Update: January 2024 by Martin Randall Travel

Contents The Making of Argentina..................................4 Gardens of the Riviera.......................................6 Classical Greece.................................................8 Lucca & vicinity...............................................10 Kraków & Silesia..............................................12 Gastronomic Catalonia...................................14 Maritime England............................................16 Frank Lloyd Wright.........................................18

Martin Randall Festivals.................................20 Calendar 2024..................................................22 Tours and events in 2025.................................26 Online talks with expert speakers...................28

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The Making of Argentina A creative history from the Atlantic to the Andes 8–19 November 2024 (mk 560) 12 days • £7,410 International flights not included Lecturer: Chris Moss

Itinerary

A comprehensive overview of history, politics, art, architecture, gastronomy and music.

Day 2: Buenos Aires. See fine belle-époque architecture in the Avenida de Mayo. Visit Casa Rosada (seat of the government), the neoclassical cathedral, and the stunning Teatro Colón.

Private tango show in Buenos Aires. Spectacular scenery in the Calchaquí Valleys. Delicious high-altitude wines. Tango, Evita, Las Malvinas, Maradona, meat and Malbec… much about Argentina is familiar to many of us, and yet it remains something of an enigma. It’s about as far from Europe as a South American country can be, and yet is famously European in so many regards. Argentina is South America’s second-biggest country and the eighth-largest in the world, ranking between India and Kazakhstan. Yet it has a population smaller than that of Spain and its economic power has more often than not brought it woe instead of wealth. After giving the continent one of its great liberators, José de San Martín, the country was plunged into decades of civil war. For much of the 20th century, military dictators and populists squandered the nation’s huge potential and repressed its citizens. How has this decline been managed, and how did Argentines manage to retain their creative vigour and distinctive glamour? What about Argentina’s relationship with the UK, an important trading partner, builder of South America’s most ambitious railway network and colonialist villain in the Falkland Islands? When and how did the remote backwater of Buenos Aires emerge to become a world-class city? Is ‘Paris of South America’ anything other than a nostalgia-laden nickname? This tour aims to forge an understanding of Argentina through its multi-layered history and multi-faceted culture. 4

Day 1: Buenos Aires. Visit the Recoleta cemetery, burial place of many of the country’s leaders and cultural figures, including Eva Perón.

Day 3: Buenos Aires. View Latin American art at two galleries, and visit the Museo Evita. Private tango show at Café Tortoni (dating to 1858). Day 4: San Antonio de Areco, Pampas. Travel to the Pampas grasslands to discover gaucho history and culture in San Antonio de Areco. Enjoy an Argentine beef lunch, grilled in front of you. Day 5: Córdoba. Fly to Córdoba. Visit the country’s first university, founded by the Jesuits in 1610, and Templo de la Compañía de Jesús, dating to 1675. Overnight in Córdoba. Day 6: Córdoba. Drive into the countryside to see the Jesuit estancia of Jesús María, famous for wine production, and Santa Catalina with its splendid church. Fly to Salta; first of two nights here. Day 7: Salta. Explore the fine colonial and neoclassical architecture of Salta. Free afternoon. Day 8: Calchaquí Valleys, Cachi, Molinos. Drive through dramatic scenery to the tiny, pretty town of Cachi. Continue to Molinos; overnight here. Day 9: Bodega Colomé, Cafayate. Drive to Bodega Colomé for a wine tasting and lunch, then drive to Cafayate for the first of two nights. Day 10: Quilmes, Cafayate. Excursion to pre-Inca remains at Quilmes. A tasting of Cafayate’s best wines at José Louis Mounier’s Finca las Nubes. Day 11: Cafayate to Buenos Aires. Another breathtaking drive through the reds, ochres and pinks of the Cafayate gorge. Return to Salta for a flight to Buenos Aires and a final dinner. Day 12: Buenos Aires. Disperse after breakfast.

Cowboys on the Pampas, copper engraving c. 1840 by P. Wurster.

Gardens of the Riviera In and around Menton and Nice 5–11 April 2024 (mk 225) 7 days • £2,620 Lecturer: Steven Desmond

Itinerary

Inspiring historic gardens in spectacular settings, with exceptional growing conditions.

Day 2: Menton. Visit a private garden in Menton, and the garden at Clos du Peyronnet – still owned by an Englishman who continues to develop it.

Includes visits to some gardens not normally open to the public. Based in Menton throughout. When Tobias Smollett arrived on the Riviera in 1763, he found himself ‘enchanted’ by a landscape ‘all cultivated like a garden’. A century later Dr Bennett’s discovery of the miraculous winter climate at Menton established the town as a haven for prosperous foreigners in need of climatic therapy. By 1900 this narrow strip of land between the Maritime Alps and the Mediterranean had been transformed into a paradise of villas, palatial hotels, seafront promenades and exotic vegetation. The migratory nature of the moneyed population meant that the region developed a character quite separate from local cultural traditions. In a landscape of olive and lemon groves, the villa gardens seem an eclectic collection, disconcerting for those who look for patterns of continuity, but best viewed as separate incidents taking advantage of the exceptional growing conditions. The French have added their own distinctive contribution to this artificial enclave. Renoir found new inspiration, as well as some relief from pain, in his garden at Cagnes-sur-Mer. Marguerite and Aimé Maeght established a magnificent modern art collection in a garden setting at St-Paul-de-Vence. Art of a different character adorns the rooms of the Villa Ephrussi Rothschild at St Jean-Cap-Ferrat where the gardens take advantage of an incomparable setting, viewing the Mediterranean through a filter of pines, palms and cypresses.

Day 1: Menton. Fly from London Heathrow to Nice and drive to the hotel in Menton.

Day 3: La Mortola (Italy), Menton. The Hanbury Botanic Gardens at La Mortola contain an unparalleled collection of specimens. Return to Menton to visit Val Rahmeh, an early 20thcentury villa with gardens of exceptional richness. Day 4: Grasse. The Jardin de la Villa Fort France, developed by Lady Fortescue, is now a source of inspiration to its artist owner Valerie de Courcel. Nearby is La Mouissone, a former olive grove, now planted with contemporary verve. Day 5: Menton. Visit Fontana Rosa whose tiled benches evoke the ‘Writers’ Garden’ created in 1921 by writer Vicente Blasco Ibaňez. Some free time. Lawrence Johnston’s garden La Serre de la Madone was made between the wars; a romantic atmosphere pervades its dramatic layout. Day 6: St Paul de Vence, Cagnes-sur-Mer. At Fondation Maeght near St-Paul, view modernism in a garden context. Visit Les Collettes near Cagnes-sur-Mer, the farmhouse where Renoir spent his last years. Day 7: St Jean-Cap-Ferrat. Sited on Cap Ferrat, the gardens of Villa Ephrussi Rothschild are rich and varied. The palazzo contains an eclectic art collection. Travel to Nice airport for the lateafternoon return to London Heathrow.

