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.
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Part I of my three posts about the blockbuster Caravaggio show, now sans paywall. understandingrome.substack.com/p/caravaggio...
In which I get to profile Christo (gift link). The Man Putin Couldn’t Kill www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/o...
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.
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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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From the time white smoke appears until the new pope appears on the balcony, can a woman ride a Vespa from Pigneto to Vatican City and, if so, will there be parking nearby?
Oh no. One of the few unadulterated joys of contemporary journalism is coming to a close.
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Caroline Kennedy’s face when she said, “Bobby is a predator.” One more thing I’m glad my parents didn’t live to see.
Don’t assume that the midterms will be held.
A fascinating chat about the current excavations.
Two amphorae sit in the last few centimetres of pumice during excavations and lean up against a frescoed wall that has been partially gauged out in order to lay a lead pipe.
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.
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?