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

This lecture reviews the arts and architecture of the extraordinary city of Calcutta which was at the centre of the Bengal Renaissance during British rule in the 19th and 20th centuries. It explores the fascinating ways in which Indian artists viewed the British in India.

St. George patron saint of England is, perhaps surprisingly, not even English. This lecture tells the story of how not only his cult but his image originally appeared in England and was then disseminated throughout the realm and the centuries.