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: Italy
Israel: Reflections on Archaeology
A look back at my visits to Acco, Beit She’an and Caesarea in Israel and the wealth of opportunities that exist for amateur archaeologists … Continue reading
Posted in International Features
Tagged Acco, Acre, amphitheatre, aqueduct, archaeology, Beit She’an, British mandate, Caesarea, Crusader Kingdom, earthquakes, Europe, Herod, hippodrome, history, Holy Land, Hospitallers, Israel, Italy, Jews, Jordan Valley, Josephus Flavius, Marco Polo, Marmaluke Conquest, mosaics, Muslims, Old Acre Development Company, Ottoman City, pilgrims, Pompeii, Ptolemais, Richard the Lionheart, Roman temple, Scythopolis, Turks
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Islands of Malta: World War Two
The Islands of Malta were once again pivotal in the domination of the Mediterranean during World Wars 1 & 2. For their incredible resistance … Continue reading
Posted in International Features
Tagged aircraft carrier, Allied, Americans, architecture, Axis, Battle of Alamein, British, Canada, Canadians, Clyde, convoys, Eisenhower, Galvaston, George Cross, Germany, Grand Harbour, Halifax, Hitler, HMS Illustrious, Islands of Malta, Italy, King George Vl, Lascaris War Rooms, Mediterranean, Montgomery, Mosta Dome, Mussolini, Rommel, Royal Navy, Sicily, submarines, Taranto, Tobruk, World War One, World War Two
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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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Heather’s Ramblings
Have you ever promised yourself a vacation, but work kept getting in the way? That’s been the story for years for Heather M, a … Continue reading
Posted in Destinations
Tagged Bosnia, Canal St. Martin, Collonges la Rouge, Croatia, d'Orsay, Dubrovnik, Eiffel Tower, Eurostar, Feraud, France, Guimet museum, Ile St. Louis, Istria, Italy, Jacquemart-Andre museum, Korcula, Kotor, Lake Geneva, Limoges, Louvran, Louvre, Lufthansa, Lugano, Matterhorn, Montenegro, Montreux, Notre Dame cathedral, Palais Royale, Paris, Peggy Guggenheim museum, Perast, Pere Lechaise Cemetary, Prague, Pula, Rodin museum, Rome, Serbia, Split, St. Moritz, Ston, Switzerland, trains, Trieste, Turenne, UNESCO, Venice, Venice Biennale, Vevey, Zermatt
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France: Wartime Memories, Vimy to Dunkirk
High overlooking Vimy Ridge in France, land has been dedicated to Canada and a huge war memorial built as a tribute to the gallantry … Continue reading
Posted in International Features
Tagged 7th & 8th Brigade, Adolf Hitler, Austria, Battle of Arras, Belgium, Boulogne, Britain, British Expeditionary Force, Calais, Canada, cliffs of Dover, Commonwealth, concentration camps, Dover, Dover Castle, Dunkerque, Dunkirk, England, English Channel, English Heritage, France, French Resistance, German Panzer divisions, Germany, Hellfire Corner, Holland, Hungary, Italy, Juneau Beach, liberation, Napoleon, Nazi Military Tribunal, Russia, secret army, soldiers, Tommies, Triple Alliance, troops, tunnels, Vimy Ridge, war, Winnipeg, world war 1, world war 2
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The Mystery of the Riace Bronzes
Is it any wonder that after sampling the magnificent cities and incredible works of art of Rome and Venice that visitors to Italy rarely … Continue reading
Whose bed am I sleeping in tonight?
Over the years I have slept— metaphorically speaking of course— with Cornish tin miners and kings, knights and murderers, loose women and queens, smugglers … Continue reading
Posted in Destinations
Tagged Albion Hotel, Ballygally Castle, Betsy Trotwood, Britrail, Broadstairs, Cadogan Hotel, Charles Dickens, England, Eurail, Harrod’s, Hotels, Italy, Kings of England, Knightsbridge, Lady Isabella Shaw, London, L’Impero, Marquess of Queensberry, Mussolini, Naples, Nicholas Nicleby, Northern Ireland, Oliver Twist, Oscar Wilde, Phoenix Inn, Pip, pirates, Rome, Sloane Street, smugglers
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