Published in The Observer (3rd February, 2013) The Pike: Gabriele D’Annunzio – Poet, Seducer and Preacher of War by Lucy Hughes-Hallett (Fourth Estate) When Liane de Pougy, one […]
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24-Hour Room Service: Margutta 54, Rome
Published in The Independent (October 31st, 2009) The plan seemed simple. A couple of days in Paris, then the overnight train to Rome followed by a day showing […]
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Mussels and the click of Manolos
Published in The Independent (September 20th, 2003) The mussels arrived, plump and glistening in their shells. I counted 21 of them, together with a handful of sea urchins, […]