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!).

assisi basilica

It is in giving away that we receive

St Francis believed in a life free of material goods where worth was measured in kindness. How a visit to the Italian town of Assisi reinforces this idea.

The best things to do in Siena

Things to do in Siena

With so many things to do in Siena, it’s easy to spend a day or two here… unless, that is, it’s the day of The Palio!