italian mosaic art

Mosaic man

The Italian city of Ravenna is famous for its mosaics but one young artist is taking the ancient artform and giving it a modern touch!

oldest country in the world

The world’s oldest sovereign state

It’s the oldest sovereign state in the world and also one of the smallest. So what is San Marino like to visit as a tourist and what is there to do?

Jubilee flotilla on the Thames

Pomp and circumstance

It was meant to be a big jubilee celebration for the Queen and her subjects. So how did so many of them get treated so badly in the chaos?

san gimignano towers

The towers of San Gimignano

San Gimignano is a city of towers. Fourteen in total these days (although at one point there were as many as 72!).