Culture Archives – Jan Fuscoe - Award-winning Writer & Photographer

Hackney Women

Jan — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 12:04:36 +0000

In Search of Jane Loddiges’ Great, Great, Great Grand-daughter Have you ever wondered about the significance of the two exotic palm trees outside Hackney’s Town Hall on Mare Street? Or have you walked along, or crossed, Loddiges Road, just off Mare Street, without knowing that it was named after a certain ‘Conrad Loddiges’ who built…

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Arancino? or Arancina?

Jan — Fri, 07 Nov 2025 19:41:28 +0000

Or, ‘What’s in a name?’ by Kate FuscoeNOVEMBER 2025 The Diavolo is in the Detail There’s a moment when you discover that details are important. In wine-making, they’re essential. But, apparently, elsewhere too. I was a guest of Etna Days – the 4th edition of an event that promotes and celebrates winemaking in the Etna…

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Daughters of the Etna soil

Jan — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 18:29:56 +0000

Wine, Women, and… Willpower by Kate Fuscoe November 2025 ‘A Fimmina‘ Sicily’s Mount Etna – A Muntagna (or A Fimmina, in local dialect) – is female. Maybe it’s because ‘Mamma Etna’ provides wonderfully fertile land, thanks to her rich, volcanic soil, or maybe it’s because there’s an ever-present threat of her erupting. Wine, women… Italian…

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Fighting Fascism & Britain’s ‘Divide and Rule’

Jan — Wed, 28 Sep 2022 19:31:40 +0000

The story of Balwinder Singh Rana, an Indian activist who has been fighting racism and structural attempts at division in Britain for decades. Read my article for the Byline Times here. And for more on the ‘Brick Lane Project’, here’s an article about Barbara Beese and the Mangrove Nine https://bylinetimes.com/2020/09/29/the-woman-with-the-afro-the-story-of-barbara-beese/

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Discover Australia

Jan — Sun, 02 Feb 2020 00:14:34 +0000

In 2020, it will be 250 years since Australia was ‘discovered’ by Captain James Cook. We now know that the land mass was already inhabited with more than 500 Aboriginal tribes. In fact, humans had been here for more than 60,000 years. The First Nations have a tradition of using fire to burn vegetation. Known…

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Federico Fellini

Jan — Wed, 29 Jan 2020 11:02:56 +0000

Film director, Federico Fellini, created such masterpieces as La Dolce Vita (winner of the Palme d’Or in 1960), and 8½ (listed by Sight & Sound as the 10th greatest film of all time). And four of Fellini’s films appear in the BBC Culture’s poll to discover the 100 most popular foreign-language films. Fellini Museum In 2020, Rimini celebrated 100 years…

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Parma

Jan — Tue, 28 Jan 2020 20:49:22 +0000

Capital of Culture Parma is the Italian Capital of Culture in 2020. Throughout the year, events will be held all around the university city in Italy’s Emilia Romagna region. Happy as a pig… Tastebuds should be tingling as soon as you arrive in the ‘Food Valley’ where the pig (il porco) is king. Who hasn’t…

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Food & Chianti under the Tuscan Sun

Jan — Mon, 09 Dec 2019 09:35:24 +0000

Swoon over Chianti’s rolling hills covered in serried vines and bordered by pencil-thin Cypress trees. Explore exquisite medieval walled villages, and luxuriate in ancient spas, then release your inner gourmand with fine Tuscan DOP food and wine. A tip: when eating out or buying produce, look for the DOP (denominazione di origine protetta) label. Only…

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Pompia

Jan — Sun, 23 Sep 2018 13:31:12 +0000

It’s a fruit. You’ve never heard of it? Not surprising, as it’s one of the rarest fruits in the world. However, thanks to the inclusion of pompia in various Sardinian desserts and liqueurs, the fruit survived. Its scientific (and pretty accurate) name is Citrus monstruosa. But it could just as easily be known as Citrus…

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Pesto alla Genovese

Jan — Sun, 23 Sep 2018 11:53:35 +0000

Warning: this basil pesto bears absolutely no resemblance to any pesto you’ve even eaten from a jar. The traditional pesto of Genoa is tangy (basil, garlic), nutty (pine nuts), salty (Pecorino), and fabulously slithery (plenty of extra-virgin olive oil). 40gm basil leaves (ideally home-grown) 120gm Pecorino cheese (or similar, such as Parmesan), grated or cut…

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