From San Giorgio Maggiore, The Cini Foundation to Padova
We ended our week in the brilliant sunshine that we have become accustomed to with a couple of fantastic trips away from the lecture...
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Feb 11, 20231 min read
The Cookery Class
Our new, lovely cookery teacher lives and works out of a big Liberty-style house on Lido, so we headed out across the lagoon, blessed by...
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Feb 10, 20231 min read
Frari & The Salute
Whilst one group basked in the warmth of Palazzo Grimani the others were astounded by the glory of the church of Santa Maria della Salute...
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Feb 10, 20231 min read
Cold but Gloriously Sunny
This day was nearly three degrees below freezing, but everyone was warmed by seeing fantastic art and places as Louisa Warman and Susan...
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Feb 6, 20231 min read
Ca'Pesaro, Venice's museum of Modern Art
This afternoon we were in the fantastic space of the Pesaro family mansion on the Grand Canal, built in the 17th century, designed by...
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Feb 5, 20231 min read
Ravenna - and Pomposa
It was a fiendishly early start, but everyone impressed by being ready, and we headed off across a very foggy lagoon down to Ravenna. On...
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Feb 2, 20231 min read
Our Private Visit to San Marco
One of the great highlights of The John Hall Venice Course has always been the wonderful experience of the private visit to the basilica...
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Jan 31, 20231 min read
Day Two; a Walkabout, a sunrise, Nigel, and Patrick's choir!
A stunning, freezing morning led into a gorgeous day, truly blessed by wonderful weather! Day two was still pretty intense, but everyone...
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Jan 29, 20231 min read
Siamo arrivati a Venezia
after a fairly gruelling start, we got our 08:45 flight and touched down in glorious sunshine at Marco Polo airport, and were whisked...
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Jan 27, 20231 min read
The Annual Alumni and Current Students Party
As our week drew to a close, we gathered in the splendid library of The Travellers Club to celebrate 59 years of The John Hall Course....
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Jan 25, 20231 min read
A couple of super-packed days
Beginning our second day with a lovely, privileged private visit to The Royal Gallery at Buckingham Palace, we continued back at our...
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Jan 23, 20231 min read
The First Day of our 2023 Course
Starting off on a frosty, sunny morning our group gathered in the splendid Nash rooms at the ICA to hear a word from Our Founder, who is...
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Nov 15, 20221 min read
Only two places left on the 2023 edition!
It appears that we have clambered out of the dark hole that the terrible events of 2020 created and that now we are almost at our full...
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Oct 26, 20221 min read
Getting ready for JHV2023
The clocks are going back, autumn is upon us and soon we will be starting the 2023 Edition This coming year, due to a long term...
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May 27, 20221 min read
The 2022 John Hall Venice reunion
Having postponed our party this year due to concerns in January that, with a couple of days to go before the group had to take LFTs in...
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Mar 25, 20222 min read
The last day, The Villa d'Este and our lunch in Tivoli
"Every moment some form grows perfect in hand or face; some tone on the hills or the sea is choicer than the rest; some mood of passion...
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Mar 24, 20221 min read
Around the City and our Private visit to the Vatican
As our time in Italy comes to a close, the group visited the fantastic Pantheon, the Caravaggio paintings of St Matthew and the Virgin of...
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Mar 22, 20221 min read
All Roads lead to Rome
A second day in the sun. We began with Frank at Trajan's column, the extraordinary depiction of the Emperor Trajan against the Dacians...
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Mar 20, 20221 min read
We head off to Rome!
Massimo brings the coach to Palazzo Strozzi and we head down for the last leg of our nine weeks together. The Course of 2018, 2020 and...
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Mar 18, 20221 min read
A little more Florence
As we start thinking of Rome we had a few art-filled days in Florence. Some say that being in the city is similar to being on an Art...
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