I travelled to the crumbling hilltop village of Civita di Bagnoregio, an hour and a half outside of Rome, in pursuit of stillness, silence and a window into a vanished world. I organised a stay for me and the photographer Lesley Lau at Corte della Maesta, a guesthouse packed with priceless art and artefacts in a former bishop's house owned by the psychiatrist Paolo Crepet and his partner Cristiana Melis. The resulting article was a meditation on the impact of overtourism in places of beauty and an insight into the curiously timeless ambience of the retreat the couple has created. The final article was published in the autumn 2018 edition of SUITCASE Magazine, The Slow Issue.