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Brussels Celebrates Les Miserables

The Victor Hugo Classic enjoys its 150th anniversary
with a commemorative program in 2012

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The Du Maurier Festival

 "the du Maurier festival is a superbly choreographed presentation
 of writers workshops, authors talks, country walks, cream teas
 and gardens…all on the Cornish Riviera."

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An Arts Bulletin for 2013

Is Vermeer's famous Girl with a Pearl Earring and 29
other great masterpieces traveling with her...coming to
a museum near you?:

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Mayer am Pfarrplatz: Beethoven’s Vienna Retreat

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Enjoy a Treasure Hunt in a Wonderful Swiss City

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Celebrating a White Christmas at Blenheim Palace

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Photo © 2006R.E.G.

A YouTube visit to Old Town Stockholm

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In the Waning Days of Autumn
The First Actresses, The Nahmad Collection,

Seafaris on Australia's Great Barrier Reef and "a Journey

like no other...." 

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A Video Introduction to Klimt 2012 in Vienna
Created by, and presented with, the compliments
of Vienna Tourism

Use this link to view Klimt 2012 the Video, on You Tube...



KLIMT 2012

 "Gustav Klimt and the Dawn of Modernism in Vienna”
The celebrations begin with a Klimt exhibition
at Vienna's Belvedere Palace Galleries

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Blackneck Goats, Bankers, Botticelli and
the
Bonfires of the Vanities

August 10, 2011 • 3min 20 sec

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Spies & Divas

The clock winds back to days of cold war intrigue where mystery

looms in the shadows around every corner.  Another place pays homage to

the lady on the stage behind the fluttering fan with names like Carmen,

or Salome, who hold audiences in the palm of their hand.

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St. Brides Spa Hotel

A Special Guest from Wales I

Andrew Evans, owner of St Brides Spa Hotel, with insights on

Pembrokeshire, the Welsh influence upon his kitchens, his hotel

and spa..

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A Special Guest from Wales II

At St Brides, art is more than something to simply hang on the wall

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Thoughts on Travel

Join Frances & Jeffrey as they explore the arrival of the Renaissance

in Spain and the finest galleries in the  Netherlands

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HAVING ISSUES...

Podcast (4min 08sec)

. . . oh yes, we have issues with you, and for you, every month or so it seems.
Where else could you find ROMA, Nature and the Ideal, Paris Fashion, Festival
in Salzburg, Seaside Dining: Danish Style, Glamour of the Gods and
a whole lot more, like Spanish train tickets, a Dickens of a time, ask
the Prince to pass the peas in Solvang aka Little Denmark
right there, next  to the American Riviera.

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In Conversation...
Podcast (5min 19sec)

Jeremy Hawkings has business in the North of Scotland. 
The itinerary for this trip would be a traveler's dream come true, but
 for the chief exec of Connoisseur's Scotland it's
another day at the office.


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HOORAY, HOORAY IT'S THE 1st of MAY

(there's a brand new podcast coming your way)

Podcast (4min 15sec)

With your hosts Frances & Jeffrey Moorhouse

After Will & Kate, there's more pageantry, pomp and
circumstance in your future,  we scamper down the Vasari
Corridor, why Danes are Mad about Nordic Cuisine, hot summer
nights on the rooftop at the
Metropolitan Museum of Art

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AN UPDATE ON RAIL EUROPE FOR 2011
With your hosts Frances & Jeffrey Moorhouse

Podcast (5min 55sec)

We hope you'll enjoy many comfortable and convenient
 experiences on Rail Europe, France Rail's TGV and EuroStar

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A FIVE ITEM UPDATE
With your hosts Frances & Jeffrey Moorhouse

Podcast (5min 08sec)

A palazzo, a ginnel, a snicket or two, an opening in Antwerp, the
Bolshevik who?, an Imperial Tsarina and a Prince Regent too!.

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THE ARTS TAKING CENTER STAGE ....
With your hosts Frances & Jeffrey Moorhouse

Podcast (3min 45sec)

An exhibition of the first art form to inspire a new lifestyle and
the art that launched a new art medium, Chardin at Museo del Prado
Picasso, Miro and Dali in Florence

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BITS & PIECES
With your hosts Frances & Jeffrey Moorhouse

Podcast (2min 51sec)

A road trip with a patron saint, 20 ships a sailin',
Denmark in California, Taxis Parisian

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EDITOR'S CHOICE
Your hosts Frances & Jeffrey Moorhouse

Podcast (2min 43 sec)

A Mystery Fest in Agatha Christie's home town, a green thumb
 Brussels, Spanish art at the dawn of the 20th century, ancient 
pageantry in Bruges, Great little steam trains in ....

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EDITOR'S CHOICE
Your hosts Frances & Jeffrey Moorhouse
Podcast (3 min 13 sec)

The first in a series of weekly updates on the Arts & Travel
Network explores a groundbreaking art exhibit in London and a new
 role for a Regency mansion in Ireland.

