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Inspiring Minds Virtually Speaking

Enjoy a selection of recordings from our Virtually Speaking series of online events.

We introduced our Inspiring Conversations : ‘Virtually Speaking’ series of weekly online talks during lockdown to bring the Latymer Community together through the pandemic. The programme proved to be such a success, we now host these talks termly as hybrid events, so you can continue to join us online, or attend in person.

Details of forthcoming events can be found here. Recordings of all our previous talks can be found below with a suggested donation of £5 to view that goes towards our Latymer Foundation Bursaries.

If you have an area of expertise, or interest you’d like to share with the community as part of this series of talks and lectures, please do get in touch at events@latymerfoundation.org – we’d love to hear from you!

Why Sculpture Matters? Tim Marlow, Design Museum Tuesday 21 March 2023

Why you should visit Donatello at the V&A - by Robert Orme Tuesday 21 March 2023

Parallels between the Means of Expression in Literature and Art with Robert Orme Wednesday 1 February 2023

Paschal Beverly Randolph with Robert Orme Wednesday 8 February 2023

Parallels between Modernist Art and Literature Wednesday 25 January 2023

Dr Hilary Jones in Conversation with Taylor Downing Thursday 26 January 2023

Inspiring Conversations: Back to the Roots with David Goodhew. Thursday 15 September 2022

Renaissance Psychology of Art with Robert Orme. Wednesday 18 January 2023

A Tutorial in French Literature - Britannicus by Jean Racine 26 April 2022

Does Art Matter? with Letizia Treves, Xavier Bray and Andrew Fletcher 3 February 2022

Johann Zoffany by Robert Orme Tuesday 8 February 2022

A Festive Evening of Jazz and Carols Thursday 2 December 2021

Inspiring Conversations with Eddie Marsan Sunday 14 November 2021

Taylor Downing in conversation with Anita Lasker-Wallfisch Tuesday 28 September 2021

An Evening of Poetry: Towards the Light with Peter Pegnall 26th May 2021

£26,228.50 has been raised for our Bursary Appeals from your extremely generous donations when registering to attend one of our Virtually Speaking series of online talks over the last year - thank you. 1st June 2021

The Making of Small Axe with Tracey Scoffield The Making of Small Axe with Tracey Scoffield 11th May 2021

The Politics and Economics of the Post-Pandemic World with Bill Emmott 4th May 2021

Around the World in 80 Plants with Jonathan Drori 29th April 2021

A Literary Tour de France with Peter Winter 22nd April 2021

An Evening with Claudia Winkleman and Emma Freud 21st April 2021

What is the Future of Media? with Zanny Minton Beddoes and Andrew Knight 26th March 2021

Contrasting Uses of Symbolism in Art: Romantic Mood Symbolism with Robert Orme 18th March 2021

Contrasting Uses of Symbolism in Art: Renaissance Individualism 11th March 2021

Contrasting Uses of Symbolism in Art: Medieval Religious Symbolism with Robert Orme 4th March 2021

A Tutorial in French Literature: Le Misanthrope by Moliere with Peter Winter 25th February 2021

An Insight into Portraiture with Jonathan Yeo 9th February 2021

Enemies of the People? How Judges Shape Society with Joshua Rozenberg 26th January 2021

A Tutorial in French Literature with Peter Winter: Madame Bovary by Flaubert 19th January 2021

A Festive Evening of Musicals and Jazz 8th December 2020

How We Came To Be - from Egg to Adult 1st December 2020

If you have an area of expertise, or interest that you would like to share with our community as part of the this series of talks and lectures, please contact events@latymerfoundation.org - we’d love to hear from you!

Artemisia: A Woman Painter in Baroque Italy 26th November 2020

How Art Really can be Magical with Robert Orme 19th November 2020

Lifting the Curtain on the Process Behind the Music with Ben Kohn and Pete Kelleher 17th November 2020

Searching for Salvation: The Hunt for COVID-19 Vaccine Targets and Implications with Prof. Mark Poznansky 12th November 2020

A Tutorial in French Literature with Peter Winter: Le Cygne by Baudelaire 10 November 2020

Magical Art: Magick of Art with Robert Orme 5th November 2020

'A Noble Gift to the Nation' Past, Present and Future by Xavier Bray 15th October 2020

Lessons in Rowing for the Real World with Richard Phelps 13th October 2020

When Time Stopped by Ariana Neumann 8th October 2020

If you have an area of expertise, or interest that you would like to share with our community as part of the this series of talks and lectures, please contact events@latymerfoundation.org - we’d love to hear from you!

I'm Not Who I Think I Am by Jason Isaacs 30th September 2020

Magical Art: Witchcraft in Art by Robert Orme 24th September 2020

France and the French - My Personal Journey by Peter Winter 23rd September 2020

Magical Art: Art and Traditional Magic by Robert Orme 17th September 2020

Global Health and Climate Crises by Dr Michal Nachmany 16th September 2020

Thatcher the Milk Snatcher or Saviour of our Nation? By Mark Wallace 9th September 2020

Are Liberals Really Only Christians in Denial? 27th August 2020

An Evening of Language and Cookery with Rachel Collier 25th August 2020

Is 'Historical Truth' a Fantasy? 20th August 2020

Spies Across the Road with Gay Search 19th August 2020

All That Jazz: The American Songbook 12th August 2020

Epiphanies in Literature, from the New Testament to Philip Larkin 14th August 2020

Churchill and the War Rooms with Taylor Downing 5th August 2020

What Modern Art was about - Abstraction by Robert Orme 6th August 2020

What Modern Art was about - Expressionism by Robert Orme 30th July 2020

How Parliamentary tradition caused the Brexit Chaos by Paul Goldsmith 31st July 2020

What Modern Art was about - Impressionism with Robert Orme 23rd July 2020

Great Plants for Small Gardens by Gay Search 29th July 2020