My inflight reading on the return journey to England last week was English Pastoral: an Inheritance by Lake District farmer James Rebanks. Few books I …
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The story of wine-making in Milazzo
Perhaps because of its connection to Nelson and a handful of English entrepreneurs, the story of wine-making in Marsala is well-known in the …
The Via Francigena in Sicily
A “Via Francigena” - or road of the Franks - is a pilgrim route. The name derives from the main route from Canterbury, through France, to Rome used by …
The Road to Oxiana – Robert Byron
I've just finished reading Robert Byron's account of his journeys in Persia and Afghanistan undertaken between 1933 and 1934 and recounted in his …
Pentedattilo
An abandoned village in Calabria Rising to heights of 6,000 ft, the wild and forested mountains known as the “Aspromonte" are some of the last …
The adoption of Arabic numerals in Europe
On the left hand side as you enter the Palatine Chapel in Palermo is a stone mounted on the wall, with an inscription. Or rather three inscriptions - …
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Greek Temples in Sicily
Temples are perhaps the most iconic buildings the Ancient Greeks constructed. They are found throughout the Ancient Greek World: in Greece, Italy, …
The story of Marsala wine
John Woodhouse and the birth of Marsala wine The story of Marsala wine is one that the English can lay some claim to having brought into existence. …