Villa and Garden Ephrussi Rothschild at St Jean-Cap-Ferrat, photo ©Guillaume Richard.

Classical Greece The Peloponnese, Attica and Athens 11–20 May 2024 (mk 270) 10 days • £4,070 Lecturer: Professor Antony Spawforth 7–16 September 2024 (mk 405) 10 days • £4,070 Lecturer: Dr Dan Jolowicz A comprehensive survey of the principal Archaic, Classical and Hellenistic sites in mainland Greece. Highlights include Mycenae, Olympia, Delphi. In Athens, a full day on the Acropolis and in the ancient Agora. The Ancient Greeks had far greater influence on western civilisation than any other people or nation. For two and a half millennia, philosophy and ethics, the fundamentals of science and mathematics, prevailing notions of government and citizenship, literature and the visual arts have derived their seeds, and a large amount of their substance, from the Greeks. This tour includes nearly all of the most important archaeological sites, architectural remains and museums of antiquities on mainland Greece. It presents a complete picture of ancient Greek civilisation beginning with the Mycenaeans, the Greek Bronze Age, and continuing through Archaic, Classical and, to a lesser extent, Hellenistic and Roman Greece. It also provides a glimpse of the spiritual splendour of Byzantine art and architecture.

Itinerary Day 1. Afternoon flight from London Heathrow to Athens. Stop for dinner before continuing to Nauplion; first of three nights here. Day 2: Nauplion, Tiryns, Mycenae. Visit Tiryns, a citadel with massive Cyclopean walls of enormous blocks of masonry, and Mycenae, reputedly Agamemnon’s capital, with the Treasury of Atreus (beehive tombs) and Acropolis (Lion Gate). 8

Day 3: Corinth, Epidauros. The site of Ancient Corinth has the earliest standing Doric temple on mainland Greece. Epidauros, centre for the worship of Asclepios, includes the best-preserved of all Greek theatres. Day 4: Arcadia, Bassae. Drive across the Peloponnese through the plateau of Arcadia. Visit the fifth-century Temple of Apollo on the mountain top at Bassae. Drive through further breathtaking scenery to Olympia; overnight here. Day 5: Olympia. Nestling in a verdant valley, Olympia is one of the most evocative of ancient sites. The museum contains fragments of pediment sculpture, among the most important survivals of Classical Greek art. First of two nights in Delphi. Day 6: Delphi. Clinging to the lower slopes of Mount Parnassos, Delphi was of incalculable religious and political importance, and the Delphic oracle attracted pilgrims from far and wide. The museum is especially rich in Archaic sculpture. Some free time here. Day 7: Athens. Drive to Athens. The Agora (market place) was the centre of civic life in ancient Athens, with the small Doric Hephaisteion, the best-preserved of Greek temples. First of three nights in Athens. Day 8: Athens. The Acropolis is the foremost site of Classical Greece; the Parthenon the supreme achievement of Greek architecture. View other architectural masterpieces here too. The Acropolis museum contains superb Classical sculpture. Day 9: Athens. Visit the National Archaeological Museum, the vast Corinthian Temple of Olympian Zeus, and the Kerameikos Cemetery. Some free time. Day 10: Athens. Drive to the Temple of Poseidon at Sounion, overlooking the sea and visited by Byron in 1810. Fly from Athens, arriving at London Heathrow by mid-afternoon.

Athens, the Erechtheion, 20th-century watercolour.

Lucca & vicinity Romanesque to Renaissance in northern Tuscany 3–9 June 2024 (mk 310) 7 days • £2,560 Lecturer: Dr Flavio Boggi A leisurely exploration of one of the most beautiful and engaging of Tuscan cities. Exceptional ramparts enclosing a city rich in sculpture, painting and architecture. Excursions to Prato, Pistoia, Pisa and Barga. Work by renowned masters including Filippo Lippi, Donatello and Jacopo della Quercia. To the approaching visitor, Lucca immediately announces its distinctiveness and its historical importance, while at the same time secreting the true extent and glory of its built heritage. The perfectly preserved circumvallation of pink brick, ringed by the green sward of the grass glacis, is one of the most complete and formidable set of ramparts in Italy. Unlike many Tuscan cities, Lucca sits on the valley floor. This feature and the traces of the grid-like street pattern – albeit given a medieval inflection – betray its Roman origin. Within the walls, the city is a compelling masonry document of the Middle Ages. There is a superb collection of Romanesque churches with the distinctive feature of tiers of arcades applied to the façades. There is good sculpture, too, including the exquisite tomb of Ilaria del Carretto, and some quite exceptional panel paintings. Looming over the dense net of narrow streets are the imposing palazzi of the mercantile elite, including some grand ones from the age of Baroque. The Romanesque theme of the tour is continued on the excursions to the nearby cities of Prato, Pistoia and Pisa. The Renaissance is represented by some of the best loved works of the Florentine masters – by Filippo Lippi and Donatello at Prato cathedral, for example, and by the della Robbia workshop in Pistoia. There are also visits to small towns and to a country villa of the 18th century. 10

