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SUMMARY:Zoom | East Sussex Uncovered
DESCRIPTION:House reflection on the lily pond at Bateman’s\, East Sussex ©National Trust Images/Laurence Perr \nDiscover the history\, dramatic landscapes\, and architectural treasures of East Sussex. On this digital tour\, Stephen Benton\, will take us through the rolling South Downs countryside to windswept coastal cliffs and National Trust properties that define this captivating county. Step inside some of East Sussex’s historic homes\, three of which have literary connections. We will visit Bateman’s\, the Jacobean house that was once Rudyard Kipling’s beloved retreat; explore Lamb House in Rye\, home to writers Henry James and E.F. Benson; and venture to Monk House\, Virginia Woolf’s country cottage. Discover the atmospheric ruins of Bodiam Castle\, surrounded by its classic moat\, and the beautiful Sheffield Park and Garden. Also\, we will see The Old Clergy House in Alfriston\, the very first building that the National Trust saved. \n \n  \nBodiam Castle\, East Sussex ©National Trust Images/Laurence Perry \nZoom Live\nWednesday\, April 8 | 2:00 p.m. (ET)\n$30 members; $40 non-members and guests
URL:https://www.royal-oak.org/event/zoom-east-sussex-uncovered/
LOCATION:Zoom Live\, Zoom\, United States
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SUMMARY:Zoom | The Country House Dining Room: A History of Georgian Feasting
DESCRIPTION:The Dining Room at Saltram\, Devon. The room was designed by Robert Adam in 1768-70 \nExplore the extravagant world of Georgian dining\, where feasting was a display of wealth\, status\, and indulgence. Dining rooms in grand estates like Holkham Hall\, Hardwick Hall\, and Blenheim Palace became social stages\, where guests were expected to eat and drink to the point of excess. Dr. Amy Boyington will take us through the wild and sometimes bizarre dishes of the time. She’ll also touch on the strange “miracle cures” for overindulgence—such as medicinal brandies and hangover remedies—reflecting the era’s complicated relationship with food and health. This talk will reveal how these meals were not just about food\, but about spectacle and rivalry—blurring the lines between indulgence\, decadence\, and scandal. \nDr. Amy Boyington\, is a social and architectural historian who has a PhD in architectural history from the University of Cambridge. Dr. Boyington has worked at Holkham Hall\, Goodwood House and Woburn Abbey. She worked as a research consultant for the National Trust at Stowe Landscape Gardens\, and for Historic Royal Palaces at Kensington Palace. Her debut book is Hidden Patrons: Women and Architectural Patronage in Georgian Britain (Bloomsbury\, 2023). Her most recent book is The Country House Dining Room: A History of Georgian Feasting (Yale University Press). \nZoom\nThursday\, April 9| 2:00 p.m. (ET) \n$15 members; $25 non-members and guests \n*If you are a Heritage Circle Member\, please email Aliza at awillner@royal-oak.org for your complimentary program registration for this season’s programs.
URL:https://www.royal-oak.org/event/zoom-a-history-of-georgian-feasting/
LOCATION:Zoom Live\, Zoom\, United States
CATEGORIES:Live Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260414T123000
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SUMMARY:Zoom | “The Old Curiosity” of a Lost London Neighborhood
DESCRIPTION:The Strand\, London\, c. 1901 \nStep into the vanished world of London’s last West End slum\, once hidden in the maze of streets just northeast of the Strand and Aldwych. Today\, little remains to hint at the area’s notorious past. This was a district of sharp contrasts — a centre of prostitution\, lined with Victorian pornographic bookshops and brothels\, yet also home to some prestigious theatres and a vibrant street market. The area drew eccentric characters\, colourful traders\, and curious visitors\, and preserved pockets of rare architecture dating back to the 16th century. Using old maps\, historic images\, literary extracts (from Dickens\, Pope) and the few surviving traces still visible\, Richard Watkins will guide us on a virtual journey into a neighborhood now swept away by redevelopment. \nThe Strand\, looking eastward from Exeter Change\, c1824 \nZoom Live\nTuesday\, April 14 | 12:00 p.m. (ET)\n$35 members; $45 non-members and guests \n*If you are a Heritage Circle Member\, please email Aliza at awillner@royal-oak.org for your complimentary program registration for this season’s programs.
