Events

with Georgina Lock Hannah Snell, a working-class woman, disguised herself, as a man, joined the Royal Marines and fought in India in 1749. The following year she performed a singing and marching act, based on that experience, in a Summer Theatre in London. This entertaining lecture performance traces Hannah’s astonishing life and career. Book now....

with Dr Steven Parissien The greatest-ever royal image maker’s fascinating career is examined in the context of Gillray’s Britain. Book now. About the lecture series This engaging and entertaining lecture series looks not just at the inspired and salacious art of late Georgian satirist James Gillray, but also at the Britain in which he lived....

with Kate Teyssier This fascinating workshop deconstructs a genuine Georgian dress, literally, and reveals much about the textiles of the period and the women who wore these increasingly colourful and elaborate clothes. Book now. About the lecture series This engaging and entertaining lecture series looks not just at the inspired and salacious art of late...

with Dr Steven Parissien Why was Britain’s navy in the late Georgian era so successful? Dr Parissien looks behind the halyards to find the secret of naval success. Book now. About the lecture series This engaging and entertaining lecture series looks not just at the inspired and salacious art of late Georgian satirist James Gillray,...