A talk by Dr Jo Vandepeer | Thursday 9 May 2024 | 6:00pm
The Royal Collection’s unique Portière 1901 is the keeper of a forgotten South Australian story. To commemorate Federation, it was commissioned, executed and presented by women to the future Queen Mary. Yet for a period of time, it was nowhere to be found. Dr Jo Vandepeer sets the scene and pulls back the curtain to…
A literary lecture by Susannah Fullerton OAM | Wednesday 15 May 2024 | 6:00pm
The 6 most polished, controlled and elegant social comedies to be found in English literature were written by a woman whose personal life was unexciting and confined. Jane Austen’s genius, cool judgment, and ironic detachment gave her novels a depth and charm which contributes to their enduring popularity, two centuries after they were written. In this…
A literary lecture by Susannah Fullerton OAM | Thursday 16 May 2024 | 6:00pm
“Somehow or other I’ll be famous, and if not famous, I’ll be notorious” declared the young Oscar Wilde: he proved to be both! Wilde’s genius as a raconteur and coiner of epigrams made him the most quoted man in London. He translated his genius into stories, plays, poems, and a novel and gained a place…
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