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July's Monthly Newsletter
I have a fond recollection of returning from a day at the beach on Massimo’s scooter many, many moons ago (Google tells me it was September 2007) to see…
Jul 5
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The Terror of the End of Days
Beato Angelico and Luca Signorelli at the Chapel of San Brizio at Orvieto Cathedral
Jul 1
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Agnes Crawford
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June 2025
Some of my favourite views of Rome
7: The Villa Borghese and the Pincian Hill at dusk
Jun 30
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Agnes Crawford
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From Troy to Tomb Raiders: The Extraordinary Life of the Euphronios Krater
In the quiet town of Cerveteri, forty minutes drive or so north-west of Rome where I like to take people for Etruscan-themed jaunts taking in ancient…
Jun 23
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Agnes Crawford
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From Troy to Tomb Raiders: The Extraordinary Life of the Euphronios Krater
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June's Postcard from Rome
When the soft God of Sleep, with easy flight,
Jun 8
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Agnes Crawford
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May 2025
Caravaggio's Jupiter, Neptune and Pluto at the Casino dell'Aurora Ludovisi. c.1597.
All photos taken by me on 18 May 2025
May 27
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Agnes Crawford
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Caravaggio's Jupiter, Neptune and Pluto at the Casino dell'Aurora Ludovisi. c.1597.
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Pope Francis' favourite icon, the Salus Populi Romani
Late last month, and following the wishes stipulated in his will, Pope Francis was buried in a niche previously used to store candlesticks to the left…
May 19
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Pope Francis' favourite icon, the Salus Populi Romani
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Some of my favourite views of Rome
6: Parco degli Acquedotti
May 16
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Agnes Crawford
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A Podcast about Rome. Episode 25. The Arch of the Argentarii
In 204 bankers and cattle merchants erected a monumental portal at the point the vicus Iugarius entered the Forum Boarium (cattle market) in the area of…
May 10
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Agnes Crawford
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May's Postcard from Rome
The Italian idiomatic equivalent to “once in a blue moon”, ogni morte di papa, has the literal meaning “every time a Pope dies”.
May 5
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Agnes Crawford
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April 2025
Caravaggio 2025 at Palazzo Barberini: Part III
In my last post I left Caravaggio fleeing south after the murder of Ranuccio Tomassoni on 28 May 1606; a very literal price on his head.
Apr 28
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Agnes Crawford
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Caravaggio 2025 at Palazzo Barberini: Part III
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Caravaggio 2025 at Palazzo Barberini: Part II
In my last post, I left the blockbuster Caravaggio show at Palazzo Barberini in the second room with a pair of portraits of Maffeo Barberini—the earlier…
Apr 13
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Caravaggio 2025 at Palazzo Barberini: Part II
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