Ten Ted Talks to spark inspiration

  We’ve cherry picked 10 of our favourite Ted Talks that will fill you with the desire to think, make and do.  1. Sir Ken Robinson, Do Schools Kill Creativity? “Creativity is as important as literacy and we should afford it the same status”...


A Medley of Mythology

A MEDLEY OF MYTHOLOGY We’ve selected a few of our favourite mythological retellings to sink your teeth into. With books, poems, films and art to admire we hope you enjoy losing yourself in the intoxicating stories of ancient Greece and Rome. BOOKS For refreshing...


‘If I could, I’d do it all over again’

Before having found AHA, I had never been away from home without the company of friends or family. The idea of being on my own was a terrifying concept. But AHA changed that for me. I came into the program thinking I would fail....


20 years ago today…

We were so delighted to hear from our former Senior Tutor and Course Manager, Dan Evans, having reminisced with friends about his gap year.  He has kindly shared his thoughts on what has clearly been a momentous journey. Photos: Dan teaching in the Bargello,...


The Assumption of Mary, Titian

A Scholarship winner … 18 years on

We’ve been running our Trenchard Cox Art History Abroad Scholarship for over 20 years, continuing our mission to inspire a lifelong love of learning about subjects from art and architecture to history, literature and music. Here we catch up with one of our former winners, Annabel...