Florence! We have a view
Feeling a bit worse for wear after a highly 'emotional' last night in Venice, where we had to say ci'vediamo to some of our beloved...
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charlie06064
Mar 11, 20221 min read
The Final Venice Group Photo
Nearly everyone made it to get in the 'sunny version' of the JHV2022 Group photo, so here are my two favourites! Shot by our brilliant...
charlie06064
Mar 9, 20221 min read
Our final full day of visits and talks...plus a bit more Carlo Scarpa and....Venezia FC
Today we had our wonderful private visit to the Peggy Guggenheim Collection. Since my first visit to the place in the late 1960's, when...
charlie06064
Mar 8, 20221 min read
A day in the Veneto, Villas Emo, Villa Barbaro and Carlo Scarpa's Brion Monument
As we headed into our final week of the Venice part of the course we took the opportunity to enjoy a stunning day out in the Veneto to...
charlie06064
Mar 6, 20221 min read
The Class of 1965 meets The Class of 2022
Every year, since the young students of the first ever John Hall Venice course boarded their trains to head back to Britain, or on to...
charlie06064
Feb 27, 20221 min read
Week D! We're in Part Two of our Venice Course
It's incredible to consider that, as I write this, we have only two weeks left, and some of our group will be thinking of heading home...
charlie06064
Feb 17, 20221 min read
Castello; San Giovanni in Bragora, Scuola di San Giorgio degli Schiavoni & the Arsenale
With a chilly misty morning (but not too early!) we headed off to the Castello district of Venice, the southern end of the city. The...
charlie06064
Feb 16, 20221 min read
San Giorgio Maggiore and the Cini Foundation
On a rather damp afternoon we headed over the bacino to visit Andrea Palladio's splendid church of San Giorgio Maggiore. Even in the...
charlie06064
Feb 13, 20221 min read
The Second Week...out and about in Venice and Padua
The group spent quite a few days on site visits in Venice, and then in Padua. We visited three great churches, the legendary Santa Maria...
charlie06064
Feb 6, 20221 min read
Ravenna, the last few San Marco photos, some elements of the photography classes and a egg tempera
I didn't add any text to the last post, so I thought that I'd explain some of these images. The Pala d'Oro, that priceless gold, enamel...
charlie06064
Feb 6, 20220 min read
charlie06064
Feb 3, 20221 min read
A Palace and A Basilica
You can't be in Venice and not visit the home of the Doges, so on a stunning sunny morning our wonderful resident art historians, Louisa...
John Hall Venice
Feb 2, 20221 min read
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charlie06064
Feb 1, 20221 min read
The First Week Continues
Having settled into our lovely hotel and into the rhythm of daily life, we took a brief stroll around parts of the city to get a sense of...
charlie06064
Jan 31, 20221 min read
Arrival in Venice!
I can hardly convey the utter delight and excitement of finally arriving in this stupendous city with our group of students. The weather...
charlie06064
Jan 26, 20221 min read
London Week continues
The group is starting to settle in to the beat. Our lovely room at the National Gallery was suddenly left so that we could have a day 'on...
charlie06064
Jan 25, 20221 min read
The first day!
The John Hall Venice Course of 2022 got off to a great start. Our group took their seats in our National Gallery lecture theatre for an...
charlie06064
Jan 18, 20222 min read
Getting Ready for John Hall Venice 2022
With only a few days to go before the launch of the 2022 edition of the John Hall Venice Course, our 58th consecutive event, I went out...
charlie06064
Sep 3, 20211 min read
The Reunion Party is postponed until May 26th
Next year we will be holding our party at The Travellers Club as usual, having had to take a year out due to you-know-what. We are...
charlie06064
Aug 2, 20212 min read
Success!
I still have to pinch myself. I wake up with a start, then look around to find that I'm in my own bed in my home. The journey to arrive...
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