Winchester College
Winchester College Lecture Series
Kenneth Clark Prize
Friday 13 March 2026
Adjudicator – Ms. Jo Baring of the Ingram Collection.
All VI Book pupils compete for a place in the final of the Kenneth Clark Prize held in memory of the distinguished art historian and broadcaster, Lord Clark, OM. A highlight of the College’s Div programme, six pupils present 10-minute talks on a work of art or building of their choice, all competing for a gold medal awarded by an external adjudicator.
New Hall
The Sagas and Secrets of Black Rod
Thursday 19 March 2026
Lieutenant General David Leakey served as an army officer from 1971-2010 and has commanded forces and operations in a number of areas, including the Balkans. He held senior defence, security and international appointments in the Ministry of Defence and in Brussels, latterly as the Director General of the EU Military Staff from 2007-2010.
The post of Black Rod combines the duties of Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod; Serjeant-at-Arms in the House of Lords; and Secretary to the Lord Great Chamberlain.
As Secretary to the Lord Great Chamberlain (appointed by the Lord Great Chamberlain), Black Rod is responsible for and participates in the major ceremonial events in the Palace of Westminster including the State Opening of Parliament.
Black Rod also manages the Sovereign’s residual estate in the Palace of Westminster (including the Robing Room and the Royal Gallery).
New Hall
Smashing images during the Reformation
Friday 24 April 2026
Smashing images during the Reformation: Why did they do it and Why did they stop?
The Revd. Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch, DD, FBA, FRHistS, FSA, Emeritus Professor of the History of the Church at Oxford, and prize-winning author, has written extensively on the sixteenth century and beyond it. His History of Christianity: the first three thousand years (Penguin/Allen Lane) and the BBC TV series based on it first appeared in 2009; the book won the Cundill Prize, the world’s largest prize for history, in 2010. His three-part TV series for BBC2, How God made the English, aired in March 2012, and his BBC2 series, Sex and the Church, aired in early 2015. He has written Silence: a Christian History (2013) and his collected essays on the Reformation appeared as All Things New: Writings on the Reformation in 2016. His Thomas Cromwell: a Life appeared in 2018.
Talk in association with the WCHS.
New Hall
Annual Summer Drinks Party for Parents
Friday 12 June 2026
We are delighted to invite you to the annual summer drinks party for parents. It will be held in the Wykeham Day marquee on Lavender Meads. Drinks and canapes will be served from 6pm.
Wykeham Day marquee - Lavender Meads
Wykeham Day - College - house lunch
Saturday 13 June 2026
Lunch up to house for parents and siblings of current pupils, with Housemaster, Matron, tutors and pupils.
Please note: pupils are already factored into the catering, so you only need to book for guests.
College Hall
Wykeham Day - Bramston's - house lunch
Saturday 13 June 2026
Lunch up to house for parents and siblings of current pupils, with Housemaster, Matron, tutors and pupils. Drinks from 12.30pm.
Please note: pupils are already factored into the catering, so you only need to book for guests.
Bramston's
Wykeham Day - Du Boulay's - house lunch
Saturday 13 June 2026
Lunch up to house for parents and siblings of current pupils, with Housemaster, Matron, tutors and pupils. Drinks from 12.30pm.
Please note: pupils are already factored into the catering, so you only need to book for guests.
Du Boulay's
Wykeham Day - Fearon's - house lunch
Saturday 13 June 2026
Lunch up to house for parents and siblings of current pupils, with Housemaster, Matron, tutors and pupils. Drinks from 12.30pm.
Please note: pupils are already factored into the catering, so you only need to book for guests.
Fearon's
Wykeham Day - Hawkins' - house lunch
Saturday 13 June 2026
Lunch up to house for parents and siblings of current pupils, with Housemaster, Matron, tutors and pupils. Drinks from 12.30pm.
Please note: pupils are already factored into the catering, so you only need to book for guests.
Hawkins'
Wykeham Day - Kingsgate House lunch
Saturday 13 June 2026
Lunch up to house for parents and siblings of current pupils, with Housemaster, Matron, tutors and pupils. Drinks from 12.30pm.
Please note: pupils are already factored into the catering, so you only need to book for guests.
Kingsgate House
Wykeham Day - Moberly's - house lunch
Saturday 13 June 2026
Lunch up to house for parents and siblings of current pupils, with Housemaster, Matron, tutors and pupils. Drinks from 12.30pm.
Please note: pupils are already factored into the catering, so you only need to book for guests.
