Set in stone

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

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

Tucked away behind a stone wall in a lush, landscaped garden on the coast of Mallorca, this carefully renovated home is a celebration of simplicity and laid-back living

Rich, resourceful and ruthless, the Venetians left handsome imprints across the Greek world, says Matthew Dennison , as he explores the lingering traces of a vanished empire

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

Used in the construction of Florence’s Duomo and favoured by 19th-century architects and designers, Impruneta clay is as solid as rock, finds Arabella Youens