Santa Maria Assunta, Montepulciano

When you’re in Italy in August, churches and cathedrals have the added bonus of being cool and dark when you’ve been by the pool all morning.

Castell Carreg Cennen Chapel

When I’m not rooting around churches, I am often rooting around castles. Usually I hop around, getting excited, find the chapel immediately, tell whoever I am with “that’s the chapel” and then go and pretend to fall off a battlement.

St John the Baptist, Stanwick, North Yorks

One of the joys of ‘church-searching’ is never quite knowing what you’ll find – from a shape on a map to a magnificent or indeed humble building, there will always be a glimpse of the past waiting for you.