Siblings, Spies and Civil War: How Family Ties Led to Conspiracy and Betrayal at Syon, 7-8pm 1 February An online talk by Howard Simmons, an experienced Syon House guide, for the Luminaries’ 2024 theme of Conspiracy & Betrayal. Algernon, Henry and Lucy Percy were three siblings raised at Syon by their father the Wizard Earl, […]

If you have not already discovered the London Luminaries it is worth exploring their current talks programme which began recently. The current series follows the theme of Love and Death – there is a talk tonight, 2 August, about the close friendship between J M W Turner and Sir John Soane. Boston Manor House, Chiswick […]