A special visit to Dyrham Park has been arranged with Dr Rupert Goulding following his very successful Attingham talk on Dyrham Park and Imperial Imagination in our Winter lecture series. Rupert (Summer School 2011) will lead the tour. He is the National Trust's Head...

Alice de Rothschild, a member of the powerful European banking dynasty, was an avid art collector and creator of spectacular gardens at her residences in England and France. Yet her legacy has been overshadowed by the men of her family. Following new research related...

William Blathwayt (?1649-1717) constructed Dyrham Park between 1692 and 1704, a house and garden made to reflect his professional status, embodying his interconnected roles within political, military, and especially colonial administration. The house contained a rich...

On the basis of a selection of country-house case studies, Michael Hall asks whether current approaches in queer history and contemporary understanding of LGBTQI+ identities offer new ways of analysing the way that the National Trust relates not only to ideas of...

This talk looks at Grinling Gibbons, one of the greatest artists of the English Baroque. Born in Rotterdam to English parents, he moved to England in 1667 and went on to have a spectacular career as a woodcarver and a sculptor, largely owing to his unprecedented...

This talk concentrates on colour and design with some historic house case studies to illustrated and show how sometimes questions have been resolved by the original trimmings supplied - and a red herring is thrown in for good measure as well. Annabel is Director...

Queen Mary, consort of King George V, has often been dismissed in the past as a collector of fripperies and bibelots, yet not only did she add considerably and significantly to the Royal Collection, but visitors to the royal residences today see the works of art...

Sean Sawyer uses new 3D imaging technology to lead a virtual tour of Frederic Church's Olana, the master work of America's most acclaimed landscape artist of the 19th century. A National Historic Landmark, Olana overlooks the Hudson Valley and is the most intact...

A virtual tour of Irish historic houses in film and music, followed by a live panel discussion with Terence Dooley (Centre for the Study of Historic Irish Houses and Estates), Mary Heffernan (Office of Public Works), Donough Cahill (Irish Georgian Society) and...

A reflection on The Attingham Trust's partnership with the Royal Collection and the discoveries made on the course over the past 25 years. Tim Knox, Director of the Royal Collection and the previous course director, Rebecca Lyons, now Director of Collections and...