URL:https://www.royal-oak.org/event/zoom-a-lost-london-neighborhood/
LOCATION:Zoom Live\, Zoom\, United States
CATEGORIES:Live Zoom,Online Tour
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260415T140000
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SUMMARY:Zoom | St Martins-in-the-Fields at 300 Years
DESCRIPTION:View of St Martin-in-the-Fields church from Trafalgar Square \nSt Martin-in-the-Fields Church is an architectural gem that is positioned on the edge of London’s Trafalgar Square. 2026 marks the 300th anniversary of the church. St Martin’s Archivist\, Louisa Price who will take us on a virtual tour of this masterpiece and showcase collection objects. She will share stories about the people who have inhabited the parish and talk about the history of this architectural landmark—from the Roman period\, to the 13th century\, and finally to the construction in 1726 of the present building. Ms. Price will explore the church’s prestigious musical history and document the parish’s commitment to social justice. Reverend Dick Sheppard (vicar from 1914 to 1927) first affirmed St Martin’s commitment to be ‘The Church of the Ever Open Door’ by welcoming in WW1 soldiers and using the church’s resources to care for the poor and vulnerable. \n\nLouisa Price is the Archivist at St Martin-in-the-Fields church in London. She has worked in a variety of Museums in New Zealand and England\, caring for social history collections ranging from medals and aeroplane engines\, to tennis racquets and teacups. For eight years she was curator of the Charles Dickens Museum in London and is currently Chair of the Board of Trustees for Jane Austen’s House Museum in Chawton\, Hampshire. \n\nZoom Live\nWednesday\, April 15 | 2:00 p.m. (ET) \n$15 members; $25 non-members and guests \n*If you are a Heritage Circle Member\, please email Aliza at awillner@royal-oak.org for your complimentary program registration for this season’s programs.
URL:https://www.royal-oak.org/event/zoom-st-martins-in-the-fields-at-300-years/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260421T170000
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SUMMARY:Zoom | Beyond 10 Downing Street: Prime Ministers’ Private Quarters
DESCRIPTION:BENJAMIN DISRAELI 1804-78\, by Sir Francis Grant PRA(1803-78) \nWhere did Prime Ministers call home before they stepped through that famous black door at no. 10? Rob Smith will help us explore the homes of 12 British Prime Ministers\, uncovering the private addresses behind the public power. We will consider towering figures such as Winston Churchill\, William Gladstone\, and Benjamin Disraeli\, and leaders who may have left a lighter mark on British history\, but led fascinating private lives. Each virtual stop reveals a different side of political life\, as we stroll the elegant streets of Mayfair and St. James’. We will explore the political dramas of Georgian and Victorian Britain. Along the way are tales of intrigue\, ambition\, and political miscalculation—leaving us wondering whether history repeats itself. \n\nZoom Live\nTuesday\, April 21 | 5:00 p.m. (ET)\n$30 members; $40 non-members and guests \n*If you are a Heritage Circle Member\, please email Aliza at awillner@royal-oak.org for your complimentary program registration for this season’s programs.
