Sculpture, Victoria & Albert Museum
1 hour 45 minutes
£15
The V&A houses one of the greatest collection of casts of the Renaissance and Roman (including the complete Trajan’s column !). Original sculptures by Cibber, Stone are shown alongside Canova[ … ]
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Medical Mischief
1hour 45 minutes
£15
The Georgian Fitzroy Square is home to the Virginia Woolf and George Bernard Shaw. South American liberators rub shoulders with Marie Stopes. The raffish element of the artists sucha s[ … ]
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The London of Litvenenko: On the trail of polonium, perfidy and poison.
1 HOUR 45 MINUTES
£15
Following the tragic death of Alexander Livenenko in 2006 led to an investigation into the murky world of international espionage, using polonium 210 (a rare lethal nuclear material) in heart of[ … ]
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On the Shoulders of Giants (Faraday and Newton)
1 hour 45 minutes
£15
The discovery of the science behind electricity by the humble Michael Faraday laid the basis for the electrical age in the 19th and 20th century, We will see where he[ … ]
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Renaissance Art, National Gallery
1 hour 45 minutes
£15
Uccello’s The Battle of San Romano and Botticelli’s Mars and Venus are among the masterpieces of the Italian Renaissance in the Sainsbury Wing. Religious works by Raphael and Michelangelo are[ … ]
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French Art: Wallace Collection
1 hour 45 minutes
£15
The art of the 18th century Rococco art with paintings by Boucher and Fragonard’s famous ‘The Swing’. Set in a magnificent town house in Manchester Square owned by Richard Wallace.[ … ]
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Richard III: The body in the car park
1 hour
This one hour illustrated talk covers the War of the Roses, biography of the king and how he was portrayed in history. The recent astounding discovery of the body of[ … ]
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‘A River Runs Through’: Mortlake to Barnes Walk
2 hours
£15
Explore the delightful Thames riverscape in this extended walk beginning with the exotic tented tomb of the explorer Sir Richard Burton. The site of the famous Mortlake Tapestries and the[ … ]
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The Arts of Asia in the V&A
2 hours
£15
Come and experience the glories of Asian Art in London’s ‘Treasure House’ Beginning with Gandharan Buddhist sculptures. The tour encompasses Islamic art in all its glory. Islamic design in calligraphy,[ … ]
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