Dinner Talks Courses

Remember the great old 78rpm gramophone records? Why not join us in the splendid surroundings of Knuston Hall as we re-create an evening of light hearted Christmas music and song of the 78 era.

Handbells are rung across the world all year round, but at Christmas time they really come into their own when everyone can join in and sing along with the Carols and other Christmas tunes.

U812    Festival of Britain with Stuart Antrobus                          

Part of Knuston?s Programme of Dinner Talks and Events

Thursday 15 January 2009

The Festival of Britain was a five-month-long nationwide series of events, but everyone remembers the forward-looking South Bank exhibition in London ? the Skylon, the Dome of Discovery, the brightly coloured pavilions. To add to the fun there was the Battersea Pleasure Gardens. After the austerity of the Second World War, this was a look to the future, a celebration of Britain, its people and the designs for a brave new world ? ?a tonic to the nation?.  If you were around then, bring along any Festival of Britain memorabilia you may have.

U804  Gainsborough, Constable and Turner Pioneering an English Style of Painting with

Patrick Oates                                                                                       

Part of Knuston?s Programme of Dinner Talks and Events

Thursday 29 January 2009

Three distinctly separate Creative Lives, this trio of academic painters transformed and liberated attitudes to Portraiture and Landscapes in the 18^th century.  A wonderfully illustrated talk reminding us of times past!

U810  Pictures in the Parlour  with Kevin Varty                                   

Part of Knuston?s Programme of Dinner Talks and Events

Thursday 5 February 2009

The first magic lanterns were made in the 1650s, some two hundred years before the invention of photography. This talk illustrates the development of the lantern, using original equipment and gives an insight into family entertainment in the nineteenth century.