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What’s in a painting…

Posted on November 7, 2025 by Janet Simmonds
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Paestum and the Grand Tour

Posted on October 23, 2025 by Janet Simmonds
Reading time 23 minutes
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Italy – style and design in Rome!

Posted on February 3, 2025 by Janet Simmonds
Reading time 11 minutes
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Rome – Basilica of San Clemente

Posted on July 25, 2019 by Janet Simmonds
Reading time 8 minutes
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Venice to Ravenna on the old Roman road

Posted on August 8, 2018 by Janet Simmonds
Reading time 10 minutes
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Italy – style, design and a Roman aqueduct!

Posted on March 20, 2018 by Janet Simmonds
Reading time 11 minutes
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Rome – Keats, Shelley and Porta San Paolo

Posted on March 18, 2018 by Janet Simmonds
Reading time 16 minutes
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Rome – the eternal city

Posted on February 1, 2018 by Janet Simmonds
Reading time 13 minutes
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History of the Grand Tour 

Posted on November 23, 2017 by Janet Simmonds
Reading time 22 minutes
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Aquileia – spectacular Roman mosaics 

Posted on December 12, 2016 by Janet Simmonds
Reading time 15 minutes
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Leighton House, Kensington, London

Posted on December 20, 2014 by Janet Simmonds
Reading time 16 minutes
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