• Wilde About Oscar: Famous for Being Famous (& Infamous) 1854-1900

    Fittleworth Village Hall, School Lane, W Sussex RH20 1JB School Lane, Fittleworth, W Sussex, United Kingdom

    Speaker: Simon Whitehouse This lecture examines the extraordinary life and dramatic times of Oscar Wilde from his Irish roots to his days as a student at Oxford and his meteoric rise to the heights of celebrity. Finally, we learn how ‘tired of being in the heights, he plunged into the depths’ and became famous for […]

    £10
  • ROGUES IN THE GALLERY: THEFT AND FORGERY IN THE ART WORLD

    Fittleworth Village Hall, School Lane, W Sussex RH20 1JB School Lane, Fittleworth, W Sussex, United Kingdom

    Speaker: Dr Tom Flynn Dr Tom Flynn draws on thirty years of writing, reporting and lecturing on art theft, its perpetrators and their motivations and throws light into the darker recesses of international crime syndicates. Two morning lectures followed by a sandwich lunch. For full details and a booking form please visit our website: www.theartssocietysouthdowns.org.uk. […]

    £35 – £40.