Dear all, I arrived in Rome just a few days ago. It has been a whirl of introductory talks and walks interspersed with some of the most diverse and interesting conversations I have ever had in my life. In the course of the last two and a half days I have discussed early modern aristocratic female leisure etiquette; the comparative quality of artist’s studios in various British locations; latin quotation books in first century Rome; the crumhorn; non-invasive scanning techniques; gogglebox; imagery on ancient coins; how much better the weather is here; the stolen antiquities trade; the difference between hand and wheel spinning; feral cats and old Italian witch trials… to name but a few. To say I am overwhelmed is to put it lightly, to say I am enjoying it would be understating it by a ‘country mile’.
Roman beginnings
Roman beginnings
Roman beginnings
Dear all, I arrived in Rome just a few days ago. It has been a whirl of introductory talks and walks interspersed with some of the most diverse and interesting conversations I have ever had in my life. In the course of the last two and a half days I have discussed early modern aristocratic female leisure etiquette; the comparative quality of artist’s studios in various British locations; latin quotation books in first century Rome; the crumhorn; non-invasive scanning techniques; gogglebox; imagery on ancient coins; how much better the weather is here; the stolen antiquities trade; the difference between hand and wheel spinning; feral cats and old Italian witch trials… to name but a few. To say I am overwhelmed is to put it lightly, to say I am enjoying it would be understating it by a ‘country mile’.