Itinerary Day 1. Morning flight from London Heathrow to Pisa. On the way to Lucca visit the Romanesque basilica of S. Piero a Grado. Day 2. Lucca. Visit the cathedral of S. Martino, a Romanesque church with important sculptures and paintings. See also Villa Guinigi, a rare survival of a 14th-century suburban villa, now a museum with outstanding medieval panel paintings. Drive to the Villa Torrigiani, which has a 19th-century landscaped garden with a sunken garden from the 17th century. Day 3. Prato. Drive to Prato, a city that built its wealth on cloth-working. Its cathedral has outstanding Renaissance sculpture and painting, notably Donatello’s pulpit and the Filippo Lippi frescoes. The Museo di Palazzo Pretorio houses works by both Lippis, among others. Day 4. Barga, Lucca. Drive through forested hills to Barga, a delightful town with a fine Romanesque cathedral. In Lucca, visit S. Michele in Foro and S. Frediano, with its façade mosaics and chapel tombs by Jacopo della Quercia. Some free time in Lucca. Day 5. Pistoia. The exceptionally attractive town of Pistoia has important art and architecture. Buildings include the octagonal baptistry and the cathedral, and the Renaissance hospital, Ospedale del Ceppo. Sculpture includes the pulpit in Sant’Andrea by Giovanni Pisano, and a unique silver altarpiece in the cathedral. Day 6. Pisa. In the High Middle Ages Pisa was one of the most powerful maritime city-states, rival of Venice and Genoa, deriving great wealth from its trade with the Levant. The magnificent ‘Campo dei Miracoli’ consists of cathedral, monumental burial ground, campanile (‘Leaning Tower’) and baptistry, with major artworks. Day 7. Lucca. Fly from Pisa to London Heathrow, arriving in the early afternoon.

Lucca, cathedral of S. Martino, engraving c. 1800.

Kraków & Silesia Art, architecture and history in southern Poland 31 May–7 June 2024 (mk 306) 8 days • £3,740 Lecturer: Dr Hugh Doherty Wrocław and Kraków, two of the most impressive and fascinating historic cities in Central Europe. Passed between Bohemia, Prussia and Poland, the multi-layered region of Silesia is of outstanding interest, historically and architecturally. Wrocław and Silesia are surprisingly little visited. Wrocław is the capital of Silesia – in the early modern period one of the wealthiest regions of Central Europe. Prosperity has returned to Wrocław, but otherwise contrasts outweigh similarities with Kraków. The medieval origins of Silesia were Polish, but under Bohemian, Austrian and Prussian rule, and as an integral part of a united Germany until 1945, German culture came to dominate. After World War II the German-speaking population was replaced by Polish settlers. There ensued ambivalence about its status: much was made of Wrocław’s Polish origins, but a veil was drawn over its later history. It is only since the end of Communism that Wrocław has really come to terms with its multilayered past and the glories of its artistic heritage, now painstakingly restored: the imposing Gothic churches, magnificent Baroque sculpture and pioneering modernist architecture. Kraków is one of the treasures of Europe, an unspoilt cityscape of the highest architectural importance. Famed for its royal castle, university, great churches and art collections, it was for centuries Poland’s capital, at a time when the country was one of Europe’s major kingdoms. Miraculously, Kraków largely escaped wartime destruction, but it suffered neglect under Communism. In recent years it has undergone another transformation. Cafés, shops, restaurants and other enterprises fill the historic centre, and it has become a popular city-break destination. Illustration: Kraków, Church of St Mary, 1930s woodcut.

Itinerary Day 1: London to Kraków. Fly from London Heathrow to Kraków, arriving in the evening. First of three nights in Kraków. Day 2: Kraków. See the medieval market square with its fine façades, and the Gothic church of St Mary. A walking tour includes St Florian Gate, Furrier’s Tower, university, Collegium Maius, St Anne’s Church. Visit the Cloth Hall, with covered market below and gallery of Polish art above. Day 3: Kraków. Visit the Czartoryski Museum, and Wawel Castle – rebuilt by Italian designers in the 16th century. The cathedral is situated nearby; essentially a Gothic structure, it houses the tombs of 41 monarchs and national heroes. Day 4: Kraków, Wrocław. Adjacent to Kraków, Kazimierz was an independent town until the 19th century. Here the Jewish population was concentrated; see fine churches, synagogues and the former ghetto. Lunch in Katowice, en route to Wrocław. First of four nights in Wrocław. Day 5: Wrocław. Wrocław’s main square is dominated by an elaborate Gothic town hall, and lined by Renaissance and Baroque mansions. Inside the 171m-long Collegium Maximum, the Aula Leopoldina is an ornate Baroque hall. On Cathedral Island, visit the National Museum. Day 6: Świdnica, Krzeszów. View the huge ‘Peace Church’ at Świdnica, followed by the Baroque abbey at Krzeszów – with imposing interiors, sculpture and paintings. Day 7: Brzeg, Małujowice, Kamieniec Ząbkowicki. Visit the Renaissance castle at Brzeg, and view 15th-century wall paintings in the church at Małujowice. Kamieniec Ząbkowicki, a huge neo-Gothic country residence, was the last major project by the Prussian architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel (1838). Day 8: Wrocław to London. Drive to Berlin (c. 3.5 hours) and fly to London Heathrow.

Gastronomic Catalonia Fine food and wine, art and architecture 28 October–4 November 2024 (mk 544) 8 days • £4,540 Lecturer: Gijs van Hensbergen Eat well, drink well: Michelin-starred meals, award-winning chefs and quality wine producers. Sightseeing ranges from medieval to Modernist art and architecture. Also includes the lesser-visited city of Girona, and a day in the northernmost reaches of the region, crossing into France. Food is the beating heart of Catalonia. The glorious variety of Catalan gastronomy reflects both an extraordinary passion for food and the singular cultural history of Catalonia. In Barcelona, the food markets and specialist emporia are among the most beautiful and enticing in the world. In the city of exuberance and riotous colour of Antoni Gaudí’s architectural confections, it is but a little way to the tour-deforce of a zarzuela fish stew. As the most influential chef in history, Ferran Adrià’s pioneering cuisine celebrated new tastes and complex techniques which migrated deep into France. The charming Hermanos Torres, with its 3 Michelin stars, cooks lunch before us with beguiling twists and astonishing flavour bombs. In a converted farmhouse near Vic the dynamic Nandu Jubany grows his own fruit and veg and herbs at the door to serve in celebration of authenticity and alluring profundity. Catalan wine is enjoying an extraordinary renaissance. Priorat, rich and tannin-steeped; Cavas and their new elite Corpinnat sparkling wines; sweet Moscatel, peasant foil for the great Gewürztraminer experiments of the last decade; Penedès reds, as good with meat as with fish.

