I’ve recently worked on a project commissioned by BBC StoryWorks and Montenegro Tourism. In this story, I trace how Montenegro’s architecture reflects the opposing ideas of powers that have clashed in the country’s territory over centuries. Venetian Renaissance architecture, pirate strongholds, and avant-garde socialist urban experiments – Montenegro’s cities tell...

In the northern Italian town of Cavriago, near Reggio Emilia, a rare public bust of Vladimir Lenin stands in the public square that carries the name of the Bolshevik leader. Now a symbol of the local community’s tradition of resistance against the right, the story of the monument begins with...

I recently spent a couple of months on assignment in Estonia to work on the new Lonely Planet guide to the Baltic countries. In my research I covered a few sections of the Baltic Trails, the new network of hiking (and cycling) paths that run through Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania....

È uscita una mia storia sulla rivista letteraria Just Lit. Si intitola “Dov’è casa non c’è casa” e parla delle non-case in cui ho abitato negli ultimi anni. È l’inizio di una cosa molto più lunga che prima o poi finirò di scrivere, forse. Si legge qui....