What will they see in the future when they visit here? When they walk the streets they will see our crest on the buildings, our sculptures standing proudly. Inside they will see the paintings, the jewellery, all the beauty that we created by supporting so many artists. They will know that the music they hear was born from our patronage, the sounds of a piano first heard in our palace. They will walk through a city whose soul is our very soul. Art. Money. Sex. Scandal. It’s 1737 and the…
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Guilty verdict by the highest court in Rome. I am sitting in a quiet room in the countryside, my windows open to a morning of fog with a slight chill on the air. I returned here last night after spending time with friends, and although I could leave here and easily find other people on the property to talk to, I’m choosing to remain in this room where the silence is only broken by the sound of the birds, and my company is a garden spider who visits at night…
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