Quadrant, November 1st, 2007
ROMAN FEVER There were still cases of malaria in the 30s in the marshland to the south of Rome. Daisy Miller is not buried in the English Cemetery. But Keats has a grave and an empty sepulchre. I am a signora, never a signorina. I don't have a fur coat but I do have gloves. Anzac Day is also the day when Italy celebrates her liberation. In the Military Cemetery she says "At the rising of the sun and in the morning ...!" A splendid uniform with a brass instrument waits far off on a plinth for the shining moment. The Last Post doesn't sound like the Last Post. Nobody I ask knows who decided to...
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