window (1899), St Andrew,<\/em> <em>Farnham<\/em><em>,<\/em> <em>Surrey<\/em><em> , Stained glass By Christopher Whall &#8211; https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/andrewox13\/3994213014\/, Public Domain, https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=71802890<\/em><\/p>\n -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Whall\u2019s achievement will be discussed by Peter Cormack, a noted scholar of post-medieval British and American stained glass.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"button\" title=\"Spring Online Lecture Series 2026 7: Christopher Whall by Peter Cormack\" href=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/event\/spring-online-lecture-series-2026-7-christopher-whall-by-peter-cormack\/\">More information<\/a>\n                                            <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"col event-meta-items\">\n                                                    <div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Ticket Price:<\/strong> \u00a36 for members, \u00a38 for non-members, \u00a33 for Young Victorians<\/div>\n                                                                            <div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Date:<\/strong> \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWednesday, March 18th, 2026\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n                                                                            <div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Time:<\/strong> 6:30 pm &#8211; 8:00 pm<\/div>\n                                                \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Venue: <\/strong>Online &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/search\/Online\" target=\"_blank\">View on map<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Location: <\/strong>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSpring Lecture Series 2026 | Online\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n                                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/christopher-whall-by-peter-cormack-online-tickets-1908187814119?aff=Website\" class=\"button booking\" target=\"_blank\">Book now<\/a>\n                        \t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                                                                                \n                        \n            <div class=\"event-listing\">\n              \n                <div class=\"grid\">\n                    <div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/event\/visit-national-liberal-club\/\" >Visit: National Liberal Club<\/a><\/h3>\n                                                 <!--   <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6246 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/National-Liberal-Club.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"764\" height=\"386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/National-Liberal-Club.jpg 764w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/National-Liberal-Club-300x152.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/National-Liberal-Club-320x162.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/National-Liberal-Club-600x303.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 764px) 100vw, 764px\" \/>\n<p>The Club was established by W.E. Gladstone in 1882 for the purpose of providing club facilities for Liberal Party campaigners. The architect was Alfred Waterhouse (1830-1905) who used a neo-Gothic style similar to that of the Natural History Museum for the building which was completed in 1887. Its facilities included a dining room a bar, function rooms, a billiards room, a smoking room and reading room, as well as an outdoor riverside terrace.<\/p>\n<p>At the time of its construction the Club was the largest clubhouse ever built; only the Royal Automobile Club of 1910 was larger. It was the first London Club to incorporate a lift and the first to be entirely lit throughout with electric lighting. We will be given a tour of the extremely fine interiors of this Grade I-listed building, followed by a fabulous afternoon tea.<\/p>\n<p>Please not that there is a strict dress code \u2013 jacket and tie for men, skirt or dress for women, no jeans, no trainers, no tee shirts.<\/p>\n -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Attendees will have a tour of the extremely fine interiors of this Grade 1 listed building and a fabulous afternoon tea.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"button\" title=\"Visit: National Liberal Club\" href=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/event\/visit-national-liberal-club\/\">More information<\/a>\n                                            <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"col event-meta-items\">\n                                                    <div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Ticket Price:<\/strong> \u00a335<\/div>\n                                                                            <div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Date:<\/strong> \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThursday, March 26th, 2026\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n                                                                            <div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Time:<\/strong> 2:00 pm  &#8211; 4:30 pm<\/div>\n                                                \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Venue: <\/strong>National Liberal Club, London &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/search\/National Liberal Club, London\" target=\"_blank\">View on map<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Location: <\/strong>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVisit | London | In Person\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n                                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/a-visit-to-the-national-liberal-club-tickets-1981348914941?aff=website\" class=\"button booking\" target=\"_blank\">Book now<\/a>\n                        \t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                                                                                \n                            <h2 class=\"month-title\">April<\/h2>\n                        \n            <div class=\"event-listing\">\n              \n                <div class=\"grid\">\n                    <div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/regional-group-events\/alfred-waterhouse-high-victorian-architect\/\" >Talk: Alfred Waterhouse &#8211; High Victorian Architect<\/a><\/h3>\n                                                 <!--   <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6233\" src=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/390px-Elliott__Fry12-195x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/390px-Elliott__Fry12-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/390px-Elliott__Fry12-320x492.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/390px-Elliott__Fry12.