URL:https://www.royal-oak.org/event/zoom-prime-ministers-quarters/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260422T140000
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SUMMARY:Zoom | The Polite Tourist
DESCRIPTION:The house and gardens at Canons Ashby\, Northamptonshire \nFor more than five centuries\, English country houses have opened their doors to curious guests. The practice gained particular momentum in the late 16th century as a new social class was emerging—house owners who had stronger links with business than the landed gentry. Aristocrats would visit other building projects with their architects—such as the Dowager Countess of Shrewsbury who visited sites during the early building of Hardwick Hall. As centuries progressed\, more country houses were fashioned to advertise their owner’s wealth and status. This desire to impress presupposes an audience who will visit a historic house for curiosity value rather than to conduct business. From the Elizabethans who strolled around palaces; to the Georgians who appreciated the classical proportions of Kedleston Hall while admiring treasures brought back from the Grand Tour; visiting country houses has always been popular. Historian and author Adrian Tinniswood OBE will take us on an illustrated tour around some of England’s historic houses. We will hear tales of the polite tourists who came to call\, as well as the impolite visitors who may have snuck onto the estate. Finally\, he will explain how country house “snooping” helped support the development of English national preservation. \n\nAdrian Tinniswood OBE studied English and Philosophy at Southampton University and was awarded an MPhil at Leicester University. He has acted as a consultant to the National Trust and the Heritage Lottery Fund. He is currently Senior Research Fellow in History at the University of Buckingham and Visiting Fellow in Heritage and History at Bath Spa University. He is the author of 16 books on architectural and social history including The Long Weekend: Life in the English Country House Between the Wars; Behind the Throne: A Domestic History of the Royal Household and Noble Ambition: The Rise and Fall of the English Country House—his most recent publication is The Houses of Guinness (2025). Tinniswood was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2013 Birthday Honours. \n\nZoom Live\nWednesday\, April 22 | 2:00 p.m. (ET) \n$15 members; $25 non-members and guests \n*If you are a Heritage Circle Member\, please email Aliza at awillner@royal-oak.org for your complimentary program registration for this season’s programs.
URL:https://www.royal-oak.org/event/zoom-the-polite-tourist/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260427T140000
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SUMMARY:Zoom | The Last Princesses of Punjab
DESCRIPTION:Princesses Bamba Sutherland (center)\, Catherine Hilda Duleep Singh (left) and Sophia Duleep Singh (right) in debutante dress\, 1895. ©Peter Bance Collection \nThis is the story of a family of extraordinary women—a warrior grandmother\, a mother who moved across the world\, three sisters\, and the Queen who was both friend and conqueror. The Princesses of Punjab—Sophia\, Catherine\, and Bamba Duleep Singh—were the daughters of the last Maharaja of the Sikh Empire. Their journey begins in India but moves – as they did – across Nepal\, Britain\, Egypt\, Germany and Pakistan. Their lives were shaped by female family members\, mother Bamba Miller\, Grandmother Jind Kaur\, and Godmother Queen Victoria. They lived through defining 20th-century moments. They witnessed the fall of the British Empire in India and Pakistan; campaigned for women’s right to vote; nursed soldiers during WWI; and sheltered refugees. Dr. Mishka Sinha will illustrate objects from these women’s lives as shown in Historic Royal Palaces’ exhibition The Last Princesses of Punjab: Sophia Duleep Singh and the women who shaped her (March 2026). Dr. Sinha will explain how their destinies were shaped by global politics and how each expressed womanhood\, power\, and royalty in different way. These women’s lives were marked by privilege\, but also loss\, migration\, and conflicting identities. \n\nDr. Mishka Sinha is a cultural and intellectual historian of 18th–20th century global and imperial history. Dr. Sinha has a BA from St. Xavier’s College\, Mumbai\, received an MPhil at the University of Oxford\, and her PhD at the University of Cambridge. She has taught at many UK and Europea Universities. She has held research fellowships in Berlin; at Cambridge (British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship); in Florence (Max Weber); at Oxford; and in Edinburgh. Dr. Sinha has several years of experience working in museums\, arts and heritage in India She was co-curator of the exhibition\, Untold Lives: A Palace at Work (2024). \n\nZoom Live\nMonday\, April 27 | 2:00 p.m. (ET) \n$15 members; $25 non-members and guests \n*If you are a Heritage Circle Member\, please email Aliza at awillner@royal-oak.org for your complimentary program registration for this season’s programs.
URL:https://www.royal-oak.org/event/zoom-the-last-princesses-of-punjab/
LOCATION:Zoom Live\, Zoom\, United States
CATEGORIES:Live Zoom
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