But I can't. I did want to show you some photos of a little event I went to today which is being held at Milan's Triennale exhibition centre. This event is for 2 to 6 year old children and is called 'Vietato Non Toccare' - information in Italian. 'Non toccare' is 'Do not touch', and 'vietato' … [Read more...]
Pervez Kambakhsh – Safe
February 3, 2008 By 5 Comments
Pervez Kambakhsh, 23, from Afghanistan had been sentenced to death. His crime? He had downloaded an article from a blog that questioned the Koran's attitude towards women.Luckily, if you click on his name, you will see from the article on the BBC website, that it is looking as though the death … [Read more...]
Anglo-Saxon
February 2, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Being from the UK, I am considered by Italians to be someone from an Anglo-Saxon culture. This makes me chuckle because for me 'Anglo-Saxon' sort of conjures up images of a people clad in fur and who rally to the war cries of a queen going by the name of Boadicea.Before anyone corrects me, I know … [Read more...]
The Dark Side of the UK, and the Free Press
February 1, 2008 By Leave a Comment
The Times in England was one of the papers to have written an article stating that Italy is in a bit of a mess at the moment.In some ways, this article was a little bit of the pot calling the kettle black, as the old saying goes. Indeed, if you take a look at The Policeman's Blog, you may … [Read more...]
Milan’s Ecopass Not Working
February 1, 2008 By Leave a Comment
The Milan section of the La Corriere della Sera newspaper is carrying a couple of perturbing articles today, one of which states that the Ecopass anti-pollution traffic charging system does not appear to be having any real effect.Apparently levels of PM10 and other noxious pollutants are still … [Read more...]
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