Events

Caroline Moorehead in Conversation with Susan Kikoler about A Bold and Dangerous Family
Caroline Moorehead in Conversation with Susan Kikoler about A Bold and Dangerous Family
13/03/2019 7.00-9.00 pm
A Bold and Dangerous Family is the third volume in a quartet about the Resistance before and during World War...
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Not only the Grand Tour, a talk by Silvia Badiali
Not only the Grand Tour, a talk by Silvia Badiali
12/02/2019 7.00-9.00 PM
The University Women's Club, Audley Square, London, UK
Italy is a fascinating destination for lovers of Old Masters, but it also has attractions for contemporary art lovers. Private...
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The Lord of Milan, a talk by Robert Nieri
The Lord of Milan, a talk by Robert Nieri
28/01/2019 7.00-9.00 pm
Not many people know that the founder of AC Milan and father of Italian football was not a Paolo, or...
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Leconfield Lecture 2018: Edgar Degas (1834-1917) and Italy, a talk by Dr Denis V Reidy
Leconfield Lecture 2018: Edgar Degas (1834-1917) and Italy, a talk by Dr Denis V Reidy
22/11/2018 7.00-9.00 PM
Italian Cultural Institute, 39 Belgrave Square, London SW1X 8NX
Kindly supported by The Italian Cultural Institute  FOR BIS MEMBERS and 1 guest only To book please contact the Secretary: elisabetta@british-italian.org...
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Cellini's Gold Salt-Cellar: A Masterpiece of Mannerism - a talk by Dr Charles Avery
Cellini's Gold Salt-Cellar: A Masterpiece of Mannerism - a talk by Dr Charles Avery
01/10/2018 7.00-9.00 PM
Oxford and Cambridge Club, 71-77 Pall Mall, London SW1Y 5HD
Cellini’s most glamorous production is the high-point of Italian goldsmith work, featuring in almost every book on the History of...
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La Dolce Vita: News and Gossip, a talk by Richard Dyer
La Dolce Vita: News and Gossip, a talk by Richard Dyer
17/09/2018 7.00-9.00 PM
Farm Street Church Hall, 114 Mount Street, Mayfair, London W1K 3AH
La Dolce Vita is one of the most famous films ever made, a scandalous hit that gave the world not...
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Annual General Meeting followed by the Charles de Chassiron Memorial Lecture
Annual General Meeting followed by the Charles de Chassiron Memorial Lecture
20/06/2018 6.30-9.00 pm
Society of Antiquaries, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1J 0BE
Photo: Dr. Christopher Thorpe, Exeter University What have the Italians ever done for us? Italy, Culture and Representation: Lessons from...
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Outing to Strawberry Hill House
Outing to Strawberry Hill House
11/05/2018 2.15
Strawberry Hill House, 268 Waldegrave Road, Twickenham TW1 4ST
 Visit to Strawberry Hill House Our visit will begin promptly at 2.30 pm. Please arrive by 2.15 A 90 -...
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The Making of An American Princess, a talk by Laurie Dennett
The Making of An American Princess, a talk by Laurie Dennett
25/04/2018 7-9pm
The University Women's Club, Audley Square, London, UK
New England heiress Marguerite Chapin Caetani, the ‘American Princess’ of biographer Laurie Dennett’s recent book (Mcgill-Queen’s University Press, 2016), was...
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