Virtually Visit

27/04/2026

Raphael’s beautiful brushstrokes in the Raphael Rooms at the Vatican…The dreadful Heliodorus sent to steal the riches from the Temple of Solomon - miraculously sent packing by the prayers of the Priest who sent a mighty Golden Clad Horseman with two ethereal helpers to beat out the thief. And as it turns out … he could have been ‘s ugly ancestor!!!?? Wonder if he visited the today as he is playing in Rome tonight at and I’ll be in the 2nd row… !!

04/11/2025

Every bit as breath-taking as I had imagined guys…

31/10/2025

Napoleon held Pius VII captive first in Savona and then Fontainebleau for being so stubborn (and not giving him support… or a divorce!) and in the mean time looted the Vatican Collections…. Took Raphael, The Laocoön, The Belvedere Apollo… and much more where he bolstered the Louvre with it and even tho the congress of Vienna in 1815 saw some returned - they still have bits of it to this day!

28/10/2025

on the exit route of the museums…moonrocks at the vatican and a flag that’s been to the Moon! What a gift from Apollo 11 and an unexpected surprise for the careful visitor to find after seeing the Sistine Chapel.

12/02/2025

24/10/2024

has an ugly brother in the Raphael rooms guys! I couldn’t unsee this after seeing him in Milan this Sunday. And if you guys have been on my tour then Matt’s comedy probably isn’t too far out for you!!

04/04/2024

Pope Paul V Borghese - the same fella who stuck his name out front of St Peter’s Basilica - Also restored and ancient Roman Aquaduct, completed in 1614, bringing the water to Rome on the Trastevere side of the River from Bracciano Lake (Where Tom Cruise Married Katie Holmes!). However - being LAKE water it wasn’t that great - so inspired the saying in Trastevere that if something is like the Pauline Water then it really isn’t worth much!!

24/03/2024

Representing in Roma on the

29/04/2023

Hi guys! This s a little different than my normal post but - I felt compelled!

My jaw was on the floor when I read this!!

If you think Michelangelo, Botticelli and the rennaissance are pornografic to OUR MODERN perspective, my word your kids will be in for a surprise in a few years!

What do you all think?

A parent called the lesson ‘pornographic’

23/03/2023

but if you didn’t …..!!

19/03/2023

In the Uk Mothering Sunday is celebrated on the 4th Sunday in Lent and originated as a celebration of the mother church - the one you were baptised in - which you are supposed to return to…
Here’s Raphael’s holy family for you with a shaven St Joseph because today is also HIS Saints day…. And in Italy actually ! Just treat yourselves anyway parents cos the Lord knows we deserve it!!