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Telling Stories (opens the original)
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R E M I N D E R ! Book Club meets tonight at 6pm CEST for a discussion of The House on Via Gemito by Domenico Starnone and translated by Oonagh Stransky—who will be in attendance . To join please register here—it is free and open to all who have read the book or are just interested in the chat. (And read this clever piece by Mon
The Soul Nerding Diaries, Vol. 1 (opens the original)
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“Tale of Two Cities: Florence and Rome under the Medici Popes” starts this Thursday, September 10th! Dive head first into the artistic and architectural patronage of Popes Leo X and Clement VII who employed the likes of Raphael, Michelangelo and illustrious others to ensure that papal power was communicated in the most
Follow me down a Cellini-shaped rabbit hole (opens the original)
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⭐NEW ONLINE LECTURE SERIES⭐“Tale of Two Cities: Florence and Rome under the Medici Popes” starts September 10th! Dive head first into the artistic and architectural patronage of Popes Leo X and Clement VII who employed the likes of Raphael, Michelangelo</str
Chiuso per ferie (opens the original)
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⭐NEW ONLINE LECTURE SERIES⭐“Tale of Two Cities: Florence and Rome under the Medici Popes” starts September 10th! Dive head first into the artistic and architectural patronage of Popes Leo X and Clement VII who employed the likes of Raphael, Michelangelo and illustrious others to ensure that papal power was communicated in the most brilliant, meaningful, a
Just what the world needs, more thoughts on The Odyssey (opens the original)
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I absolutely love that social media and general conversation in my circle has been dominated by the discourse around Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey for the last ten days. The takes have been hot, the takes have been cold, they have included everything from the film being a commentary on contemporary American society to it being a travesty so historically inaccurate that it should never have been made. There are think-pieces and podcast episodes coming out at the speed of light—I will add my fav
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