Interview: Guardian & Economist Journalist John Hooper

Rome Correspondent John Hooper

I've been reading Guardian and Economist journalist and Rome correspondent John Hooper's articles on events in Italy for some time, then I found John Hooper tweeting on Twitter.One day, John Hooper actually started following my newsfromitaly persona on Twitter, which meant I could send him a … [Read more...]

Indie Interview with The Calorifer Is Very Hot

A strange and ever changing combination of punk, psychedelic pop, and garage-beat hits you when you put a track from Italian indie band The Calorifer Is Very Hot! on.It can be hard to figure out what to call their music and quite frankly that’s their fault, as they explain: “we started out … [Read more...]

Berlusconi’s Advice

Mr Berlusconi, the man who would be Prime Minister of Italy (again), and one of Italy's potentially top five sinners, dropped a slight clanger on prime time TV, yesterday, I think it was.In an interview he told a young worried female 'precarious' worker that she would be able to solve her … [Read more...]

Appearing as a Witness in an (semi-formal) Italian Court

As I've mentioned a couple of times recently, I was called to appear as a witness in a law suit.  I went to court today.For reasons of confidentiality, I won't say why, but I don't see why I can't talk about the experience in general. You never know, someone may find themselves in a similar … [Read more...]

Cv’s, Resumes: mug shot or not, that is the question

Many of my students at the business school where ply my language teaching trade are going through the traumatic 'looking for an internship' phase at the moment and one of my charges raised quite an interesting question. He asked 'Should I include a photo with my CV?'. I'm afraid I was unable to … [Read more...]