Matera

Is a ring of 36 cherubs excessive? Perhaps, but those are only the ones around the southern Italian city of Lecce’s Basilica of Santa Croce’s rose window; I count dozens of additional cheeky winged ba

From the buzz of the city to the desert dust – the gateway to the Sahara is next level

A captivating trail of art, culture and cuisine in Sicily’s capital, Palermo

If visiting Malta feels like you’ve wandered onto the set of a fantasy epic, it’s because you have. From the honey-hued streets of the Western city of Mdina to the dramatic cliffs of the island of Goz

hey say that Wales is home to more sheep than people, the UK has more potholes than miles of road, and at any given time a third of all French workers are on strike. But should you believe them? In my

Years ago before GPS or Loran C made navigation a whole lot easier, I was headed up this coast on an overnight passage from the Strait of Messina to Camerota on the underbelly of Capo Palinuro. I was