BLOG 73 06/11/2018 Pierre Loti: The Ultimate Orientalist.
Pierre Loti: The Ultimate Orientalist. It is said that a picture says a thousand words. In the case of Pierre Loti, the opposite is true. It is his words that paint the romantic imagery of the oriental world in a way that few other authors have...
read moreBlog 72 22/10/2018 A LITERARY WORLD: WWII The Darkest Hour. An Interview with Marion Kummerow
A LITERARY WORLD: WWII The Darkest Hour. An Interview with Marion Kummerow Ten bestselling historical fiction authors have come together to give you a glimpse of the invisible side of WWII – the Resistance. ***All proceeds will be donated to the...
read moreBLOG 71 14/10/2018 A LITERARY WORLD: WWII The Darkest Hour. An Interview with Mary D. Brooks
A LITERARY WORLD: WWII The Darkest Hour. An Interview with Mary D. Brooks Ten bestselling historical fiction authors have come together to give you a glimpse of the invisible side of WWII – the Resistance. Royalties from this book will be donated...
read moreBlog 70 09/10/2018. A Shared Heritage: Carpet Weaving in Turkey and Greece.
A Shared Heritage: Carpet Weaving in Turkey and Greece. When I purchased an upright Turkish carpet loom in Athens in the nineteen-seventies, I was aware that I was following in the footsteps of a tradition that had been handed down from generation...
read moreBlog 69 15/09/2018 Strolling through Athens: The Tower of the Winds.
Strolling through Athens: The Tower of the Winds. One of my greatest loves is to walk through antiquity when there’s hardly anyone about, which usually means siesta time or the early hours of the morning in the Mediterranean. It doesn’t matter...
read moreBlog 68 01/09/2018 A LITERARY WORLD: WWII The Darkest Hour. An Interview with John R. McKay
A LITERARY WORLD: WWII The Darkest Hour. An Interview with John R. McKay Ten bestselling historical fiction authors have come together to give you a glimpse of the invisible side of WWII – the Resistance. Royalties from this book will be donated...
read moreBlog 67 25/04/2017 Artemisia Gentileschi: Libertine and Painter of the Italian Baroque.
Artemisia Gentileschi: Libertine and Painter of the Italian Baroque. In 1916 the Italian art critic, Roberto Longhi, described Artemisia Gentileschi as “the only woman in Italy who ever knew about painting, colouring, drawing, and other...
read moreBlog 66: 17/04/2018 The Renaissance Artist, Sofonisba Anguissola: A Successful Woman in a Man’s World.
The Renaissance Artist, Sofonisba Anguissola: A Successful Woman in a Man’s World. As someone who has spent their working life in the arts, many people ask which is my favourite era. It’s a hard question to answer because they are all constitute an...
read moreBlog 65 07/07/2018 Marchesa Luisa Casati Stampa di Soncino: A Living Work of Art.
Marchesa Luisa Casati Stampa di Soncino: A Living Work of Art. The art world abounds with eccentrics: indeed, it thrives on them, even more so if they have lots of money to splash around. The Marchesa Luisa Adele Rosa Maria Casati Stampa di Soncino...
read moreBlog 64 23/03/2018 Women of the Greek War of Independence: Manto Mavrogenous and Moscho Tzavela
Women of the Greek War of Independence. Manto Mavrogenous and Moscho Tzavela Women played a huge role in the decades leading up to and during, The Greek War of Independence in 1821, and their heroism is highly regarded in Greece. At the...
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