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Hot springs and Hopefulness: the profound humanity of the bronzes of the sanctuary at San Casciano
December 2019 was the most recent of my visits to San Casciano dei Bagni. I was with a couple of friends and we parked by the almost deserted Roman…
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Vespa Tunes XVII: Venezia - Istanbul, Franco Battiato, 1980
Earlier this week I went on an impromptu jaunt to stay with my pal Gillian in Venice. Arriving at Santa Lucia station is always magical, and almost…
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November's Monthly Newsletter
November is upon us. It is Rome’s wettest month. The days are short, and the traffic angry as it lurches over cobbles glittering with the reflections of…
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Jonah, the lynchpin of the Sistine Chapel
All photographs taken by me, with permission, during a special after-hours visit in February 2020. On that occasion, and for one week only, the…
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Florence, October 2020; or the Consolations of History.
This time three years ago, after a relatively unfettered and glorious summer, Italy was entering a second phase of lockdown. Just the thought of it…
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Vespa Tunes XVI: Per le strade di Roma, Francesco de Gregori, 2006
I find the all-encompassing, enervating, and interminable heat of a Roman high summer swiftly evaporates in memory. One can recall the general outline…
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Stones of Rome IV
Numidian Yellow, or giallo antico
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