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The Thinking Traveller

A series that draws on the passions, expertise and interests of Academy Travel's academic tour leaders, to bring a wealth of additional knowledge to your travels, one topic at a time. Our tour leaders talk on a range of topics and interests related to travel, covering history, culture, archaeology, architecture, the visual arts and the performing arts.

Corinth - Discovering a Greek, Roman & Christian City

30 mins; March 21, 2026

Slovenia - Empires, Landscapes & Legends

23 mins; February 13, 2026

STAGES - Marg Horwell & The Art of Costume

58 mins; January 16, 2026

Patagonia - Chile’s Last Frontier

28 mins; December 25, 2025

The Silk Road - Where East and West First Met

29 mins; November 14, 2025

The Puccini Sound - Hallmarks of His Operatic Style

46 mins; September 26, 2025

Hatshepsut - From Queen to Pharaoh

33 mins; August 15, 2025

Women of Venice - Power, Patronage & Performance

30 mins; July 18, 2025

Imperial Vienna - Art, Architecture & Music

18 mins; June 20, 2025

The Classical Age of the Ottoman Empire

39 mins; May 23, 2025

1945 - A Year That Changed Us

26 mins; April 25, 2025

Greece & The Hellenistic World

20 mins; March 07, 2025

Armenia's Oldest Church - A New Discovery

21 mins; February 07, 2025

Johann Sebastian Bach's Leipzig

33 mins; December 13, 2024

Marion Mahony Griffin - From Chicago to Canberra

23 mins; November 22, 2024

Sunset Boulevard on Broadway - Choreographer Fabian Aloise

77 hours 58 mins; October 25, 2024

Norfolk Island - Colonial History in the Pacific

35 mins; September 27, 2024

War in the Pacific: From Borneo to Singapore

30 mins; August 16, 2024

Wolf Hall Trilogy - History & Interpretation

29 mins; July 19, 2024

Romeo & Juliet - Finding Truth in Verona

29 mins; June 21, 2024

Pharaoh - Rulers of Ancient Egypt

37 mins; May 24, 2024

The Story of Theatre - History, Customs & Experiences

25 mins; April 26, 2024

Archaeology of Chile's Atacama Desert

27 mins; March 29, 2024

House of Tudor - Monarchs & Dynasty

27 mins; February 23, 2024

The Lombards in Northern Italy

26 mins; January 20, 2024

Ramses II - Egypt's Golden Empire

30 mins; November 10, 2023

STAGES | Broadway Spotlight EP8 - Actor Singer Kaye Tuckerman with Peter Eyers

62 hours 41 mins; October 13, 2023

STAGES | Broadway Spotlight EP7 - Leading Lady Caroline O'Connor with Peter Eyers

98 hours 57 mins; October 13, 2023

STAGES | Broadway Spotlight EP6 - Song & Dance Man Michaeljon Slinger with Peter Eyers

65 hours 19 mins; October 13, 2023

STAGES | Broadway Spotlight EP5 - Actor Singer Amelia Cormack with Peter Eyers

64 hours 9 mins; October 13, 2023

STAGES | Broadway Spotlight EP4 - Leading Man Hayden Tee with Peter Eyers

66 hours 42 mins; September 16, 2023

STAGES | Broadway Spotlight EP3 - Actor Singer Maree Johnson with Peter Eyers

56 mins; September 15, 2023

STAGES | Broadway Spotlight EP2 - Actor Tony Sheldon with Peter Eyers

85 hours 33 mins; September 15, 2023

STAGES | Broadway Spotlight EP1 - Music Maker Carmel Dean with Peter Eyers

100 hours 2 mins; September 15, 2023

Cuba - Then and Now

47 mins; August 04, 2023

Pompeii - New Excavations & The Latest Finds

27 mins; June 30, 2023

Israel's Masada Myth

33 mins; May 19, 2023

Sacrifice & Service - The Unexpected Stories of Australian Military History

22 mins; April 21, 2023

Broadway - The Great White Way

32 mins; March 17, 2023

Alexander the Great - King of Macedonia

33 mins; February 24, 2023

Vienna - The Wiener Moderne

23 mins; January 27, 2023

Uzbekistan - Silk Road Cities

37 mins; December 16, 2022

Morocco's Four Imperial Cities

39 mins; November 18, 2022

Politics of Fashion - The Evolution of The First Lady

40 mins; October 14, 2022

The History and Culture of Portugal

34 mins; September 16, 2022

Roman Women

32 mins; August 06, 2022

The Conflict in Ukraine

37 mins; March 05, 2022

Canberra International Music Festival - composer Katy Abbott

18 mins; May 02, 2021

ANZAC POW's - The Real Story

22 mins; April 20, 2021

Botticelli to Van Gogh - Academy Travel's review

25 mins; April 19, 2021

The idea of Vienna - composer Brian Howard

39 mins; March 18, 2021

Art for the Medici - money, myth & mystery

23 mins; December 03, 2020

Overpriced!? What some people pay for art

22 mins; November 12, 2020

Bhutan - a modern Shangri-La

17 mins; October 29, 2020

Andrea Palladio - Architect of the Renaissance

19 mins; October 15, 2020

The Mayflower - 400th Anniversary

30 mins; September 24, 2020

Puccini, Callas & Two Italian Music Festivals

23 mins; September 10, 2020

The 2020 US Presidential Election - Biden vs Trump

38 mins; August 27, 2020

Bilbao & The Guggenheim Effect

24 mins; August 13, 2020

A New Black Identity - The Harlem Renaissance

35 mins; July 30, 2020

Mawson’s Huts - Antarctic Archaeology

31 mins; July 16, 2020

Lake Mungo - the land frozen in time

18 mins; July 01, 2020

Italian women artists of the 16th & 17th-century

29 mins; June 18, 2020

Tenzing Sherpa – Tiger of the Snows

24 mins; June 04, 2020

Frank Lloyd Wright - a journey through modern America

33 mins; May 21, 2020

Jeffrey Smart - from Adelaide to Italy

21 mins; May 07, 2020

Japanese gardens - history of an art form

25 mins; April 23, 2020

Rehabilitation of the Romanovs - Russia's last tsar

20 mins; April 08, 2020

The Norman Kingdom of Sicily – splendour in the sun

31 mins; March 26, 2020

Pompeii - uncovering the truth

20 mins; March 10, 2020

The life of Caravaggio - as provocative as his paintings?

25 mins; February 24, 2020

Siberia & The Russian Far East - the world’s last travel frontier

25 mins; February 17, 2020

Beethoven – 250 years of Ludwig van Beethoven

18 mins; February 17, 2020

American Vogue – history of a fashion bible

22 mins; February 17, 2020

Venice – how to avoid the crowds

17 mins; February 17, 2020

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