

Olevano sul Tusciano redux
Our book is published by Viella! Edited with Alessandro Del Muro, Il santuario di San Michele ad Olevano sul Tusciano (Viella, Rome,...


Destination Santa Fiora?
Destination tourism: how do you attract tourists to places that have genuine history and natural wonders, yet lie off the beaten track?...


Finding Settefinestre
Italy’s most celebrated post-war archaeologist, Andrea Carandini, essentially initiated a paradigm change in national field archaeology...


Orbetello international airport
Airports are mostly non-places, anonymous malls and lines for checking-in, security, passports, and boarding. Not so Orbetello...


La Grotta di San Michele ad Olevano sul Tusciano
Fascinating two-day conference at Battipaglia and Salerno dedicated to the extraordinary early Medieval cave sanctuary in the rugged...


nEU-Med day at Scarlino: our (Vetricella’s) first book is published
Origins of a new economic union (7th-12th centuries) edited by Giovanna Bianchi and Richard Hodges, Florence, Insegna del Giglio was...


Vetricella excavations: month 6
A mixture of showers and long fine days is helping the digging as they move into the sixth month of excavation of this unusual...


Vetricella: the third season
Our nEU-Med excavations at Vetricella, near Scarlino re-started four weeks ago and have benefited from blissful weather. Five months of...


Back to Santa Marta
Cinigiano, as all Tuscany, is lusciously green this year. Visiting the excavations of the Roman villa at Santa Marta a year on, the thick...


Celebrating San Bernardino at Massa Marittima
Massa Marittima is Tuscany’s little Siena. A gem of a Medieval town, it sits looking towards the Mediterranean on a promontory extending...