THURSDAY, 3 JULY 2025 - NBAS VISIT TO Buckden Towers AND KIMBOLTON CASTLE
This will be a fascinating day visiting two locations with a rich and varied history, both with a connection to Katharine of Aragon
Leaving Bedford by coach at 10am from the Kimbolton Road car park to Mowsbury Park. Please aim to arrive 10 minutes before departure.
10.30am - Morning tour of Buckden Towers with its attractive red-brick buildings and gardens, followed by included lunch. 1.30pm leave for Kimbolton.
2pm - Afternoon tour of Kimbolton Castle which has evolved into an elegant country house. Andrew Bamford, Castle Historian will take us on a tour of the castle, ending with tea/coffee/biscuits. Departing at 4pm.
Cost: £45 (Included: coach, tour of both properties and lunch)
Bookings can be made at our April and May lectures or register your interest via email
Please note: There will be steps and uneven ground at both locations.
Above images provided with the kind permission of Buckden Towers and Kimbolton Castle
NBAS Special Interest Day - The Golden Age of Dutch Art - Wednesday, 14 May 2025 - 10.30am to 3.15pm event FULLY BOOKED
We are delighted that Jane Choy-Thurlow will be joining us at St Andrew’s Church Hall, Bedford for three very special lectures. Jane will talk about the history and culture that brought this dynamic art to fruition. The Golden Age was a period in Dutch history, roughly spanning the 17th century, in which the Dutch were a major world power, leaders in trade and science and also in art. The paintings produced by Dutch artists are considered some of the greatest works of art in the world. Each of our three lectures will concentrate on one aspect of this glorious era:-
1. Intimacies and Intrigues and Who’s Who: History paintings and Portraits
2. Reality Show or Illusion? Genre painting
3. Mirrors of Reality! Landscape and Still Life paintings
Jane E. Choy-Thurlow gives lectures and tours at the Mauritshuis, Prince William V gallery and Huygens Museum Hofwijck in The Hague, The Netherlands. She has been involved with many exhibitions in the Mauritshuis and is a founding member of The Hague Arts Society. She received her BSc from Salem State University, USA, her MEd from Trinity College Dublin and continued art history studies at Leiden University. In 2018 she was given the honour of Knight in the Order of Oranje Nassau by the Dutch King Willem Alexander of Orange for her knowledge and work in the field of the Arts, especially 15th to 17th century Dutch and Flemish art.
Cost: £45 including 2 course hot lunch and tea/coffee. We do hope you will be able to join us. Booking can be made at our lectures or on application via email.
Above images provided with the kind permission of the Mauritshuis in The Hague – these works are part of their collection.
