About Anne Martin
Since the mid 1970s, producer/host, Anne Martin, has been bringing stories to life through the medium of television. She thrives on tracking down the unusual and her work has encompassed history, geology, heritage and a positive outlook on the world around us. Read more about Anne Martin.
Tag Archives: Islands
Barbados: Coral – A Matter of Life and Death
It could be said that the island of Barbados owes its existence to the extensive coral reefs that surround it and upon which it … Continue reading
Islands of Malta: The City of Valletta
After the Great Siege, the Knights build Valletta, a new and impregnable city on the Rocky peninsula known as Mount Scebberas; a city that … Continue reading
Posted in International Features
Tagged Aragon, architecture, armoury, art, Auberges, Auverne, Bailiff, baroque, Castille, Chapels, customs, England, fortifications, France, Germany, Gobelin tapestries, Gozo, Grand Master’s Palace, Islands, Italy, Knights, Langues, Lascaris ditch, LaVallette, Malta, Mdina, Mediterranean, Mount Sceberras, Order of St. John, paintings, Provence, Sacra Infermia, sculpture, Sicily, slaves, St. John’s Co-Cathedral, Valletta
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Islands of Malta: Home for a Knight
Malta becomes a thorn in the side of Charles V of Aragon as Barbarians ransack the islands and enslave the population. The early history … Continue reading
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Tagged Acre, Arabs, barbarian pirates, Chaplains, Charles V of Aragon, Cyprus, Cyzantine, D’Alessio, French, German, Goths, Grand Master’s Palace, Holy Land, hospice, hospitals, Islands, Jerusalem, Knights Hospitallers, Malta, Mediterranean, Michelangelo, Norman, North African Corsairs, Order of St. John, Pope, Rhodes, Romans, Spanish, St. John the Baptist, Suleiyman the Magnificent, Villiers de l’Adam
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Malta: Mdina – The Medieval Walled City
When Malta falls into Arab hands the island economy is transformed with irrigation systems, new crops and terraced farming. The old capital city of … Continue reading
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Tagged Arabs, architecture, barbarian pirates, Byzantine, Goths, Gozo, irrigation, Islands, La Fontanella, language, Malta, market, Mdina, medieval, Mediterranean, Melita, Normans, old capital, Rabat, Romans, Sicily, tourism, Victoria, walled city
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Islands of Malta: St. Paul and the Romans
Caught up in the struggle for domination of the Mediterranean, Malta enjoys a relatively peaceful period of Roman rule, notable primarily for the unexpected … Continue reading
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Tagged archaeologists, Carthaginians, catacombs, Catholicism, Emperor Claudius, Etruscans, Governor Publius, Gozo, Greeks, Islands, Malta, Mdina, Mdina Cathedral, Mediterranean, Melita, mosaics, Punic Wars, Rabat, Roman Empire, Roman townhouse, Romans, salt pans, sculpture, St. Paul
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Islands of Malta: The Eye of Osiris
Evidence of the Phoenician traders who roamed the Mediterranean is found in the harbours of Malta and in the work of the glass artisans … Continue reading
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Tagged arts, Egypt, fishing boats, galleys, glassblowing, glassmaking, Gozo, Greeks, Islands, language, luzzus, Malta, Marsaxlokk, Mediterranean, Mesopotamia, Middle East, Osiris, Phoenicians, Romans, Rosetta Stone, traders
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Islands of Malta: The Temple Culture
Descendants of cave dwellers live in isolation on the Islands of Malta and develop prehistoric stone temples and complex megalithic structures older than the … Continue reading
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Tagged Africa, archaeology, Asia, burials, cave dwellers, coralline limestone, elephants, Europe, fauna, fossils, Ggantija, Ghar Dalam, Gozo, Hagar Qim, hippopotamus, Hypogeum, ice age, Islands, limestone, Malta, Maya, Mediterranean, Megalithic sanctuaries, Mnajera, monoliths, Mother Earth, Oracle, pottery, prehistoric, rituals, Sicily, temple culture, temples, wells
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Islands of Malta: Prehistoric Discoveries
“The Caves of Darkness”, discovered by an amateur archaeologist reveal evidence of pigmy elephants and stoneage man supporting beliefs that the Maltese archipelago was … Continue reading
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Tagged Africa, archaeology, Asia, cave dwellers, Cominho, elephants, Europe, fauna, Filfla, fossils, Ghar Dalam, Gozo, hippopotamus, ice age, Inland Sea, Islands, limestone, Malta, Mediterranean, prehistoric, pygmy elephants, pyramids, scuba-diving, Sicily, stalactites, stalagmites, wells
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Scotland – Heritage, History and Inventions
Scotland evokes images of a fiercely proud people who love their Celidhs, Highland Games, golf, mountains and lochs. We take a whirlwind tour around … Continue reading
Posted in Journeys through the British Isles
Tagged Alfred Nobel, Archimedes, Ayrshire, Ben Lomond, Celidh, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, climbing, Culzean Castle, England, Firth of Clyde, Glasgow, golf, Highland Games, highlands, Islands, Loch Lomond, Museum of Scotland, National Trust, Newton’s Apple, Nobel Peace Prize, Robert Adam, Scotland, St. Andrews, St. Rule’s Church, The Big Idea, Wales
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Ontario, Canada: Paddling and Photography in Georgian Bay
A sea-kayaking, camping and photography experience out of Killarney on the northern shores of Georgian Bay in Ontario, Canada. Paddling through the pristine wilderness … Continue reading
Posted in Railway Adventures across Canada
Tagged camping, Canada, Fox islands, Georgian Bay, Group of Seven, Islands, Killarney, lake, mature travellers, Ontario, paddling, painting, photography, pink granite, Rob Stimpson, sea-kayaking, specialty vacations, sunset, swimming, tourism
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