It's that time of year again. A time of children, and adults, in costume, and streets paved in small fragments of coloured paper. A time of processions and street fairs. Of cars covered in shaving foam and party string.Yes, it the, for me, mysterious carnival season.I don't know what the … [Read more...]
Sarkozy likes the BBC, possibly!
January 13, 2008 By Leave a Comment
UPDATE: 14.01.08 - Having now read more of the articles in Il Sole, I can now understand why the paper used the headline saying that 'State TV without advertising would not work'. The article basically argues that just about all TV and Internet, is only possible due to advertising. Whilst this … [Read more...]
Cv’s, Resumes: mug shot or not, that is the question
October 24, 2007 By Leave a Comment
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...]
Search lights over Milan
October 23, 2007 By 3 Comments
I don't know if anyone else noticed, but the night sky was lit up by around four searchlights on Sunday and Monday night. When I first saw these beams of light, I thought it was something to do with Ferrari winning the F1 championship, but I don't know why the lights continued to shine on Monday. … [Read more...]
Why has nobody since Marx and Trotsky come up with an alternative socio-political philosophy?
September 21, 2007 By Leave a Comment
This is a question I have put to myself on the odd occasion. The odd occasion that provoked this question once again was that of V-day in Italy and what appears to be an attempt to introduce a new, freer form of democracy in Italy, maybe. Grillo has stirred up a considerable furore as a result of … [Read more...]
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