The contrast between Italian and English manners By Nick Ceramella 21st November 2025 Rome Photography of Venice and Venice Carnival figures in costume by Theresa Moynes Photo credit: Theresa Moynes Introduction This article deals with Byron’s poem Beppo  as a basis to analyse the social context in which the story takes place. Here we discuss the difference between Italian and English social habits through  Michail Bakhtin’s theory of the carnivalesque and the carnival Tradi

By Peter Clarke LRPS 7 November 2025 Beeston, Nottingham Photography by Peter Clarke. As a family we all love Italy. The food, the culture and the history. We have visited many regions and many cities. Rome the eternal city, Bologna, Venice, Florence and Pisa, and Lecce in the south.  This year we decided we would take in the sights and history of the Ligurian coast and had our base in Genoa . It is also known for its historical association with international celebrity an

By Janine Moore 25th October 2025 All photography by Janine Moore. Click on photos to enlarge. Take a walk with me to wander the green lanes and mossy stones of Dale Abbey, Derbyshire — where a 13th-century Premonstratensian house once stood, a hermit carved a cave in the sandstone, and footpaths weave through evocative ruins, an ancient church, and haunted woodland. The beautiful Dale Abbey Village is nestled in a Derbyshire valley and founded on faith, compassion, and com