Life in the Living Museum
This is the kind of story which will probably find its way into the comical Reuters' Oddly Enough news columns. An Italian carabinieri policeman was recently arrested for growing cannabis plants - in his police station! Well, he grew the dope within the apartment he occupied on carabinieri … [Read more...]
A fun guest post from someone who has noticed a few odd things happening to the 'Italian' language. Over to you Ainsley:As a Northern 40-something-year-old Englishman, the four years I've spent learning Italian haven't exactly been plain sailing (blame the British school system).The … [Read more...]
During a theatrical representation based on George Orwell's well known novel 'Animal Farm' which was held in a northern Italian school, a projector was used to show images of dictators through the ages.All the usual faces showed up, including Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini, and a good few … [Read more...]
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...]
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