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/>\n<p>Alfred Waterhouse is a Victorian architect of national importance and of particular interest to the Manchester Group because of the many fine buildings he designed in the city, some of which were saved from destruction by the Group&#8217;s intervention. As work on renovating Manchester Town Hall draws to a close, it is a fitting moment to revisit his career and be reminded of his finest achievements in a talk given by Alexandra Fairclough, a member of the Manchester Group committee and\u00a0 a specialist in architectural heritage.<\/p>\n<p>Alfred Waterhouse was a prominent Victorian architect known for his contributions to Gothic Revival architecture. He designed several notable buildings including Manchester Town Hall and the Natural History Museum in London. He was particularly active in designing civic and educational buildings including Gonville and Caius College Cambridge and University College Hospital, London. His style is characterised by the use of terracotta and brick, often with decorative ironwork and exposed metal structure. His work is celebrated for its scale, intricacy and the ability to create complex buildings on difficult sites. He was elected a Fellow of the RIBA in 1861.<\/p>\n<p>This talk will provide an appropriate lead-in to the biennial Waterhouse Lecture to be given in April by Nicholas Olsberg, biographer of William Butterfield.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Alexandra Fairclough<\/strong> is an architectural historian and heritage specialist.\u00a0 She studied her Masters in Architectural Conservation, Vernacular and Historical Studies at Manchester University School of Architecture. She is also a qualified tour guide and specialises in historical and architectural tours. She has written many papers that have been published in professional journals and she is writing her first book on heritage.<\/p>\n -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As work on renovating Manchester Town Hall draws to a close, it is a fitting moment to revisit his career and be reminded of his finest achievements in a talk given by Alexandra Fairclough, a specialist in architectural heritage..<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"button\" title=\"Talk: Alfred Waterhouse &#8211; High Victorian Architect\" href=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/regional-group-events\/alfred-waterhouse-high-victorian-architect\/\">More information<\/a>\n                                            <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"col event-meta-items\">\n                                                    <div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Ticket Price:<\/strong> \u00a310.00 bookable from February on Eventbrite<\/div>\n                                                                            <div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Date:<\/strong> \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSaturday, April 18th, 2026\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n                                                                            <div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Time:<\/strong> 2.00pm<\/div>\n                                                \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Venue: <\/strong>Stretford Public Hall Chester Road Manchester M32 0LG &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/search\/Stretford Public Hall Chester Road Manchester M32 0LG\" target=\"_blank\">View on map<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Location: <\/strong>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tManchester\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n                        \t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                                                                                \n                        \n            <div class=\"event-listing\">\n              \n                <div class=\"grid\">\n                    <div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/regional-group-events\/henry-seebohm-sheffield-steel-owner-and-ornithologist-with-paul-hobson\/\" >Talk: Henry Seebohm, Sheffield Steel Owner and Ornithologist, with Paul Hobson<\/a><\/h3>\n                                                 <!--   <p><strong>Henry Seebohm<\/strong> was arguably the most well-known ornithologist in the late Victorian period, yet he has sunk into obscurity since his death in 1895.<\/p>\n<p>A contrarian and innovator, Henry Seebohm was a fascinating and complex character. Based on many unpublished journals, photographs and letters, Paul Hobson illuminates his amazing life through the grimy world of Sheffield steel and the complex and thorny scientific society of Victorian ornithology.<\/p>\n<p>Born in Bradford to Quaker parents, both ministers of the faith, he was educated at Bootham School in York where he immersed himself in its strong natural history ethos and science curriculum. After the tragic death of his fianc\u00e9e, he fled to an Ireland devastated by the Great Famine, before moving to Sheffield where he founded the incredibly successful steelworks of Seebohm and Dieckstahl. As the company grew, so did his fame, and he ran into conflict with other steel owners, particularly Henry Bessemer.<\/p>\n<p>Whilst being an expert on crucible steel, his passion lay with the study of ornithology. He was a key player in the early development of natural history in Sheffield before he embarked on a number of exciting overseas trips.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>Here\u2019s information about the speaker, Paul Hobson, in his own words:\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Originally from Manchester, I moved to Sheffield in the late 1970s to study Natural Environmental Science at Sheffield University. I later trained to be a teacher and worked as an Environmental Science lecturer for over 20 years until I decided to take the plunge and move into wildlife photography full time. I have been photographing wildlife for over 40 years.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">I write about Peak District wildlife for Derbyshire Life and my images and articles are featured regularly in BBC Wildlife, Amateur Photographer, Birdwatching, Birdwatch, Outdoor Photographer and Natural World. My awards include Specially Commended in the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2008, Category Winner in the European Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2010 and Highly Commended in the European Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2014.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">My books include Wild Derbyshire (2012), Wildlife Photography Field Skills and Techniques (2015) and The Art of Fungi Photography (2019).\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">My interests include renovating 1970s Kawasaki motorbikes, local history, gardening and growing tropical orchids. Henry Seebohm\u2019s biography is quite a departure for me, but it links my passion for wildlife and local history.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The speaker will be selling his biography of Henry Seebohm on the evening.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">It usually retails at \u00a335 but will be reduced to \u00a330 for us &#8211; payment by card or cash.