Women Pilgrims of the Middle Ages
‘There’s no discouragement...Shall make him once relent...His first avowed intent... To be a pilgrim.’ Women, however, endured vexations of their own as Diana Webb outlines.
Diana Webb
La Dolce Vita? Italy By Rail, 1839-1914
Diana Webb looks into the pleasures and pitfalls of an early tourist experience.
Blackpool's Tour de Force
A tribute to the Blackpool tower which celebrates its 100th birthday this summer.
The Church of San Frediano, Lucca
Diana Webb looks at the miracles and saints populating the basilica of the San Frediano in Lucca.
Saints and Cities in Medieval Italy
Every commune had to have one - Diana Webb explains how the cult of a holy man or woman and civic PR went hand-in-hand in medieval Italy.