Doors may be a barrier or an invitation. It depends how we see them, how brave or how curious we are. Even openings without doors can encourage or deter us from venturing further. And in many ways they are like
Assisi: City of Saints
He is not Assisi’s only saint, but Saint Francis comes immediately to mind, revered not only by such disparate bodies as the Roman and Lutheran Churches and the Anglican community, but by New Age environmentalists – his fellowship universal
Venice Lagoon: Murano and Burano
Unsure which makes glass and which makes lace? The way I remember is that ‘M’ is for millefiori (multicoloured glass) as in my gorgeous little jug pictured here. I might have associated ‘B’ with bobbins for lace, except that traditional
Venice: the power of myth
Venice, celestial city of gold and splendour, Queen of the Adriatic, hides a dark secret. The story of her birth on 25 March in the year 421, as a Christian city favoured by Saint Mark, a free city-state immaculately conceived
The Courtesan’s Lover by Gabrielle Kimm: Review
Though a member of the oldest profession, initiated in the back streets of distant Ferrara, Francesca Felizzi is no common puttana. Now in Napoli, she is a high-class courtesan leading an extravagant life in her own opulent establishment where she