This is why our Summer Courses in Italy are the best

We asked last year’s AHA Scholarship winner, Noël Masal, to tell us why she was interested in our approach to student courses and how the experience affected her and her choices for the future. Fed up with boring summer activities that simply looked impressive...


The stage at Palazzo Corsini

A New Generation for every Generation

… and announcing AHA’s new Musical Scholarship. It was a play about a film about a play.  Who could imagine a more delicious cultural sandwich?  And so it was at the New Generation Festival we watched Henry V*, set to the music of Sir...


Feast for the Five Senses – The New Generation Festival & Beyond

Our Director of Studies, Lavinia Harrington, explains why she couldn’t be more excited about the launch of our new 3-week Late Summer Course this year. A deliberate appeal to all five senses; this course embraces music, drawing, gastronomy, archaeology, ecology, poetry, opera, history and, of...


Festive Favourites from Florence

It’s the most wonderful time of year again and we at AHA love to celebrate the festive season. And what better way to look at the Christmas Story than with some of Florence’s most beautiful paintings. Here are three of our favourites: 1. Fra...


5 AHA favourites from three #supertutors

Last year we decided to run a series of social media posts highlighting our tutors’ “5 favourites from AHA“.  We asked them for their favourite Italian city, Italian dish, piece of art, piece of architecture and one of their most memorable AHA moments.  Unsurprisingly,...