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Archive for April, 2011

Painting holidays in Greece and flowers with wings

Painting holidays in Greece and flowers with wings

[ 0 ] April 15, 2011

Barbara, our inspiring artist based in Paleros, Greece, talks us through how she came to call this beautiful Greek village home, teaching painting holidays to artists of all levels.  Read what she says about the incredible location in which she works and then try to resist the temptation to join her for a painting holiday [...]

Spaghetti trees and Italian cooking courses

Spaghetti trees and Italian cooking courses

[ 0 ] April 1, 2011

On this day in 1957 a documentary aired on British television all about the annual spaghetti harvest in Switzerland.  At the time, spaghetti was not a common sight in the UK and the documentary was therefore able to persuade a large proportion of the population that spaghetti grew on trees.  Yes, really.  Therein started the [...]