Life in the Living Museum
After my little trip round the Paolo Sarpi food fair in Milan last weekend, I came back home with a couple of bags of goodies, including the chocolates you can see in the picture to the left of this sentence.Looks though can be, and often are, deceptive, for the chocolates you see in the photo … [Read more...]
Roberto Saviano the writer of Gomorrah is one of a very small group of Italians who dare tackle one of Italy's oldest and stickiest issues - the mafia.Saviano's efforts have caused him to sign his own death sentence.Many Italians have asked me for what Italy is known, and many pre-empt my … [Read more...]
For those not in the know, Renato Brunetta is Berlusconi's Public Services minister, and he seems to be doing a good job.A big problem for the state sector in Italy is absenteeism, which, of course reduces efficiency and wastes taxpayers money. By simply ensuring that a harder line is taken … [Read more...]
Off the skied piste resort Roccaraso is somewhere I've already written about, so I thought you might like to see the Roccaraso ski slopes in all their snowy glory, seeing as it is the time of the year when people are thinking about booking ski holidays.Hope you like the video! … [Read more...]
Some of those who read this blog might at times feel as though I portray Italy as being a barrel of apples which are in differing states of decay.To counter this impression a little, here is something positive about one of Italy's local authorities, and an industry sector which is, or should be, … [Read more...]
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