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Wednesday, 16:00-17:00. Come over for a traditional Afternoon Tea in the Library on Wednesday afternoon. It’s a time-honoured British tradition, with proper tea and home-made cakes. Bring a friend and spoil yourself. It’s the perfect opportunity to enjoy our beautiful Library and meet interesting new people. And maybe stay on for the ...
It is a city whose History and Art has enchanted visitors for over 500 years - from the early Elizabethan travellers and the Grand Tour to the huge English Colony of the late 19th century that gave birth to the British Institute of Florence 105 years ago. “Il British”, as the Florentines affectionately call the Institute, carries that ...
From September to December 2023, lectures, tours, original artisanship, music, an exhibition and an original video and photography catalogue form part of an events series, organised by The British Institute of Florence, Il Palmerino Cultural Association and Calliope Arts, which spotlights past excellence and modern-day creativity from a female ...
Specialties: The British Institute of Florence, established in 1917 promotes the cultural exchange between Italy and the United Kingdom. We offer a comprehensive English language programme, courses in Italian language, history of art, life drawing, and support various university study abroad programmes. We are the principal centre for Cambridge ESOL(English for Speakers of other Languages ...
The British Institute of Florence. A lecture by Martina Becattini . Martina Becattini, Senior Curator at the Stibbert Museum, tells the fascinating story of Frederick Stibbert, and Anglo-Florentine born in Florence in 1838, who inherited a vast fortune, with which he acquired a fine Villa in the hills above Florence – and proceeded to fill it with an extraordinary collection of arms and ...
Elaine Ruffolo traces the story of the Black Death in the Florence and the artistic response to it in the 14th century and beyond. This lecture is sponsored by Allen and Dinah Loney. If you are in Florence and would like to attend the lecture in person at the British Institute Library, please register here or send an email to bif ...
The British Institute of Florence. The Hero's Way: Walking with Garibaldi from Rome to Ravenna . We are delighted to welcome Tim Parks, renowned British writer who has lived in Italy since 1981, to restart our Meet the Author series.Parks has written numerous novels and works of non-fiction, as well as journalism and translations from Italian.
