A Dead Good Blog

I met Steve for lunch today and promised him a short blog and a poem for this week's theme. It was a great lunch, great pizza, great tal...

Two of the problems when it comes to writing about ancient cities are a) what is ancient and b) what is a city. I was reading an article the...

Anyone fortunate enough to have visited Rome will have been struck by its distinctive stone pine trees, sometimes also called Roman pines or...

Since the early Noughties, a new fashion has been gaining popularity in Europe. It is causing distress in many council chambers,  especially...