Itinerary Day 1: Barcelona. Morning flight from London Heathrow to Barcelona. Visit a Cava Corpinnat producer en route. Our evening tapeo is a 14

delicious time capsule back to the 1960s – rustic, authentic and a pure expression of ‘hand into mouth’ joy. First of three nights in Barcelona. Day 2: Barcelona. Visit the Palau de la Musica, designed by Domènech i Montaner and the Gothic masterpiece Sta Maria del Mar. A wine tasting masterclass, courtesy of Quim Vila, God of Catalan wine merchants. In the afternoon, visit Gaudí’s Sagrada Familia, and the Barri Gòtic, the most complete surviving Gothic quarter in Europe. Dinner at an intimate bistro hosted by an acolyte of Ferran Adrià. Day 3: Barcelona. On the slopes of Montjuïc the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya houses the greatest collection of Romanesque frescoes in the world. Visit the Boqueria market, and have lunch in the world heritage Fonda Espanya. Afternoon visit to Gaudí’s La Pedrera building of 1906–9. Day 4: Barcelona, Peralada. A morning walk in Gaudí’s Parc Güell followed by the 14th-century Pedralbes. Lunch at Michelin 3-starred Hermanos Torres. Drive up the coast to the outskirts of Figueres. First of four nights in Peralada. Day 5: Empúries and Figueres. Visit the cradle of Catalan cuisine and husbandry at the Greek and Roman ruins of Empúries. Lunch at Figueres’ Motel Empordà – classic modern at its very best. Finish at Salvador Dalí’s wildly eclectic museum. Day 6: Girona and Vic. Girona has a compact medieval Jewish quarter, Gothic cathedral with important illuminated manuscripts and tapestries in its chapterhouse. Lunch at Michelin-starred Can Jubany, serving home-grown produce. Day 7: Collioure (France), Figueres. Drive into France to the port of Collioure, favoured retreat for Matisse and the Fauves. Return to Spain, for a visit and tasting at award-winning Peralada bodega designed by Pritzker Prize winners RCR. Sinner at Michelin-starred Castell Peralada. Day 8: Barcelona. See Gaudi’s Cripta Güell. Fly to London Heathrow, arriving mid-afternoon.

Barcelona food market, photo ©Vitalijs Barilo.

Maritime England Royal Navy and Merchant Navy in the history of the nation 27 August–2 September 2024 (mk 390) 7 days • £2,820 Lecturer: Dr James Davey Surveys the maritime history of what was once the world’s greatest trading nation. Visits the finest historic dockyards surviving anywhere, and famous historic ships, including Henry VIII’s Mary Rose and HMS Victory. Concentrates on the Royal Navy in the ages of sail and steam, but also with due focus on the merchant marine. Just two hotels, modern and comfortable. With over 70 ships, the Royal Navy remains among the most powerful seaborne armed forces in the world today, though it trails far behind the leader: the United States has 430. The statistics were very different at the end of the Napoleonic Wars: with 713 ships, the Royal Navy was larger than the next six navies put together. Even 100 years later, despite no major wars and a shrinking share of the world’s economy, government policy maintained the Royal Navy at more than twice the size of the next two navies combined. The tour begins in London, the world’s largest port for nearly 300 years. Along the way you see some of the most remarkable historic ships in existence, the world’s longest serving industrial complex, a wonderfully preserved Georgian shipbuilding village, Britain’s finest group of Baroque buildings, powerful forts, a moving Titanic museum, and much else – all with the commentary of an outstanding naval historian.

Itinerary Day 1: Pool of London, Docklands. Begin at the Pool of London, between London Bridge and Tower Bridge. At West India Dock, the Docklands Museum is in an 1802 warehouse. Decline and closure of the docks was followed by astonishing rebirth in the 1990s as a high-tech business hub. 16

Return to Tower Hill and visit St Katherine’s Dock (1825). First of three nights in London. Day 2: Greenwich. Founded by Mary II in 1692, the Royal Naval Hospital incorporates parts of a palace, and with such architects as Jones, Wren and Vanbrugh became the greatest group of Renaissance and Baroque buildings in Britain. Visit the National Maritime Museum, Royal Observatory, and the Cutty Sark. Day 3: Chatham. The Royal Navy’s most important base in the 18th century, Chatham Dockyard narrowly escaped demolition after closure in 1984. An incomparable site for both architectural and maritime history, here survives the largest collection of Georgian industrial architecture in Britain. There are museums of maritime treasures and several historic ships. Day 4: Bosham, Portsdown forts. The delightful little harbour town of Bosham in Sussex presents a very different aspect of England’s maritime heritage. Fort Purbrook (by special arrangement) and Fort Nelson, outpost of the Royal Armouries, are among the most impressive fortifications in England. First of three nights in Southampton. Day 5: Portsmouth. Royal Navy HQ since Henry VIII; the Historic Dockyards are cheek by jowl with the current naval base. The highlights: preserved ships, HMS Victory, Nelson’s flagship at Trafalgar, and HMS Warrior (1860), the RN’s first ironclad and the largest warship ever built. Day 6: Southampton, Buckler’s Hard. A significant harbour since the Middle Ages, Southampton remains one of Europe’s largest ports. Home for most of the crew of the Titanic, the tragedy is movingly documented in the SeaCity Museum. Buckler’s Hard is a charming 18th-century shipbuilding village in the New Forest. Some free time in Southampton. Day 7: Portsmouth. The Mary Rose Museum houses the remains of Henry VIII’s flagship which capsized in 1545 and was raised from the seabed in 1982. Drive to Richmond where the tour ends.

HMS Victory, wood engraving c. 1880.

Frank Lloyd Wright and the Chicago School 30 September–10 October 2023 (mk 477) 10 nights • £6,180 International flights not included Lecturer: Tom Abbott Includes Fallingwater, Robie and Taliesin houses, Johnson Wax Building and numerous other works by Frank Lloyd Wright – many of them visited by special arrangement. Four nights in Chicago, with visits to the masterworks of the Chicago School and Mies van der Rohe’s Farnsworth House. Magnificent art collections: Chicago Institute of Art, Carnegie Collection in Pittsburgh and Milwaukee Art Museum. Drive through the countryside of Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Illinois.