Moberly's House
Wykeham Day - Morshead's - house lunch
Saturday 13 June 2026
Lunch up to house for parents and siblings of current pupils, with Housemaster, Matron, tutors and pupils. Drinks from 12.30pm.
Please note: pupils are already factored into the catering, so you only need to book for guests.
Morshead's
Wykeham Day - Sergeant's - house lunch
Saturday 13 June 2026
Lunch up to house for parents and siblings of current pupils, with Housemaster, Matron, tutors and pupils. Drinks from 12.30pm.
Please note: pupils are already factored into the catering, so you only need to book for guests.
Sergeant's
Wykeham Day - Turner's - house lunch
Saturday 13 June 2026
Lunch up to house for parents and siblings of current pupils, with Housemaster, Matron, tutors and pupils. Drinks from 12.30pm.
Please note: pupils are already factored into the catering, so you only need to book for guests.
Turner's
A evening of wine and conversation with Candover Brook
Wednesday 24 June 2026
To coincide with ‘English Wine Week’, we have teamed up with an award-winning Hampshire vineyard, Candover Brook, where exceptional sparkling wine is crafted through regenerative viticulture.
18:00 – Tour the Warden’s Garden accompanied by a delicious glass of Candover Brook (soft drinks for pupils of Winchester College).
19:00 – Enjoy a short screening of ‘A Year in the Life of an English Vineyard’ offering a behind-the-scenes look at the journey so far of Candover Brook.
19:30 - Q&A panel discussion:
o Mark Sainsbury, co-founder & owner,
o Craig Livingstone, Director of Farming & Estates for the Sainsbury family
o Samuel Philippot, Vineyard Manager
New Hall and Warden's Gardens
An Evening with Rupert Soames
Friday 6 February 2026
Chair of the CBI since February 2024, Rupert Soames OBE is one of the UK’s most experienced public-company CEOs, having served 11 years as CEO of Aggreko, followed by 9 years as CEO of Serco. He stepped back from full-time executive life in December 2022, and in September 2023 took up the Chair role at Smith & Nephew plc, the FTSE-50 listed medical technology company. Smith+Nephew is a medical technology business whose purpose is to restore people’s bodies and their self-belief by using advanced technology, operating through three global franchises of Orthopaedics, Advanced Wound Management and Sports Medicine & ENT.
Rupert is a Visiting Fellow at Oxford University, and a Visiting Professor of Aston University, Birmingham.
New Hall
The Sun Rising: James I and the Dawn of a Global Britain
Thursday 5 February 2026
Professor Anna Whitlock is a historian, author and broadcaster. She is Professor of the History of Monarchy at City St George's, University of London and Director of the Centre for the Study of Modern Monarchy. Anna is an international media commentator on monarchy, public history and heritage, and the Tudors and Stuarts.
Talk in association with the WCHS.
New Hall
An Evening with Cardinal Timothy Radcliffe
Thursday 29 January 2026
Ordained in 1971, Cardinal Timothy is a well-known preacher and speaker, and former Master of the Order of Preachers. He was created Cardinal by Pope Francis in December 2024.
Cardinal Timothy was global Master of the Order of Preachers (Dominicans) from 1992 until 2001 in which role he travelled to every continent (bar Antarctica), founded Dominican Volunteers International and played a key role in helping to establish the Franciscan-Dominican representative offices at the United Nations.
Educated at Paris, under Yves Congar, and Oxford, his books have been translated into 24 languages. He was awarded the Michael Ramsey Prize for theological writing in 2007.
He is an Honorary Doctor of Divinity at the University of Oxford and has honorary doctorates from twelve other universities including Fribourg, Georgetown, and the Angelicum. He is also a Consulter for the Pontifical Council of Justice and Peace. He is a Sarum Canon of Salisbury Cathedral and a Freeman of the City of London.
New Hall
Beyond the Map: Reading, Risk, and Learning to Travel
Thursday 22 January 2026
Alexandra Tolstoy is an Anglo-Russian author, adventurer and broadcaster whose work centres on travel, landscape and the idea of home. She rode more than 5,000 miles of the Silk Road by horse and camel, an expedition she later wrote about in her first book, before going on to ride extensively across Mongolia and Siberia and from Turkmenistan to Moscow. These journeys led to her being invited by the BBC to present the television series ‘Horse People with Alexandra Tolstoy’.
