The Mandarin and The Kumquat are all about re loving, upcycling and reusing everything. Southern Italy probably invented recycling, many...

It’s the start of April and l am on the beach, my biggest dilemma......deciding whether l should shed my jeans and expose my super pasty...

At last l have discovered just what l enjoy doing with my life, restoring these beautiful old houses and sharing them with my friends....

2017 has been a winter like no other in the last 30 years. Up until the 4th January the weather had been spectacular, warm days,...

Today I am sitting at the beach writing this blog, well aware that l am very behind schedule in my once a month missive. However in these...