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, 2022
- 1 min
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, 2022
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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, 2022
- 1 min
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, 2022
- 1 min
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, 2022
- 1 min
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, 2022
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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, 2022
- 1 min
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, 2022
- 1 min
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, 2022
- 1 min
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, 2022
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charlie06064
- Feb 3, 2022
- 1 min
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, 2022
- 1 min
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charlie06064
- Feb 1, 2022
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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, 2022
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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, 2022
- 1 min
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, 2022
- 1 min
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, 2022
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 1 min
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, 2021
- 2 min
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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