france
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Albi France – Where another little art history story began
A short commute from Toulouse is Albi, the home of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, one of art…
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Chasing Paolo Veronese
When Paolo Veronese – ascended master in training – one of the most esteemed painters of…
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Energising the rosary beads on pilgrimage
Since 2011, Paul McCarthy has carried Brasilian quartz crystal rosaries on pilgrimage to sacred sites across…
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35,000 words… not
A picture is worth a thousand words — and these are worth thirty-five thousand. A photo…
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Photographing the unseen
For more than twenty years, Paul McCarthy has been photographing materialisations of spirit at sacred sites…
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I touched the Crown of Thorns
In 2012, I venerated the Crown of Thorns in Notre Dame Cathedral — a relic of…
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Annecy, France
A detour from Turin to venerate the relics of St François de Sales and St Jane…
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Dead since 1879
St Bernadette Soubirous in Nevers — her incorrupt body, the compulsion to pray the rosary, and…
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Musee d’Orsay rehang
A visit to the newly rehanged Musée d’Orsay in Paris — impressionism, the new layout, and…
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Paris je t’aime
The Miraculous Medal chapel, Rue du Bac, St Thérèse in Lisieux, and the deep consolation of…