Itinerary Day 1: Pittsburgh. The tour begins in Pittsburgh (international flights are not included). Carnegie, Frick and Mellon, great patrons of the arts, all made their money here before moving to the East Coast. First of three nights in Pittsburgh. Day 2: Fallingwater, Kentuck Knob. Fallingwater (1936) is quintessential Frank Lloyd Wright. Set amongst the woodland of Bear Run nature reserve, the house seems to grow from the water and rocks. Kentuck Knob (1953) is a hexagonal building with countryside views. Day 3: Pittsburgh. A walk around Pittsburgh: H.H. Richardson’s Allegheny Courthouse, the Mellon bank building, Philip Johnson’s PPG Place. The Carnegie Museum of Art has an extensive and varied collection. End with a cable car ride up the Duquesne Incline. Day 4: Pittsburgh to Madison. Fly to Chicago. Visit the Laurent House in Rockford, commissioned in 1951 by Kenneth and Phyllis Laurent. Continue to Madison; first of two nights. 18

Day 5: Spring Green, Madison. Set in Wisconsin countryside lies Wright’s former home and studio, Taliesin. Here he established the Taliesin Foundation to train architects. Exteriors only: Romeo and Juliet Windmill, and homes and farms designed for members of Wright’s family. Day 6: Madison, Milwaukee. The Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center is a monumental civic building on the shores of Lake Monona (1938 design, completed 1997). View the Unitarian Meeting House (1946). Drive to the Milwaukee Art Museum to see the Prairie School Archives. Visit one of Wright’s American SystemBuilt homes (1916). Overnight Milwaukee. Day 7: Wind Point, Racine, Chicago. At Wind Point visit Wingspread: the expansive low-lying building designed for the head of the Johnson Wax Corporation. Continue to Racine on Lake Michigan and the Johnson Wax Building (1936). Our hotel in Chicago is in Burnham & Root’s restored Reliance Building. First of four nights. Day 8: Chicago. A walk surveys the outstanding monuments of ‘The Loop’. Afternoon at the Chicago Art Institute, including sculpture and art glass from former Wright and Sullivan buildings. Some free time here. Day 9: Chicago. See the Mies van der Rohedesigned Illinois Institute of Technology (1940– 56), with additions by Rem Koolhaas. Continue to the Robie House (FLW 1910). Free afternoon. Day 10: Oak Park. In Oak Park visit Wright’s Chicago home and studio (1889) for 20 years and birthplace of the Prairie School of architecture. The surrounding streets are home to a number of Wright designs and his Unity Temple (1905). Day 11: Chicago, Plano. Drive into the Illinois countryside to Plano. Here is one of Mies van der Rohe’s most significant works, the Farnsworth House (1951). Continue to Chicago O’Hare airport, arriving by 5.45pm.

Fallingwater, photograph courtesy of Western Pensylvania Conservancy.

CELEBRATING MUSIC AND PLACE There surely can be few greater musical pleasures than listening to music in the places most closely associated with the composer or the first performance. Linking the music to the places so central to the composers’ lives, and providing the historical context, is at the heart of all our planning, as is ensuring that the music itself is performed by artists of the highest international standing. Martin Randall Festivals in 2024:

SALZBURG STRING QUARTET FESTIVAL 7–12 May 2024

MOZART ALONG THE DANUBE 28 July– 4 August 2024

THE DIVINE OFFICE: CHORAL MUSIC IN OXFORD 30 September– 4 October 2024

OPERA IN SICILY 18–24 October 2024 Our series of UK Chamber Music Breaks at The Castle, Taunton: MANDELRING QUARTET 8–10 March 2024 WILLIAM HOWARD & THE CARDUCCI STRING QUARTET 19–21 April 2024

MUSIC ALONG THE RHINE May 2025

COTSWOLDS CHORAL FESTIVAL June 2025

MUSIC ALONG THE SEINE July 2025

HANDEL IN VALLETTA November 2025

UK Chamber Music Breaks 2024/25: THE KALEIDOSCOPE ENSEMBLE 15–18 November 2024 More to be announced

Christ Church College, The Divine Office 2015, photo ©Bill Knight.

Calendar | 2024 Our programme for the rest of 2024 is given below. To find the full details for any tour listed, please visit: www.martinrandall.com.

February 2024 13–17 Opera in Paris (mk 173) Dr Michael Downes 18–22 Hamburg: Opera, ‘Elphi’ & Exhibition (mk 175) Dr John Allison 25– 8 Vietnam: History, People, Food (mk 181) Dr Dana Healy 26– 2 Connoisseur’s Rome (mk 182) Dr Michael Douglas-Scott 26– 3 Titian, Tintoretto & Veronese (mk 179) Antonio Mazzotta 27– 4 Essential Rome (mk 183) Dr Thomas-Leo True

March 2024 Gardens of Madeira (mk 188) Dr Gerald Luckhurst 4–14 Essential Andalucía (mk 189) Dr Philippa Joseph 6–16 Art in Texas (mk 190) Gijs van Hensbergen 8–10 The Mandelring Quartet at The Castle Taunton (mk 191) Richard Wigmore 8–10 Welsh National Opera (mk 192) Simon Rees 9–22 Cambodia by River (mk 194) Freddie Matthews 10–15 The Story of Venice (mk 196) Dr Susan Steer 11–15 Ravenna & Urbino (mk 200) Dr Luca Leoncini 18–24 The Art of Florence (mk 202) Dr Flavio Boggi 19–27 Normans in the South (mk 204) John McNeill 26–30 Venetian Palaces (mk 214) Dr Michael Douglas-Scott 29– 6 Minoan Crete (mk 216) Christina Hatzimichael 2– 7

April 2024 2– 7 Opera in Vienna (mk 218) Dr John Allison 2–14 Civilisations of Sicily (mk 221) Dr Philippa Joseph 5–11 Gardens of the Riviera (mk 225) Steven Desmond 8–20 Decorative Arts of Iberia with HALI (ek 226) Gijs van Hensbergen 10–15 Music in Berlin (mk 227) Barry Millington 10–17 Romans & Carolingians (mk 229) Dr Hugh Doherty 11–20 Extremadura (mk 230) Chris Moss 11–22 Morocco (mk 232) Prof. Amira Bennison 12–19 Courts of Northern Italy (mk 231) Dr Michael Douglas-Scott 13–21 Essential Jordan (mk 220) Prof. Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones 15–20 Pompeii & Herculaneum (mk 234) Dr Mark Grahame 17–26 Albania: Crossroads of Antiquity (mk 240) Carolyn Perry 18–24 Gardens & Villas of the Italian Lakes (mk 241) Steven Desmond 18–30 Samarkand & Silk Road Cities (mk 243) Dr Peter Webb 19–21 William Howard & the Carducci String Quartet at The Castle Taunton (mk 242) 20–26 Genoa & Turin (mk 245) Dr Luca Leoncini 22–28 Malta: prehistoric to present (mk 252) Juliet Rix 22–29 Western Andalucía (mk 235) Gijs van Hensbergen 23– 1 Cornish Houses & Gardens (mk 250) Anthony Lambert 24– 2 The Cathedrals of England (mk 251) Dr Hugh Doherty 25–29 Tom Abbott’s Berlin (mk 255) Tom Abbott 29– 6 The Heart of Italy (mk 257) Dr Michael Douglas-Scott 29– 6 Habsburg Austria (mk 258) Dr Jarl Kremeier

