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 which season either. Each one has a unique mood. There are many walks in […]
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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 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington DC. I am proud to announce […]
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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 fundamentals” and an ealier 19th century critic commented on Artemisia’s Magdalene stating, “no one would have imagined that it was […]
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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 important part of civilisation. If I had to narrow it down, I […]
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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 (1881-1957) was one such woman. Besides having an extraordinarily impressive name, […]
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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 time, there was a huge gulf between the women of the affluent, […]
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