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NAPOLI-A CITY LIKE NO OTHER
Italy’s third-biggest city – the loud, cosmopolitan metropolis of Naples – is made up of a patchwork of neighbourhoods that puts ornate mansions beside gritty street art, and ancient churches next to bohemian drinking holes. The allure of this storied seaside city — the Baroque excess, the indulgent cuisine, the mesmerizing fugue state of it all — now beckons as it did in the city’s Grand Tour days.
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THE LIFE & TIMES OF PIEVE’S MAESTRO PAINTER
On this the 500th anniversary of his death, I thought it was a good opportunity to examine the life and times of the most famous and beloved son of Città della Pieve.
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SBS-ONCE UPON A TIME IN AUSTRALIA.
This fascinating radio/podcast series is dedicated to the rediscovery of characters from the Italian-Australian community of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This episode features my uncle Joe (Giuseppe Cossari) and the story of my family's journey to Australia.
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PUGLIA- ROAD TRIPPING.
Puglia, is the most southern region of Italy forming the heel of its “boot,” and is known for its whitewashed hill towns, centuries-old olive groves and the hundreds of kilometres of Mediterranean coastline.










