Category: Italy

Apostles on the domed ceiling of the Baptistery in Ravenna.

The Unknown Artists of Ravenna

I’ve not always liked my name — one of my first acts on hitting puberty was to rebrand myself from “Theodora” to “Theo”, an innovation...

Billboard advertising sexy shop in Palermo Italy - image by David Holt.

A Sexy, Sexy Shop

After a slow start – an automatic handbrake? What fresh hell is THIS? – we take the slow road from Pisa to Modena, and it’s...

The view from Venezia Santa Lucia train station, over the Grand Canal. With Zac.

Venice — Woot!

Our train trundles slowly across the open sea, stucco buildings threading the skyline, waters lapping at their base. “Look!” I exclaim, quite childishly excited. “It’s...