UPCOMING TOURS
UPCOMING TOURS
ART, LOVE, AND PASSION
Love and human connection are universal themes explored by many artists.
Would you join me on a fascinating walk through the paintings of the National Portrait Gallery, exploring changing ideas of love, relationships and desire over 400 years of history ?
Together, we will immerse ourselves in captivating love stories through the faces of those who shaped our culture and history. The tales we cover include:
Traces of political intrigue and passion between Elizabeth 1st and Robert Dudley;
The unfulfilled dreams and hopes of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood;
Lord Nelson and Emma Hamilton’s affair, as dramatic as his battles;
The complexities of desire and identity of Virginia Woolf and Bloomsbury Group;
Stories of royal love: from marriages forged for political alliances, to genuine romances;
The tragic love stories of Margo Fonteyn and Oscar Wilde;
The poetry of famous romantics Lord Byron and John Keats;
Lucian Freud’s obsession with Lady Blackwood and many other lesser known stories of love across the ages.
Love and lust, love and fame, love and duty, love tested by societal constraints. Don’t miss this engaging walk through centuries of drama, passion and romance.
All tours begin at 11am outside the National Portrait Gallery. The price of the tour is £35.
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11am meet outside the National Portrait Gallery
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11am meet outside the National Portrait Gallery
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11am meet outside the National Portrait Gallery
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11am meet outside the National Portrait Gallery
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11am meet outside the National Portrait Gallery
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11am meet outside the National Portrait Gallery
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11am meet outside the National Portrait Gallery
WOMEN WHO DARED: THE LIVES OF REMARKABLE WOMEN OF ENGLISH HISTORY THROUGH THEIR PORTRAITS
Women’s history can be found everywhere and the recently opened National Portrait Gallery is a rich ground for telling the stories of so many women who deserve a tribute (48% of the people on the walls are women).
We hear stories of the many women who fought and campaigned tirelessly for change, and whose lives and actions will continue to have an impact on generations of women to come.
Who are these women who shaped the history of Britain? Why were they chosen to be immortalised, to have their stories told? Historically, portraits were painted of people of certain class or looks. Who do we find on the walls at this landmark London museum?
We meet Octavia Hill, co founder of the National Trust; Elizabeth Garett Anderson, the first female physician, who opened medical training for women; Mary Seacole, the pioneer nurse; mathematician Ada Lovelace; socialite and anti-war activist Ottoline Morell; fashion icon Vivienne Westwood; actress Nell Gwyn; modernist writer Virginia Woolf; designer Mary Quant; social reformer Milicett Fawcett and many others without whom our lives would have been very different.
Are you curious to know more about these influential women? Come face to face with them at the National Portrait Gallery and join the tour.
All tours begin at 11am outside the National Portrait Gallery. The price of the tour is £35.
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11am meet outside the National Portrait Gallery
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11am meet outside the National Portrait Gallery
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11am meet outside the National Portrait Gallery
Would you like to get to know the legendary women of England’s rich history? On your way, you would meet:
The first female doctors who were forced to France to open a British hospital;
A lady who would later become a prototype for Lady Chatterley;
Fearless spies;
The first women who were allowed to open a bank account and buy a pint;
The mother of English feminism and ‘grandmother’ of Frankenstein;
Suffragists and anti-suffragettes;
And many others for whom the word ‘no’ didn’t exist.
After a two-hour tour we would stop for a coffee and discussion at the Kimpton Fitzroy Hotel Cafe (a surprise for Titanic lovers awaits).
All tours begin at 11am outside the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. The price of the tour is £35.
LEGENDARY WOMEN OF ENGLISH HISTORY
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11am meet outside the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
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11am meet outside the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.