Philip Gwynne Jones

A story for Christmas

I’ve just realised that – although I tweeted this a couple of weeks ago – there might be a few

It’s late November, and I’m a bit poorly. No, not man-flu poorly, just aware of things not being quite right

I haven’t been to the Rialto Market for months, and it’s a delight to be back. The sun is shining

“Because I could not stop for Death, he kindly stopped for me…” Has any director ever had a better decade

The great Dino Risi was a director more associated with commedia all’italiana than with the horror film And yet, in

Well this one is super-easy… Apricots are up there with the Best of Fruit. Or, at least, they should be.

Or, if you prefer, Gnocchi with Tuna. I used to buy all my fresh fish at the Rialto Market but,

So we made the Top 10! I don’t think anyone expected this but – yes – “The Venetian Legacy” had

I know it’s fondly remembered but – whisper it – Anonimo Veneziano really isn’t a very good film. The plot,

It’s Saturday night, and I’ve got ten scallops from the fishmonger on Giudecca waiting to be cooked. But what am