Here is another story of a 'Good Italian Thing' that I discovered while starting a new English course last week which is tied to a part-time master in Sports Business Management. As you might expect, many of the participants are ex-sportsmen and women, and they are a fascinating bunch of people … [Read more...]
At last, Top Gear in Italy
February 25, 2008 By 2 Comments
Some time ago, I wrote a little post with some suggestions for improving the TV here, one of those suggestions included adding a decent motoring programme, like Top Gear which I got back in the UK.Well, for a couple of months now I've been buying the Italian version of the Top Gear magazine, and … [Read more...]
Books on Italy
February 25, 2008 By 3 Comments
Rooting around on Amazon trying to find Italian things to add to mention on this site has been proving to be an interesting exercise.I've discovered that there are not that many books about the northern regions of Italy. Tuscany, as you may imagine, has had plenty of books written about it, … [Read more...]
Not a lot of people know this – Francesco Rutelli
February 24, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Apparently, Francesco Rutelli, the present Italian Cultural Affairs minister, once replaced the Italian flag which flew at Palazzo Montecitorio with that of the Vatican. I have not been able to discover in exactly which year Rutelli did this mischievous act, but it was interesting to hear about it … [Read more...]
Pizzeria Photo Gallery
February 24, 2008 By Leave a Comment
It was pizza night tonight, although it was not the standard Italian type pizza, but the 'pizza al trancio', which is the 'deep pan' version of the traditionally thin pizza. There are two pizzerias near us that do this type of pizza. One is Da Giuliano which is located at the Corso Sempione end of … [Read more...]
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