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Waddesdon-Manor-England - Waddesdon Manor, one of the most extraordinary houses in England. Over 125 years ago, Baron Ferdinand Rothschild transformed a barren hill in the countryside outside London into the setting for this breathtaking estate, where he entertained family and friends, politicians and artists, royalty and writers.

A Rothschild Pleasure Palace: Waddesdon Manor

Just outside Oxford on a hill overlooking the Vale of Aylesbury is one of the most remarkable Country Houses in …

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on 21 April 2017

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Talking Design with Stephen Crafti

ASA Tour Leader Stephen Crafti produces and hosts ‘Talking Design’, a popular fortnightly podcast from RMIT, featuring interviews with experts …

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on 16 February 2017

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Dr Christopher Gribbin on Emperor Diocletian

Dr Christopher Gribbin, ASA Tour Leader & Honorary Fellow at the University of Melbourne joins the ‘When in Rome’ Podcast …

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on 24 January 2017

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Northern Gems of the Baltic

Three magnificent northern gems were suddenly unveiled to an unsuspecting western world in 1991 after a half-century’s occlusion behind the …

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on 20 December 2016

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Snapshot of Trieste

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on 02 December 2016

Frescoes of the Church of the Virgin, Gelati Monastery, Kutaisi, Georgia - by Kristen Hellstrom. The monastery, with its distinctive Georgian church architecture, contains a number of royal tombs, including that of King David, and a number of Georgia’s most important mosaics, frescoes and icons dating from the 12th to the 17th century.

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on 31 August 2016