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20Nov

Book Launch: John Vanbrugh: The Drama of Architecture

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To coincide with the publication of his book, John Vanbrugh: The Drama of Architecture, Charles Saumarez Smith will give a lunchtime talk on Vanbrugh’s extraordinary life

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26Jan

In Conversation: John Vanbrugh - Rockstar of the English Baroque: Stone, Stage & Statecraft

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Join Rory Fraser, author of a forthcoming narrative biography on Vanbrugh, and Georgian Group Director Dr Anya Lucas in conversation.

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03Feb

Lecture: Vanbrugh and 'The Relapse'

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Rory Fraser, architectural historian who will publish a new Vanbrugh biography in 2026, will discuss one of Vanbrugh’s most famous plays, The Relapse. He will demonstrate how this scandalous comedy is a brilliant reflection of both the excitements and the existential questions current in the post-revolutionary England of the 1690s.

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12Feb

Online TAG Talk: ‘In the Footsteps of Vanbrugh’, by Francis Terry

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Francis Terry, a leading figure in contemporary British classical architecture, discusses how the great man has influenced his work.

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24Feb

Lecture: Wren, Vanbrugh, and Hawksmoor: the minds that made the English Baroque

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St John's College welcomes Professor Anthony Geraghty (University of York) for the inaugural lecture in the memory of Sir Howard Montagu Colvin. Professor Geraghty will discuss 'Wren, Vanbrugh, and Hawksmoor: the minds that made the English Baroque’.

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