About this Event
Spring Lecture Series 2026
Heroines and Heroes of the Arts and Crafts Movement
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Since the pandemic, the Victorian Society’s two annual lecture series have taken place online, where they have drawn very large audiences. With the spring 2026 series, organised by Steven Brindle, Maya Donelan and Michael Hall, we are moving to a hybrid arrangement of in-person lectures that will be live-streamed as well as being available as recordings. The subject is one of perennial interest, the Arts and Crafts movement. Although it might be thought that there is little more to be learned about its leading practitioners, our speakers will be drawing on a large amount of new research, much of which is highlighting the often-neglected role played by women in a movement that remains of direct relevance to architects, artists and designers today.
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Spring Lecture: 2
Gertrude Jekyll: ‘Artist Gardener Craftswoman’
Wednesday 4 February, 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
As the home of celebrated gardener Gertrude Jekyll (1843-1932), Munstead Wood holds deep significance as the place where her ideal of the ‘artist-gardener’ achieved complete expression. A trained artist, Jekyll also applied her creativity to the decorative arts, design and collecting, and was a skilled craftswoman. Recent research on the interiors and furnishing of Munstead Wood, now in the care of the National Trust, offers insight into the collaboration between Jekyll and her architect Edwin Lutyens to create a domestic space shaped around arts and crafts ideals.
Dr Caroline Ikin is National Trust Curator at Munstead Wood. She has previously worked in museums and for the Gardens Trust and her research interest lies broadly in nineteenth century art, architecture and gardens. She is author of The Victorian Garden (2012), The Victorian Gardener (2014), The Kitchen Garden (2017) and is currently working on a new book on Victorian Gardens to be published by Bloomsbury. Caroline has written for publications including Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Garden History, Furniture History, Decorative Arts Society Journal and Museums Journal, and was awarded the Mavis Batey Essay Prize in 2022.
Lectures will be about an hour long and take place at NYU London, 265 Strand, London WC2R 1BH.
Doors open at 6:15 pm and the lecture starts at 6:30 pm. Refreshments will be available after the lecture (not included in the ticket prices).
Tube: Charing Cross, Waterloo or Temple.
Each lecture is recorded and sent out within a week after the talk. This recording can be accessed at any time.
This event helps raise funds for The Victorian Society - the only charity dedicated to fighting for our Victorian and Edwardian heritage. Join us today and safeguard our unique cultural heritage for future generations! For further information, .
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Image: Frontispiece from the 1914 edition of the book "Gardens for small country houses" By Gertrude Jekyll (1843-1932), Sir Lawrence Weaver (1876–1930) - https://archive.org/stream/gardensforsmallc00jekyrich#page/n9/mode/1up, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=46580563
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
New York University in London, 265 Strand, London, United Kingdom
GBP 5.50 to GBP 20.00
