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Last week, the Durham Miners Brass band and fellow street bands delivered two excellent performances of the PSB songs “Suburbia” and “It’s a sin” at the Durham Brass Festival.
Both performances are now available to watch on YouTube at the links below.
#PetText
Both performances are now available to watch on YouTube at the links below.
#PetText
July 25, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Last week, the Durham Miners Brass band and fellow street bands delivered two excellent performances of the PSB songs “Suburbia” and “It’s a sin” at the Durham Brass Festival.
Both performances are now available to watch on YouTube at the links below.
#PetText
Both performances are now available to watch on YouTube at the links below.
#PetText
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“Una strada, un’amico, un bar”Memory, melancholy, and optimism; James Joyce and Romina Power, and the multiple iterations of self. My latest newsletter is my most personal
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Vespa Tunes XXIV: Nostalgia Canaglia, Romina Power & Al Bano, 1986
Twenty-five years ago I moved into a flat-share on via della Pelliccia in Trastevere.
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July 26, 2025 at 7:01 PM
“Una strada, un’amico, un bar”Memory, melancholy, and optimism; James Joyce and Romina Power, and the multiple iterations of self. My latest newsletter is my most personal
understandingrome.substack.com/p/vespa-tune...
understandingrome.substack.com/p/vespa-tune...
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Part I of my three posts about the blockbuster Caravaggio show, now sans paywall. understandingrome.substack.com/p/caravaggio...
July 7, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Part I of my three posts about the blockbuster Caravaggio show, now sans paywall. understandingrome.substack.com/p/caravaggio...
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In which I get to profile Christo (gift link). The Man Putin Couldn’t Kill www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/o...
Opinion | The Man Putin Couldn’t Kill
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June 3, 2025 at 2:10 AM
In which I get to profile Christo (gift link). The Man Putin Couldn’t Kill www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/o...
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Pet Shop Boys today release a new dance mix of “Hymn (In memoriam Alexei Navalny)”, a song dedicated to his memory and cause, which was originally released in February 2025.
petshopboys.lnk.to/hymn
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June 6, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Pet Shop Boys today release a new dance mix of “Hymn (In memoriam Alexei Navalny)”, a song dedicated to his memory and cause, which was originally released in February 2025.
petshopboys.lnk.to/hymn
petshopboys.lnk.to/hymn
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Former prime minister of Israel, Ehud Olmert, tells BBC Israeli actions in Gaza ‘close to a war crime’
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Former PM Olmert tells BBC Israeli actions in Gaza ‘close to a war crime’
Comments criticizing war spark immediate backlash from right-wing politicians, who accuse him of 'stabbing soldiers in the back'
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May 25, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Former prime minister of Israel, Ehud Olmert, tells BBC Israeli actions in Gaza ‘close to a war crime’
www.timesofisrael.com/former-pm-ol...
www.timesofisrael.com/former-pm-ol...
Oh no. One of the few unadulterated joys of contemporary journalism is coming to a close.
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Opinion | One Last Chat About Trump
All good things come to an end. What about bad things?
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April 29, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Oh no. One of the few unadulterated joys of contemporary journalism is coming to a close.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/o...
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Bobby betrays Native Americans
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Kennedy’s Plan to Send Health Officials to ‘Indian Country’ Angers Native Leaders
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he is committed to improving the Indian Health Service. Native American leaders have doubts. “It’s shameful,” one said.
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April 11, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Bobby betrays Native Americans
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/u...
A fascinating chat about the current excavations.
Pompeii has been excavated for hundreds of years, and in that time techniques, practices and philosophies have changed. In the new Emperors of Rome podcast we speak to Sophie Hay @pompei79.bsky.social and Steven Ellis @stevenellis.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
March 20, 2025 at 5:27 AM
A fascinating chat about the current excavations.
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America, PBS has just confirmed that the brand new episode of ‘Pompeii: The New Dig’ documentary that lovingly follows the current excavations of a large and sumptuous house in Region IX will air on Sunday 8th June 2025.
March 19, 2025 at 7:02 PM
America, PBS has just confirmed that the brand new episode of ‘Pompeii: The New Dig’ documentary that lovingly follows the current excavations of a large and sumptuous house in Region IX will air on Sunday 8th June 2025.
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Clever, sure, but coherent, consistent, substantive? As the cadence of politics lifts toward an election, will small target tactics hold up in a world of big problems and major values questions?
March 16, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Clever, sure, but coherent, consistent, substantive? As the cadence of politics lifts toward an election, will small target tactics hold up in a world of big problems and major values questions?