29– 8 Classical Turkey (mk 256) Prof. Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones

May 2024 6–18 Civilisations of Sicily (mk 264) Dr Mark Grahame 7–12 SALZBURG STRING QUARTET FESTIVAL (mk 262) 8–16 Two Spains: the Spanish Civil War & its Aftermath (mk 267) Giles Tremlett 10–17 Madrid & Toledo (mk 271) Gijs van Hensbergen 10–17 Art in Scotland (mk 272) Desmond Shawe-Taylor 11–20 Classical Greece (mk 270) Prof. Antony Spawforth 13–20 Gastronomic Le Marche (mk 276) Marc Millon & Dr R.T. Cobianchi 13–26 The Western Balkans (mk 278) Prof. Cathie Carmichael 14–19 Palladian Villas (mk 281) Dr Michael Douglas-Scott 16–22 Yorkshire Houses (mk 279) Christopher Garibaldi 16–28 Samarkand & Silk Road Cities (mk 283) Dr Peter Webb 19–26 Medieval Heart of Portugal (mk 284) John McNeill 20–25 Friuli-Venezia Giulia (mk 290) Dr Carlo Corsato 20–26 Great Swedish Houses (mk 285) Ulrica Häller 24–27 Versailles: Seat of the Sun King (mk 313) Prof. Antony Spawforth 24– 5 The Road to Santiago (mk 300) Dr Richard Plant 26–31 A Festival of Impressionism (mk 301) Dr Frances Fowle 27– 3 The Ring in Berlin (mk 298) Barry Millington 28– 2 Stockholm Modern (mk 305) Prof. Harry Charrington

28– 4 Great Houses of the South West (mk 302) Anthony Lambert 29– 3 Czech Opera in Prague (mk 303) Dr Michael Downes 31– 7 Kraków & Silesia (mk 306) Dr Hugh Doherty

June 2024 3– 9 Lucca & Vicinity (mk 310) Dr Flavio Boggi 3–11 Cyprus: stepping stone of history (mk 311) Prof. Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones 5–12 Gastronomic Veneto (mk 322) Cynthia Chaplin & Dr R.T. Cobianchi 7–14 Gastronomic Asturias & Cantabria (mk 315) Gijs van Hensbergen 8–15 Medieval Burgundy (mk 316) John McNeill 11–17 Leipzig Bach Festival (mk 320) Prof. John Butt OBE 14–22 Great Irish Houses (mk 321) Anthony Lambert 16–23 The Schubertiade (mk 323) Dr Michael Downes 19–23 Flemish Painting (mk 326) Dr Sue Jones 22–26 The Grange & Glyndebourne (mk 327) Dr John Allison 24–28 Medieval West Midlands (mk 330) John McNeill 24–30 Vienna’s Masterpieces (mk 334) Tom Abbott 24– 2 Gardens in the Highlands (mk 332) Colin Crosbie 27– 3 The Plantagenet Empire (mk 339) Dr Marc Morris 27– 4 Trasimeno Music Festival (mk 337) 27– 5 Finland: Aalto & Others (mk 341) Prof. Harry Charrington 30– 4 West Cork Chamber Music Festival (mk 342) Leo Samama

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Calendar | 2024 July 2024

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The Welsh Marches (mk 343) John McNeill Walking to Derbyshire Houses (mk 344) Anthony Lambert 1– 6 In Churchill’s Footsteps (mk 345) Katherine Carter 1– 7 French Gothic (mk 346) Dr Jana Gajdošová 2– 8 Orkney: 5,000 Years of Culture (mk 347) Prof. Jane Downes & Julie Gibson 7–11 Savonlinna Opera (mk 352) Dr John Allison 7–14 Lofoten Chamber Music Festival (mk 354) Dr Michael Downes 8–14 Western Ireland Archaeology (mk 355) Prof. Muiris O’Sullivan 8–14 Gastronomic West Country (mk 360) Marc Millon 10–19 Scottish Houses & Castles (mk 361) Christopher Baker 13–21 Danish Art & Design (mk 358) Dr Shona Kallestrup 19–26 Franconia (mk 369) Dr Ulrike Ziegler 21–27 Opera in Munich & Bregenz (mk 368) Patrick Bade 22–29 The Ring in the Alps (mk 370) Barry Millington 28– 3 Walking the Danube (mk 372) Richard Wigmore 28– 4 MOZART ALONG THE DANUBE (mk 373) 1– 5 1– 6

August 2024 4– 9 King Ludwig II (mk 376) Tom Abbott 11–24 Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania (mk 380) Aliide Naylor 27– 2 The Schubertiade (mk 394) Richard Wigmore 27– 2 Maritime England (mk 390) James Davey 29– 5 The Hanseatic League (mk 395) Andreas Puth 28– 1 The Sibelius Festival 24

