Past Events
The Events Committee arranges the majority of the Company’s social events and is always keen to receive suggestions from Liverymen and Freemen. Events the Arts Scholars have run in the past are listed below, with the most recent event shown first.

2025 United Guilds Service
28 Mar 2025
Location:
St Paul's Cathedral
The United Guilds' Service is held two Fridays before Good Friday at St Paul's Cathedral. Followed by an optional lunch at Apothecaries' Hall

H Forman & Son Smokehouse Visit
18 Mar 2025
Location:
Forman’s Smokehouse, Fish Island, Hackney Wick, London E3 2NT
Private visit and lunch at Forman’s Smokehouse. H Forman & Son is the world’s oldest smoked salmon producer. The event will begin with a talk by Lance Forman on the history of salmon smoking followed by a demonstration and tour of the factory by smoked salmon carving Guinness World Record Holder – Darren Matson

Pocket Lunch
11 Mar 2025
Location:
Guildhall Club, Guildhall, Gresham Street, EC2Y 7HH
The Pocket Lunch is the annual event at which members enjoy a convivial lunch and bring along a small work of art for circulation and discussion with their fellow diners. This is a perfect opportunity to meet other Arts Scholars in a relaxed and informal manner. Reception followed by lunch.

Election Court Dinner
6 Mar 2025
Location:
Aldermens' Dining Room, Guildhall, Gresham Street, EC2Y 7HH
The Master invites members of the Court (current and past) of the Worshipful Company of Arts Scholars to join him at a reception and dinner following the 2025 Election Court Meeting.

Visit to Linklaters’ Art Collection
25 Feb 2025
Location:
Linklaters, Silk Street, EC2
Linklaters' Art Collection is made up of over 1500 artworks, mostly Modern and Contemporary paintings, prints and drawings. This tour will look at the highlights of the collection and give an overview of the benefits and challenges of a corporate art collection.

Chitra Collection of Teawares
18 Feb 2025
Location:
N. Sethia House, 105 St. John Street, London EC1M 4AS
In 2011 Nirmal Sethia, the Chairman of the luxury tea company, Newby Teas, set himself the task of acquiring the world’s greatest collection of teawares to record and preserve tea cultures of the past. Today, the collection, named in honour of his late wife, Chitra, totals almost 2000 objects and is already the world’s finest and most comprehensive of its kind.

Fish & Chips Lunch
14 Feb 2025
Location:
City University Club, 42 Crutched Friars, EC3N 2AP
The latest edition of an Arts Scholars tradition: the Friday Fish and Chips lunch at the City University Club. The lunch will include Fish and chips, a glass of wine, dessert of the day, coffee and chocolates and a staff gratuity.

2025 Annual Banquet
4 Feb 2025
Location:
Fishmongers' Hall, 109 Upper Thames Street, London EC4R 3TJ
The Master Arts Scholar, Roy Sully, invites you to join him at the Company’s Annual Banquet, which will be held at Fishmongers' Hall.
The Fishmongers’ Company, one of the Twelve Great Livery Companies, has been in existence for 700 years. The Hall was destroyed in the Great Fire of 1666 and devastated by bombs in World War II. Now restored to its former glory, it houses magnificent art and antiquities.

Private Tour of Goldsmiths’ Hall
30 Jan 2025
Location:
Goldsmiths’ Hall, Foster Lane, London, EC2V 6BN
The Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths is one of the Great Twelve City Livery Companies of the City of London and ranks fifth in order of precedence. The company originates from 12th century London and received its royal charter in 1327. As well as being home to the London Assay Office which protects consumers by testing and hallmarking precious metals, it trains and supports jewellers, silversmiths and allied trades, and works with charitable, educational and cultural partners.

What can AI do for me as an Arts Scholar and as an individual
27 Jan 2025
Location:
Online - Zoom
In this online talk, Arts Scholar Alan Freeland will discuss how Arts Scholars could be enjoying the benefits of AI tools like ChatGPT. The talk covers real examples of how people like us are using AI every day to make their lives easier and to inject a little extra fun. We will explore some of the skills like ‘Asking the right question’ and ‘Critical Thinking’ that we will need in the age of AI. This talk hopefully gives you the understanding you need to use AI effectively and enjoyably.
