I’ve been lucky enough to spent part of my Art History and French degree in Paris, a city where every walk offers inspiration, and every street a new perspective. Aside from the inherent aesthetic wealth, the collection of art galleries in the city is...
President Obama’s older daughter, Malia, has decided to go to Harvard University, but has chosen to take a gap year. The university encourages its undergraduates to take a gap year before or during their studies and about 80 out of 110 now do so;...
Director Nick has been musing on a BBC Radio 4 programme on Euclid’s Elements (you can download it here). Euclid was the Greek mathematician writing around 300 BC who came up with the Golden Section which, in turn, had such a great influence on...
When people take pictures of famous paintings in galleries, these pictures are often selfies: ‘this is me in the Louvre, pointing at and smiling next to the Mona Lisa’. It is the ‘me’ and the ‘next to’ that the selfie really cares about; people...
DON’T leave it all to the last minute ⏰ Start planning now and enjoy the process. Search for gap year bloggers, gap year courses and reviews online (try www.gooverseas.com ). Make lists of your favourite travel bloggers, vloggers and Instagrammers (we’re @ahacourses, if you were...
