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...

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...

It was not only the Sistine Chapel that we had private access to, but the entirety of the Vatican Collection, although wisely, after a...

We began our day at Trajan's Column, an extraordinary piece of Roman architecture erected by the Emperor Hadrian to commemorate his...

Sad and happy moments. Yesterday was Flavian's birthday, although it's today that we go to the Flavian Amphitheatre (aka The Colosseum)...

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,...

The heat didn't let up, but we found various solutions! Visiting places like the exceptional Santa Maria Novella church with that superb...

With the mercury soaring, we've been attempting to dodge the direct rays, but when it comes to admiring Alberti's stunning facade of...

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...

Back in 1965, when John Hall launched the course, Peggy Guggenheim was alive and had just moved into her strange half-finished 'palazzo'...

One of the fantastic aspects of the programme is the series of cookery classes, led by Contessa Enrica Rocca or her wonderful daughter...

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...

We got some photos of our cookery class with Charlotte, Enrica Rocca's fabulous daughter taking our group through what they had all...

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...

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...

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...

Patrick Craig, our music lecturer sings from Monteverdi's Vespers and a piece by Cavalli

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...

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...

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...