The magnificent Coull Quartet offers a rare combination of maturity and freshness and we are delighted that once again they are returning to Dillington House.  

As a university lecturer, John spent forty years urging students to make the most of a gap year. At 18 he did the world’s worst – working as an accountant…

The last in this series of lectures (with lunch) exploring Lord North and his links to Dillington House. When Chancellor of the Exchequer Lord North, owner of Dillington House, introduced…

The second in this series of three lectures (including lunch) exploring Lord North and his links to Dillington House. Lord North, owner of Dillington House, was brilliant at handling the…

Decorative tiles (azulejo) have been used to decorate Portuguese buildings since the Middle Ages. This lecture offers a chronological survey of azulejo. Includes lunch. Lunch is served from 1pm and…

The arrival of great art into the United Kingdom is a historical and cultural phenomenon that is barely recognised. We take for granted the works which hang on our gallery…

This lecture will appeal to those with an interest in art and cultural history. This talk will explain the significance of this extraordinary work painted at a time when Europe…

Since Le Corbusier’s famous quote in 1923 (Toward an Architecture) Modernist architects have grappled with the seemingly impossible conundrum of creating an efficient and beautiful yet warm and inviting home.…

Many European painters have travelled to Morocco in search of colour and exotic subject matter. In this lecture we look at paintings by Matisse and others who have been inspired…

‘A mound of treasures from far countries was fetched aboard her’ : The Story of the Sutton Hoo Ship Burial. In the early seventh century a great ship was dragged…

RAGTIME PRODUCES HYSTERIA, INSANITY – ragtime is not music, it is a disease” claims doctor. This ragtime-era headline celebrated the world’s first pop music craze, 100 years ago.  Scott Joplin,…

An informal concert by Colin Booth and Steven Devine, featuring music by Louis and Francois Couperin, D’Anglebert, and Rameau. Coffee & Concert £15 (under 18s £6) Coffee, Concert and Sunday…

To mark the finishing of the detailed study (six weekend courses over the last four years) of the development of Gothic architecture from the twelfth to twenty-first centuries, this lecture…

The Tycoon and The Film An illustrated lecture about one of the most extraordinary Americans – William Randolph Hearst, who died in 1951 – and arguably the greatest American film…

The Gothic Revival in the West Country 1836-1901 From such great mansions as Knightshayes Court to Tyntesfield, from pumping stations to railway stations, the Gothic Revival can be seen to…

This lecture will examine the lengthy and often chequered history of the provision of housing and specialist developments, both rural and urban, from estate cottages to Port Sunlight to Portmeirion,…