Life in the Living Museum
Italy has earned itself a mixed reputation as a country, but there are lots of wonderful aspects to this sometimes crazy country. In this section you will find an ever growing list of Good Italian Things - products, people, and more.
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Like much of Europe today, the US auto industry was regarded as a basket case just two short years ago. Detroit was about to join the list of smokestack cities. Germany’s Daimler wanted out of its Chrysler operation. The US Government had little choice but to bail the industry out to the … [Read more...]
Did you know that Benevento down in Italy's south was once the annual general meeting location for all the witches in the whole wide world? Probably not, although this was once the case, or so the legend goes. There must have been a few Harriet Potters at these annual witches meetups too, one … [Read more...]
Anna Politkovskaya was a Russian journalist who was murdered in 2006 simply for doing her job. It is unknown to this day who ordered her killing.Italians can empathise with Anna Politkovskaya.As Anna herself once wrote, "I see everything, this is the problem”. Seeing is one thing, … [Read more...]
I'm very happy to report that Abruzzo winemaker Talamonti's Moda 2009 DOC red wine has won the Altroconsumo Best Wine of 2012 award. Well done to Talamonti!I have to say that I'm not that surprised a Talamonti wine has won an award. I was lucky enough to have received a selection of … [Read more...]
Time for another look into the shapely world of Italian Design. This time round, I'm going to take a look at the YoungDesigner Italian design initiative, which, as you probably guessed from the name is all about promoting Italian designers - but only those who are 35 and under.YoungDesigner … [Read more...]
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