Culture

As I arrived at the Dennis Severs’ house in the Shoreditch neighbourhood of London, there was not much to distinguish it from the others in …

There is nothing to see in Nuoro which is always a relief, wrote DH Lawrence when he visited this inland Sardinian town in 1921. You …

There seems to be a tradition in the mountain villages of inland Sardinia of painting murals on shops and houses. Sometimes these relate to what …

If you look at the map, you can see why the Nuraghic village of Nuraghe Mannu was sighted where it was. Aside from any considerations …

I visited the dome of St Peter’s in Rome one afternoon with my mother. We had to queue for about half an hour and the …

There must be so many lovely churches in Rome, but Chiesa Santa Maria is close to my idea of perfection. It was one of the …

In St Peter’s Basilica in Rome, pilgrims come to pay their respects to the bronze statue of St Peter. St Peter was the first Pope …

If you walk up the hill from the Circus Maximus along the Via di Santa Sabina, you’ll arrive at a pleasant square where a surprise …

By the time we arrived at the Colosseum in Rome it was late morning – much later than we’d planned. We’d decided to walk from …

I was quite prepared to fall in love with Fontana delle Tartarughe or Turtle fountain in Rome, having read about it in the guide books. …

The Fallas festival must be one of the best known in Spain and it’s unique to Valencia. It happens every year around the feast of …