Philip Curnow
@philipcurnow.bsky.social
Lived, studied & worked across 3 continents before settling in Rome to co-found @Deliciousitaly. Television production, qualitative ad researcher, travel author (Hurst), linguist & Arabist. BlueSky is my daily jotter, but a pencil is always close to hand.
Often described as an ‘outlier of the Neolithic monuments of the White Peak’, the Bridestones, lying along the line of the Cheshire-Staffordshire border is undoubtedly Cheshire’s most impressive and well-known ancient monument.
#StandingStoneSunday
#StandingStoneSunday
November 16, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Often described as an ‘outlier of the Neolithic monuments of the White Peak’, the Bridestones, lying along the line of the Cheshire-Staffordshire border is undoubtedly Cheshire’s most impressive and well-known ancient monument.
#StandingStoneSunday
#StandingStoneSunday
Quiller of course, but also Hannibal Brookes. Then a whole list of films requiring subtitles, starting with Bab Al Hadid by Yusef Shaheen.
November 16, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Quiller of course, but also Hannibal Brookes. Then a whole list of films requiring subtitles, starting with Bab Al Hadid by Yusef Shaheen.
A worrying frontpage by the Economist. Especially, the visual hint that it could happen during the Winter Olympics. I went to our local market and asked them. Apparently, the chicory is still buoyant and a bumper apple crop is pulling punters in. But red wine has tanked. So a mixed bag from Rome.
November 15, 2025 at 12:32 PM
A worrying frontpage by the Economist. Especially, the visual hint that it could happen during the Winter Olympics. I went to our local market and asked them. Apparently, the chicory is still buoyant and a bumper apple crop is pulling punters in. But red wine has tanked. So a mixed bag from Rome.
We are living through interesting times. Not only AI writers, but AI editors.
November 15, 2025 at 8:43 AM
We are living through interesting times. Not only AI writers, but AI editors.
Roma Nord, but not too nord.
November 12, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Roma Nord, but not too nord.
"More than Meets the Eye 2025" by Maurizio Nannucci installed on the Gazometro of Roma Ostiense. Is it art? Is it any good? Suggestions please for an alternative and more thought provoking neon statement related to this part of the city by the Tiber beyond Trastevere and Testaccio.
November 12, 2025 at 10:02 AM
"More than Meets the Eye 2025" by Maurizio Nannucci installed on the Gazometro of Roma Ostiense. Is it art? Is it any good? Suggestions please for an alternative and more thought provoking neon statement related to this part of the city by the Tiber beyond Trastevere and Testaccio.
For the dumb cretins who know nothing, do you recognize that thing on the top of that building.
November 10, 2025 at 1:09 PM
For the dumb cretins who know nothing, do you recognize that thing on the top of that building.
November 10, 2025 at 7:01 AM
From two years ago this week, the Via Salaria in Rome closed for works. It will never be so quiet again. And what a pleasure it was. A reminder, if you need one, how motor vehicles dominate our daily lives to the degradation of the local environment and our health.
November 9, 2025 at 4:41 PM
From two years ago this week, the Via Salaria in Rome closed for works. It will never be so quiet again. And what a pleasure it was. A reminder, if you need one, how motor vehicles dominate our daily lives to the degradation of the local environment and our health.
Semioticians. Do your best. There is a lot going on there.
November 7, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Semioticians. Do your best. There is a lot going on there.
Tomorrow, I'm publishing an article about the Torre dei Conti in Rome and other four sites you might not have seen or ever heard of in the Eternal city. Substack of course, and only for paid subscribers.
November 6, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Tomorrow, I'm publishing an article about the Torre dei Conti in Rome and other four sites you might not have seen or ever heard of in the Eternal city. Substack of course, and only for paid subscribers.
Wins by a head .. 🏇
November 5, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Wins by a head .. 🏇
Remembered I'd taken a couple of photos of the Torre dei Conti in Rome. Interesting to read that the Conti gave Rome 12 Popes and 25 Cardinals. The tower had suffered a collapse twice before. Once in 1349 due to an earthquake, and another time in 1644.
November 4, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Remembered I'd taken a couple of photos of the Torre dei Conti in Rome. Interesting to read that the Conti gave Rome 12 Popes and 25 Cardinals. The tower had suffered a collapse twice before. Once in 1349 due to an earthquake, and another time in 1644.
I have. In the company of an Italian start up. Full of protein as a delicious pasta. Makes more sense than killing mammals every day. Give or take a Christmas or Easter lunch.
November 3, 2025 at 5:14 PM
I have. In the company of an Italian start up. Full of protein as a delicious pasta. Makes more sense than killing mammals every day. Give or take a Christmas or Easter lunch.
Cheops, Abu al-Hol and me chilling on the Giza plateau.
November 3, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Cheops, Abu al-Hol and me chilling on the Giza plateau.
The Battenburgs. Then who are the Windsors?
November 2, 2025 at 3:27 PM
The Battenburgs. Then who are the Windsors?
Does this count?!
November 2, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Does this count?!
A year ago. And a very similar early evening as well over the city.
November 1, 2025 at 7:51 PM
A year ago. And a very similar early evening as well over the city.
Took out my ski suit to see if it still fitted. Then this image to mind. The day the great Franz Klammer came to Birkenhead and the Wirral and skied our 50 metre plastic slope. What a bloke ..
October 31, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Took out my ski suit to see if it still fitted. Then this image to mind. The day the great Franz Klammer came to Birkenhead and the Wirral and skied our 50 metre plastic slope. What a bloke ..
Quick Halloween Quiz. Only one of these well known Windsors is still with us. Which one?
October 31, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Quick Halloween Quiz. Only one of these well known Windsors is still with us. Which one?
High up. You know where.
October 30, 2025 at 6:37 PM
High up. You know where.
No takers for the chairs at Saint Peter's Square today.
October 30, 2025 at 6:24 PM
No takers for the chairs at Saint Peter's Square today.
Via Ottaviano has gone all pedestrian. Didn't know where I was! Feels like the main drag at San Benedetto del Tronto. But no Adriatic at the end.
October 30, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Via Ottaviano has gone all pedestrian. Didn't know where I was! Feels like the main drag at San Benedetto del Tronto. But no Adriatic at the end.
Something's stirring.
October 30, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Something's stirring.
The Creek. Dubai 1994.
October 29, 2025 at 11:07 AM
The Creek. Dubai 1994.