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 Venice, a favourite topic in English literature 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 c

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

By Marianne Coxon 11 October 2025 Six years ago I became interested in the Hardwick Hall Noble Women hangings when I started my first role with the National Trust as a Creative Interpreter discussing the meanings behind these wonderful hangings as part of the ‘We are Bess’ project. The crux of the project was to explore the true nature of Bess of Hardwick who had been maligned by her last husband the Earl of Shrewsbury and mainly male writers since. The aims were also to in

By Marysia Zipser 9th October 2025 Photography and videos by Tony Fisher RPS, Teresa Cullen, Jeanie Barton and Marysia Zipser   On Sunday...