History

Staging the Baroque

May 2026 Bulletin (Part Two)

May 17 • Annette Rubery

The German Versailles

Sanssouci Palace, Potsdam

May 3 • Annette Rubery

The Irish Don Quixote

A portrait of Owen Swiny

Apr 5 • Annette Rubery

My 'New' Brooch from 1697

And why English coins display the French fleur-de-lis

Feb 15 • Annette Rubery

Operatic Foundations

Researching a relic of the Haymarket theatre

Dec 7, 2025 • Annette Rubery

And the Pleasures of the Imagination

Nov 16, 2025 • Annette Rubery

Sir John Vanbrugh, Laudatory Medal

By Benjamin Wyon

Oct 12, 2025 • Annette Rubery

Q&A with Charles Saumarez Smith (podcast version)

John Vanbrugh: The Drama of Architecture

Oct 5, 2025 • Annette Rubery

35:37

Q&A with Charles Saumarez Smith

John Vanbrugh: The Drama of Architecture

Oct 4, 2025 • Annette Rubery

John Vanbrugh in Chester

On-the-ground research

Aug 24, 2025 • Annette Rubery

Castle Howard Revisited

The 21st-century Renaissance

Jul 13, 2025 • Annette Rubery

"A Big Job for Very Little Cash!"

Tarot: Origins and Afterlives at the Warburg Institute, London

Jun 1, 2025 • Annette Rubery

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