Through Alexandra Tolstoy Travel, she now organises adventurous horse-riding journeys in Kyrgyzstan. These experiences have also informed her latest design project, Tolstoy Dacha, an online shop inspired by the simplicity, craftsmanship and quiet beauty of the Siberian wooden houses she encountered on her travels.
New Hall
Studium - A Day of Lectures
Wednesday 21 January 2026
A day of lectures by a remarkable variety of speakers including the former Chief of the Defence Staff, General Sir Nick Carter (OW).
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End of Term Events for Parents
Friday 12th December 2025
Traditional celebrations at the conclusion of Short Half - the Carol Service in Winchester Cathedral followed by Illuminā back on the College campus to round off the term. Parents are welcome to all the events.
Please note that tickets for the Carol Service are limited to 2 per family. Ticket limits do not apply to Illuminā. You do not need to book a ticket for a current pupil.
Winchester College and Winchester Cathedral
Parent Seminar 3 - David Hawkins
Friday 12 December 2025
Please note that this is for current parents only.
One of the world’s top college counsellors, David Hawkins MA (Oxford), PGCE specialises in supporting families and students to enter some of the world’s best-ranked universities and, most importantly, helping students to work out which institutions are the best match for them.
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Studium for Parents
Saturday 29 November 2025
A morning of lectures given by Winchester dons.
Return to the classroom and listen to three 35-minutes talks on subjects ranging from the restoration of No. 8 College St. (the house where Jane Austen died) to a live dissection in a Biology lab! Sign up to three talks out of a possible choice of 12.
Open to all, the general public and parents of Winchester College pupils. Your chance to become a student again, without the pressure of a final exam!
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Whatever Happened to the Global Order?
Friday 28 November 2025
A talk by Lord Christopher Patten.
Lord Patten of Barnes is a former Chancellor of Oxford University. From 1992-97 he was Governor of Hong Kong; and from 1998-99 Chairman of the Independent Commission on Policing in Northern Ireland. He was European Commissioner for External Affairs (1999-2004); and Chairman of the BBC Trust (2011-2014). He was made a Companion of Honour in 1998, and a Life Peer in 2005.
He has written ‘The Tory Case’, ‘East and West’, ‘Not Quite The Diplomat’ and ‘What Next? – Surviving the 21st Century’.
Talk in association with the WCHS.
New Hall
Cameron Bespolka Memorial Wildlife Talk
Wednesday 26 November 2025
Tales, Talons and Tusks by Hawk Conservancy Trust
Dr Campbell Murn FRSB FLS from the Hawk Conservancy Trust shares the highs and lows of devoting his life's work to the research and conservation of birds of prey.
New Hall, Winchester College
An Evening with Bendor Grosvenor
Friday 14 November 2025
*Please note that the event date has been changed to 14th November*
Dr. Bendor Grosvenor is an art historian specialising in Old Masters and British pictures, especially portraits. He is best known as the co-presenter of the BBC series 'Britain's Lost Masterpieces', and has discovered a number of important paintings by prominent artists. He is also a writer and a former government adviser on archives and public records.
New Hall
An Evening with Mr. José María Robles Fraga
Friday 3 October 2025
Minister-Counsellor for Cultural and Scientific Affairs, at the Embassy of Spain in London.
Prior to this role, Mr. Robles served as Ambassador in Russia, Pakistan and Lithuania.
New Hall
An Evening with Shoshana Stewart
Wednesday 24 September 2025
Shoshana is President of Turquoise Mountain, an international NGO founded in 2006 in Afghanistan by His Majesty King Charles to preserve cultural heritage and support artisans where their traditions are under threat. Stewart joined Turquoise Mountain in Afghanistan in 2006 where she lived for five years and has helped the project create over 25,000 jobs, bring over $17 million of crafts to market, build the Institute for Afghan Arts and Architecture, restore over 150 historic buildings in the Old City of Kabul, and provided primary healthcare for almost 200,000 people. She has also expanded the project to work with Myanmar, Saudi, Syrian, Jordanian and Palestinian artisans.
New Hall
Private tour of Harmondsworth Barn
Saturday 20 September 2025
Rescued by English Heritage after years of neglect, this Grade I listed barn ranks alongside the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey for its exceptional architectural and historic interest. It was dubbed the "Cathedral of Middlesex" by Sir John Betjeman.
Built in 1426 by Winchester College as part of its manor farm at Harmondsworth, the oak-framed barn is an outstanding example of medieval carpentry and contains one of the most intact interiors of its era. At nearly 60 metres long, 12 metres wide and 11 metres tall, with 13 massive oak trusses holding up the roof, both its size and aisles evoke the space and shape of a cathedral.
