Lectures and public speaking

If you would like me to speak to your group, in person or online, please get in touch!

Rings: romance, tradition and innovation; V&A lunchtime lecture, 18 April 2012

‘Ringing the changes: reflections on the wedding ring’, The Society of Jewellery Historians Study Day, Haughton International Fair, London, 26 June, 2016

‘Jewelled art in miniature: the history of rings’, V&A study day, 27 February 2017

‘Edmund Waterton’s Brief Career of ‘Pride, Folly, and Extravagance’: Collecting Rings in the Nineteenth Century, 3rd European Congress on Jewelry, The Jewel in Art and Art in Jewel’, Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya, Barcelona, November 17-18, 2016

‘Collecting Jewellery at the Victoria and Albert Museum’, JOYA international jewellery fair, Museu del Disegni, Barcelona, 4 October, 2018

‘ A Brilliant ring is a vast addition to the little Finger of a Gentleman’: the diamond ring in male portraits of the 18th century’, Jewels in Portraits, Portraits in Jewels’, Annual conference of the Society of Jewellery Historians, Society of Antiquaries, London, 29 June, 2019

‘ A Diamond ring is a vast addition to the little Finger of a Gentleman’: the diamond ring in male portraits of the 18th century’, Understanding British Portraits symposium, National Portrait Gallery, 13 November 2019

‘The finger ring: jewelled art in miniature’, weekend course, Victoria and Albert Museum, 16-17 November 2019

‘Brooches and Badges’, Society of Jewellery Historians, 26 November, 2019

‘The brooch unpinned’ Rachel Church and Dora Thorton in conversation, part of the virtual Goldsmiths Fair, 24 September 2020

‘History and design of signet rings’ Goldsmiths centre apprenticeship programme, 29 January 2021

‘Collecting jewellery at the V&A: 170 years of history’, V&A volunteers online programme, 9 March 2021

Brooches: a versatile jewel, ‘Bejewelled: the history of jewellery’, V&A Academy, 7 May 2021

‘The Jewelled Man’ online talk for  Fellows auction house 29 May 2021 

‘In conversation with Emmeline Hastings, Daphne Krinos and Ginnie de Vroomen’, panel discussion Goldsmiths Company, 28 April 2021

‘Brooches: jewels with stories’, Gem-A Midlands, 25 June 2021

A portrait in a locket: the hidden male jewel, Understanding British Portraits symposium, 4 October 2021. https://www.britishportraits.org.uk/events/annual-seminar-online-october-2021/

Stories in brooches, National Association of Jewellers Valuers Conference, 10-12 June 2021

Rings for men, Goldsmiths’ Fair, London, 5 October 2021

The history of the signet ring, Goldsmiths’ Centre, 2 November 2021

Brooches, badges and chains for rebels and patriots: a history of political jewellery, Goldsmiths’ Centre, 10 February 2022

The jewelled man, Gem A Midlands, Birmingham, 25 February 2022

The art of jewellery: jewellery in portraits, Goldsmiths’ Centre, 24 March 2021

Rings for men, Goldsmiths’ Centre, 28 June 2022

Brooches, badges and chains for rebels and patriots: a history of political jewellery, the Arts Society, Bournemouth, 11 October 2022

The art of the locket, Goldsmiths’ Centre, 25 October 2022

The art of the locket, Gem A Midlands, Birmingham, 26 November 2022

Bejewelled: the history of jewellery, V&A Academy, November 2022

Jewellery goes to war: jewellery during the First and Second world wars, Goldsmiths’ Centre, 23 January 2023

Jewellery goes to war: jewellery during the First and Second world wars, Society of Jewellery Historians, London, 24 January 2023

In conversation with Jessica Jue, Forge, London, 28 March 2023

Jewellery in the world of Jane Austen, Goldsmiths’ Centre, 28 April 2023

In conversation with Ute Decker, Forge, London, 23 June 2023

The fit of fashion : jewellery and dress, Goldsmiths’ Centre, 23 October 2023

Hearts, hands and flowers: symbolism in jewellery, The Arts Society, Tunbridge Wells, 9 October 2023

Hearts, hands and flowers: symbolism in jewellery, The Arts Society, East Wealden, 10 October 2023

Symbolism in jewellery, Goldsmiths’ Centre, 27 November 2023

What are memories made of? Sarah Myerscough Gallery, London, 9 December 2023

A brief history of jewellery, Goldsmiths’ Centre, 22 January 2024

Jewellery for love and death, The Arts Society, Dulwich, 8 February 2024

How to read a portrait: jewellery in art, The Arts Society Teignmouth, 14 March 2024

Where do jewellers find their inspiration? Goldsmiths’ Centre, 8 April 2024

Brooches in the 19th century, V&A Academy, 20 May 2024

How to read a portrait: jewellery in art, The Arts Society, Honiton, 9 April 2024

Jewellery study day, The Arts Society, Chipping Sodbury, 22 April 2024

What are memories made of? Goldsmiths’ Centre, 3 June 2024

Hearts, hands and flowers: symbolism in jewellery, The Arts Society Brighton, 11 June 2024