The Romney Society

Romney Society Events

The Romney Society welcomes visitors (and new members) to their 2025-26 Lecture Season
For additional information on any of the events below and to book your place, please contact Jane by email - [email protected]
or by post;
The Romney Society
c/o Woodlands Barn,
Pandy Lane,
Caerphilly CF83 3DY
Tel 07968691583 / 02921405361

Diary Dates for the Winter Lectures.
These will all take place at The South Lakes Foyer, Yard 95, Stricklandgate, Kendal, LA9 4RA at 11.30 a.m. followed by socialising at the buffet lunch (if pre-booked). Please let Jane Orrom Horton (Hon. Secretary) know if you will be attending and if you would like lunch.
Lecture Admittance- £7 Members, £9 non-Members. Buffet Lunch £7.50.
Contact Jane at [email protected] or
07968 691583.

Friday 3 October 2025 at 11.30am at South Lakes Foyer (95 Stricklandgate, Kendal LA9 4RA)
Dr Katherine Gazzard (Curator of Art, Royal Museums Greenwich) will speak on ‘Naval Gazing: Portraiture and the Royal Navy in the Long Eighteenth Century’

Friday 14 November 2025 at 11.30am at South Lakes Foyer (95 Stricklandgate, Kendal LA9 4RA)
Dr Wendy McGlashan will speak on ‘Angelica Kauffman and the Cultural Performance of Friendship’

Friday 5 December 2025 at 11.30am at South Lakes Foyer (95 Stricklandgate, Kendal LA9 4RA)
Owen Hopkins (Director of the Farrell Centre, Newcastle University) will speak on ‘The Architecture and Afterlife of Nicholas Hawksmoor’

Previous Lectures & Visits