Archive - Understanding Rome's Newsletter

Some of my favourite views of Rome

5. Porta Maggiore

Nov 25 •

Venetian Rituals: La Festa della Madonna della Salute

All photos taken 20 & 21 November 2024

Nov 24 •

Never far from Rome III

The River Thames

Nov 17 •

Barley Sugar Columns and Baroque Bling: Bernini's Baldacchino at St Peter's in the Vatican

All photos taken on 5 November 2024 unless otherwise specified

Nov 6 •

November's Postcard from Rome

Yesterday I took folk on a wander through the Field of Mars under the crisp blue skies of a warm early November.

Nov 4 •

October 2024

Le Palais du Papes, the Babylonian Captivity, and some thoughts on the "Dark Ages"

Quid est enim aliud omnis historia, quam Romana laus

Oct 17 •

Some of my favourite views of Rome

4: Clivo di Scauro

Oct 16 •

Vespa Tunes XXI: Er Traffico de Roma, Radici nel Cemento, 2004

When I came to Rome with a university class trip in 1998—the class was “Bramante and High Renaissance Rome”—I remember our tutor cast an amusing, but…

Oct 13 •

October's Postcard from Rome

In theory autumn is upon us, in practice in Rome it is still beach weather.

Oct 10 •

A Podcast about Rome. Episode 22. Marcus Aurelius: the Philosopher Emperor and his Equestrian Statue

Marcus Aurelius is the last of those Machiavelli and Gibbon spoke of as the “Five Good Emperors”.

Oct 5 •

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September 2024

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