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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 …
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 …
Snapshot of Trieste
Unfamiliar territory even to many Italians, this multilingual border town and seaport proves both distinctive and distinguished. Trieste is, as …
Dubrovnik: Pearl of the Adriatic
At the southern tip of the Dalmatian coast sits Dubrovnik, ‘Pearl of the Adriatic’. The city stands on a promontory beneath …
The Mycenaean site of Pylos
“No one can match the honours dealt a king.” King Nestor of Pylos, Iliad, Book I. First excavated by American …
'Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts' by Christopher de Hamel
Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts invites the reader to accompany the author on exclusive private visits to a dozen very varied …
El Greco: Man of Two Worlds - and Beyond
Here’s a Trivial Pursuits question: Can you name an artist and sculptor known universally by an ethnic nickname? The answer …
New Year in India
Join Professor Bernard Hoffert as he leads these tours to India.
Book Review: Gallipoli, the Turkish Defence
The people of both Australia and Turkey attach meaning to their national identities and ideals as a result of the Gallipoli campaign
An Introduction to Islam
Islam is the world’s fastest growing faith but it is one of the least well understood. It traces its heritage …
