"I walked miles all over the city, at any time of the day or night", wrote Peggy Guggenheim in 1936 as she visited Venice alone after the...

Having had an amusing but confusing evening with my landlady and her fascinating group of poets, academics and critics who sail under the...

After weeks of fretting, packing, unpacking, repacking, changing my mind, more fretting and really, wondering if I'm being ridiculous,...

For anyone who is thinking of asking me to come and give an Arts Society talk, here is a brief introduction