Regular PN Review readers will recall Michael Schmidt's editorial appeal to secure the future of the English Cemetery in Florence, which contains the graves of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Walter Savage Landor, Fanny Trollope, Theodosia Trollope and Arthur Hugh Clough, and tombs by Lord Leighton and Holman Hunt (PNR 165: September-October 2005). We are, therefore, delighted to report that campaigners' petition has obtained the 2000 signatures necessary to save the Cemetery from closure, abandonment and vandalism. It will now be considered for UNESCO World Heritage Site status.

Julia Bolton Holloway, Professor Emerita Director of the Biblioteca e Bottega Fioretta Mazzei, is now in the process of forming a Foundation under Italian law to raise funds for the Cemetery's restoration and to ensure that it and its library remain open to the public. To support the appeal, sign the petition at http://piazzaledonatello.blogspot.com or send a contribution to Julia Bolton Holloway, Professor Emerita Director, Biblioteca e Bottega Fioretta Mazzei 'English Cemetery', Piazzale Donatello, 38, 50132 Florence, Italy.