Our lovely lecturer Louisa Buck chats with Geoffrey Humphries during the final life drawing class Our six weeks in Venice drew gently to...

Sir Michael Burton delivers his annual address Most years, the alumni of John Hall 1965 meet those of the present year. Last night we...

In front of Villa Emo Our final day out, away from Venice was blessed by glorious weather, and we had a fairly early start, catching the...

Our massively popular cookery classes continued at the home of Marika Seguso with students making pasta and chichetti , the traditional...

Sometimes it's incredible to think that 61 years ago, in 1965, a group of teenagers posed for a photograph outside the church of San...

It was a really busy week. With our half term break beginning on Thursday there was a very compressed 'mere' three days of lectures, with...

our early tour of the Accademia introduced the group to what is essentially the National Gallery of Venetian Art, from Paolo Veneziano to...

At the end of our first week in Venice there was the opportunity to take a trip to see the wonderful Ca'Pesaro, known at the Museum of...

It's almost inconveivable to write this, but Geoffrey Humphries has been teaching our students Life Drawing for over fifty years!...

not only do we get to visit the extraordinary basilica at night after it's closed (and have the wonderful Patrick Craig sing for us) but...

We ended our first week with the inimitable Nigel McGilchrist and his fantastic practical demonstration of the technique of Egg Tempera...

The delighful Patrick Craig #pazzeck siungs Handel for us in Basilica San Marco as the lights come on. Stunning!

halfway through our first week in Venice and we are still bathed in glorious sunshine! We set of for our second 'Walkabout' which is...

This is a bit of a mad dash through the first two weeks of #jhv2025 and with gorgeous sunshine and a cheerful group ready to get...

Thanks a million Eliza! This is a really brilliant film that sums up our time in Italy!

So great to be in Rome! With an extra day sneaked into the itinerary we were able to spend a day in Trastevere, from the Fontanone to...

The pulse quickens, the temperature is perfect, sun (so far) and we began our week after dinner with an evening stroll through the...

As the rain cleared away to be replaced with glorious sunshine we visited more fantastic sites in the city A morning visiting...

We left our tearful fellow-students in Venice and, wiping away a few of our own tears, and even slightly stoic, we headed down to...

On the 60th edition of the course a group of alums from the 1965 course gathered (as they do) in Venice to celebrate how much their...