Posts written about Italy, particularly Naples, and other posts written whilst in Italy.
Bridges over the Arno River, Florence – September 2020
I did not think this trip would happen.
A weekend in Italy? A wedding in a country brought to its knees in agony by Covid-19 only months earlier? Surely not.
At the entrance to the exhibition of Don McCullin’s photographs at Tate Britain, London
Black and white and not very big, each frame – and there are rooms of them – shows what it felt like to be there. Not easy most of the time, but so compelling.
The exhibition of photographs taken by Don McCullin over the last sixty years is on at the Tate Britain in London until 6 May 2019. I went last week…so did plenty of others.
Piazza della Consolata in Turin, Italy
Here are some final impressions of my excellent, food-themed days in Turin. The trip, arranged by locals, was a real treat.
First I want to take you to Piazza della Consolata.
The Phraser 