SPECIAL EVENTS
In any given season we run a number of special events, usually at Moor Park Mansion, for example an Afternoon Lecture followed by Afternoon Tea, or a dinner followed by an Evening Lecture. We also hold a Reception for new members, traditionally in the spring. Details are published on this page as soon as available.
The Art of The Wind In the Willows
19 June 2025 at 13:30:00
Moor Park Mansion, Rickmansworth
The Wind in the Willows Original Front Cover Illustration 1908
AFTERNOON LECTURE FOLLOWED BY OPTIONAL AFTERNOON TEA, to be held at Moor Park Mansion, Rickmansworth WD3 1QN
NON MEMBERS WELCOME
The beauty of Kenneth Grahame’s prose in The Wind in the Willows is widely acknowledged and the story is so full of wonderful imagery that it almost demands to be illustrated. But despite this - quite remarkably - when first published in 1908 the book was without pictures.
This afternoon we revisit the story of Ratty, Mole, Toad and Badger through the eyes of some of the more than ninety artists who have illustrated this much loved book since then, such as the great E H Shepard, Arthur Rackham and Val Biro, and explore how it came to be written.
Save the date ......
Planning is now underway for one of the most in-demand special events in The Arts Society Moor Park calendar - our annual Gala New Year Concert at Moor Park Mansion. The next one will be on the evening of Thursday 08 January 2026.
Member Booking is expected to open in mid-August and full details of the event will be published here as soon as the final touches have been made to all arrangements. Watch this space!