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Vespa Tunes XXIX - Autogrill, Francesco Guccini, 1983
Earlier this month Francesco Guccini died, aged eighty-six.
Earlier this month Francesco Guccini died, aged eighty-six. He was a Modenese singer-songwriter of both popularity and integrity; his characteristic guttural rhotacism and Emilian...
August's Postcard from Rome
All photos taken on 2 August 2026
One of my favourite Roman August movies is, as I have mentioned many times, Caro Diario. Nanni Moretti’s 1993 film is a collection of semi-autobiographical musings, made as he breaches the cusp of his fort...
Extravagant Eclecticism: Glimpses of Quartiere Coppedè
Just outside the Aurelian Walls, pretty much equidistant from three delightful parks (Villa Borghese, Villa Ada, and Villa Torlonia), and firmly ensconced in the natural habitat of a tranche of Rome’s
Just outside the Aurelian Walls, prett...
A Vermeer in Rome: The Woman Reading a Letter at Palazzo Barberini
At present there is an exquisite Vermeer on display in Rome, on loan from the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam and gleaming in the quietly atmospheric gloom of the Room of Landscapes just off the Oval Hall at Palazzo Barberini.
At present there is...
A newly accessible Etruscan treasure: The François Tomb at Villa Giulia
All photographs taken in July 2026 unless otherwise specified
All photographs taken in July 2026 unless otherwise specified
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