The lovely poet of Rome, monarch of Pandemonium, translator extraordinaire and jester full of sprezzatura — yes, it’s La Bava! How she brightens my days simply by being her extraordinary self. She was my hostess in Rome who took me to all the dazzling sights and fed me the very finest food, most of it…
Category: Rome
Tuesday’s Overlooked Films: Derek Jarman’s Caravaggio
What can I say? One of my favourite painters in all the world (and I repeat unending thanks to Alessandra for taking me around to see the Caravaggios in the little churches of Rome). A glorious young Tilda Swinton plus Nigel Terry looking rough, Sean Bean, Robbie Coltrane, Michael Gough. Jarman’s eye captures it all…
Poetry in Motion
Well, I don’t generally consider myself to be a poet, so it may be a bit surprising to hear me announce that I have not one but two poems coming out soon, both inspired by a bizarre headline I reposted here. “Moths” will be coming out in Zouch Magazine, which has also offered poems by…
Rome: Street Art
One of the things I always find myself snapping while I travel is street art and graffiti. I know it doesn’t appeal to everyone and some people find it destructive and annoying. A lot of it is truly ugly, but with the rise of artists like Banksy, Shepard Fairey and SWOON, people (sometimes grudgingly) give…
BitchBuzz: Why Elizabeth Taylor Mattered
My column pays tribute to the luminous Ms. Taylor; I want to sit down and enjoy Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? with some friends. Such a good and harrowing film! I altered the last line of my bio as a nod to the movie 🙂 Why Elizabeth Taylor Mattered By K.A. Laity I don’t think…
Rome: Pretty as a Picture
https://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf I’ve just begun to add the pictures: the process turns out to be a slow one, by means of the travel computer, mostly because I have to keep trying to clear memory on it. Then I have to upload pictures one at a time because I can’t use up memory by downloading the little…
Caravaggios, Artichokes and Agnes’ Skull
First off I have to say this is Alessandra’s photo. I tried to get the pictures off the camera and onto my travel computer only to find that it overloaded the memory and now I can’t upload them to the web. Argh. So kind thanks to Alessandra and she’s started writing a blog, so you…
This is Spring?
It’s snowing here. First full day of spring?! Ay yi yi. Looks like Persephone is still struggling to leave the underworld, eh? I had some deadlines to meet and a few places to be over the weekend; consequently I have not yet managed to wrangle my photos online, so enjoy this video that visits the…
BitchBuzz: Women’s History Month WTFs
It’s the middle of Women’s History Month and we’re facing some of the most aggressive attacks on women ever in this country, while people are overwhelmed by the terrible tragedies in Japan and the desperate battles for autonomy in the Gulf as people fight against dictators who have traditionally been propped up with help from…
K. A. Laity 