Two weeks in Rome – part two.
I spent two weeks in the Eternal City of Rome this January. The first part is here I’ve been here on numerous occasions over the years, either for work or for passing visits en route to elsewhere. I’d been…
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Back in Naples – weeks before Covid -soon we were all told to stay home.
On the 6th January 2020 I returned to Naples not realising it was going to be my last foreign journey anywhere for two years. On 31st January two Chinese tourists in Rome were tested positive for the Covid virus and…
Milan – city of fashion, music and art, even in the rain.
In December 2019, I spent a week in Milan. It was raining, no surprise there for this part of Italy during December. It was wet but achingly beautiful. As a fashion-shopping mecca internationally, not even the rain could dampen its…
Artemisia – the art of self-defence
Artemisia Gentileschi at The National Gallery, London. Last week I went to the new exhibition at London’s National Gallery. It is the first major exhibition in Britain of the magnificent Baroque paintings by the Italian artist Artemisia Gentileschi (1593 –…
My 3 latest Fibonacci Poems are Tales from Ovid’s The Metamorphoses.
Diana and Actaeon (1556 – 1559) by Titian Titian’s great painting of Diana and Actaeon has been one of my favourite paintings ever since I went to the great Titian exhibition at London’s National Gallery. It tells the story of…
Happy Easter everyone!
The Incredulity of Saint Thomas (1601-2) by Caravaggio (1571 – 1610) In this series of Easter themed paintings, I’ve chosen for today this vividly physical painting by Caravaggio where I feel the artist is pointing at my own faults of trying…
Me and the Raising of Lazarus
The Raising of Lazarus by Guercino The Raising of Lazarus by Rembrandt Well, let’s not go over the top but I am feeling a lot better today after my bout of ‘flu which followed immediately after I was told that…