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21 October 2026 Member Workshop - Sumi-e Japanese Ink Painting
05 October 2026Art Treasures of Northern Italy
14 May 2026Coach Trip to Elton Hall: historic house and award-winning gardens
22 April 2026Books as Art — From Manuscript to Modernism; a private tour of the Wren Library
01 April 2026Treasures of St John's College Old Library: a guided visit
06 March 2026Visit to Gainsborough's House, Sudbury
22 January 2026Visit to The Sleepers Exhibition
05 December 2025A Tour of The Parker Library, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
07 November 2025Ely Cathedral Tour and a Tour of the Stained Glass Museum
01 July 2025A Visit to the Hamilton Kerr Institute
19 May 2025Dresden Jewel of Saxony
24 April 2025Visit to the Museum of Classical Archaeology, Cambridge: A Mini Grand Tour
27 February 2025The Women’s Art Collection: Conversation Not Spectacle: A Guided Tour of the Exhibition
28 January 2025The Architecture and Treasures of the British Library
11 December 2024The Art of Stained Glass: a Guided Tour of Arts and Crafts Religious Stained Glass In Cambridge
17 October 2024A Holiday in Provence
04 October 2024A guided tour of Anglesey Abbey's garden sculptures
29 September 2024An Art Deco day out in London
12 September 2024The Mallory Exhibition at Magdalene College
21 July 2024A visit to the King's Lynn Art Festival
22 May 2024Lullinstoe Castle and World Garden
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14 March 2024A visit to Britain’s Bayeux Tapestry, The Reading Museum and the Abbey Quarter
18 December 2023A tour of "Spitting Image: A Controversial History" by its curator
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26 September 2023A walking tour of Kings Cross and St Pancras with Guide, Andrew Davies - This Tour is FULLY BOOKED
11 July 2023A visit to Althorp Estate and Northampton Museum and Gallery (Shoe Collection)
24 April 2023A guided walking tour of historical Duxford village, 2 church visits, and an optional lunch at the delicious Cafe 19
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20 February 2023A Visit to Clare Hall and Robin Stemp's exhibition "Light. Time. Space
16 December 2022New Visit - Christmas magic at the Wimpole Estate
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30 September 2022Visit to Magdelene College
17 May 2022The Art and Heart of Leonardo - artistic anatomy then and now
25 April 2022Holiday to the Netherlands
13 April 2022A visit to Magdelene College's exhibition: Fragile Planet - Watercolour Journeys into Wild Places
07 April 2022A Visit to Kettle's Yard and the Ai Weiwei Exhibition "The Liberty of Doubt"
25 March 2022Samurai History and Legend - University Library
20 February 2022Ghost Stories and Libations at All Saints' Church Cambridge CANCELLED
14 January 2022A Visit to the Cardozo Kindersley Workshop Cambridge on 13 January 2022
26 November 2021A Visit to the University Library Exhibition
31 October 2021Visit to All Saints' Church Cambridge. Concert, wine reception and tour
22 June 2021Walking Tour King's College Gardens
07 March 2021Virtual Visit to Cambridge's David Parr House
20 February 2021Vrtual visit to Cambridge’s Danish Quarter
23 April 2020CANCELLED A day out in Newmarket
17 March 2020CANCELLED The University of Cambridge Library Tour
27 November 2019A Talk and tour of the Fitzwilliam Museum’s major exhibition: “Feast and Fast”
04 November 2019 Visit to the Hamilton Kerr Institute
12 October 2019Area Visit to Eastbourne and Glyndebourne
20 June 2019Cottesbrooke Hall and Gardens
04 March 2019The Inner Workings of Cheffins
12 December 2018A Pleasing Terror Two Ghost Stories by M R James • Performed by R M Lloyd Parry
18 October 2018A Visit to Henry Moore's Studio
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21 June 2018College Gardens Walking Tour and Champagne Lunch Thursday, 21 June, 2018
25 April 2018Jane Austen at Home...a one woman play
14 December 2017Gala Evening at the Barrandov Opera Thursday 14th December 2017
23 November 2017A Day in London and a Wonderful Christmas Lights Tour
12 October 2017DICKENS’ LONDON: a walking tour, Italian lunch, the Dickens and Foundling Museums.
29 September 2017The Bloomsbury Group, Cambridge College Years, a Walking Tour in Cambridge.
01 June 2017Gainsborough's House, Sudbury, and the Warner Textile Archive , Braintree
23 April 2017Liverpool - our 2017 Visit
30 March 2017Churches in the East Anglian Broads with John Vigar
20 February 2017A Day in Greenwich
12 December 2016Christmas in the Colleges, Corpus and Gonville and Caius
18 October 2016Kenwood House
09 June 2016Compton Verney and Hidcote Manor Garden - Change to Itinerary
07 April 2016The Goldsmiths' Company with Assay Office and William Morris Gallery, Walthamstow.
10 December 2015 Royal Albert Hall and the Wallace Collection
22 October 2015Boughton House and Estate Tour
04 June 2015Broughton Castle and Rousham House and Gardens
15 May 2015The City of Heart's Desire: ISTANBUL - a five day visit
26 March 2015Basildon Park, Berkshire and Hughenden Manor, Buckinghamshire
11 December 2014RSC Stratford-on-Avon
03 November 2014Spencer House and the National Gallery, London
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06 December 2012Stratford
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08 July 2012The Art and Culture of Edinburgh and Glasgow.
21 June 2012Blenheim Palace and Bladon Church
03 May 2012A Walking Tour of the Olympic site.
01 May 2012Highgrove Garden
22 March 2012A Walking Tour in the Steps of Wren
01 December 2011The Foundling Museum and Cabinet War Rooms in London
20 October 2011 Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Birmingham University,
02 June 2011Down House, the home of Darwin
01 June 2011Chartwell, the home of Winston Churchill
01 May 2011Windsor Castle and Savill Garden
01 March 2010Eltham Palace and The Stone House
01 February 2010Gaugin Exhibition and the Royal Opera House
01 January 2010Buckingham Palace and Clarence House

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Member Workshop - Sumi-e Japanese Ink Painting
Wednesday 21 October 2026

Given by Louisa Thorman of Arts and Minds Cambridge
Date: Wednesday 21 October
Location: Main Boardroom, No 9 The Quad, Castle Park CB3
Places available: 16
Cost £36.00 including booking fee

Join us to try this ancient Japanese monochrome ink art form. You will be using your own ink block and natural bamboo paint brushes. You will learn basic brush stroke techniques, and practise making images such as bamboo stems, cherry blossom, goldfish, Asian landscapes or anything of your choice. Your final artwork will be placed in a magnetic frame for you to take home! This art form has Zen Buddhism roots and the aim is to capture the spirit of the subject rather than an exact copy. This is a relaxing, creative experience suitable for all!

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