<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">  <channel>    <title>Derry Journal Ancient Rome</title>    <link>https://www.derryjournal.com/topic/ancient-rome/rss</link>    <description>Visit now for the latest news direct from Derry Journal Ancient Rome and updated throughout the day</description>    <language>en-gb</language>    <copyright>Copyright 2026, Iconic Media Group Ltd</copyright>    <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2026 13:06:07 GMT</pubDate>    <dc:date>2026-11-05T13:06:07Z</dc:date>    <dc:language>en-gb</dc:language>    <dc:rights>Iconic Media Group Ltd or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. 2026</dc:rights>    <atom:link rel="self" href="https://www.derryjournal.com/topic/ancient-rome/rss" type="application/rss+xml" />    <link rel="hub" href="https://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/" />        <item>          <title><![CDATA[Ken McCormack on his new novel Sunset in Albano and Derry’s ‘heroic’ Earl Bishop Frederick Hervey]]></title>          <link>https://www.derryjournal.com/community/ken-mccormack-on-his-new-novel-sunset-in-albano-and-derrys-heroic-earl-bishop-frederick-hervey-9332375</link>          <description><![CDATA[In the year 1768 a buzz of excitement went round Derry with the news that a new Anglican bishop had been appointed to replace the ailing Dr. Barnard.]]></description>          <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2026 12:53:22 GMT</pubDate>          <guid isPermaLink="false">9332375</guid>        <media:content url="https://www.derryjournal.com/webimg/b25lY21zOjg0OTg2YTQyLThiOWYtNGY0Yi04MThhLWMwM2JiNWFlMzIzNzoxMWFmY2UwZS05N2ZiLTRkODAtOTdiMC0zYWViNmUzYTIzYzE=.jpg?width=1200&amp;auto=webp&amp;crop=3%3A2" type="image/jpeg" medium="image">            <media:credit>©National Trust Images</media:credit>            <media:text><![CDATA[Oil painting on canvas, Frederick Augustus Hervey, 4th Earl of Bristol and Bishop of Derry (1730-1803) by Elisabeth Louise Vigee Le Brun (Paris 1755 ? Paris 1842), signed and dated L. E. Vigee le Brun 1790. A three-quarter-length portrait of a man, turned to the right, gazing at the spectator, seated in a red upholstered chair on a balcony, his left hand resting on a balustrade, his right on his knee, wearing black clerical dress; a column left. The artist painted Lord Bristol twice, once in Rome in 1789 and this one in Naples which includes a view of Vesuvius on the far right, that Mme Vigee Le Brun claimed that he climbed every day. -  (©National Trust Images)]]></media:text>        </media:content>          <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ken McCormack]]></dc:creator>          <dc:date>2026-11-05T12:53:22+00:00</dc:date>          <category><![CDATA[Community]]></category>        </item>  </channel></rss>