Matera: European Capital of Culture 2019

Christine Smallwood Briefs

My first visit to Matera in Basilicata was in 2007 when some friends from Bari, in neighbouring Puglia organised a …

Twenty Years of Food, Fun and (Italian) Flair in Wales

Christine Smallwood Stories

I first went to the town of Abergavenny in 2007 with an Italian called Massimo. The wine sponsor of the …