Philip Gwynne Jones

Venetian Gothic

Well, the title’s been on Amazon for months and many of you knew it anyway, but here we are :

It’s two countries and four dates so I’m calling it a tour! Back to the Land of My Fathers, and

Well, we’re just back from a week in Sicily, where we lay on the beach, ate a lot of fish

There is just one tray of sarde spinate (boned and butterflied sardines) left in the fishmonger’s. The woman next to me is eyeing

The best sardines I have ever eaten were at Al Gatto Nero on Burano. I’ve only been there twice. On both occasions

Caroline looks at me with the expression of one who has made a proper effort at dressing up whilst her

Now this one really was a bit different. First of all there’s more classical (as you might expect), and fewer

On then to to the soundtrack to book 2, “Vengeance in Venice”. The playlist opens in suitably Venetian style with

My good friend (and German translator) Birgit Salzmann recently asked me if she could have a playlist for “The Venetian

Well, okay, “tour” might be pushing it a bit. And there aren’t any T-shirts. But “tour” is what I’m calling