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>Book Here<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> from 3<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><sup><span style=\"font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">rd<\/span><\/span><\/sup><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> March<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Henry Seebohm was arguably the most well-known ornithologist in the late Victorian period, yet he has sunk into obscurity since his death in 1895. This talk looks at his life. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"button\" title=\"Talk: Henry Seebohm, Sheffield Steel Owner and Ornithologist, with Paul Hobson\" href=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/regional-group-events\/henry-seebohm-sheffield-steel-owner-and-ornithologist-with-paul-hobson\/\">More information<\/a>\n                                            <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"col event-meta-items\">\n                                                    <div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Ticket Price:<\/strong> \u00a3 5<\/div>\n                                                                            <div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Date:<\/strong> \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTuesday, April 21st, 2026\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n                                                                            <div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Time:<\/strong> 7.30 pm<\/div>\n                                                \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Venue: <\/strong>Showroom 5, Paternoster Row, Sheffield City Centre, Sheffield S1 2BX &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/search\/Showroom 5, Paternoster Row, Sheffield City Centre, Sheffield S1 2BX\" target=\"_blank\">View on map<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Location: <\/strong>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTalk | South Yorkshire | In Person\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n                        \t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                                                                                \n                            <h2 class=\"month-title\">May<\/h2>\n                        \n            <div class=\"event-listing\">\n              \n                <div class=\"grid\">\n                    <div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/regional-group-events\/biennial-waterhouse-lecture-william-butterfield-the-master-builder\/\" >Biennial Waterhouse Lecture: William Butterfield- the Master Builder<\/a><\/h3>\n                                                 <!--   <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6237\" src=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/300px-St_Cross_Clayton_-_geograph.org_.uk_-_59666.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/>\n<p>The Waterhouse Lecture takes place every two years in honour of Alfred Waterhouse. This year our lecturer is Nicholas Olsberg whose recent book on the architect William Butterfield has added greatly to our knowledge and understanding of this doyen of Victorian Gothic and prolific church architect, and it is fitting that it should take place in St Cross, Clayton, Butterfield\u2019s only church in the North-West of England.<\/p>\n<p>William Butterfield was born in 1814 and began his career as a builder\u2019s apprentice. He began training as an architect and worked in the offices of several architects before setting up his own practice in Adelphi, London, where he remained for the rest of his career. In 1844 he was elected to the Cambridge Camden Society (from 1845 known as the Ecclesiological Society), a learned architectural society founded in 1839 by Cambridge undergraduates to promote &#8220;the study of Gothic Architecture&#8221;.\u00a0 This placed Butterworth at the heart of the mid-Victorian religious revival. He immediately took a leading role in the activities of the Society, and his association with it influenced his architectural style and his choice of commissions. Most of his work was on churches, designing approximately one hundred of them. His non-religious buildings included buildings for Keble College, Oxford and Rugby School. A feature of Butterfield&#8217;s style was his bold use of polychrome brickwork and stone. He was awarded the RIBA Gold Medal in 1884.\u00a0 He has been described as \u2018the most daring, rigorous and brilliant architect of his age\u2019<\/p>\n<p>In his recent book Nicholas Olsberg explores how Butterfield responded to and advanced the transformation in the national life occasioned by the emergence of a modern society, its expansive institutions and its changing moral code. It reflects the changing emphasis of Butterfield\u2019s work. Nicholas was Director of the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal and Founding Head of Special Collections at the Getty Research Institute. He holds a degree in Modern History from Oxford and a doctorate in Modern History from the University of South Carolina.\u00a0 He has written books on several modern architects and has been a columnist for the Architectural Review and Building Design.<\/p>\n -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"button\" title=\"Biennial Waterhouse Lecture: William Butterfield- the Master Builder\" href=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/regional-group-events\/biennial-waterhouse-lecture-william-butterfield-the-master-builder\/\">More information<\/a>\n                                            <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"col event-meta-items\">\n                                                    <div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Ticket Price:<\/strong> \u00a310.00 bookable on Eventbrite from March<\/div>\n                                                                            <div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Date:<\/strong> \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSaturday, May 2nd, 2026\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n                                                                            <div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Time:<\/strong> 2pm<\/div>\n                                                \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Venue: <\/strong>St Cross Church, 611 Ashton New Road, Manchester M11 4RX  &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/search\/St Cross Church, 611 Ashton New Road, Manchester M11 4RX \" target=\"_blank\">View on map<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"event-meta-item\"><strong>Location: <\/strong>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tManchester\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n                        \t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section\t     class=\"block-columns  no-m lpb  \"\n>\n    <div class=\"container\">\n            \n    \n\n        \t\t            \n        <div class=\"grid\" style=\"grid-template-columns:repeat(1, 1fr);\">\n                            <div class=\"col tac\">\n                    <p><a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/events\/past-events\/\">View past events<\/a><\/p>\n                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":3703,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2707","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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