Managed by the Friends of the Great Barn at Harmondsworth.
The Great Barn
An Evening with the Rt. Honourable Andrew Mitchell, MP
Thursday 18 September 2025
Andrew Mitchell was a Minister of State in the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) between 25 October 2022 and 5 July 2024. On 12 April 2024 he was given the honorific title of 'Deputy Foreign Secretary'.
He was previously Secretary of State for International Development from May 2010 to September 2012. He was elected Conservative MP for Sutton Coldfield on 7 June 2001.
New Hall
Q&A with Ramachandra Guha, interviewed by Dr Nikhil Krishnan
Friday 5 September 2025
Ramachandra Guha is the foremost living historian of modern India. His works include a definitive history of India after Independence, a two-volume life of Gandhi and a history of Indian cricket. He is a political commentator not afraid to tell truth to power.
His books include a pioneering environmental history, The Unquiet Woods, and an award-winning social history of cricket, A Corner of a Foreign Field, which was chosen by The Guardian as one of the ten best books on cricket. India after Gandhi was chosen as a book of the year by the Economist, the Washington Post, and the Wall Street Journal, and as a book of the decade in the Times of London and The Hindu.
Ramachandra Guha’s most recent work is a two-volume biography of Mahatma Gandhi. The first volume, Gandhi Before India, was chosen as a notable book of the year by the New York Times and the San Francisco Chronicle. The second volume, Gandhi: The Years That Changed the World, was similarly widely acclaimed.
New Hall
Parent Seminar 2 - Prof Andrew Martin
Sunday 31 August 2025
For current parents only.
Maintaining motivation in the middle years: differences in boys and girls.
Andrew Martin, BA (Hons), MEd (Hons), PhD, is Scientia Professor, Professor of Educational Psychology, and Chair of the Educational Psychology Research Group in the School of Education at the University of New South Wales, Australia. He a Research Fellow in the Department of Education at the University of Oxford and a Registered Psychologist) recognised for his work on student motivation, engagement, learning, and achievement. His work is ranked in the top 1% of Educational Psychology on both Google Scholar and ResearchGate. He has written over 275 peer reviewed journal articles, over 100 peer-reviewed chapters, 3 books for parents and teachers (published in 5 languages), 2 Edited Handbooks, 1 Monograph for the British Psychological Society, 15 commissioned government reports, and over 140 publications for professional and lay audiences.
Drinks from 6pm, Talk 7pm in MUSA
Porters Lodge, Winchester College
The history of the English landscape garden, 1700-2025
Wednesday 25 June 2025
In June, the Warden’s Garden is at its best. Join us for an hour in one of our showcase gardens, prior to a talk in New Hall by the distinguished landscape designer Kim Wilkie (OW). You can find details of Kim’s work here: https://www.kimwilkie.com/uk/
Warden’s Garden opens at 18:00; the talk begins at 19:00.
New Hall
Parent Seminar 1 - Katharine Radice
Friday 23 May 2025
The next step: preparing for life beyond Winchester.
Katharine Radice integrates leading psychological, cognitive and educational research with practical day-to-day suggestions on how parents can offer support.
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Jane Austen investigates: What are books for?
Friday 2 May 2025
To coincide with the opening of 8 College Street (the house where Jane Austen died) we are delighted to welcome the author and
broadcaster Professor Fiona Stafford.
Fiona is professor of English at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of the British Academy. She has written a critical
biography, Jane Austen: A Brief Life, and edited Emma for Penguin and Pride and Prejudice for Oxford World's Classics. She also
appeared on Radio 4's In Our Time, discussing Persuasion. Other recent books include: Time and Tide: The Long, Long Life of
Landscape; Byron's Travels; The Brief Life of Flowers and The Long, Long Life of Trees. Recent work for radio includes The Volcanic
Verses; The Story of Puddings.
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Baroque Around the Clock: Understanding Baroque Art
Wednesday 23 April 2025
We are delighted to welcome the Rt. Revd. Dr. Christopher Herbert to the College for what will be a fascinating talk on the Baroque.
Christopher Herbert was the Anglican Bishop of St Albans from 1996 to 2009. In retirement he is an honorary Bishop in the dioceses of Winchester, Salisbury and Guildford.
He has had a life-long interest in Art History and has been a guest lecturer at the National Gallery, the Courtauld Institute and King’s College London. He has also lectured in Berlin, Paris, Hamburg, The Hague, Japan and Italy. He has published extensively on art history and spirituality.
