Future Talks & Activities

Below are some of my upcoming bookings. Guests are welcome at most talks (although there may be an admission fee): please contact the host organisation via the link in the listing if you wish to attend.

Please contact me for further information 
or to book a talk or study day for your group or organisation.

4 December 2025
University of Bristol Art History Research Lecture
The Art of the Newlyn School: The Rise and Fall of Rural Realism in Cornwall 1880 - 1920

8 January 2026
Arts Society Gloucestershire 
The Lamorna Artists' Colony

30 January 2026
Springfield Court Theatre of Dreams
The Brotherhood of the Palette: Rural Realist painting in Britain

3 February 2026
Arts Society Taunton
Another Cornwall: Artistic links between Brittany and Cornwall 1880 – 1940

4 February 2026
Arts Society Royal Leamington Spa 
Summer in February

3 March 2026
Arts Society Dorset County
Special Interest Day featuring Dame Laura Knight

9 March 2026
Arts Society Southampton
The 'Birmingham Boys': Walter Langley and Newlyn 

1 April 2026
Arts Society Dunkeries
An Introduction to the Newlyn School 1880 - 1940

14 April 2026
Arts Society Cotswolds
An Introduction to the Newlyn School 1880 - 1940

15 April 2026
Arts Society Wylye Valley
An Introduction to the Newlyn School 1880 - 1940

11 May 2026
Ross on Wye Arts Society
Painting at the Edge: Britain' Coastal Art Colonies

20 May 2026
Arts Society Abingdon
Dame Laura Knight

21 May 2026
Arts Society Cheam
Dame Laura Knight

3 June 2026
Arts Society Thames Estuary
An Introduction to the Newlyn School

17 June 2026
Friends of Penlee House Gallery & Museum AGM
Making Her Mark: A Celebration of Women in Art

1 July 2026
Arts Society Sherborne
An Introduction to the Newlyn School

8 September 2026
Arts Society Rickmansworth
Drawn from the Sea: Images and stories of Cornish Fishing 1880 – 2010

10 September 2026
Arts Society Cardiff
An Introduction to the Newlyn School

21 September 2026
Arts Society Westminster
Art in Cornwall 1880 - 1940

5 November 2026
Arts Society Amersham
An Introduction to the Newlyn School

10 November 2026
Arts Society West Wales
The Lamorna Artists' Colony

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