Dorma Pavarotti

Today, Luciano Pavarotti died. Every paper bore his name, and every radio station woke us up to his voice.

But here in London, the Italians got it right, as Italians are want to do. I was flying on my bike, thinking about Florence, and I heard it.

Today was the day that ice cream trucks blared Nessun norma as they did their rounds.