Once again, we are delighted to be working with the WCHS in arranging this talk.
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An Evening with James Cleverly
Thursday 27 March 2025
An evening with James Cleverly, former Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs. James Cleverly has been a prominent figure in British politics since his election as MP for Braintree in 2015. His political career has included the roles of Conservative Party Chairman, Secretary of State for Education, and Foreign Secretary and Home Secretary during Rishi Sunak's premiership, when he navigated international conflicts such as the Ukraine war and Gaza. Known for his pragmatic approach to policy, Mr. Cleverly has left a lasting imprint on the UK's political landscape, twice standing for leadership of the Conservative Party. His talk promises to be engaging and exciting, especially for those with an interest in politics and current affairs.
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Kenneth Clark Prize
Thursday 13 March 2025
Every year, pupils in our sixth form compete for a place in the final of the Kenneth Clark Prize, one of the highlights of the academic calendar.
Six finalists are each given 10 minutes to articulate their thoughts on a work of art.
This year we are delighted to welcome as the adjudicator, Dr. Caroline Campbell, director of the National Gallery of Ireland and a distinguished Renaissance scholar.
New Hall
Royal Collecting
Friday 7 March 2025
Rufus Bird trained at Christie’s Furniture Department and is the former Surveyor of The Late Queen’s Works of Art.
In what promises to be a fascinating evening, Rufus will introduce us to centuries of Royal collecting, explaining how successive monarchs formed one of the world’s greatest collections of art.
Prior to the talk, please join us in Treasury to see works of art in the Winchester collection.
Once again, we are delighted to be working with the WCHS in arranging this talk.
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An evening with Tom Bradby
Tuesday 4 March 2025
Tom Bradby is a British journalist and novelist who currently presents the ITV News at Ten. In addition to his work as a journalist, Tom has written ten novels.
In year of political, economic and social upheaval, we look forward to hearing Tom making sense of it all!
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Studium II
Wednesday 26 February 2025
Join us for a fascinating afternoon of lectures. Sign up and we will send you the final list of lectures about ten days before the event. You then choose whom you would like to listen to.
Studium is one of the highlights of the academic year, an afternoon when Wykehamists are dismissed from their classes and get to listen to leading experts in their fields.
We have a wonderful line-up of speakers from the director of the Halo Trust, to Amelie Osborne-Smith who was severely injured by a crocodile attack during her year-off and responded by founding a primary school in a deprived area of Zimbabwe.
Various locations, 16:00-18:00
Wednesday 26th February, 2025
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Early Venetian Painting
Thursday 13 February 2025
Art historian and author, Nigel McGilchrist, was a scholar at both Winchester and Oxford, and has lived in the Mediterranean area for over forty-five years, working initially for the Italian Ministry of Arts in the field of wall-painting conservation. He taught at Rome University, for the University of Massachusetts, and was later Dean of European Studies for a consortium of American universities. He lectures widely in
art and architectural history at museums and institutions in Europe and the USA.
His twenty-volume series of studies of the art, archaeology and architecture of the Aegean Islands, was included in the Economist’s 2010 list of Best Book series of the Year. His latest publication was a study of Pythagoras and Early Hellenic thought. It looks at how Pythagoras brought a number of very ancient, Eastern ideas into the thinking of Greece, and transformed the underpinnings of
Western science, music and philosophy as a result.
He now lives on the Greek island of Kythera.
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Winchester College Cathedral Carol Service
Friday 13 December 2024
The cathedral carol service brings the whole school together to celebrate the end of term..
Winchester Cathedral
Studium for Parents
Saturday 7 December 2024
From the Winchester College Common Room comes Studium for Parents, when Winchester dons invite you to their classrooms. Become a student again: spend a morning sitting in a Div/ English/Art/ Biology/ Classics/ History/ Modern Languages/ Philosophy lesson.
In the past, parent and guest ‘pupils’ have enjoyed lessons on subjects as diverse as Herodotus, Impressionism, 20th-century poets, economic theory and Einstein.
Dons teach what they want – syllabuses are forgotten and there are no end-of-year exams…
You will be sent a list of lesson options closer to the date.
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An Evening with the Rt. Honourable Andrew Mitchell, MP
Friday 6 December 2024
Andrew Mitchell was appointed as a Minister of State in the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) on 25 October 2022. He retained his seat in the 2024 election.
The Rt. Honourable Andrew Mitchell has had a long Parliamentary career in which he has held a variety of senior posts.