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A "Snug" in a pub

Dublin pub is Ireland's
Snug of the year
Mini-Podcast (1 min 43 sec)

Your host Jeff Moorhouse

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Mini-Podcast (2 min 00 sec)

CARNIVALE  ITALIAN STYLE

Your host Frances Moorhouse

A link to Carnivale Venezia

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Mini-Podcast  (1 min 26 sec) 

THE VELOGEMELS OF GRINDELWALD

Your host Frances Moorhouse

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Mini-Podcast  (1min 23 sec)

NEW LIFE FOR A PERIOD MANSION
 AT VERSAILLES

Your host Jeffrey Moorhouse

Follow this link to visit the Chateau de Versailles online...

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Bob Titley

A FRENCH CONNECTION IN WALES

Our special guest, Bob Titley, has all the insights to weave the story of

two sisters, Gwendoline and Margaret Davies  from mid-Wales and one of

 the world's great collections of Impressionist and Post impressionist art,

brilliantly showcased in new surroundings where one

would hardly expect to find it... 

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Editor's note: The following are some of the items
produced in "Preview mode" during 2010.  Regular programming
commenced in February, 2011.

 

BETA - LIFESTYLES IN TRAVEL VIII

After nearly a century a historic exhibition is set to thrill audiences once again, a Danish icon turns 100, new routes & experiences from the leader in luxury vintage railway travel,  it's 1830s Paris at the worlds oldest music hall. it's nearly show time in Shakespeare Country.....
 

Date:  Thursday  09/09/10  Runs:5min 35 sec 

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BETA - LIFESTYLES IN TRAVEL VII

In all of your travels, have you sought a more personalized style of service or considered staying in a very small hotel  for a more intimate, secluded or romantic experience?  This week we explore some of the small design hotels in one of the world's great cities. 

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BETA -
LIFESTYLES IN TRAVEL VI

Today, a spotlight on London and some experiences that might pique your interest. For example: Let's schlep around the Houses of Commons and Lords, a fair that's fine for arts and antiques, Billy Budd plus two in an 18th century courtyard, a tea for your favorite mistress of whodunits, a cruise to Kew that turns into gentle pedaling midst the royals, a U.S. Sargent earns his stripes on the seasides of France.

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BETA - LIFESTYLES IN TRAVEL V.

TRACKSIDE THESPIANS, TOUGH LOVE  IN GLASGOW, AN IRISH DOUBLE DIP

London theatre departing on Track 11, Vienna's Ringstrasse plays host to a classic car Rallye, the Glasgow Boys may have bullied Victorian England but they're playing nice at the Fleming, Sergio Mendes wows 'em at the Bowl, the New House of Waterford in Waterford, Parisian style biking in Dublin

Friday  07/23/10  Runs:6min 30 sec.)
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BETA - LIFESTYLES IN TRAVEL IV

IT ALL ENDS UP TOASTING A  BRITISH & AMERICAN LOVE AFFAIR

Royal Chinese Robes at London's Victoria & Albert Museum, Edvard Munch in Washington DC, the annual MoMA film benefit in New York City honors an Oscar winning director,  A Fortnum & Mason hamper goes to a picnic at a chateaux in the Loire Valley and a very special toast

Thursday  07/15/10  Runs:6min 10 sec.)
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BETA - LIFESTYLES IN TRAVEL III.
SAILS IN HOLLAND, THE GRILLE IS GONE, WHERE COCO WOULD SHOP

A maritime extravaganza, electric cycles in Switzerland, Spur of the Moment travel on the American Riviera, a bit of news on the London Savoy, Yorkshire cooking up a starry scene, a new trend in high fashion shopping. 

Monday  07/12/10  Runs:6min 15 sec.)
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BETA - LIFESTYLES IN TRAVEL II.
 A LONG, LONG RUNWAY, PASS THE MOET, ROYAL HOUSEHOLD GOODS

A fashionista’s dream come true, a major exhibit in Manhattan, a theatre picnic between earth and clouds,  pausing at a royal Gallery and pedaling through Holland, Belgium and France, good thing we had a tram on hand for the last few miles. 

Friday  08/13/10  Runs: 6min 52sec.)

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BETA - LIFESTYLES IN TRAVEL I.
ROGUES & KINGS, VINTAGE PICASSO, THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING...

A major French art event takes the spotlight for summer 2010. A revival in Zurich recreates an historic exhibition from 1932,  Open air theatre in London with Rouges & Kings and Rougish Kings aside the Thames.  Eugene "O" by the home town team on stage in the West End ..... 

Friday 06/25/10  Runs: 5min 45 sec.

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LIFESTYLES IN TRAVEL  IX.
With your hosts Frances & Jeffrey Moorhouse

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LIFESTYLES IN TRAVEL  X.
With your hosts Frances & Jeffrey Moorhouse

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LIFESTYLES IN TRAVEL XI
With your hosts Frances & Jeffrey Moorhouse

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