Last few hours
It has been revealed that some of us decided not to waste an hour in Rome by going to bed! Here is a selection of our trip through the...
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charlie06064
Jul 30, 20213 min read
Roll On Tivoli!
Many years ago, when I first joined the John Hall Course as putative director, at the end of the London Week the management, and a few...
charlie06064
Jul 29, 20212 min read
Our Private Visit to the Sistine Chapel
It was not only the Sistine Chapel that we had private access to, but the entirety of the Vatican Collection, although wisely, after a...
charlie06064
Jul 27, 20211 min read
The Centre of the Ancient Roman World
We began our day at Trajan's Column, an extraordinary piece of Roman architecture erected by the Emperor Hadrian to commemorate his...
charlie06064
Jul 26, 20211 min read
The Eternal City, a birthday and a farewell party
Sad and happy moments. Yesterday was Flavian's birthday, although it's today that we go to the Flavian Amphitheatre (aka The Colosseum)...
charlie06064
Jul 25, 20211 min read
Rome at last!
We finally arrived in Rome, it's incredible to think of our journey so far. The heat is piling on, but everywhere we go there's fresh,...
charlie06064
Jul 23, 20211 min read
That Florence Week just whizzed by!
The heat didn't let up, but we found various solutions! Visiting places like the exceptional Santa Maria Novella church with that superb...
charlie06064
Jul 21, 20211 min read
Heating up in Florence
With the mercury soaring, we've been attempting to dodge the direct rays, but when it comes to admiring Alberti's stunning facade of...
charlie06064
Jul 19, 20211 min read
Leaving Venice and Saying 'ciao' to Florence and the JHV2020 group
After five amazing weeks it was time to say arrivederci to lovely Venice, where we had made ourselves a home for the past five weeks. On...
charlie06064
Jul 15, 20211 min read
Private visit to the Peggy Guggenheim Collection
Back in 1965, when John Hall launched the course, Peggy Guggenheim was alive and had just moved into her strange half-finished 'palazzo'...
charlie06064
Jul 15, 20211 min read
Our Cookery Classes
One of the fantastic aspects of the programme is the series of cookery classes, led by Contessa Enrica Rocca or her wonderful daughter...
charlie06064
Jul 14, 20211 min read
The Chorus Pass Challenge
Every year part of what the John Hall Venice course issues all students with is an object known as The Chorus Pass. This is a fantastic...
charlie06064
Jul 9, 20211 min read
Cucina Italiana and San Giovanni in Bragora and the Scuola di San Giorgio degli Schiavoni
We got some photos of our cookery class with Charlotte, Enrica Rocca's fabulous daughter taking our group through what they had all...
charlie06064
Jul 7, 20211 min read
Torcello, Murano and some other things
As our glorious time in Venice draws to an end, we have ten days left, it's absolutely flashed by; friendships have been formed, masses...
charlie06064
Jul 4, 20211 min read
A few more photos
I am still catching up, so I thought that I'd post a few more photos. It seems extraordinary that we are heading for our last fortnight...
charlie06064
Jul 3, 20212 min read
The First Three Weeks in Venice
Since March 2020 all of us at John Hall Venice have been wrestling with questions and problems, hope and worry. Would be able to run the...
John Hall Venice
Jun 28, 20211 min read
During Our Private Visit To San Marco Basilica...
Patrick Craig, our music lecturer sings from Monteverdi's Vespers and a piece by Cavalli
John Hall Venice
Apr 26, 20212 min read
New 2021 dates
We are getting close to the moment when we can solidify our plans for this summer. We are still in the hands of both the Italian and the...
John Hall Venice
Feb 15, 20216 min read
Some thoughts inspired by Giotto, Rembrandt and BLM
Charlie Hall A couple of weeks before COVID-19 hit us all, in February 2020, I was with a group of our students in Padua, admiring the...
John Hall Venice
Jan 29, 20211 min read
ADULT enrolment on the course
Over the years we have often been asked if it might be possible for a few adults to take part in our experience. I can now happily...
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