Mackrell lectures

These 4 lectures take place on Saturday afternoons at 2.30pm, with October, November, February and March dates.

Each season comprises four stand alone lectures on a variety of topics running between October and March. Click here to see the range of subjects which have been covered.

Contact Jane Holden or Fiona Waters.

Details on Contact us page.

Our 2026/27 season begins on November 21st, with a lecture by Professor Steve Ellis on

'The End of Virginia Woolf'.

Advance notice.

By popular request, our lecture on February 13th is a follow up visit from James Scott on the subject of the progress of AI.

For the final lecture of this series, we welcome back Douglas Skeggs to talk about David Hockney.