Dispensary Corner 07 Sep 15
September 7, 2015
Even the Pope needs to slip away
sometime.
A Rome optometrist was
somewhat surprised to see the
pontiff at his front door, wanting a
new pair of spectacles.
Allessandro Spiezia, owner
of Ottica Spiezia on the Via del
Babuino supplies the Pope’s
glasses, but normally has them
delivered to the Vatican.
According to Reuters His
Holiness drew a large crowd of
curious tourists when he arrived
at the store in his Ford Focus with
some staff and several security
officers.
“He had told me to use the old
frames again because he did not
want to spend much money and
insisted on paying for them,”
Spiezia said during a TV interview.
Last year the Pope confided
that since his election in 2013
he missed being able to walk
around Rome on his own - and
particularly missed not being able
to go out for a pizza.
Britain’s BBC is to help out with
some scientific research, with
Radio 3 set to broadcast a new
eight-hour composition as part of
a sleep experiment.
Intended as a “lullaby for
adults,” the piece by Max Richter
will be the longest continuous
item of music to ever be
performed live on air.
A soprano accompanied by
an ensemble orchestra will
perform the piece from London’s
Wellcome Collection as part of
the three day Why Music? festival.
Listeners to the piece will be
asked to participate in a study
of how music affects the mind,
reporting whether it helped them
to fall asleep more easily, enjoyed
unusual dreams or deliberately
stayed awake to hear the piece.
It’s hoped the musicians will also
be able to stay awake while playing.
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