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The Arts Society Helmsley: THE GENIUS OF ANTONIO STRADIVARi
Mon 11 May, 7pm
Explores the central mystery embodied by the inimitability of Stradivari's violins by following some of his instruments from his workshop to the present day.Two hundred and fifty years after Antonio S...Event type: Talks
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The Arts Society Helmsley: Francisco de Zurbaran: Art, Faith and Empire
Mon 1 June, 7pm
Called the "Spanish Caravaggio", Francisco de Zurbarán's art is dark, stark and deeply moving. Born in a small town in Extremadura, he rose to become one of the most successful and distinctive ...Event type: Talks
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The Arts Society Helmsley: Beauty in Truth - the past, present, and future of botanical illustration
Mon 6 July, 7pm
Many people now carry a phone with a camera capable of taking very high-quality pictures, and yet the painting of botanical specimens persists with new Florilegium Societies still being formed. ...Event type: Talks
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Ryedale Festival - The English and the Bible: Lucy Beckett
Mon 13 July, 11am
2026 marks 500 years since the publication of William Tyndale’s English New Testament, the precursor of the King James Bible. Tyndale helped to shape not only English language, English thought a...Event type: Talks, Other
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The Arts Society Helmsley: The Golden Age of British Comedy
Mon 7 September, 7pm
It’s said in our theatrical history that there was a Golden Age of British Comedy. It ran from the 1970’s to the 1980’s and occurred as we started to drift away from theatres and rad...Event type: Talks
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The Arts Society Helmsley: Picasso's 'Guernica' and the Spanish Civil War
Mon 5 October, 7pm
Guernica is one of the most famous paintings in the world and probably Picasso’s best known picture. It was prompted by events in the Spanish Civil War, and specifically the fascist destruction ...Event type: Talks
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The Arts Society Helmsley: A new royal tomb in Egypt: the life and death of Thutmose II
Mon 2 November, 7pm
1822: the decipherment of Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs 1922: the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun 2022: a new pharaoh's tomb found near the Valley of the Kings. This lecture covers the lif...Event type: Talks
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Brian Bilston - How to Lay an Egg with a Horse Inside
Fri 13 November, 7.30pm
With over 500,000 followers on social media and a host of sell-out shows across the country, Brian Bilston is one of the UK’s most popular poets. He has published several bestselling collection...Event type: Talks, Spoken Word
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