Lucerne Festival (mk 392) Dr Michael Downes

September 2024 Connoisseur’s Prague (mk 411) Dr Zoe Opačić 2– 9 Gastronomic Basque Country (mk 398) Gijs van Hensbergen 3– 9 Cave Art in Spain (mk 399) Dr Paul Bahn 5–17 Samarkand & Silk Road Cities (mk 403) Prof. Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones 6–12 Sardinia (mk 404) Dr R.T. Cobianchi 7–16 Classical Greece (mk 405) Dr Dan Jolowicz 9–14 The Etruscans (mk 409) Dr Nigel Spivey 9–21 Civilisations of Sicily (mk 410) Dr Luca Leoncini 11–20 Albania: Crossroads of Antiquity (mk 426) Carolyn Perry 13–23 West Coast Architecture (mk 420) Prof. Neil Jackson 14–20 Gastronomic Emilia-Romagna (mk 422) Marc Millon & Dr Thomas-Leo True 15–22 Dark Age Brilliance (mk 424) John McNeill 15–25 Georgia Uncovered (mk 425) Ian Colvin 16–21 Ancient Rome (mk 427) Dr Mark Grahame 16–22 Walking a Royal River (mk 430) Sophie Campbell 16–23 Footpaths of Umbria (mk 431) Nigel McGilchrist – watch our tour video at martinrandall.com/footpaths-of-umbria 17–20 Historic Musical Instruments (mk 429) Prof. Robert Adelson 18–25 English Georgian Towns (mk 433) Andrew Foyle 23–28 Pompeii & Herculaneum (mk 435) Dr Nigel Spivey 23–29 Raphael (mk 437) Dr Michael Douglas-Scott 23–30 Granada & Córdoba (mk 434) Gijs van Hensbergen 24–28 Arts & Crafts in the Cotswolds (mk 436) Janet Sinclair 2– 8

25–29 Modern Flemish Masters (mk 440) 25– 3 The Cathedrals of England (mk 428) Dr Hugh Doherty 28– 7 Bulgaria (mk 474) Dr Nikola Theodossiev 30– 4 THE DIVINE OFFICE (mk 464) 30–10 Frank Lloyd Wright (mk 477) Tom Abbott

October 2024 4–11 Courts of Northern Italy (mk 481) Dr Fabrizio Nevola 4–12 Basilicata & Calabria (mk 482) John McNeill 7–13 Malta: prehistoric to present (mk 485) Juliet Rix 8–15 The Douro (mk 489) Martin Symington 10–16 Gardens & Villas of the Italian Lakes (mk 491) Amanda Patton 10–16 Gastronomic Puglia (mk 545) Christine Smallwood 10–18 Berlin, Potsdam, Dresden (mk 505) Dr Jarl Kremeier 11–14 Connoisseur’s Pompeii (mk 507) Dr Sophie Hay 12–17 Palermo Revealed (mk 508) Dr Luca Leoncini 12–20 Le Corbusier (mk 509) Dr Richard Plant 14–20 Italian Design in Turin & Milan (mk 412) Dr Philippa Joseph 14–21 Walking in Southern Tuscany (mk 510) Dr Thomas-Leo True 14–23 Castle & León (mk 511) Gijs van Hensbergen 16–22 Art in the Netherlands (mk 520) Desmond Shawe-Taylor 18–24 Roman & Medieval Provence (mk 524) Dr Alexandra Gajewski 18–24 OPERA IN SICILY (mk 525) 22–28 Modern Art on the Côte d’Azur (mk 530) Mary Lynn Riley 24–31 Istanbul Revealed (mk 540) Jeremy Seal 24– 5 Samarkand & Silk Road Cities (mk 543) Dr Peter Webb

25– 3 Sicily: from the Greeks to the Baroque (mk 526) John McNeill 26– 3 Essential Jordan (mk 480) Felicity Cobbing 28– 4 Gastronomic Catalonia (mk 544) Gijs van Hensbergen 30– 3 Art in Madrid (mk 550) Dr Xavier Bray 30– 3 Florentine Palaces (mk 551) Dr Michael Douglas-Scott 31– 5 Brno & the Janáček Festival (mk 552) Wexford Festival Opera

November 2024 Ancient & Islamic Tunisia (mk 555) Dr Zena Kamash 5– 9 Venetian Palaces (mk 558) Dr Michael Douglas-Scott 6– 8 History Symposium in York: Roman Britain (mk 556) 8–19 The Making of Argentina (mk 560) Chris Moss 9–22 Essential India (mk 572) Dr Giles Tillotson 11–16 Venice Revisited (mk 565) Dr Susan Steer 15–18 The Kaleidoscope Ensemble at The Castle Taunton (mk 573) Dr Katy Hamilton 19–23 Ravenna & Urbino (mk 575) Dr Luca Leoncini Art in Paris Patrick Bade 2– 9

December 2024 Please contact us to register your interest in our Christmas & New Year tours – either call us, or send an e-mail to alerts@martinrandall.co.uk Christmas in Emilia Romagna Michael Douglas-Scott Naples at Christmas Dr Luca Leoncini Venice at Christmas Dresden at Christmas Vienna at Christmas Flanders at Christmas Paris at Christmas Patrick Bade Modern Art on the Côte d’Azur at New Year

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2025 | Tours by country If you come across a title here that appeals, please contact us to register your interest (those with dates are already available to book). While we aim to run the majority, some will inevitably fall by the wayside, and we may add more. ALBANIA | Albania: Crossroads of Antiquity ARMENIA | Sacred Armenia AUSTRIA | Mozart in Salzburg • Schubertiade • Haydn Festival Graz • Opera in Vienna • Austria’s Historic Organs • Salzburg Summer • Connoisseur’s Vienna • Habsburg Austria • Opera in Munich & Bregenz • Johann Strauss Festival Vienna BELGIUM | Flemish Painting BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA The Western Balkans BULGARIA | Bulgaria CAMBODIA | Cambodia by River CROATIA | The Western Balkans CYPRUS | Cyprus: Stepping Stone of History CZECH REPUBLIC | Prague Spring • Moravia • Smetana Litomyšl Festival DENMARK Opera in Copenhagen • Hindsgavl Festival ESTONIA | Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania • Arvo Pärt 90 FINLAND | Savonlinna Opera • The Ring in Helsinki FRANCE | French Gothic • MUSIC ALONG THE SEINE • Medieval Normandy • Music in Paris • Les Années Folles • Ancienne Regime Paris • Châteaux of the Loire • Medieval Burgundy • Feudal Francia • Western France: Architecture & Organs • Medieval Champagne • Modern Art on the Côte d’Azur • Medieval Alsace • Opera in Nice & Monte Carlo • Riviera Modern • Beaune Music Festival • Cave Art of France • Gastronomic Provence

