People scream as the huge mass of bamboo poles and tissue paper plummets toward them. At the last moment, it pulls out of the dive and soars back up into the air. Everyone keeps a watchful eye on the giant kite. I’ve heard enough stories to know that these things really can hurt.

Prof. Victor Coonin has been “into” Italian Renaissance art history for his whole adult life, but the experience of doing his Masters degree at Syracuse University in Florence was unquestionably a formative one. Up close contact with original works of art allows you to live with art and understand it better.

Extreme Weather Kyrre ravaged northern Norway for several days, but by Sunday 16th March, it was all over. Benny Høynes, who lives in Sortland in Vesterålen, is an avid photographer. When Kyrre ravaged its worst, he dressed himself for the storm, and took the camera out.

After the storm, the nicer weather came and the sun was shining for several days. Take a look...