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15/01/2025

Beehive Bagels at Habemus Cafe for Bagel Day 🥯

14/01/2025

The Laocoon was discovered on the Colle Oppio on 14th January 1506. Knowing this to be an exceptional discovery the pope at the time, Julius II, asked his architect Giuliano de Sangallo to go take a look at it. Sangallo was accompanied by his friend, Michelangelo, who drew inspiration from the centuries old sculpture

12/01/2025

Buona Domenica

11/01/2025

Roma, Villa Medici

10/01/2025

Five spots to find Janus, god of gateways, beginnings and who gave rise to the month of January
Arch of Janus, Forum Boarium
Ponte Fabricio
Vatican Museums
View from Janiculum, named after the god whose shrine once sat atop the hill
Cabin Art by ADR

09/01/2025

Memories of a rhinoceros in the Velabro

08/01/2025

The 14th century artist. Giotto di Bondone died on the 8th January 1337. His works can be seen not only in Florence and Padua but also in Rome.The Stefaneschi Triptych is on display in the Vatican Museums and the detail shown here is of the cardinal who commissioned the altarpiece being introduced to St Peter by Saint George. Look carefully and you can see the dragon at his feet. The choice of saint alludes to the fact that Cardinal Stefaneschi was also deacon of the church of San Giorgio in Velabro

07/01/2025

In 1932 the Zazza family opened Settimio on Via Pellegrino. The latest family members , Mario & Teresa , sold the business in 2022 but luckily it was taken over by Leonardo & Maria Pia of Cesare al Casaletto who continue the tradition of hospitality, even retaining some of Teresa’s recipes on the menu
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06/01/2025

I have saved my favourite book of 2024 until last. I read it in January last year and think about it continually
I should have known that any book by the author of ‘When God Was a Rabbit’ would be a good read and ‘Still Life’ is exactly that. The story spans three decades from 1944 to the end of the 1970’s and tells of lives bound together forming an unconventional family.
Florence forms the backdrop for most of the book (with Rome getting a mention here & there) and one of the delights in reading this for me was the minutiae of Italian everyday life that Sarah Winman portrays so beautifully. I think we all know, and want to be part of, the bar in the piazza and enjoy ‘Dolce fa Niente’

05/01/2025

Daisy Dunn, the author of The Missing Thread, does an excellent job in highlighting women in the ancient world. Not only are there very little sources from the time that focus on women in society but those that exist are often skewed against the fairer s*x, especially those who appear to have influence. The book spans 3,000 years of history but you won’t be surprised to hear that I enjoyed the latter third of the book most of all as this concentrates on Ancient Rome. Highly readable and a great recommendation

04/01/2025

It was a forgone conclusion I was going to love What I ate in One Year by Stanley Tucci. Not only do I admire him as an actor but some of our favourite eating places in Rome were mentioned right of the start of this diary. I loved the format used here too. Bite sized (excuse the pun) chunks of memories suit me fine and the fact that he mentions several times that his young children are picky eaters gives consolation to us all

03/01/2025

The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell was inspired by the Robert Browning poem ‘ My Last Duchess’ Although set in Florence and Ferrara the portrayal of the oppressive nature of patriarchal authority could have as it’s backdrop many a Renaissance Palazzo . I was beguiled by the skilfully drawn characteristics of that period as well as being horrified by the reality of young girls married off for dynastic reasons, often taken away from their families and with the added pressure of an expectation to provide heirs.
The tenuous link with Rome is that Lucrezia de’ Medici, the real life duchess that inspired the story had a brother, Ferdinando Grand Duke of Tuscany, who founded Villa Medici

02/01/2025

A Rome of One’s Own (published as A History of the Roman Empire in 21 Women in the UK) is the latest offering of Emma Southon. I am a huge fan of this author ‘(Agrippina’ would be high on my list of favourite books ever) and this latest work did not disappoint at all.
The women in question span the whole of the Roman Empire including those living in a Roman military outpost in Northern England. The evidence from the Vindolanda Tablets are used to show female friendships and family life
I defy anyone to read the chapter on Turia and not shed a tear. The love story 99% of readers (including me) have never heard of
These are just a couple of the characters brought to life through the authors inimitable style which I find so refreshing

01/01/2025

Audrey Hepburn lived in Rome for over twenty years at a time when she put her career on the back burner in order to bring up her young family. ‘Audrey in Rome’ captures these times with a collection of photos edited by her son, Luca Dotti. There are starry moments such as film premiers and award ceremonies but also everyday events like taking her children to school and walking her dog, Mr Famous, all with the backdrop of the Eternal City

31/12/2024

The Lost Painting by Jonathan Harr is the true story of Caravaggio’s ‘Taking of Christ’, discovered in the 1990’s in Ireland. Until that point copies of the work had been found but not the original. Within a couple of sentences I was drawn to the streets of Rome, such was the sense of place evoked by the author. The meticulous research and detective work to locate the work of art plus the insight into restoration techniques was fascinating

30/12/2024

These Delicious Things really is full of delicious things but most delicious of all are the food memories, the majority of which are from childhood, shared by the myriad number of contributors.
Mum’s Sherry Trifle was almost identical to my Mum’s trifle and Friday Night Fish Pie recipe is now our Christmas Eve ‘go to’ dinner( preceded by whisky & soda 😉)
Obviously I was drawn to those stories with an Italian connection, Anna del Conti’s lemon granita made with snow from the roof of their Milan home , tales of holidays in Ischia in the early 1980’s and of course Coniglio alla Cacciatore with a mention of one of our favourite Testaccio trattorias
Profits from the book benefit a really good cause which offers healthy breakfasts to children who would otherwise go hungry

29/12/2024

My Father’s House by Joseph O’Connor is a fictionalised account of the true story of Monsignor Hugh O’Flaherty and the Escape Line that saved the lives of thousands of Allied escaped prisoners and other unfortunates during World War Two.
The author creates a picture of the deprivation and constant terror of what it was like in Rome during the occupation as well as showing the extent to which those brave citizens went to in subverting N**i rule
A particular chapter that hit home was that of Hauptmann ( the Gestapo boss at the time) and his life at his villa in Nemi. Having just watched ‘Zone of Interest ‘ this chilling portrayal of a family man with blood on his hands was as deeply disturbing as the Oscar winning movie
Ultimately this was a well told tale of bravery, unlikely friendships and good conquering evil

28/12/2024

Emperor of Rome by Mary Beard isn’t about one specific emperor but of 30 with all the wild stories that accompany them. The author sifts through these stories to bring us a picture of what life at the top would have been like in Ancient Rome. I particularly enjoyed the chapter on Imperial Dinners. Apparently Tiberius served up leftovers for a feast the following day. A man after my own heart indeed.

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