GEORGIA | Georgia Uncovered GERMANY | The Hanseatic League • Berlin, Potsdam, Dresden • Bauhaus 100 • Cold War Berlin • Music in Berlin • The German Stately Home • Mitteldeutschland • Hamburg: Opera & ‘Elphi’ • Handel in Halle • MUSIC ALONG THE RHINE • Walking the Rhine Valley • Lusatia: Germany’s Eastern Borderlands • Dresden Music Festival • Leipzig Bach Festival • Shostakovich Festival Leipzig • Opera in Munich & Bregenz • Medieval Saxony • Baroque & Rococo • Romans & Carolingians • Moving on: Architecture & Memory GREECE | Classical Greece • Athens Arising • In Search of Alexander • Minoan Crete GUATEMALA | Lands of the Maya ICELAND | Iceland’s Story INDIA | Indian Summer, 18–29 March 2025 (ml 642) Raaja Bhasin IRELAND | Great Irish Houses • Wexford Opera • West Cork Chamber Music Festival ITALY | Aosta & Como • The Imperial Riviera • Gastronomic Lombardy • Gastronomic Piedmont • Palladian Villas • Courts of Northern Italy • Verona Opera • The Venetian Land Empire • Florence & Venice • Gardens & Villas of the Veneto • Venetian Palaces • Gastronomic Friuli-Venezia Giulia • Gardens & Villas of the Italian Lakes • Opera in Turin & Milan • Art History of Venice • The Printing Revolution • Opera in Venice • Parma & Bologna • Parma Verdi Festival • Siena & San Gimignano • Great Palaces of Italy • The Art of Florence • Florence Revisited • Tuscan Gardens • Southern Tuscany • Fiesole to Lucca: Tuscany on Foot • Ravenna & Urbino • The Ligurian Coast • The Grand Duchy of Tuscany • Torre del Lago • Piero della Francesca • Rossini in Pesaro • The Heart of Italy • Trasimeno Music Festival • Art in Le Marche • Footpaths of Umbria • Gardens & Villas of Campagna Romana • Essential Rome • Palaces & Villas of Rome • Caravaggio, Lombardy to Naples

• Early Christian & Medieval Rome • Renaissance Rivals • Pompeii & Herculaneum • Naples: Art, Antiquities & Opera • Gardens of the Bay of Naples • Normans in the South • Basilicata & Calabria • Civilisations of Sicily • Gastronomic Sicily • Walking in Sicily JAPAN | Art in Japan • Traditions of Japan • Japanese Gardens JORDAN | Essential Jordan • Jordan Revisited LATVIA | The Baltic Countries LITHUANIA | The Baltic Countries KYRGYZSTAN | From Kyrgyzstan to Uzbekistan MALTA | World Heritage Malta • Valletta Baroque Festival • HANDEL IN VALLETTA MEXICO | Lands of the Maya MONTENEGRO | The Western Balkans MOROCCO | Morocco NETHERLANDS | Art in the Netherlands • Dutch Country Houses • Dutch Organs & the Golden Age • Concertgebouw Mahler Festival NORWAY | Lofoten Festival • Bergen Festival • Norway: Landscape, Art, Architecture OMAN | Oman, Landscapes & Peoples, 24 January–3 Feb. 2025 (ml 620) Dr Peter Webb PERU | Peru POLAND | Gdańsk & Eastern Pomerania PORTUGAL | Medieval Heart of Portugal • Gardens of Madeira • Gardens of Sintra ROMANIA | Moldavia & Translyvania SERBIA | The Western Balkans SLOVAKIA | Journey through Slovakia SPAIN | The Road to Santiago • Walking to Santiago • Gastronomic Galicia • Asturias & Cantabria • Art in Madrid • Castile & León • Ribera del Duero • Cities of Catalonia • Hidden Aragón • Extremadura • Essential Andalucía • Cities of al-Andalus • Gastronomic

Andalucía • Gastronomic Asturias & Cantabria • Gastronomic Valencia SWEDEN | Drottningholm & Confidencen • Great Swedish Houses • Gardens of Sweden • Stockholm Modern SWITZERLAND | Art in Switzerland • Lucerne Festival • G’staad Menuhin Festival • Swiss Modern TUNISIA | Ancient & Islamic Tunisia TURKEY | Istanbul Revealed • Classical Turkey • Eastern Turkey UNITED KINGDOM | Welsh National Opera • Buxton Opera • Glyndebourne & Garsington Opera North • COTSWOLDS CHORAL FESTIVAL • Middle Marches • Mediaeval Sussex & Hampshire • Welsh Castles • The Age of Bede • Cathedrals of England • Lincolnshire Churches • The South Downs • The Industrial Revolution • Victorian Painting • Early Railways: The North • Art in Scotland • Isambard Kingdom Brunel • Yorkshire Modern • Arts & Crafts in the Lake District • Great Houses of the North • English Villages • Private Houses in Norfolk • Literary England • At home at Weston Park • Maritime England • Cornish Houses & Gardens • England’s Georgian • Towns • Houses of Middle England • Scottish Houses & Castles • Tudor England • New English Gardens & RHS Chelsea • Great Gardens of the South • Thameside Houses & Palaces • Shakespeare & his World • In Churchill’s Footsteps • Walking Hadrian’s Wall • Norman Conquest & Plantagenet Power • Orkney: 5,000 Years of Culture • Ancient Shetland • Gastronomic West Country USA | Frank Lloyd Wright • Galleries of the American Mid West • Santa Fe Opera • West Coast Architecture UZBEKISTAN | Samarkand and Silk Road Cities • From Kyrgyzstan to Uzbekistan VIETNAM | Vietnam: History, People, Food

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Online talks with expert speakers ‘Britain’s all-pleasing Orpheus’: the life and music of Henry Purcell Richard Wigmore Thursdays, 4–25 January Four talks – £55

Ruling Medieval England: From the Anglo-Saxons to Edward I Marc Morris Tuesdays, 30 January–20 February Four talks – £55

Rethinking the History of Architecture in Britain, 1530–1830 Dr Steven Brindle

Talks are broadcast live on Zoom at 4.30pm (London time). Recordings are then available exclusively for subscribers to view for up to eight weeks after the end of a series.

Lost Civilisations: Why cultures collapse and historic communities disappear Professor John Darlington Six talks – £75 | View until 31st January

The Normans in Europe: Architecture from Durham to Jerusalem John McNeill Six talks – £75 | View until 19th March

Thursdays, 29 February–4 April Six talks – £75

www.martinrandall.com/online-talks Illustration: Durham Cathedral, engraving 1888.