We are looking forward to hearing his reflections on the British aid programme, foreign policy, and the election results of July 2024.
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Thomas Cromwell - post Wolf Hall
Wednesday 27 November 2024
The Reverend Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch is Honorary President of the Winchester Catholic History Society. We are delighted to host the WCHS for a lecture designed to coincide with the BBC’s long-anticipated Wolf Hall, The Mirror and The Light.
Diarmaid MacCulloch, DD, FBA, FRHistS, FSA, Emeritus Professor of the History of the Church at Oxford, Fellow of St Cross College, Oxford, and prize-winning author, has written extensively on the sixteenth century and beyond it. His History of Christianity: the first three thousand years (Penguin/Allen Lane) and the BBC TV series based on it first appeared in 2009; the book won the Cundill Prize, the world’s largest prize for history, in 2010. His three-part TV series for BBC2, How God made the English, aired in March 2012, and his BBC2 series, Sex and the Church, aired in early 2015. His Thomas Cromwell: a Life appeared in 2018. He was knighted in the UK New Year’s Honours List of 2012.
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How geography and technology shape the advertising industry
Friday 15 November 2024
The founder of the world’s largest advertising and marketing company explains the impact of geography and technology on advertising.
Sir Martin Sorrell is Founder and Executive Chairman of S4 Capital plc, the tech led, new age / new era digital advertising and marketing services company for global, multinational, regional and local clients, and millennial-driven influencer brands.
Sir Martin was Founder and CEO of WPP for 33 years, building it from a £1 million ‘shell’ company in 1985 into the world’s largest advertising and marketing services company. When Sir Martin left in April 2018, WPP had a market capitalisation of over £16 billion, revenues of over £15 billion, profits of approximately £2 billion and over 200,000 people in 113 countries. Prior to that, Sir Martin was Group Financial Director of Saatchi & Saatchi plc for nine years and worked for James Gulliver, Mark McCormack and Glendinning Associates before that.
New Hall
The Cameron Bespolka Wildlife Memorial Lecture
Wednesday 6 November 2024
"Disappearing Giants” by Holly Budge
We are honoured and delighted to welcome Holly Budge, a leading conservationist. She is the founder
of UK Charity ‘How Many Elephants’ and initiated World Female Ranger Week. Her work has been
celebrated worldwide, including by Sir David Attenborough and HRH Prince Edward. Holly is an
official UN Women UK Delegate.
We need elephants now more than ever. For us to tackle and mitigate the impacts of climate change
and biodiversity loss, we need healthy and thriving elephant populations. Holly explains how
elephants are a keystone species that play a critical role, not only in balancing natural ecosystems and
biodiversity, but in ensuring the future well-being of humanity. She has worked over a decade to raise
global awareness about African elephants. Please join us and hear how her critical work has involved
local communities as well as empowering female rangers.
New Hall
A morning of lectures
Wednesday 16 October 2024
Choose from a wonderful line-up of speakers including retired OW circuit judges, the co-curator of the recent Michelangelo exhibition at the British Museum, a forensic ballistic scientist, the former captain of Southampton FC, and the Head of the Centre for Army Leadership at Sandhurst.
Talks followed by Q&A sessions. Choose three talks out of a list of about 15 options. Sign up now, and the options will be provided later.
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An evening with His Excellency, Mr. Vikram Doraiswami
Friday 11 October 2024
His Excellency, Mr. Vikram Doraiswami, Indian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, has served his country in a variety of high-profile roles: PPS to the Prime Minister of India; Ambassador to Bangladesh; Ambassador to Korea; and Political Counsellor to the UN in New York.
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An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump
Friday 4 October 2024
A masterpiece explained.
Dr. Martin Postle is Senior Research Fellow at the Paul Mellon Centre for British Art, with a specialist interest in the eighteenth century. The current focus of his research is the compilation of a catalogue raisonné of the oil paintings of Joseph Wright of Derby. He also organises on behalf of the Paul Mellon Centre an annual seminar on the history of the British art trade, various workshops and public lecture courses, as well as teaching on the Centre’s Yale in London undergraduate course. Prior to his present appointment in October 2021, Martin was Deputy Director at the Centre. Between 1998 and 2007 he was Senior Curator and Head of British Art to 1900 at the Tate Gallery.
To coincide with the lecture, we will show a rare landscape watercolour by Wright of Derby from the College’s watercolour collection, dating from his trip to Italy from 1773 to 1775.
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