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A Wander along the Aurelian Wall, or "one thing too many"
Once having found the Wall I could not forget it, or be unaware of its continuity. Its reemergences into view, out of covering buildings, never are not…
Apr 12
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Agnes Crawford
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April's Monthly Newsletter
As I mentioned in my last post, last month found me on a foray southwards on a bespoke Grand Tour de nos jours for clients of Bellini Travel, who…
Apr 10
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Agnes Crawford
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March 2024
Some thoughts on fountain rooms
I spent the last week showing delightful clients of the inestimable Bellini Travel around a selection of delights in Rome, Campania and Sicily. When…
Mar 31
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Agnes Crawford
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Vespa Tunes XVIII: Il Treno Va, Paolo Conte, 1992
I’ve always loved a train ride. It’s something about the suspension of time: one is going somewhere, in itself an achievement, and is limited in what…
Mar 24
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Agnes Crawford
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The Stoicism of the Hellenistic Boxer
All photos taken by me 13th March, 2024 Rome is crammed with relentlessly astonishing and intriguing places; home to a panoply of sites which anywhere…
Mar 16
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Agnes Crawford
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March's Monthly Newsletter
For how long, I wonder, will the arrival of early March bring a frisson of anxiety? Four years have gone by since Italy was the first country outside…
Mar 13
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Agnes Crawford
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A Podcast about Rome. Episode 17: Trajan's Column
A stone’s throw from the Forum of Nerva, about which I spoke last time, is one of the finest, most innovative, and indeed largest examples of Roman art…
Mar 4
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Agnes Crawford
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February 2024
Leap Years and Lepanto
Today is the twenty-ninth of February, a bonus day to even up calendar discrepancies which allows me (just) to squeeze in another newsletter this month…
Feb 29
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Agnes Crawford
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Museo of the Forma Urbis on the Caelian Hill
Last month a new museum opened in Rome on the peaceful slopes of the Caelian Hill, a languid stone’s throw from the hubbub of the Colosseum. It is the…
Feb 28
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Agnes Crawford
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Peacocks and Peristyles: the "Villa Poppea" at Oplontis
In his Italian Journey, Goethe writes: “We lunched at Torre Annunziata at a table on the beach. Everyone was happy to live in that place, some…
Feb 19
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Agnes Crawford
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February's Monthly Newsletter
Somehow, inexplicably, we’re already halfway through February and I’m a little late with my monthly newsletter. It’s been a busy few weeks and as well…
Feb 14
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Agnes Crawford
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January 2024
A Podcast about Rome. Episode 16: The Forum of Nerva
Last time I spoke of Domitian who came to a Sticky End. After Domitian’s death his successor, Nerva, inaugurated the Forum Transitorium built largely…
Jan 28
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Agnes Crawford
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