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The Brilliance of British Architecture
East Surrey Arts Society Special Interest Morning Ian Swankie Friday 06 June 2025 This is a chance for us to explore old and new as we...
4 days ago

West Horsley Place: Work to stabilise the Geraldine ceiling is now complete
The West Horsley Place team are delighted that work to stabilise the Geraldine ceiling, which we believe to be the oldest plasterwork...
Mar 13

Visiting Westminster Abbey with the Purcell Club is a must and well worth the wait
We could hear the sirens outside but inside the Abbey time stood still and all was peace and tranquillity. The tourists had left for the...
Feb 21

The first lecture of 2025: What makes a Passionate Potter?
What do you do on a very cold Wednesday in early January? How about a peep inside the workshops of pioneering English potters? William de...
Jan 25

A Sparkling Finale to TASHL 2024
The end of a successful TASHL year was celebrated by all with festive goodies on offer. Paper hats off to the catering team who prepared...
Nov 29, 2024


Fancy visiting the Garden Museum? Here's why
Now that Autumn is here, we tend to put the garden to bed and retreat to the house. The delights of gardens and gardening need not be...
Oct 9, 2024

Celebrate Ada Lovelace Day Live
Ada Lovelace Day Live is back! The annual ‘science cabaret’ returns with a fantastic line-up of women in science, technology, engineering...
Oct 7, 2024

Grange Park Opera 2025 season
The Surrey Hills is a beautiful region on the edge of London, 40 minutes from Heathrow and Gatwick airports and where you can find Grange...
Sep 19, 2024

The Lightbox
Rediscover the Lightbox in 2024-25 with a group visit We are pleased to be relaunching group visits to the Lightbox Gallery in Woking,...
Sep 19, 2024


Local author makes good
John Jessop presents his latest novel 'Hidden Sources'. Read the fascinating synopsis below. There is much there that is scarily...
Sep 3, 2024


Lecture Review: After the Windrush
A lecture given by Barry Venning, 17th July 2024 What do Brian Sewell, Laurence Fox and Andrew Graham-Dixon have in common? They have...
Jul 18, 2024


Our visit to Dorney Court - eventually.
It was well worth the visit Following many attempts to visit, 16 of us finally went to Dorney Court near Windsor. It was well worth...
Jul 14, 2024

Review: So why were Michelangelo and Leonardo rivals?
A lecture given by Dr James Lindow, 19th June 2024 At the time of our lecture, we are in the run up to a General Election. The party...
Jun 20, 2024


What happened in Sin City: A walking discovery of Southwark, Lambeth and the River Thames
A walk with Andrew Davies “Look Up Look Down and Go Round the Back” So says Andrew Davies on a walking tour of Southwark, Lambeth and the...
May 22, 2024


West Horsley Place - Heritage Volunteering
At West Horsley Place, The Arts Society has volunteers working in the library and several are members of TASHL. To date we have cleaned,...
Mar 27, 2024

Review of Darwin's Beagle Voyage 20th March 2024
A lecture given by James Taylor Many Sunday evenings we have been thrilled by programmes such as "Planet Earth" and the fabulous images...
Mar 22, 2024

First Major Exhibition of Tirzah Garwood
Modern British artist Tirzah Garwood among 2024 highlights at Dulwich Picture Gallery Tirzah Garwood Born Eileen Lucy Garwood, 11th April...
Mar 14, 2024


Review Visit to Eltham Palace
22nd February 2024 It was a cold and damp day for our outing but luckily the coach was warm and dry and there were hot drinks waiting for...
Feb 28, 2024


Review of From Pageant to Pop
A lecture given by Roger Askew In the Horsleys we are under an hour away from arguably the greatest eclectic music centre in the world....
Feb 27, 2024

NG200 - Celebrating 200 years of the National Gallery
On 10 May 2024 it will come together and start its celebration of the National Gallery’s Bicentenary - 200 years of bringing people and...
Feb 17, 2024
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