The day started at Rialto Market, where Marika met the group to explain where the best places to source ingredients are to be found....

But it was delightfully cosy and snug on our first visit to the brilliant Zanetti fornace where we were greeted by Damiano, the...

Last night I bumped into a few of the 2010 alums having a classy drink at Bar Rosso. They reminded me that they had made a short film of...

Making fresh pasta should be so easy...we know that eating it is! - Thanks to Harriet and Saskia for the great photos

We spent some of our fourth week going around Venice and looking at more extraordinary art, from the glorious art of Paolo Veronese in...

It was a foggy morning, our first day without sunshine for the entire three weeks; quite amazing for a marine city in January and...

We ended our week in the brilliant sunshine that we have become accustomed to with a couple of fantastic trips away from the lecture...

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...

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...

This day was nearly three degrees below freezing, but everyone was warmed by seeing fantastic art and places as Louisa Warman and Susan...

This afternoon we were in the fantastic space of the Pesaro family mansion on the Grand Canal, built in the 17th century, designed by...

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...

One of the great highlights of The John Hall Venice Course has always been the wonderful experience of the private visit to the basilica...

A stunning, freezing morning led into a gorgeous day, truly blessed by wonderful weather! Day two was still pretty intense, but everyone...

after a fairly gruelling start, we got our 08:45 flight and touched down in glorious sunshine at Marco Polo airport, and were whisked...

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....

Beginning our second day with a lovely, privileged private visit to The Royal Gallery at Buckingham Palace, we continued back at our...

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...

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...

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...