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: France
France: Interpreting architecture in Lille and Arras
The legacy of Flemish Counts, Dukes of Burgundy and Spanish Kings are revealed in the architecture of the Nord-Pas de Calais region of France … Continue reading
Posted in International Features
Tagged Alexandre Dumas, architecture, Arras, Artois, Castles, Charles D’Artagnan, Chateau, Chateau d’Olhain, Cities, Counts, Flanders, Flemish, France, Gothic, Hainaut, Italian, Lille, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Picardy, Roman, Spanish, Stone carvings, Three Musketeers
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Castle-building in France: Vauban and the Sun King
In exploring the history of Nord-Pas de Calais in France we discover the story of Vauban the military engineer who built defensive fortifications for … Continue reading
Posted in International Features
Tagged Ambleteuse, architecture, Arras, citadels, Countship, Fort Vauban, forts, France, French Revolution, Le Quesnoy, Les Miserables, Louis XlV, military engineering, Montreuil, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Robespierre, soldiers, Sun King, Vauban, Victor Hugo
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Nova Scotia – Tales and Trails
Rugged highlands, lobster traps and bagpipes. Tales and Trails reveals the history behind some of the major attractions in the Province of Nova Scotia … Continue reading
Posted in Railway Adventures across Canada
Tagged American Revolution, Annapolis Valley, blacks, Cabot Trail, Canada, Cape Breton, Dutch, Empire Loyalists, England, Fortress of Louisbourg, France, Fundy tides, Germans, Gulf of St. Lawrence, Halifax, Huguenots, John Cabot, Lunenberg, MicMacs, North Atlantic Schooner Fleet, Nova Scotia, Peggy’s Cove, Quakers, Sainte-Famille vineyard, Sydney, The Bluenose, Tidal Bore, Tidal View Farm, William de Garth
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Islands of Malta: Exploring the Archipelago
After Napoleon takes possession of the Maltese islands from the Knights, Nelson and his fleet move in and blockade the French garrison. Today the … Continue reading
Posted in International Features
Tagged accommodation, Air Malta, artisans, Britain, Carmelite Church, Cominho, disease, docks, Europe, fossils, France, French garrison, Fungus Rock, General Masson, Gozo, Grand Master, Islands of Malta, Knights, law, Lucca Airport, luxury liners, Maltese dogs, Maltese lace, Manoel Island, Mdina, Mediterranean, Napoleon, Nelson, Order of St. John, primary education, quarantine, religion, St. John Ambulance, tourism, Valletta
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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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The Isle of Man – Ancient Origins
Is this the site of the castle of the Holy Grail? Peel Castle on the Isle of Man has been a monastic retreat, a … Continue reading
Posted in Journeys through the British Isles
Tagged Bronze Age, Camelot, Castle Rushin, Castletown, Celtic, Druids, fishing, France, Holy Grail, Isle of Man, Legs of Man, Neolithic, Peel Castle, Picts, Sicily, smoked kippers, Spain, The House of Manannan, Tynwald Assembly, Vikings, waterwheel
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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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England: Smugglers, Spies and Soldiers
Before the Norman conquest of 1066, Sandwich was one of five towns that provided the King with ships and men in exchange for special … Continue reading
Posted in Journeys through the British Isles
Tagged Allied troops, Battle of Waterloo, Brighton, British, Deal, Dover Castle, English Channel, France, French, Hellfire Corner, Hythe, Martello Towers, Napoleon, Newhaven, Romney, Royal Artillery, Royal Military Canal, Sandwich, smugglers, smuggling, soldiers, South Downs, spies, tax evasion, wool
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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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