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Writing For One’s Life
Margaret Oliphant, née Wilson (1828–97) married her first cousin Frank Wilson Oliphant in 1852. Since her own second name was Oliphant, she became Margaret Oliphant Wilson Oliphant, but she is usually referred to just as ‘Mrs Oliphant’ – interestingly, without … Continue reading
A Short Column on Columns
Back from Venice, with the sad news that the little flower-seller’s booth on the corner of Campo San Vidal (Canaletto’s ‘Stonemason’s Yard‘) has been turned into yet another shop selling ‘carnevale’ masks. It simply cannot be possible for all of … Continue reading
Posted in Archaeology, Art and architecture, Classics, History, Travel and Exploration
Tagged Sir James Frazer, Sounion, Venice
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Bureaucracy The Italian Way
Devoted readers of this blog (well, we must live in hope, must we not?) will be aware that I spent a lot of time going on about Venice, and as much time as possible going to Venice. Imagine my excitement, … Continue reading
A War Memorial
If you go into the church of SS. Giovanni e Paolo in Venice through the west door set in the magnificent façade carved by Bartolomeo Bon, and look up to the right, you will see high on the wall a … Continue reading
Posted in Classics, History, Travel and Exploration
Tagged Congress of Berlin, Cyprus, Famagusta, Marcantonio Bragadin, Ottoman Empire, Sir George Hill, Venice
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More on the Zens
Just back from Venice, where I located the huge and beautiful but crumbling palazzo from which the Zen brothers set off on their voyages of exploration (or wherein the whole false account was concocted two centuries later, depending on your point of … Continue reading
Posted in History, Travel and Exploration
Tagged Arctic exploration, Hakluyt Society, Venice, Zen brothers
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