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Amor Vincit Omnia, Caravaggio (briefly) on Manchester Square
Vespa Tunes XXVII: Christmas with the Yours, Elio e le Storie Tese, 1995
Rus in Urbe V: the Caelian Hill
Pharaonic Ambitions: Obelisks in Rome
Some of my favourite views of Rome
1350: The Jubilee without a Pope
Bessarion, the Flagellation, and the Fall of Constantinople
Vespa Tunes XXVI: Extraterrestre, Eugenio Finardi, 1978
Mithras and Mithraism: San Clemente, Ostia Antica, and London
October's Monthly Postcard from Rome
Some of my favourite views of Rome
A Wander through Ostia Antica, part 2
The Devil's Chair, or the tomb of (perhaps) Hadrian's freedman
September's Postcard from Rome
A Wander through Ostia Antica, part 1
Admin and Aqueducts; or Tor Sapienza, pensavo peggio
Vespa Tunes XXV: Un Estate Italiana, Gianna Nannini & Edoardo Bennato, 1989
August's Postcard from (not quite) Rome
Roma Città Aperta, and the Mausoleum of the Fosse Ardeatine
Vespa Tunes XXIV: Nostalgia Canaglia, Romina Power & Al Bano, 1986
A Podcast about Rome. Episode 26: The Baths of Caracalla
Some of my favourite views of Rome
From Troy to Tomb Raiders: The Extraordinary Life of the Euphronios Krater
Caravaggio's Jupiter, Neptune and Pluto at the Casino dell'Aurora Ludovisi. c.1597.
Pope Francis' favourite icon, the Salus Populi Romani
Some of my favourite views of Rome
A Podcast about Rome. Episode 25. The Arch of the Argentarii
Caravaggio 2025 at Palazzo Barberini: Part III
Caravaggio 2025 at Palazzo Barberini: Part II
Caravaggio 2025 at Palazzo Barberini: Part I
"Ave Maria, Gratia Plena": four of my favourite Annunciations
Some of my favourite views of Rome
Memories of a Roman Quarantine
Vespa Tunes XXIII: Non Sono Una Signora, Loredana Berté, 1982
Raphael's tapestries in the Sistine Chapel in those strange days of February 2020
Risorgimento Rome II/Never far from Rome V
February's Postcard from Rome (& Naples)
A Podcast about Rome. Episode 24. Commodus as Hercules.
A Quarter of a Century in Rome
Some of my favourite views of Rome
Vespa Tunes XXII: Ecco Che Arriva Er Sole, I Sette Re di Roma, 1989