


The Well Travelled Painting: Overlooking Cefalù from La Rocca, in Sicily
I’ve recently created this new blog post series of Well-Travelled Paintings, to share my progress with re-learning to paint, draw out the memories of the places and travel destinations I […]

My 2-week Travel Itinerary for Sicily
My new favourite region of Italy is Sicily. And given that my favourite country in the world has long been Italy, that is saying something! […]

Diary of a Master’s Student Abroad: Month 8 (April 2017)
I’ve now just 1 month left here in Sweden (out of a 4-month semester) and the city of Uppsala is truly starting to feel like home. So here is the […]

Why the Haitian hurricane barely graced your newsfeeds: bad timing or do we simply not care?
Originally posted on The Euroculturer:
? The aftermath of the Haiti Hurricane. Photo by DVIDSHUB Virginia Stuart-Taylor It’s the stuff of nightmares. You wake up around 6am and you’ve no…

Living La Dolce Vita in Bellagio: the Clubrooms at Gatwick Airport and a penthouse with Bellagio & Dintorni
At the end of October I spent an idyllic long weekend with three friends in Bellagio, a beautiful Italian village at the heart of Lake Como. I’ve already written about […]

What to See, Do and Eat in Bellagio at the Heart of Lake Como
La bellissima Italia! Quanto mi sei mancata! I have an ongoing internal struggle, trying to choose between Spain and Italy, which country do I love the […]

Review of the Oscar-winning Italian film ‘The Great Beauty’ (aka ‘La Grande Bellezza’)
An easy and extremely cheap way to travel vicariously is to let your television screen travel for you and immerse you in a foreign country, simply by watching a film. […]

Where is your favourite spot to go sailing? For me it’s Italy.
I’ve got sailing on the brain at the moment. Firstly, I’ve just completed a 7-week evening class in London to get my RYA Day Skipper theory certificate (I’m pleased to […]