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Amor Vincit Omnia, Caravaggio (briefly) on Manchester Square

During my Christmas trip to London I made a foray on Saturday morning to one of my favourite museums, the Wallace Collection in Manchester Square.

Dec 30, 2025 • Agnes Crawford

A Festive Postcard from Rome

A battery of festive Roman photos, no paywall so please share with anyone who might like some Roman festivity as 2025 draws to a close!

Dec 29, 2025 • Agnes Crawford

Vespa Tunes XXVII: Christmas with the Yours, Elio e le Storie Tese, 1995

There is an Italian musical genre which has no real translation, rock demenziale. Coined in the late seventies by the singer/songwriter/comic/disc…

Dec 20, 2025 • Agnes Crawford

Rus in Urbe V: the Caelian Hill

Part I: From the Archeological Park via Ss Giovanni e Paolo and the Roman Houses to Villa Celimontana

Dec 18, 2025 • Agnes Crawford

December's Postcard from Rome

I’ll be doing a live-streamed Christmas walk on 21 December, info and how to join is at the end!

Dec 10, 2025 • Agnes Crawford

November 2025

Pharaonic Ambitions: Obelisks in Rome

I: The Lateran Obelisk

Nov 30, 2025 • Agnes Crawford

Some of my favourite views of Rome

11: Madonna del Parto

Nov 24, 2025 • Agnes Crawford

1350: The Jubilee without a Pope

Nov 19, 2025 • Agnes Crawford

November's Postcard from Rome

The Pinacoteca of the Vatican Museums—Giotto and Caravaggio; Gentile da Fabriano and Crivelli; Bellini and Titian; an unfinished Leonardo; an…

Nov 12, 2025 • Agnes Crawford

October 2025

Bessarion, the Flagellation, and the Fall of Constantinople

In my most recent monthly newsletter I mentioned that the Piero della Francesca lecture trip I led last month took us on a foray to the palace of “Duke…

Oct 31, 2025 • Agnes Crawford

Vespa Tunes XXVI: Extraterrestre, Eugenio Finardi, 1978

Occasionally I find myself Vespa-ing through Rome before dawn to take folk on a very early and totally private visit of the Vatican Museums and the…

Oct 22, 2025 • Agnes Crawford

Mithras and Mithraism: San Clemente, Ostia Antica, and London

A languid stone’s throw from the Colosseum, under both the twelfth century church of San Clemente and the fourth century basilica which lies beneath…

Oct 19, 2025 • Agnes Crawford

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