Dear Diary: Historical Association Agincourt 2016 Visit
Earlier this month, Rayburn Tours’ Jackie Fowell accompanied teachers and primary school children from the UK on a four-day visit to Agincourt in Northern France. Take a look at Jackie’s journal...
Women’s Roles in the First World War
To mark the end of ‘Women’s History Month’ we asked our History Tours Development Manager, freelance historian and all-round history enthusiast, Paula Kitching, to pull together the key details...
Agincourt – 1415-2015 and Today
The Historical Association’s Agincourt visit This weekend, a group of 35 primary school children and teachers from across the UK have travelled to the historic French town of Azincourt (known by...
Five most memorable volcanic eruptions
We asked our Geography Tours Development Manager and all-round geography enthusiast, Cath Rule, to put together a list of memorable volcanic eruptions. She gets pretty fired up about all things...
Top 5 reasons to learn a foreign language
Check out out our top 5 reasons to learn a language! Did you know a handful of our team at Rayburn speak at least one foreign language?
Bringing the past into the present in Berlin
Last week our Educational Tour Consultant, Emma, and Tour Co-ordinator, Cath, ventured out of the Rayburn Tours’ office to accompany South Hampstead High girls on their action-packed History tour...
Commemorating British Battles in 2016
We asked our History Tours Development Manager and all-round history buff, Paula Kitching, to tell us about the battles that have shaped the world today. To say there’s no future in history is...
Iceland 2016 – Day 3/4 – Do You Believe in Elves?
Lucy’s action-packed Icelandic venture continues… with the arrival of Beverley High School, a visit to the deep volcanic Kerid Crater and tales of Icelandic elves, she’s certainly been keeping...
Iceland 2016 – Day 2 – Top Tips For First-Time Visitors
Lucy’s trip to the Land of Fire and Ice continues, and let’s just say she’s been feeling more ice than fire! Keeping us updated on her fun-filled adventure, Lucy’s also been sharing her tips...
Iceland 2016 – Day 1/2 – See the Northern Lights. Check.
This week our new Education Manager, Lucy, has been lucky enough to swap the busy, bustling Rayburn Tours office for the more dramatic landscape of striking, snow-covered Iceland. As a first-timer to...
10 Things to do in Malaysia
From Singapore, it’s an easy journey across the causeway into neighbouring Malaysia and, as you journey north and leave behind the well planned, pristine environment of Singapore, it becomes...
Holocaust Memorial Day
27 January, Holocaust Memorial Day. It marks the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz Concentration and Death Camp, where Auschwitz I and Auschwitz-Birkenau (II) were sites of mass murder....